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Pope Benedict and the Birth of the Baptist
BENEDICT XVI
ANGELUS
St. Peter's Square
Sunday, 24 June 2012
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today, 24 June, we are celebrating the Solemnity of St John the Baptist. He is...
Digital Deception: Absolute surveillance, absolute servility
Editorâs note: The implementation of compulsory Digitial Identification programs poses significant questions for many citizens, particularly when such programs are mandated by governments. The...
Twelfth Sunday and Trusting in God to the End
Fear no oneâŠ.Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven (Mt. 10: 26, 32).
Our Lord addresses...
Arthur Brooks and the Architecture of Meaning in the Christian Life
âYour life does have meaning, and you can find it.â â The Meaning of Your Life.
At a time when many young adults are fixated...
Editor's Corner
Luther, Lefebvre and the Charism of Reform
Ecclesia semper reformanda est (attributed to Saint Augustine)
History doesn't repeat itself...it merely rhymes (some say Mark Twain, but definitely Theodor Reik)
In light of the the looming...
Saints John and Paul – and Josemaria
We usually try to commemorate the saints in the current, public liturgical calendar, but now and again, we will mention those more hidden, even...
The Liminal and Luminous Birth of John the Baptist
We celebrate the birthdays of three âsaintsâ in our liturgical calendar: Christ Himself, the Son of God, of course, on Christmas Day; His Mother,...
The I-Phone and Fertility
It has been verified statistically - not quite the same thing as being truly 'verified' - that the introduction of the i-phone significantly decreased...
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Pope Benedict, Thomas More and the Role of the Church
(The following is an excerpt from an address give by Pope Benedict XVI in Westminster Hall on September 17, 2010, the feast of Saint Robert Bellarmine, upon his Holiness' pilgrimage to England)
In particular, I recall the figure of Saint Thomas More, the great English scholar and statesman, who is...
Saint Paulinus of Nola
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 12 December 2007
Saint Paulinus of Nola
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The Father of the Church to whom we turn our attention today is St Paulinus of Nola. Paulinus, a contemporary of St Augustine to whom he was bound by a firm friendship, exercised his ministry...
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga and the Summerâs Solstice
On this 21st day of June, we remember Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (+ 1591), a Jesuit scholastic - which is to say, a seminarian - who died at what we might consider the too-young age of 23 (just short of the saintly '24 club', but an honorary member) while solicitously...
Sacred Heart of Jesus
A Wellspring of Graces: Rediscovered off the Beaten Path in Poland
In this month dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, celebrated on June 12, Bishop Piotr Sawczuk of the Diocese of Drohiczyn elevated the...
Lessons of a Young Nun on the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Today is not just any Friday. This Friday, Catholics around the world are celebrating the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Hereâs the...
Mary’s Immaculate and Maternal Heart
On the Saturday after the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Catholic Church celebrates the Immaculate Heart of His Mother, Mary, the...
A Brief History of Devotion to the Sacred Heart and Prayer...
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 and the Sacred Heart
SOLEMNITY OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
OPENING OF THE YEAR FOR PRIESTS
ON THE 150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH
OF SAINT JOHN MARY VIANNEY
HOMILY OF HIS...
June is for the Sacred Heart of Jesus
God sent his only begotten son into the world, fully human and fully divine, possessing a fully human heart with valves and ventricles just like yours and mine. This heart, created by God, has written on it a deep desire to be in communion with Him. Thatâs the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Corpus Christi and the Sacred Heart
The core doctrine of Catholicism teaches that the bread and wine at Mass become Christ, His body, blood, soul, and divinity. This truth is...
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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).
