Category: Pope Benedict XVI

Pontifex Futurorum Bonorum

17 October 2014

The Crucifix of San Gimignano (Benedetto da Maiano,1442-1497) And although I am about to withdraw, I remain close to all of you in prayer, and...

Saint Francis and the Liturgy

4 October 2014

Franciscans and the Liturgy: A Benedictine Point of View Here and there in the family of the Seraphic Saint Francis of Assisi one finds communities...

750th Anniversary of the Institution of the Feast of Corpus Domini

17 June 2014

In preparation for the festival of Corpus Christi, it is fitting to re–read Pope Benedict’s discourse on Saint Juliana and the origins of the feast....

Holiness never goes out of fashion

19 May 2014

Today is the feast of Pope Saint Peter Celestine, monk, Supreme Pontiff, and hermit. On 4 July 2010, in the context of the Year of...

Ex abundantia enim cordis os loquitur

29 April 2014

Today’s feast of the Holy Abbots of Cluny compelled me to return to Pope Benedict’s exposition of the contribution of Cluny to the life...

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