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      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....

      From 19th-Century Convert to 21st-Century Doctor: Newman’s Theology Speaks to Today

      Introduction In a time of quick changes in culture, and of secularism, and doctrinal arguments within the Church, the theology of St. John Henry Newman...

      Fourth Sunday of Lent: Siloam and Spiritual Blindness

      Once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light – for the fruit of the light...

      Audi Benigne Conditor: An Introduction to the Latin Poetry of the Church

      Should it please the reader to explore the Church’s rich repository of Latin poetry, I shall gladly introduce you. Surely, it is a noble...

      Third Sunday of Lent: Thirsting for the True Water of Life

      ‘Give me a drink’ (Jn. 4:7). The conversation of Our Lord and the Samaritan woman revolves around the gift of water. This request is presented...

      The Stabat Mater

      For our musical offering on this Third Sunday of Lent, here are a few renditions - amongst many - of the perduring Stabat Mater,...

      Bishop Sheen and the Shocking Scandal of the Eucharist

      Fulton Sheen’s beatification continues. And I’d like to draw attention to something he once wrote:, “The greatest love story of all time is contained...

      Why and Wherefore Forever War?

      'Epic Fury',  the attack on Iran by the United States, may last for some weeks yet, according to President Trump. Whether this is justified...

      Second Sunday of Lent, and Seeing Beyond Our Eyes

      Are old people wise? Have they learned anything from experience? Or are they all curmudgeons, continually grumbling about the young generation and contrasting it...

      Allegri’s Miserere and Mozart’s Memory

      As we begin the Lenten pilgrimage on this second Sunday, a fitting help to our devotion is Allegri's Miserere, his unsurpassed musical setting of...