The Protomartyrs of Rome
The blood of martyrs is the seed of the Church - Tertullian (+240 A.D.)
The first, or proto-, martyrs of the Church of Rome commemorate...
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,...
Blesseds Vasyl and Nykyta: Hidden Ukrainian and Canadian Treasures
Those espousing the subversive doctrines of socialism and communism - which includes almost every Democrat and Liberal in Canada, along with nearly the entirety...
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...
The Birth of John the Liminal and Luminous Baptist
We celebrate the birthdays of three ‘saints’ in our liturgical calendar: Christ Himself, the Son of God, of course, on Christmas Day; His Mother,...
Fisher and More for Our Times
Two glorious martyrs of the 'Reformation' are celebrated today. First, Saint Thomas More, husband, father, lawyer, sometime chancellor of England, martyred in 1535 along...
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, Bent Iron, and Summer’s Solstice
On this memorial we remember Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (+ 1591), a Jesuit scholastic who died at what we might consider the too-young age of...
Romuald’s Eremetical Reform
Saint Romuald (+June 19, 1025/27) was a tenth-century monk, who founded the strict Camaldolese Order, named after their primary benefactor, Maldoli, who, impressed by...
Mary’s Immaculate and Maternal Heart
On the Saturday after the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Catholic Church celebrates the Immaculate Heart of His Mother Mary, the...