Christ’s Way of Glory
My mother’s sons were angry with me,
they made me keeper of the vineyards,
but my own vineyard I have not kept. (Song 1:6)
For many...
Fulton Sheen and Infallibility
The doctrine of papal infallibility was dogmatically defined in the First Vatican Council's document Pastor Aeternus in 1870. Of course, this gift of the...
Pope John Paul II and Saint Philip Neri
(At the very beginning of his pontificate, Pope Saint John Paul II made a pilgrimage to the church of Santa Maria in Vallicella, commonly...
The Queen’s Seventieth
We could not let this day pass without wishing the Queen - about whom I am ambivalent, but a queen’s still a queen - a...
Pope Benedict and Saint Catherine of Siena
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Hall
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Saint Catherine of Siena
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today I would like to talk to you about a woman...
Guy Fawkes’ Gunpowder
Remember, remember the fifth of November. Yes, it's Guy Fawkes Day, when the English people of a certain religious persuasion - or of none...
The Faith is All or None
(I may write more on the recent headline, which comes not as a surprise, that most 'Catholics' - and one must use that term...
Blessed John Duns Scotus, the Great Defender of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
The 8th of November is the liturgical memorial of Blessed John Duns Scotus. In his apostolic letter on the occasion of the seventh century...
The Nativity of the Baptist
Today we celebrate the nativity of St John the Baptist. Why is St John the Baptist’s nativity celebrated by the Church in the most...
Fatima, Prayer and Private Revelation
Today is the commemoration of Our Lady of Fatima, a title given to the Virgin Mary after she appeared 'brighter than the sun, shedding...
