Category: Pope Benedict XVI

Saint Juliana of Mont Cornillon

In celebration of the feast of Saint Juliana of Mont Cornillon, it is fitting to re–read Pope Benedict’s discourse (General Audience of Wednesday, 17th November...

Holiness through a tangle of thorns

She had a vision of a young man who, in order to guide her through the tangle of thorns that surrounded her soul, took her...

Benedict XVI on Saint Charles Borromeo

In 2010, to mark the 400th Anniversary of the Canonization of St Charles Borromeo, Pope Benedict XVI addressed a Message to Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, Archbishop...

Cum recordaremur Sion

We sat down by the streams of Babylon and wept there, remembering Sion. Willow-trees grow there, and on these we hung up our harps when...

The Church–Mystery

According to the Fathers, ontologically, the Church-mystery, the Church that is one and unique, precedes creation, and gives birth to the particular Churches as her...