Pope Benedict’s First Address on Saint Gregory the Great
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Wednesday, 28 May 2008
Saint Gregory the Great (1)
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Last Wednesday I spoke of a Father of the Church little known...
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Thomas J. DiLorenzo is a...
Saint Damien of Molochai
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Duns Scotus and Pope Benedict
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Hall
Wednesday, 7 July 2010
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John Duns Scotus
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
This morning, after several Catecheses on various great theologians, I would like...
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Wednesday, September 8th, is the feast of the Nativity of Mary, the Mother of God. It was the great Greek Church Father, St John...
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Compassion is not cynical: a reply to David Bentley Hart on Annulment and Divorce
David Bentley Hart has recently suggested that the Eastern Orthodox practice of divorce is more coherent and compassionate than the Catholic practice of annulment.
The...
