Faith and Frying Pans: What My School Gave Me that My Parish Didn’t

Editor's Note: Church, State, and Education The history of Canada's formation and endurance as a nation-state is a unique and engaging blend of national, religious, linguistic,...

The Protomartyrs of Rome

The blood of martyrs is the seed of the Church - Tertullian (+240 A.D.) The first, or proto-, martyrs of the Church of Rome commemorate...

Pope Benedict and Saints Peter and Paul

FEAST OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL HOLY MASS FOR THE IMPOSITION OF THE SACRED PALLIUM ON METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOPS HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI Vatican Basilica Friday,...

Pope Benedict and Saint Irenaeus of Lyons

(Saint Irenaeus of Lyons, whose feast we celebrate on this 28th of June, if it were not suppressed this year by Sunday, just before...

Pope Benedict and Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Defender of the Theotokos

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Saint Peter's Square Wednesday, 3 October 2007   Saint Cyril of Alexandria Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today too, continuing our journey following the traces left by the...

Blesseds Vasyl Velykchovskyand Nykyta Budka: Hidden Ukrainian and Canadian Heroes

The subversive doctrines of atheistic communism and socialism have infected nations, institutions, media, education, and souls, throughout the world. Make no mistake, as Pius...

Our Lady of Perpetual Help and Saint Cyril of Alexandria

Today is the traditional feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, even if it be muted this year due to the Sacred Heart -...

Luther, Lefebvre and the Charism of Reform

Ecclesia semper reformanda est (attributed to Saint Augustine) History doesn't repeat itself...it merely rhymes (some say Mark Twain, but definitely Theodor Reik) In light of the the looming...

Saints John and Paul – and Josemaria

We usually try to commemorate the saints in the current, public liturgical calendar, but now and again, we will mention those more hidden, even...

The Liminal and Luminous Birth of John the Baptist

We celebrate the birthdays of three ‘saints’ in our liturgical calendar: Christ Himself, the Son of God, of course, on Christmas Day; His Mother,...

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