Christopher Dawson On Religion and Progress
Baptized Anglican, Christopher Dawson (1889-1970) during Easter of 1909 visited Rome where he experienced a mystical event and became a Roman Catholic at the...
The Long Hot Summer of 2018
On January 10, 1963, the Hon. A.S. Herlong Jr., a judge and Democratic congressman from Florida (1949-1969) read a document into the U.S. House...
Gaudete: Rejoice the Lord is Near
His mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation (Lk 1:4).
Once again on this third Sunday of Advent we encounter the figure...
Pope Benedict and Athanasius
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 20 June 2007
Saint Athanasius of Alexandria
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Continuing our revisitation of the great Teachers of the ancient Church,...
The Purifying Fire of Truth
Twentieth Sunday Per Annum (C) August 18, 2019.
Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you,...
Pope Benedict and Saint Albert the Great
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Saint Albert the Great
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
One of the great masters of medieval theology is...
Blessed Candles, Holy Families
In the past year, the Good Lord has willed that some serious challenges beset my family, challenges which have brought me to my knees...
Spy Wednesday and the Rending of the Veil
It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun’s light failed;...
No Stone Left Unturned: Thoughts on Ravi Zacharias’s Mission
On May 19, Ravi Zacharias died at his home in Atlanta from a rare cancer known as sarcoma which was found as a malignant...
What of Married Saints?
Glance at any catalogue of saints and you will be struck, as I was, at how few of them were married. There are Mary...
