“In the social sphere, the Church has always wished to assume a double function: first to enlighten minds in order to assist them to discover the truth and to find the right path to follow amid the different teachings that call...
Read MoreOn July 25, the Church marks the fiftieth anniversary of the most reviled and rejected magisterial document of all time. Many papal encyclicals remain unread, others are perused and ignored, but Pope Paul VI’s Humanae Vitae was...
Read More“But note what is taking place here this morning. While we close the ecumenical council, we are honoring Mary Most Holy, the mother of Christ, and consequently, as we declared on another occasion, the mother of God and our...
Read More“But note what is taking place here this morning. While we close the ecumenical council, we are honoring Mary Most Holy, the mother of Christ, and consequently, as we declared on another occasion, the mother of God and our...
Read More“The world calls for and expects from us simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly and the poor, obedience and humility… Without this mark of holiness, our word will have...
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Next week [May 12-13] Pope Francis will travel to Fatima to celebrate the centenary of Mary’s...
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It is an odd time to be a woman. Never before have women had the freedom and opportunities that I...
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Up until now, all has been quite humble. A donkey-ride to a dusty town south of Jerusalem. Hotel...
Read More“But note what is taking place here this morning. While we close the ecumenical council, we are honoring Mary Most Holy, the mother of Christ, and consequently, as we declared on another occasion, the mother of God and our...
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Christmas cards speak about it. Christmas carols sing about it. Even the angels at Bethlehem...
Read More“If you have lost the taste for prayer, you will regain the desire for it by returning humbly to its practice.” (Blessed Paul VI, Evangelica Testificatio, Apostolic Exhortation, 1971) Print this...
Read More“The world calls for and expects from us simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly and the poor, obedience and humility… Without this mark of holiness, our word will have...
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