Friday, February 13, 2026

Don Bosco, Still Teaching in the Hallway

On joy, presence, young love, and the quiet holiness of Catholic education There’s a particular kind of sound you only hear in a school: a...

Pope Benedict XVI and the Enduring Value of Saint Thomas Aquinas

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Saint Peter's Square Wednesday, 2 June 2010   Saint Thomas Aquinas (1) Dear Brothers and Sisters, After several Catecheses on the priesthood and on my latest Journeys,...

Apologetics 101, Question 11: How do you know for a certainty that Christ performed...

In response to Catholic Insight’s post of Carl Sundell’s list of 39 essential questions Catholics should be prepared to answer about our faith, I...
Saints Gabriel and Mary

Catholic Conscience Rosary: the Annunciation

In the first installment of a series of Rosary reflections highlighting the principles, values, and virtues of Catholic Social Teaching, the civic evangelization organization...

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...

The Digital World and the Crisis of the Modern Mind

The medium is the message (Marshall McLuhan, 1964) The invention of the digital world is supposed to be celebrated as a triumph of shared knowledge...

Pope Pius XI’s Letter on Saint Francis de Sales

(On the 26th of January, 1923, Pope Pius XI promulgated an encyclical on Saint Francis de Sales on the 300th anniversary of his death,...

Saint Agnes and the Courage of Chastity

'Tis incumbent upon us in these days, so inimical to anything chaste and pure, to remind ourselves of the genius of the feminine and...

My Peaceful and Profitable Time at the Two Fonts of the Liberal Arts

(New contributor Mary Innerst offers here a reflection of the beauty of her time studying at the ITI - the International Theological Institute -...

Pope Benedict and Saint Hilary

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Saint Peter's Square Wednesday, 10 October 2007 Saint Hilary of Poitiers Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today, I would like to talk about a great Father of...