Blessed Marie-Leonie Paradis
There is a trio of Canadian Saints in this week: Saint Marie of the Incarnation, on the last day of April; Saint Francois de...
Benedict and Philip the Apostle
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 6 September 2006
Philip the Apostle
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
While we continue to outline the features of the various Apostles, as...
Philip and James: Apostles in Arms
Philip and James, Apostles, have been celebrated together on this third day in May since the revision of the calendar in 1969. They were...
Pope Benedict and Athanasius
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 20 June 2007
Saint Athanasius of Alexandria
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Continuing our revisitation of the great Teachers of the ancient Church,...
Psalm 105:16-22 and Saint Joseph’s Sinlessness
On this Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker, let us consider another article which was published on this very same feast day of May...
Work Made Light in Saint Joseph
In the waning years of the 19th century, before the war to end all wars at the dawn of the twentieth, followed by the...
Saint Pius V: Between Heaven and Earth
Michel Ghislieri was born Anton in 1504, but took the name of the Archangel when he joined the Dominican Order at the age of...
Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Doctor and Reformer
Ecclesia semper reformanda est.
So goes the old saying - the Church, always in need of reform - applies now, perhaps, more than ever. And...
Saints Peter Chanel and Louis Grignon de Montfort
On this Fifth Sunday of Easter day, would otherwise be the double memorial: Saint Peter Chanel (+1841) who evangelized the island of Futuna in...
Ten Years Ago Today, Two Great Popes Were Canonized
One decade ago, on April 27th, 2014, John Paul II together with John XXIII, were both canonized at St Peter’s Square by Pope Francis....