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Pope John Paul II and the Chair of Peter
EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION WITH THE NEW CARDINALS
HOMILY OF JOHN PAUL II
Thursday, 22 February 2001
Feast of Saint Peter's Chair
1. "'Who do you say that I am?'. Simon...
Saint Peter Damian and Pope Benedict
Not many in the hierarchy write like Saint Peter Damian (+1072) anymore, whose direct and blunt condemnation of the unnatural sexual sins of the...
Blessed Jacinta and Francisco Marto – The Youngest Canonized Saints, but Not the Least
On this day in 1920, February 20th, nine-year old Jacinta Marto died after great suffering, as she lay alone in a hospital bed. She...
The Ministerial Priesthood and St. Maximillian Kolbe
Nothing is more doomed to failure than a layperson trying to tell the clergy what they ought to do. Well, perhaps if such a...
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Saint Polycarp: Boldness and Baked Bread
The Church has had martyrs since her earliest days, and will have them unto the end of time. A number of prophecies attest that...
Leaning on Peter’s Chair
The Chair of Saint Peter, is a comforting one, a symbol of the 'pillar and bulwark' of the truth, which is the Church, signifying...
SSPX and the Staying in Barque of Peter
Things are, shall we say, fractious in the Church, when an Irish priest likens receiving Communion on the tongue to âfeeding animalsâ, while the...
The Seven Servite Saints of the Virgin Mary
The Seven Founders of the Servite Order commemorate the group of merchants who in 1233 left everything to follow Christ, with a special devotion...
The Salvific Message of Lourdes
Our Lady of Lourdes is one of the few visions of the Virgin Mary to be placed in the public Liturgical calendar of the...
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A Pilgrimage from Vienna to Rome
I decided to make a pilgrimage to Rome, prompted by the Jubilee year, and walking through the Holy Doors. But I couldnât just show up in Rome, so to make a pilgrimage of it.
Apologetics 101
Apologetics is the art of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse, making reference to both faith and reason as appropriate, in light of Saint Peterâs admonition to âAlways be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverenceâ (1 Peter 3:15).
