Solemnity of 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,...

Saint Irenaeus: Witness to Truth and Tradition

Saint Irenaeus (+202 A.D.), bishop of Lugdunum - now Lyons - in the second century of the Church's existence, a disciple of the martyr...

Pope Benedict and Saint Irenaeus of Lyons

(Saint Irenaeus of Lyons, whose feast we celebrate on the 28th of June, just before Saints Peter and Paul, was declared a Doctor of...

Blesseds Vasyl Velykchovskyand Nykyta Budka: Hidden Ukrainian and Canadian Heroes

The subversive doctrines of atheistic communism and socialism have infected nations, institutions, media, education, and souls, throughout the world. Make no mistake, as Pius...

Pope Benedict and Saint Cyril of Alexandria

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Saint Peter's Square Wednesday, 3 October 2007 Saint Cyril of Alexandria Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today too, continuing our journey following the traces left by the...

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, and Saint Cyril’s Defense of Mother and Son

Today is the traditional feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, signified in one of the most famous ‘icons’ of the Virgin Mother, which,...

Saints John and Paul – and Josemaria

We usually try to commemorate the saints in the current, public liturgical calendar, but now and again, we will mention those more hidden, even...

Saint William of Monte Vergine

William of Vercelli (1085 -1142) was a tenth-century hermit, and almost-accidental founder of an Order, the Congregation of Monte Vergine, also called the ‘Williamites’....

Pope Benedict and the Birth of the Baptist

BENEDICT XVI ANGELUS St. Peter's Square Sunday, 24 June 2012 Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today, 24 June, we are celebrating the Solemnity of St John the Baptist. He is...

The Birth of John the Liminal and Luminous Baptist

A blessed Solemnity! We celebrate the birthdays of three ‘saints’ in our liturgical calendar: Christ Himself, the Son of God, of course, on Christmas...