Pope Benedict and Saint Ignatius of Antioch

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE St Peter's Square Wednesday, 14 March 2007 Saint Ignatius of Antioch Dear Brothers and Sisters, As we already did last Wednesday, we are speaking about the...

Saint Crispin, Agincourt and the Forty Martyrs

This day, October the 25th, is Saint Crispin's Day - or, rather, the feast of Saint Crispin and Crispianus, for let us not forget...

Pope Benedict and Saints Simon and Jude

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Saint Peter’s Square Wednesday, 11 October 2006 Simon and Jude Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today, let us examine two of the Twelve Apostles: Simon the Cananaean...

Simon, Jude and Hopeless Cases

All of the Apostles have a feast day, and on this 28th of October – the same day that Emperor Constantine won his victory...

Saint Felix – A Hermit Turned Friar

On the eve of November 4, 1212, in a remote town in Meaux, France, a monk, in his dying bed, asked that his brothers...

Charles Cardinal Borromeo: The Saint Who Taught Us What Holiness Is, Concretely

This Saturday, November 4th, is the feast of St Charles Borromeo, one of the shining lights of the Catholic Reformation, a time of turmoil....

Duns Scotus and Pope Benedict

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Hall Wednesday, 7 July 2010   John Duns Scotus Dear Brothers and Sisters, This morning, after several Catecheses on various great theologians, I would like...

Saint Thomas’ Profundity: A Poem

(On this memorial of Blessed Duns Scotus, here is a poem on his near-contemporary, Saint Thomas, by high school senior, Brendan Brunet. If Mr....

Blessed John Duns Scotus, the Great Defender of the Immaculate Conception of Mary

The 8th of November is the liturgical memorial of Blessed John Duns Scotus. In his apostolic letter on the occasion of the seventh century...

Saint Stanislaus Kostka: Travelling Far in a Short Time

Saint Stanislaus Kostka – who died in 1568 just a few months shy of his eighteenth birthday – is one of the most popular...