Saint Nicholas Tavelic, the Franciscan Martyr for Christ in the Holy Land
On November 14th, we celebrate the feast of the great Franciscan Croatian martyr Saint Nicholas Tavelic. His bold witness shows what it means to...
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
The saint today is one of the patrons of Hungary, Elizabeth (+1320), the niece of Saint Hedwig of Silesia, (+1243) whom we celebrated in...
Pope Benedict and Saint John Damascene
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 6 May 2009
John Damascene
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today I should like to speak about John Damascene, a personage of prime...
Prayer of Pope John Paul II to Our Lady of Guadalupe
O Immaculate Virgin, Mother of the true God and Mother of the Church!, who from this place reveal your clemency and your pity to all...
Saint Joseph’s Confirmation in Grace
(In Advent, our devotion is focused on Saint John the Baptist, as the precursor of the Christ, but then we shift in the latter...
St. John de Matha, the Forgotten Friar
Every year on December 17 the church intones the ‘O antiphons’ the joyous canticles in anticipation of the coming of Christ. But on the...
Saint Dominic of Silos and His Chanting Monks
Saint Dominic of Silos died on this December 20th, in 1073, at the monastery he had founded in the southern part of northern Spain....
Saint John, Son of Zebedee
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Wednesday, 5 July 2006
John, son of Zebedee
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Let us dedicate our meeting today to remembering another very important member of...
Saint John, Theologian of Love
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 9 August 2006
John, the theologian
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Before the holidays I had begun sketching small portraits of the...
Saint Paul the Hermit
Saint Paul of Thebes (+ 341) is traditionally considered the first hermit in the Catholic Church, if we don’t include John the Baptist, who...