The Plenary Indulgence of the Portiuncula, or, Our Lady of the Angels
On Monday 2 August the universal Church celebrates what is called The Pardon of Assisi. This great feast, which ranks as a solemnity within the...
The Catholic âvoiceâ can help Canadians overcome the housing crisis
My wife and our friends recently read and discussed sections of Pope Leo XIIIâs timeless encyclical, Rerum Novarum. Pope Leo XIV's name inspired us...
Apologetics 101, Question 7: A Designed versus Random Universe
In response to Catholic Insightâs post of Carl Sundellâs list of 39 essential questions Catholics should be prepared to answer about our faith, I...
Pope Benedict and Saint Ignatius
(Excerpt from an address given April 22, 2006 )
St Ignatius of Loyola was first and foremost a man of God who in his life...
Hulk Hogan and the Quest for True Immortality
July 2025 has become one of the most sobering and grief-laden months for pop culture in recent memory. The cultural imagination has lost eleven...
Pope Benedict and Martha’s Way
BENEDICT XVI
ANGELUS
Courtyard of the Papal Residence, Castel Gandolfo
Sunday, 18 July 2010
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
We are now in the heart of summer, at least in...
Stauffenberg, Hitler, and the Ever-Forgotten Anniversary
âWith particular seriousness he added that it was questionable whether the coup would succeed, but even worse than failure would be the shame of...
Pope Benedict and Saint James the Greater
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Wednesday, 21 June 2006
James, the Greater
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
We are continuing the series of portraits of the Apostles chosen directly by Jesus...
Seventeenth Sunday: Perfecting Our Prayer With and In Christ
Ask and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you (Lk. 11: 9)....
Mary Magdalene, Apostle of the Apostles
Vatican City, 10 June 2016 â As expressly wished by the Holy Father, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments...
