Saint Thomas and the Unborn
Today's feast of the great priest and doctor of the Church, Saint Thomas Aquinas, is also the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1988 striking...
Pope Benedict XVI and the Enduring Value of Saint Thomas Aquinas
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 2 June 2010
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Saint Thomas Aquinas (1)
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
After several Catecheses on the priesthood and on my latest Journeys,...
Saint Angela Merici and the Ursulines
Saint Angela Merici (+1540) lived and died in Italy, growing up to adulthood during the tumultuous events of the early Reformation (she went to...
Pope Benedict, Timothy and Titus
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 13 December 2006
Timothy and Titus
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Having spoken at length on the great Apostle Paul, today let...
Saint Paul’s Marvelous Metanoia
Metanoia is the original Greek term for 'conversion', which opens the Gospel of Saint Mark with Christ's exhortation: 'Repent and believe in the Gospel!'....
Saint Paul’s Conversion
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 3 September 2008
Saint Paul (3)
St Paul's "Conversion".
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today's Catechesis is dedicated to the experience that Paul...
Saint Francis de Sales, Ecumenism and Christian Unity
In this week of prayer for Christian unity, I have an article on the Toronto archdiocesan webpage – or more like a few brief...
Pope Pius XI’s Letter on Saint Francis de Sales
(One hundred and two years ago, on the 26th of January, 1923, Pope Pius XI promulgated an encyclical on Saint Francis de Sales on...
Saint Francis de Sales and the Joy of Salvation
It would be ironic if on this feast of the patron saint of writers, as well as this week dedicated to Christian unity, we...
Saint Marianne Cope and Her Lepers
Saint Marianne Cope (+1918), whose memorial is on this January 23rd, was an American-born Sister of the Third Order of Saint Francis, who spent...
