(3 July 09 - RV) Pope Benedict XVI’s itinerary for his upcoming trip to the Czech Republic was published today. Chris Altieri looks at the highlights… ...»
(3 July 09 - RV) Pope Benedict XVI met today with Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect for the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. During the meeting the Holy authorized the Congregation to promulgate decrees on 12 men and women on the path to sainthood. Among them, the Holy Father approved the promulgation of decrees on miracles attributed to the Venerable Servant of God John Henry Newman, ...»
(30 Jun 09 - RV) Pope Benedict XVI today met with the 34 archbishops who received the Pallium yesterday during Mass to mark the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, co-Patrons of Rome... ...»
Dear Brothers and Sisters, There is a close link between the Pauline Year, which concluded last Sunday, and the Church’s current celebration of the Year for Priests. As we have seen, Saint Paul, in his life and his writings, teaches us ...»
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Last Friday, the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus – a day traditionally devoted to prayer for the sanctification of priests – marked the beginning of the Year for Priests commemorating the ...»
As we continue our catechesis on the early Christian writers of the East and the West, we now turn to the brothers Saints Cyril and Methodius. They were born in Thessalonica in the early ninth century. Cyril, ...»
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today we consider the figure of John Scotus Erigena, an influential Christian thinker of the Carolingian period. Erigena’s interest in Eastern patristic theology, especially that of Dionysius, led him to study ...»
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Our catechesis today deals with another great monastic figure of the High Middle Ages, Rabanus Maurus. Rabanus entered monastic life at a young age as an oblate, was trained in the liberal arts and received a broad ...»
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today’s catechesis on the life and teaching of Saint Theodore the Studite places us at the heart of the medieval Byzantine period. Born in 759 to a noble and pious family, Theodore entered the monastery at the age ...»
Dear Brothers and Sisters, My recent Apostolic Journey to the Holy Land was a pilgrimage to the sources of our faith and a pastoral visit to the Christian communities in the lands of our Lord’s birth, death and resurrection. I am grateful ...»
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Saint John Damascene was a towering figure in the history of Eastern theology. He was born into a wealthy Christian family at a time when his native Syria was already under Arab rule. He left a promising career in ...»
Dear Brothers and Sisters, In our catechesis on the early Christian writers of East and West, we turn to Saint Germanus, Bishop and Patriarch of Constantinople, whose feast day is celebrated in the Greek Church on 12 May. In 717, while ...»
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today I would like to speak about the writings of a little-known author from the eighth century – the Benedictine monk and abbot Ambrose Autpert. The turbulence of the times in which he lived affected life ...»
