Sunday, July 20, 2025

Saint Camillus de Lellis: Alea Iacta Est

A true saint for our times is the one we celebrate today - Camillus de Lellis (+1614) (we will follow the Canadian calendar, and...
Pope St. John Paul II

A Message to the Camillians in the Jubilee Year

MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER TO THE CAMILLIAN FAMILY ON THE 450TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR FOUNDER'S BIRTH   To Fr Angelo Brusco Superior General of the Order of Clerics Regular...

Saint Henry and Cunegunde’s Heavenly Rule

We could do with more leaders such as Saint Henry (+1024, 'Emperor of the Romans' and 'King of the Italians', the last of the...

Orange Day and Saint Oliver Plunkett, the Last Martyr of the Protestant ‘Reformation’

July the 12th is ‘Orange’ Day, celebrated still with fervour in Northern Ireland, commemorating the defeat of the rightful Catholic king of the Stuart...

Pope Benedict on Saint Benedict

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE St Peter's Square Wednesday, 9 April 2008 Saint Benedict of Norcia Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today, I would like to speak about Benedict, the Founder of...

Saint Benedict: Ora et Labora

A blessed feast of Saint Benedict (+543), as we commemorate the monk credited with saving what we know as 'civilization'. As a student in...

Pope John Paul II Canonizes 119 Martyrs of China

CAPPELLA PAPALE FOR THE CANONIZATION OF 123 NEW SAINTS HOMILY OF JOHN PAUL II Sunday 1 October 2000 1. "Your word is truth; sanctify us in your...

Myriads of Martyrs for China

Through the centuries there have been untold thousands of martyrs in China, and July 9th is chosen as the day to commemorate them, for...

Maria Goretti, A Martyr for Chastity

It was a day much like today, a hot, humid and sweltering July 6th in the year of our Lord 1902, one hundred and...

Saint Anthony Zaccaria

Saint Anthony Zaccaria (+1539), from noble lineage in late-renaissance Italy, was born in Rome in 1502, on the cusp of the Protestant revolt against the...