The Third Sunday of Advent: A Voice Crying the Wilderness
Do not despise the words of Prophets…hold fast to what is good; abstain from every form of evil (1 Thess. 5:17). ⧾
Again on this...
Will The Real Anthony Fauci Please Stand Up?
The power of government rests on ignorance of the people, and it knows this, and therefore will always resist enlightenment. Leo Tolstoy
Earlier this month,...
Maria Goretti, Lust and the Noon-Day Devil
Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God (Mt 5:8)
But I say to you every one who looks at a woman...
30th Sunday: We will not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good.
On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets (Mt 22:40).
Our Gospel text contains what is sometimes referred to as the Great Commandment,...
The Case Against Abortion
(In light of today's commemoration of Saint Margaret of Castello, patroness of the unborn, and of Arizona's recent instantiation of pro-life laws protecting the...
Handel’s Miraculous Messiah
Handel's Messiah, first performed on April 13th, 1742 (in Dublin of all places) was Composed by a German, who had become a naturalised Brit,...
Why Are Catholics Not Holier Than They Are? Father Paul Quay Responds
On his visit to our college a few years ago, the Jesuit scholar Father Koterski mentioned a book that he described as the 'most...
Humanae Vitae at 50
I am hurtling in a high speed train from Glasgow to London, with a heavy heart saying farewell to my native land, a sentiment...
Pope Benedict’s Final Christmas Urbi et Orbi
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
ON THE OCCASION OF CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
TO THE ROMAN CURIA
Clementine Hall
Friday, 21 December 2012
Dear Cardinals,
Brother Bishops and Priests,
Dear Brothers and...
Homily at the Mass of Blessed Josephine Bakhita
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY
TO BENIN, UGANDA AND KHARTOUM (SUDAN)
EUCHARISTIC CONCELEBRATION
IN HONOR OF BLESSED JOSEPHINE BAKHITA
HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II
Green Square, Khartoum (Sudan)
Wednesday, 10 February 1993
"Come...