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Saint Charles Borromeo
I am convinced, after reading Benedict XVI letter to the archbishop of Milan on Saint Charles Borromeo, that this saint and churchman is one of the pivotal keys of my own conversion, and that of all...
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Day of Prayer for Pope Benedict
Some people in Italy are planning to mark the first anniversary of the conclusion of Pope Benedict XVI pontificate on February 28, 2014 with a “Day of Prayer for Pope Benedict.” The plans were...
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Inside Pope Benedict’s residence
Watch a video that takes you inside Benedict XVI’s current residence. It is done in German but it is nicely done. The video is here… [...]
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The Church outlasts oppression
I saw this picture the other day and thought: “how clever, how true.” Every form of oppression has collapsed on itself rather than bring true human freedom. Reflecting on the historical legacy of...
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Benedict’s move one year later…
Today marks one year in Pope Benedict being flying away to the Summer Residence to retire from the petrine ministry. Hard to believe that he’s been gone for a year. Until last week, we have seen very...
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Saints John XXIII and John Paul II
Today, Sunday, 27 April 2014, Pope Francis recognized as saints Popes John XXIII and John Paul II. Also present was Benedict XVI, pope emeritus, concelebrating Holy Mass. He say among the cardinals....
View ArticleSaint Josephine Bakhita
When Pope Benedict XVI published his encyclical on Hope, “Spes Salvi” he showed the world a new aspect of hope in the person of a tremendously beautiful saint of the 20th century: Saint Josephine...
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Francis and Benedict
Everyone needs a summer a vacation! Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI went on holiday for 2 weeks at the Papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo. The summer residence is a very familiar place for Benedict....
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Benedict XVI receives honorary doctorate
Earlier today at Castel Gandolfo Pope-emeritus Benedict XVI received honorary degrees from the Pontifical John Paul II University in Krakow and from the Krakow Music Academy. Vatican Radio ran this...
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Pope Benedict XVI received honorary doctorate
Pope Benedict was conferred with a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the John Paul II Pontifical University of Krakow and from the Academy of Music of Krakow, Poland. The honors were bestowed on the...
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Baptism and Life
“Whoever is moved by love begins to perceive what “life” really is. He begins to perceive the meaning of the word of hope that we encountered in the Baptismal Rite: from faith I await “eternal life” –...
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Benedict XVI interview 2016
For me, one of the great things is that Pope emeritus Benedict is still very engaged spiritually and intellectually in the life of the Church. It comes, I firmly believe, from his attraction to the...
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Palm Sunday procession
Pope Benedict said, “Our procession today is meant, then, to be an image of something deeper, to reflect the fact that, together with Jesus, we are setting out on pilgrimage along the high road that...
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Pentecost
In fact, the paschal mystery — the passion, death and resurrection of Christ and his ascension into Heaven — finds its fulfillment in the powerful outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles gathered...
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Trusting our Sainted Founders Peter and Paul
Mother Church liturgically remembers today the lives of Saints Peter and Paul. The Apostles Peter and Paul are known as the founders of our Church. As a point of fact, the Church has always considered...
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At Benedict XVI’s 90th
Pope emeritus Benedict XVI today celebrated his 90th birthday though the actual b’day was yesterday. Here is a photo taken by L’Osservatore Romano at the monastery where he lives – to the Pope’s left...
View ArticleMercy is central
Indeed, mercy is the central nucleus of the Gospel message; it is the very name of God, the Face with which he revealed himself in the Old Covenant and fully in Jesus Christ, the incarnation of...
View ArticlePastors need to face humanity
In life I wonder desire to know what is going on in reality. By what authority do pastors admit when they are in front of other people? The person in the hospital bed, the husband about to be without a...
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St Andrew
A later tradition … tells of Andrew’s death at Patras, where he too suffered the torture of crucifixion. At that supreme moment, however, like his brother Peter, he asked to be nailed to a cross...
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May is the Month of the Blessed Mother
We begin the month of May and therefore the month of Mary. “The correct Marian devotion guarantees to faith the coexistence of indispensable ‘reason’ with the equally indispensable ‘reasons of the...
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