Andrew-Dung Lac and the Vietnamese Martyrs: Washed in the Blood of the Lamb
On this memorial of the Martyrs of Vietnam, we commemorate a whole panoply of white-robed witnesses, Christians, bishops, priests, Franciscans, Dominicans, lay men, women...
Naming the Apostles
We encounter the name of Jude in the Book of Acts. The evangelists Matthew and Mark name him as Thaddeus. In his catechesis on...
Would the Real Saint Nicholas Please Stand Up?
Saint Nicholas of Myra (+343) has gone down in legend in more ways than one. His general story follows below, but through the years...
Saint Agnes and the Courage of Chastity
'Tis incumbent upon us in these days, so inimical to anything chaste and pure, to remind ourselves of the genius of the feminine and...
A Minimalist Friar
Were this not Tuesday of Easter Octave, this April the second would mark the memorial of Saint Francis of Paola (+1507), founder of the...
A Brief History of Devotion to the Sacred Heart and Prayer for Priests
A blessed Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to all our readers, a feast which has its origins in the early Middle Ages,...
Pope Benedict, Saint John Eudes and the Formation of Priests
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Wednesday, 19 August 2009
(Video)
Saint John Eudes and the formation of the diocesan clergy
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today is the liturgical Memorial of St...
The Virgin Mary versus the Gorgon Medusa
Almost exactly two years ago, right in the heart of Manhattan, Luciano Garbati’s sculpture Medusa With the Head of Perseus was unveiled. The statue depicts exactly...
Pope Benedict and Pope Pius X
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Papal Summer Residence, Castel Gandolfo
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Saint Pius the Tenth
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today I would like to reflect on my...
Saints Timothy and Titus
A blessed memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus, co-workers of Saint Paul, both of them ordained by him into the early episcopacy of the...