The True Saint Augustine
St. Augustine’s legacy has fared so well not just because of his personal holiness and scholarly genius, but also because of the great ease...
Cyril and Methodius: Brothers and Missionaries of the Slavs
The 14th of February of every year marks the great feast of the two brothers which history dubs as the “Apostles of the Slavs”,...
Saint Philip Neri’s Joyful Heart
We celebrate today one of the most joyful and idiosyncratic – the two are not unrelated - of saints, Philip Neri, (+1595), the founder...
Saint Hildegarde von Bingen, a Woman for All Seasons
Hildegarde von Bingen (+1179) is one of the newest saints in the liturgical calendar, canonized 'equipollently' by Pope Benedict XVI on May 12, 2012...
The Commemoration of All Saints of the Seraphic order
The 29th of November is the liturgical memorial of Franciscan saints. Countless is the number of those who followed Jesus in the footsteps of...
Pope Benedict and Saint Cyril
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 27 June 2007
Saint Cyril of Jerusalem
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Our attention today is focused on St Cyril of Jerusalem....
Saint Dominic’s Battle for Truth
Saint Dominic (+1221) was one of those souls destined from birth to do great things - as, we may suppose, all saints are in...
Pope Benedict and Saint Stephen
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
In our recent Catecheses we have seen how through personal and community prayer the...
Saint Felix – A Hermit Turned Friar
On the eve of November 4, 1212, in a remote town in Meaux, France, a monk, in his dying bed, asked that his brothers...
The Popes and the feast of Our Lady of Pompei
May 8th is the traditional feast day of Our Lady of Pompeii, which reminds us of the power of the Marian prayer of the...
