Dr. Frances Kelsey and Thalidomide
On this August 7th, back in 1962, Frances Oldham Kelsey, a Canadian-American physician/pharmacologist (who hailed from bucolic and beautiful Cobble Hill, on Vancouver Island,...
What is a Priest? Pope Benedict’s Final Exhortation
An excerpt to ponder, from Pope Benedict XVI's last Chrism Mass address to his fellow priests, back in 2012, less than a year before...
Three Reginas
Here is a sublime rendition of the Regina Caeli Laetare a 8, by Tomas Luis De Victoria (1548-1611), as sung again by the ensemble...
Pope John Paul II at Auschwitz: Lessons of Kolbe
APOSTOLIC PILGRIMAGE TO POLAND
HOLY MASS AT THE CONCENTRATION CAMP
HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II
Auschwitz-Bierkenau, 7 June 1979
1. "This is the victory that overcomes...
The Mask slips on Radical Environmentalism
People who are not governed by God will be ruled by tyrants. William Penn
In the shadow of the Climate Change conference in Kadowice last...
Saint John Henry Newman’s Philosophy of Education: Part 2
(This is the second article in a series on Newman's philosophy of education. For the first reflection, may be found here).
Newman recognized that knowledge...
What Does the Church Believe? : The Catechism of the Catholic Church
(This archived address by Cardinal Ratzinger, forwarded by Father Callam, fits in well with our preparations for Advent on this memorial of Pope Damasus....
Pope Benedict and Saints Simon and Jude
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter’s Square
Wednesday, 11 October 2006
Simon and Jude
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today, let us examine two of the Twelve Apostles: Simon the Cananaean...
Three Popes’ Messages On the Immaculate Conception at the Spanish Steps
It has been a long-standing papal tradition that Popes pay homage to the Immaculate Conception at the foot of the Marian column close to...
Letter of Pope Saint John Paul II on the Hundredth Anniversary of the Consecration...
LETTER OF JOHN PAUL II
ON THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONSECRATION
OF THE HUMAN RACE TO THE DIVINE HEART OF JESUSÂ Â
Dear Brothers and Sisters!
The 100th...
