Sainte Jeanne d’Arc, the Mighty Maid of Orleans
My soul doth magnify the Lord. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded: the lowliness of his handmaiden:...
John Paul II Reflects on Paul VI
HOMILY OF POPE JOHN PAUL II
TO COMMEMORATE THE
SERVANT OF GOD PAUL VI
Thursday, 6 August 1998
The memory of my venerable Predecessor, the Servant of God...
Paul VI, and Finding Sanctity in a Controversial Papacy
Today, May 29th, is the optional memorial of Pope Saint Paul VI, celebrated on the anniversary of his ordination in 1920. Paul VI's birth name...
Saint Bernard of Montjoux and his Dogs
The iconic Saint Bernard dogs take their name from today's saint, Saint Bernard of Menthon - also known as of Montjoux - an 11th...
Augustine of Canterbury’s Monastic Mission to Make England Merrie
There are two Saints Augustine - the bishop of Hippo, and author of the Confessions and numerous other theological masterpieces, and, today's saint, Augustine,...
Pope John Paul II and Saint Philip Neri
(At the very beginning of his pontificate, on this feast of Saint Philip in 1979, Pope Saint John Paul II made a pilgrimage to...
Saint Philip Neri’s Joyful Heart
Who could not love the saint we celebrate today, one of the most joyful and idiosyncratic – the two are not unrelated - of...
Saints Bede, Gregory VII, and Mary Magdalene de’Pazzi
There are many saints in the Church's history - there are, by one estimate, about 6000 at least quasi-officially canonized - too many ever...
Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
On the 160th anniversary of the first apparition of Lourdes, on February 11th, Robert Cardinal Sarah, then-head of the Congregation for Divine Worship, issued...
CST Rosary: The Visitation
Catholic Conscience’s CST Rosary continues with the second Joyful Mystery: the Visitation. Just as the Annunciation highlighted the CST principles of Subsidiarity and Good...
