Saint Camillus de Lellis: Gambling Everything on Christ
A true saint for our times is the one we celebrate today - Camillus de Lellis (+1614) (we will follow the Canadian calendar, and...
Saint Henry’s Heavenly Rule
We need more leaders such as Saint Henry (+1024, 'Emperor of the Romans' and 'King of the Italians', the last of the 'Ottonian' line...
Louis and Zelie Martin’s Ecclesia Domestica
July 12th is the day chosen as the feast of the parents of the 'Little Flower', for which Louis and Zelie Martin are most renowned....
Orange Day and Saint Oliver Plunkett, the Last Martyr of the Protestant ‘Reformation’
July the 12th is ‘Orange’ Day, celebrated still with fervour in Northern Ireland, commemorating the defeat of the rightful Catholic king of the Stuart...
Pope Benedict on Saint Benedict
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
St Peter's Square
Wednesday, 9 April 2008
Saint Benedict of Norcia
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today, I would like to speak about Benedict, the Founder of...
Saint Benedict and His Option
A blessed feast of Saint Benedict (+543), as we commemorate the monk credited with saving what we know as 'civilization'. As a student in...
Myriads of Martyrs for China
Through the centuries there have been untold thousands of martyrs in China, and July 9th is chosen as the day to commemorate them, for...
John Paul II’s Homily on the Hundredth Anniversary of Maria Goretti
MESSAGE OF JOHN PAUL II
TO THE BISHOP OF ALBANO
FOR THE CENTENARY OF THE DEATH
OF ST. MARIA GORETTI
To my Venerable Brother Bishop Agostino Vallini of...
Maria Goretti, A Martyr for Chastity
It was a day much like today, a hot, humid and sweltering July 6th in the year of our Lord 1902, one hundred and...
Saint Anthony Zaccaria
Saint Anthony Zaccaria (+1539), from noble lineage in late-renaissance Italy, was born in Rome in 1502, on the cusp of the Protestant revolt against the...