Monday, December 29, 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...

Pope Benedict and Saint Clare of Assisi

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Hall Wednesday, 15 September 2010 Saint Clare of Assisi Dear Brothers and Sisters, One of the best loved Saints is without a doubt St...

Louis and Zelie Martin’s Ecclesia Domestica

July 12th is the day chosen as the feast of the parents of the 'Little Flower', for which Louis and Zelie Martin are most renowned....

Saint Josaphat, Martyr for Unity

Our Lord seems to have been speaking of our modern crisis when he warns in yesterday's Gospel that scandals are sure to come, and...

Saint Kateri, Canada’s Protectress

This was the title given to Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, by Pope Benedict XVI, when he canonized her on October 28th, 2012, along with six...

Holy Norbert and Heroic Normandy

Saint Norbert (+1134) of Xanten was a zealous bishop and founder, who was at the forefront of the ecclesial reform named after Pope Gregory...

The Spiritual Guidance of Saint Alphonsus Maria de’ Liguori  

On August 1, 2022, we celebrated the liturgical memorial of St Alphonsus Maria de’ Liguori I asked myself: In what way such a great...

Saint Anthony of Padua’s Enduring Popularity

On Sunday 13 2021 the universal Church, and particularly, the Franciscan Order, celebrate with great joy the feast of St Anthony of Padua. In the...

Saint Leonard of Noblac – or Limoges

Not much is known about today's saint, who, by what accounts we have, died in 559 A.D. And those accounts date only from the...

Pope Benedict and Saint Cyprian

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE St Peter's Square Wednesday, 6 June 2007 Saint Cyprian Dear Brothers and Sisters, In the series of our catecheses on the great figures of the ancient...