Friday, November 14, 2025

Pope Benedict and Martin of Tours

BENEDICT XVI ANGELUS St Peter's Square Sunday, 11 November 2007 Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today, 11 November, the Church remembers St Martin, Bishop of Tours, one of the most...

Saint Martin of Tours and Armistice Day

It's Remembrance Day here in Canada as well as Britain and the rest of her dominions and territories; in America, it’s Veterans' Day. Both...

Pope Benedict on Pope Saint Leo the Great

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Audience Hall Wednesday, 5 March 2008 Saint Leo the Great Dear Brothers and Sisters, Continuing our journey through the Fathers of the Church, true...

Pope Saint Leo, the First of the Greats

Pope Saint Leo, the first pontiff to earn the title 'the Great', reigned from 440 until his death on this day in 461, was...

Gold Mass 2025, Toronto

Join the Society of Catholic Scientists in celebrating the memorial of Saint Albert the Great, patron of scientists on Tuesday, November 18, at the...

“Verso L ’Alto” – A Meditation on the Hidden Sanctity of Pier Giorgio Frassati

The Italian Alps — that formidable stretch of Europe’s great mountain arc — rise in dramatic splendour above the landscape that so enduringly shaped...

Charles Borromeo Leads the True Reformation

The memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo (1538-1584) commemorates one of the great pillars - along with Saint Robert Bellarmine, Philip Neri and countless others...

All the Myriads Upon Myriads of Saints

A blessed solemnity of All Saints to all our readers, a feast that goes back to its official institution by Pope Gregory III (731...

Pope Benedict and All the Saints

  HOLY MASS ON THE SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI Vatican Basilica Wednesday, 1 November 2006   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Our Eucharistic celebration began with...

Saints Simon, Jude and Desperate Causes

All of the Apostles have a feast day, and on this third last day of October, in the crisp days of fall, we celebrate...