Canada’s Original, and Very Catholic, National Anthem
In the glow of Canada-Dominion Day, here is the original version of O, Canada, which was written in French, in Quebec – Canada was...
Junipero Serra and Catholic California
(July 1st is the traditional feast of Saint Junipero Serra, the great missionary founder of California, which, believe it or not, was once fully...
Pope Leo Appeals to the SSPX
Pope Leo XIV has penned a heartfelt appeal to the SSPX, addressed to their superior, Father Davide Pagliari, not to go through with the illicit...
Pope Benedict and Saints Peter and Paul
FEAST OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL
HOLY MASS FOR THE IMPOSITION OF THE SACRED PALLIUM
ON METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOPS
HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
Vatican Basilica
Friday,...
Pope Benedict and Saint Irenaeus of Lyons
(Saint Irenaeus of Lyons, whose feast we celebrate on this 28th of June, if it were not suppressed this year by Sunday, just before...
A New ‘Ecclesia Dei’?
As the Consistory of Cardinals begins, there is apparently nothing on the official agenda on the 'elephant in the room', the looming consecration of...
Pope Benedict, Thomas More and the Role of the Church
(The following is an excerpt from an address give by Pope Benedict XVI in Westminster Hall on September 17, 2010, the feast of Saint...
Saint Paulinus of Nola
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 12 December 2007
Saint Paulinus of Nola
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The Father of the Church to whom we turn our...
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga and the Summer’s Solstice
On this 21st day of June, we remember Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (+ 1591), a Jesuit scholastic - which is to say, a seminarian -...
Pope Saint John Paul II’s Consecration of the World to the Immaculate Heart
WE ENTRUST, O MARY, AND CONSECRATE THE WHOLE WORLD TO YOUR IMMACULATE HEART!
On Thursday, 13 May 1982, after the concelebrated Mass in Fatima, Pope...
