Mary, Blessed are You Among Women! St. Sophronius Early Church Father St. Sophronius was bishop of Jerusalem in the early 7th century and preached this sermon (Oratio 2, in sactissimae Deparae annuntiatione, 21-22. 26: PG 87, 3, 3242, 3250) on the Blessed Virgin Mary on the occasion of...
The Theology of Kneeling From Cardinal Josef Ratzinger's book The Spirit of the Liturgy [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]here are groups, of no small influence, who are trying to talk us out of kneeling. "It doesn't suit our culture", they say (which culture?) "It's not right...
The Theological Locus of Ecclesial Movements Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Proceedings of the World Congress of the Ecclesial Movements Rome, 27-29 May 1998 [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']O[/dropcaps]nly when the person is struck and opened up by Christ in his inmost depth can the other also be inwardly...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']C[/dropcaps]ardinal Ratzinger's Homily at John Paul II's Funeral Mass "He Roused Us From a Lethargic Faith" VATICAN CITY, APRIL 8, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the homily Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger gave at John Paul II's funeral Mass today in St....
RELATIVISM: THE CENTRAL PROBLEM FOR FAITH TODAY Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Cardinal Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, gave this address during the meeting of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith with the presidents of the Doctrinal Commissions of the Bishops' Conferences of...
On the 100th anniversary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission Relationship between Magisterium and exegetes by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps] chose the topic of my report not only because it concerns the questions which rightly belong to a retrospective of the...
New Pope Risked Death by Deserting in WWII By DAVID McHUGH, Associated Press Writer [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']B[/dropcaps]ERLIN - In May 1945, thousands of German prisoners of war trudged down the highway toward the Bavarian town of Bad Aibling. Among them — tired but grateful...
Pope Benedict XVI - Interest in Music and Poetry Pope Benedict XVI [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']S[/dropcaps]tudents at St. Michael's seminary in Traunstein where the Pope studied as a teenager cheered him when he appeared on the balcony at the Vatican. In Traunstein the media-generated opinion...
ON THE FUTURE OF CHRISTIANITY Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger - Pope Benedict XVI [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']1[/dropcaps]October-2001 -- ZENIT.org News Agency "Above All, We Should Be Missionaries" VATICAN CITY, (ZENIT.org-Avvenire).- Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger has a blunt message for Catholics today. "We cannot calmly accept the rest of humanity...
Mass for Papal Conclave [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']D[/dropcaps]ate: 2005-04-18 Cardinal Ratzinger Warns of "Dictatorship of Relativism" Presides Over Mass for Election of a Pontiff VATICAN CITY, APRIL 18, 2005 (Zenit.org).- At a Mass prior to the conclave, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger asked God for "a new pope, like...