Climbing the Mountain of Carmel: What is Carmelite Theology?
If you google - or better yet visit - the Carmel of Lisieux, you will find a small French baroque mid-ceiling chapel connected by...
The Last Easter Homily of Pope Benedict XVI
(Last words are always - or almost always - indicative, and one could reach much into these words of Pope Benedict XVI on his...
Christianity, Islam and Atheism
The Arab world before Mohamed was dominated by a polytheism that was slowly evolving toward monotheism. That polytheism included the supreme god among all...
Homily of JP II in the Basilica of the Annunciation, 2000
A blessed Solemnity of the Annunciation to one and all! Verbum caro factum est, alleluia! The feast is moved this year, since its traditional...
The Eclipse and the Via Negativa
An eleven-year-old boy in our neighbourhood told me that for today’s eclipse passing through Eastern Ontario, he was going to fill up a big...
Saint Stanislaus of Szczepanów
We celebrate Saint Stanislaus today (+ April 11, 1079), bishop and martyr, who accepted the episcopacy only at the direct order of Pope Alexander...
Thomas Aquinas and Natural Law Theory
Introduction
Natural law is a theory in ethics and philosophy that says that human beings possess intrinsic values that govern their reasoning and behavior. Natural...
Third Sunday of Easter: Christ, the Atoning Sacrifice
Jesus Christ the righteous…he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole...
Pope Benedict and Saint Anselm
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
Saint Anselm
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The Benedictine Abbey of Sant'Anselmo is located on the Aventine Hill...
The Mary Enigma
(On this commemoration of Saint Bernadette Soubirous, it seems fitting to post this reflection from a new contributor from Ireland, Dr. A.E. Dundon, on...