In today's General Audience, Pope Benedict taught about St. Boniface (one of my favorite saints).  The Vatican Press Office's Daily Bulletin has the Italian text and summaries in several languages.  Vatican Information Service has a press release, and Asia News has an article.  Zenit has a full t...

Dear brethren in Episcopal service!The lifting of the excommunication of the four bishops consecrated by Archbishop Lefebvre in 1988 without a mandate from the Holy See has led to a violent discussion both within and outside the Catholic Church for a variety of reasons as we have never experienced. ...

In his Sunday Angelus, Pope Benedict underlined the importance of Prayer, fasting and forgiveness in our spiritual life. The Holy Father also made reference to the Spiritual Exercises he completed on Saturday in the Vatican, saying that this week of silence and prayer follows the example of Jesus wh...

On Thursday 27 February, Pope Benedict met with priests of the Rome diocese and engaged in a Pope's Question and Answer session in the Vatican’s Hall of Blessings. One of the priests asked about work with young people. (In this quotation from the Holy Father's reply, bear in mind that in Italy, yo...

In his words at today's midday Angelus, Pope Benedict mentioned the spiritual exercises of the past week as "a week of silence and prayer," a little bit like the Transfiguration, which is the subject of today's Gospel reading for Mass.  Jesus wanted His disciples to have a direct experience of His ...

The Discovery Institute is seriously pissed off about being dissed by the Vatican, and they’re raising a stink about it through the media: The Associated Press: Rome meeting snubs intelligent design, creationism. ROME (AP) — A Vatican-backed conference on evolution is under attack from p...

While the Holy Father released this message for youth, it applies to us all. This is the year dedicated to St. Paul, the Apostle, and Pope Benedict weaves his writings throughout this address. I have added some links, mainly for our Protestant brothers and sisters who may be reading, with explanatio...

Pope Benedict with an interesting comment to pastors on parish life: He asserted, "A parish in which only games are played and drinks are shared would be absolutely superfluous." "The meaning of a parish," he emphasized, should be "the cultural, human and Christian formation" of each personality, he...

"Experience shows that personal qualities and material goods are not enough to guarantee the hope which the human spirit is constantly seeking. As I wrote in the Encyclical Spe Salvi , politics, science, technology, economics and all other material resources are not of themselves sufficient to provi...

In his words at today's midday Angelus, Pope Benedict XVI spoke about the angels, as they are mentioned in today's Gospel reading for Mass (Mark 1:12-15), and elsewhere in Scripture.  In conclusion, he said, "Let us call upon them often, that they sustain us in the task of following Jesus to the po...