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Pope Benedict and Saint Ignatius of Antioch
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
St Peter's Square
Wednesday, 14 March 2007
Saint Ignatius of Antioch
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
As we already did last Wednesday, we are speaking about the...
What ever happened to hell?
There was a time when the thought of hell motivated Catholics to seek God and his mercy. Mortal sin was seen as something to...
Saint Marguerite d’Youville: The First Canadian-Born Saint
(From the Vatican webpage)
MARGUERITE d'YOUVILLE, the first native Canadian to be elevated to sainthood, was born October 15, 1701 at Varennes, Quebec. She was...
Father Paul of Graymoor and the call to Christian unity
A Review of Gribble, Richard, C.S.C. Father Paul of Graymoor: A Life of Courage, Determination, and Faith. Paraclete Press, 2026.
Christian unity belongs in the...
Editor's Corner
Luke, Evangelist, Physician, Artist
A blessed would-be feast of Saint Luke (+84) to all our readers, which we may still recall on this Sunday. He was one of...
Pike, Hasan, the Church and the Death Penalty
The death penalty has been in the news of late. There was the âbotchedâ execution of Christa Pike on September 30th, the memorial of...
Saint Ignatius of Antioch, God’s Ground Wheat
Saint Ignatius of Antioch (+107) joyfully âwent to the lionsâ, as the saying goes, meeting his martyrdom in the arena of the Coliseum in...
A Panoply of Four Saints: Marguerite, Hedwig, Margaret and Gerard Majella
h. We celebrate a veritable panoply of saints today: In Canada, we have the memorial of Saint Marguerite DâYouville (+1771), the first Canadian-born saint....
Why he should ask us to pray, when he knows what we need before we ask him, may perplex us if we do not realise that our Lord and God does not want to know what we want (for he cannot fail to know it), but wants us rather to exercise our desire through our prayers, so that we may be able to receive what he is preparing to give us. His gift is very great indeed, but our capacity is too small and limited to receive it. That is why we are told: Enlarge your desires, do not bear the yoke with unbelievers. (Saint Augustine, +430)
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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).
