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      Saints Edith Stein and Maximilian Kolbe: Witnesses to Hope

      The philosopher and Carmelite Edith Stein (Saint Teresa Benedicta a Cruce was her name in religion), and the Franciscan priest Maximilian Kolbe were put...

      On Chesterton and Children: Theology of Repetition

      What am I doing here? Is this all there is to life? These questions occasionally surface as I sit at my desk, surrounded by beige...

      Pope Benedict on Hippolytus and Martyrdom

      BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Papal Summer Residence, Castel Gandolfo Wednesday, 11 August 2010 The significance of martyrdom Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today in the Liturgy we commemorate St Clare of...

      Pontian, Hippolytus, Pope and Anti-Pope, Saints Together

      An anti-Pope is someone who thinks he's the Pope - or at least who claims to be the Pope - when in reality he...

      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...

      Nineteenth Sunday: Consolation and Exhortation

      ‘Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom’ (Lk. 12:32). ⧾ These are perhaps among the most...

      Spes Aedificandi: Saint Edith Stein, Martyr and Co-Patroness of Europe

      On this August 9th, we commemorate Saint Edith Stein, whose name in religion was Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Just over a quarter of...

      The Poison Pen of Christopher Hitchens

      Someone will protest: “Why are you writing a piece on the atheist Christopher Hitchens? He's dead, and isn't he yesterday's news?” But this is...

      Pope Benedict and Saint Dominic

      BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Audience Hall Wednesday, 3 February 2010   Saint Dominic Guzmán Dear Brothers and Sisters, Last week I presented the luminous figure of Francis of Assisi;...

      Dr. Frances Kelsey and Thalidomide

      On this August 7th, back in 1962, Frances Oldham Kelsey, a Canadian-American physician/pharmacologist (who hailed from bucolic and beautiful Cobble Hill, on Vancouver Island,...