Articles relevant to aspects of religious faith, in particular Catholic Christianity.
It is always a very joyful as well as an important tradition for me to be able to begin Lent with my Presbyterium, the Priests of Rome. Thus, as the local Church of Rome but also as the universal Church, we can start out on this essential journey with theread more
“Being a Servant of the Eucharist Is … a Depth of the Priestly Mystery” This is Part 2 of the “Lectio Divina” delivered by Benedict XVI to the parish priests of Rome upon receiving them in audience at the Vatican on 18th Febrread more
I would like to talk about hope and about how we help each other to hope. Three priests, a Dominican, a Benedictine and a bishop, were on a boat sailing to across the Pacific. And the boat sunk and they all ended up on a small desert island. After a bread more
Next Generation Faces Challenges and Opportunities by Carl Anderson Twenty-five years ago, Pope John Paul II inaugurated the celebration of World Youth Day — to be celebrated on Palm Sunday each year. He understood — as does Benedict XVI ̵read more
Biblical Reflection for Good Friday by Father Thomas Rosica, CSB Each year on Good Friday we relive the tragic chain of events of the Passion of our Savior leading to his crucifixion on Golgotha. There is a haunting question about this day that has resounread more
Pope Benedict XVI’s Homily for the Chrism Mass of Holy Thursday, celebrated in Saint Peter’s Basilica on the morning of April 1, 2010, with the blessing of the oils for baptism, confirmation, the anointing of the sick, and holy orders.________read more
“In the Church, Christ Is Never Absent” This is a translation of the address Pope Benedict XVI gave on Wednesday 14th April 2010 during the general audience in St. Peter’s Square. * * * Dear friends, In this Easter season, which leread more
This text was delivered by Pope Benedict XVI in his General Audience during the Octave of Easter 2010. Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today the customary Wednesday General Audience is bathed in the luminous joy of Easter. In these days, in fact, the Church ceread more
by Roderick Strange At the start it might help to remember that those who are canonised are not, therefore, to be thought of as holier than those who have been beatified. Comparing the holiness of those whose sanctity the Church has formally recognised haread more
As the feast of St Ninian of Galloway gets closer, choirs and musicians throughout Scotland are intensifying their preparations for the Papal Mass at Bellahouston Park. As with any celebration of the church’s liturgy, the major concern for all those iread more
