Category: Pope Benedict XVI

For All of Us There Exists a Path to Bethlehem

24 December 2009

Here is the official English-language translation of Pope Benedict XVI’s magnificent homily, delivered in Italian during the Mass in the Night of the Nativity of...

Pope Benedict on Saint Bernard

21 October 2009

Faith is above all a personal, intimate encounter with Jesus, and to experience his closeness, his friendship, his love; only in this way does one...

Contemplation of the Glorious Face of Christ

15 October 2009

In yesterday’s general audience, our extraordinarily “Benedictine” Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, presented the figure of Peter the Venerable, Abbot of Cluny. For the nascent...

Love of Truth and the Constant Thirst for God

24 September 2009

Ember Wednesday in September There are so many things that I would want to write about! Yesterday, for example, was the first of the September...

Pope Benedict XVI on Saint Pio

22 September 2009

It is extremely noteworthy and significant that the Holy Father chose to spend the first Sunday of The Year of the Priest in pilgrimage to...

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