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      Pergolesi’s Sublime Stabat Mater

      This versions of the Stabat Mater - the classic 13th century hymn in praise of Our Lady of Sorrows - put to music by...
      Pope St. John Paul II

      Our Lady of La Salette

      (A Letter from Pope Saint John Paul II to the Bishop of Grenoble in 1996, on the 150th anniversary of the vision at La...

      Januarius and His Blood

      Saint Januarius was bishop of Benevuento, in the south-west of Italy, about whom a number of legends are told - that he survived unscathed...

      Sunday Musical Selection: O Magnum Mysterium

      A reader wanted a version of O Magnum Mysterium, by Tomas Luis Victoria, first published in 1572, at the height of the Catholic restoration,...

      General Audience on Saint Robert Bellarmine

      BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Audience Hall Wednesday, 23 February 2011 Saint Robert Bellarmine Dear Brothers and Sisters, Born on 4 October 1542 in Montepulciano near Siena, he was...

      Blessed Émilie Tavernier   

      For an official biography of today's home-grown Canadian saint, the youngest of fifteen children - yes, large families are quite conducive to holiness, if...

      Back to Tradition

      Once I gave a talk on Saint Andrew. It was in Kenaston, Saskatchewan, in a church dedicated to Saint Andrew. At the end of...
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      JP II’s Homily Proclaiming Saint Therese A Doctor of the Church

      PROCLAMATION OF ST THÉRÈSE OF THE CHILD JESUS AND THE HOLY FACE AS A "DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH" HOMILY OF POPE JOHN PAUL II Sunday, 19 October 1997 ...

      Anton Bruckner’s Locus Iste

      As we celebrate lose the the dedication of the basilica of Saint John Lateran, the primary church of Christendom, at this end of the Octave...

      Faustina, Poland and Christ’s Kingship

      "As I was praying for Poland, I heard the words:  I bear a special love for Poland, and if she will be obedient to...