Pope Benedict and Anthony of Padua
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Saint Anthony of Padua
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Two weeks ago I presented St Francis of Assisi. This morning...
Pope Benedict and Saint Barnabas
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Wednesday, 31 January 2007
Barnabas, Silas (also called Silvanus), and Apollos
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Continuing our journey among the protagonists who were the first...
Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
Six years ago, on the 160th anniversary of the first apparition of Lourdes, on February 11th, Robert Cardinal Sarah, then-head of the Congregation for...
Saint John Paul II’s Pentecost
Homily of His Holiness John Paul II
Sunday, 31 May 1998, The Solemnity of Pentecost
Credo in Spiritum Sanctum, Dominum et vivificantem:I believe in the Holy...
Pentecost Sunday: The Spirit of Truth
When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will...
The Repentance and Return of Saint Peter
In a previous essay I dealt with the stages in St. Peter's fall from grace. In this essay, I would like to examine his...
Pope Benedict and Saint Boniface
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Saint Boniface, the Apostle of the Germans
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today, we shall reflect on a great eighth-century...
Apologetics 101.2: The Scandal of Evil
Recently, Catholic Insight posted a thoughtful note from Carl Sundell on the essential questions we should be prepared to answer about our faith.
This list...
The Ascension of our Lord
Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come...
Pope John Paul II and the Visitation
(Here is Pope Saint John Paul II's first homily for the feast of the Visitation, to close off his first Marian month as Pope,...
