Saint Raymond, the Not-Born, and Saint Aristedes, the Apologist
Saint Raymond Nonnatus, who died on this day in 1240, was a Mercedarian priest, whose Order, as their name implies, was taskedwith ransoming Christian...
Celebrating Our Baptismal Day
On this day, I was baptized in Saint Patrick's church, in Dumbarton, Scotland, on the commemoration of King Saint Louis IX and Saint Joseph...
Saint Joseph Calasanz, a Radical Reformer
We would be remiss if we did not at least remark on this day on the great and sadly forgotten Saint Joseph Calasanz (+1648),...
Stockholm Socialism
The 23rd of August is the anniversary of a 1973 bank robbery in Stockholm, Sweden. The robbery went south, descending into a hostage situation...
Pope Calls for a Day of Prayer and Fasting on August 22 ,the Queenship...
In his General Audience yesterday, Pope Leo called for Catholics to pray and fast tomorrow, Friday, on the Queenship of Mary, for the intentions...
The Theologian versus the Rationalist: Bernard and Abelard
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Two Theological Models in Comparison: Bernard and Abelard
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
In my last Catechesis I presented the main features...
An Original Musical By Christine Helferty, August 22-24th
For those in the Peterborough area, or even further afield, mark your calendars for a new and original musical, Past the Limit, a Story...
Pope Benedict and Saint Lawrence
PASTORAL VISIT
TO THE BASILICA OF SAINT LAWRENCE OUTSIDE THE WALLS
ON THE OCCASION OF THE 1750th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE MARTYRDOM OF THE HOLY DEACON
HOMILY OF HIS...
The Divine Comedy of Saint Lawrence
Today's Saint Lawrence (+258) lives on in the legend of his own divine comedy, a Spaniard from Valencia, chosen in the very bloom of...
Tibbets’ ‘Distinguished Service’ in Death
Eighty year ago, Paul Tibbets flew his B-52 bomber, the 'Enola Gay' - named after his own mother - and dropped the nuclear bomb...
