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So you, O son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel’ (Ez. 33:7). This mission given by the Lord God...

We live in slothful times.  I don’t mean to say that our age is uniquely lazy, however common indolence may happen to be.  Modern...

A visit to Rome prompts the author to reflect upon his own journey to Catholicism. It was not rational argument that shipwrecked the mind...

Who do people say that the Son of Man is’? (Mt. 16:16) ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God’ (Mt. 16:16). St....

Heresy and Suspicion of Heresy: An Analysis Table of Contents Introduction............................................................................................... 2 Definition of “Heresy”.............................................................................. 3 The Principles and Early Use of the Canonical Term “Suspicion...

Appeals for freedom, justice and mercy are commonplace. All seems right. We impulsively acknowledge and defend them undisputedly. But, in the spirit of modern...

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Papal Summer Residence, Castel Gandolfo Wednesday, 18 August 2010 Saint Pius the Tenth Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today I would like to reflect on my...

For my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples (Is. 56: 7). In any given region or country, a common language...

Thanks to my Irish Catholic mother and 12 years with the good sisters of six parochial schools and four more years at the University...

For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own people, my kindred according...