Pope Benedict XVI on Saint Basil the Great
For this feast of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen: Part I of the Holy Father’s teaching on Saint Basil, given on 4 July...
Adoro Te Devote, Latens Deitas
Caesar van Everdingen painted this magnificent Holy Family in 1660. Saint Joseph, with the open book of the Scriptures on his lap, appears absorbed by...
Nunc dimittis servum tuum, Domine
The Fifth Day in the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord 1 John 2:3-11 Luke 2:22-35 The Child Jesus, Priest and Victim The very...
Urbi et Orbi
Christmas Message ‘Urbi et Orbi’ of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI “A holy day has dawned upon us. Come you nations and adore the Lord....
In principio erat Verbum
Last night, in his Christmas homily, Pope Benedict XVI said, “In the stable of Bethlehem, the very town where it had all begun, the Davidic...