Pope John Paul II’s Last Sermon on the Immaculate Conception
HOLY MASS ON THE OCCASION OF THE 150th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE DOGMA OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
HOMILY OF JOHN PAUL II
Solemnity of...
Pope Benedict and Saint Ambrose
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Saint Ambrose of Milan
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Holy Bishop Ambrose - about whom I shall speak to you...
May God Raise Up More Bishops Like Ambrose
The great bishop and doctor Ambrose (340 - 397) is known for many things, not least his role in the conversion of the great...
Saint Nicholas and the Silence of Saint Thomas
It was on this day 751 years ago that Saint Thomas Aquinas stopped writing. Or, more properly, dictating - for he had scribes write...
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...
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...
Saint Francis Xavier
This saint, one of the Church's most illustrious missionaries. This is the apt description given to the Jesuit priest and saint St Francis Xavier,...
Xavier’s Fire For God and Souls
Saint Francis Xavier – the relic of whose forearm, instrumental in the baptizing of tens of thousands made a tour around Canada a number...
Saint Bibiana and Single Ladies
Saint Bibiana (+ca. 363), who is commemorated today, a virgin martyred during the reign of Julian the Apostate (355-363), is the patroness of single...
Edmund Campion’s English Optimism
Today, behind the first Sunday of Advent, we celebrate Saint Edmund Campion – see Avellina Ballestri’s fine recounting of his glorious life from the...