Funeral Homily of Pope John Paul II
FUNERAL MASS
OF THE ROMAN PONTIFF
JOHN PAUL II
HOMILY OF HIS EMINENCE CARD. JOSEPH RATZINGER
St Peter's Square
Friday, 8 April 2005
"Follow me. " The Risen Lord says...
The Body and Judgement
“The Spirit of God who raised Jesus from the dead, . . . will give life to your mortal bodies.” This is what we...
From the Homily of Pope Paul VI At the Canonization of the Forty Martyrs...
25th October 1970
To all those who are filled with admiration in reading the records of these martyrs, it is perfectly clear that they are...
Pope John Paul’s All Souls’ Message
JOHN PAUL II
ANGELUS - ALL SOULS DAY
Sunday, 2 November 1997
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
1. Yesterday we celebrated the Solemnity of All Saints and today the...
On Evil Euphemisms
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Parents beware: The effects of teaching same-sex attraction during pre-adolescence
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Pagan Idolatry and Catholic Fortitude
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The Faith is All or None
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Saint Thomas and Merit
(Here is, for your perusal, Saint Thomas' teaching on charity - or divine-like love, 'willing the good' - is the principle of merit, rather...
The Thirty Third Sunday’s Eschaton
Beware that you are not led astray (Lk. 21:8). ⧾
The sacred liturgy again today directs our attention to the eschaton, the teaching about the...