Pope Leo XIV – Inaugural Mass Homily
Elected on May 8, 2025, as the 267th successor of St. Peter, Pope Leo XIV’...
Elected on May 8, 2025, as the 267th successor of St. Peter, Pope Leo XIV’...
Saint Joseph always appears in Manger scenes during Advent and Easter time and e...
The Regina Caeli, Latin for “Queen of Heaven,” is a hymn and prayer dating back to around the 12th century, by an unknown author. In this...
St. Pope Pius X on the psalms which play a central role in the continual sacrifice of praise which is the divine liturgy of the Church. Singing the ps...
Jesus' call to enter through the narrow door seems to conflict with the idea that God wants all to be saved, that the universal, Catholic Church means...
ENCYCLICAL EPISTLE SLAVORUM APOSTOLI OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF TO THE BISHOPS, PRIESTS AND RELIGIOUS FAMILIES AND TO ALL THE CHRISTIAN FAITHFUL IN COMMEMORATION OF THE ELEVENTH CENTENARY OF THE EVANGELIZING WORK OF SAINTS CYRIL AND METHODIUS JOHN PAUL II [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps] INTRODUCTION 1. THE APOSTLES OF THE SLAVS, Saints Cyril and Methodius, are remembered...
Christian Wisdom-Pope John Paul II Sapientia Christiana APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTION SAPIENTIA CHRISTIANA OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF POPE JOHN PAUL II ON ECCLESIASTICAL UNIVERSITIES AND FACULTIES JOHN PAUL, BISHOP SERVANT OF THE SERVANTS OF GOD FOR PERPETUAL REMEMBRANCE FOREWORD I [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']C[/dropcaps]hristian wisdom, which the Church teaches by divine authority, continuously inspires the...
Ioannes Paulus PP. II Centesimus annus To His Venerable Brothers in the Episcopate the Priests and Deacons Families of Men and Women religious all the Christian Faithful and to all men and women of good will on the hundredth anniversary of Rerum Novarum 1991.05.01 Pope John Paul II ________________________________________ Blessing Venerable Brothers, Beloved Sons and Daughters, Health and the Apostolic Blessing! [dropcaps type='normal'...
APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTION OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF ON CATHOLIC UNIVERSITIES JOHN PAUL II [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps]NTRODUCTION BORN FROM THE HEART of the Church, a Catholic University is located in that course of tradition which may be traced back to the very origin of the University as an institution....
APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION CATECHESI TRADENDAE OF POPE JOHN PAUL II ON CATECHESIS IN OUR TIME [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps]NTRODUCTION Christ's Final Command 1. The Church has always considered catechesis one of her primary tasks, for, before Christ ascended to His Father after His resurrection, He gave the apostles a final command...
APOSTOLIC VISIT TO TORONTO, TO CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA AND TO CIUDAD DE MÉXICO CANONIZATION OF JUAN DIEGO CUAUHTLATOATZIN HOMILY OF THE HOLY FATHER JOHN PAUL II Mexico City, Wednesday July 31, 2002 [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps] thank you, Father ...
ENCYCLICAL OF Pope JOHN XXIII ON TRUTH, UNITY AND PEACE, IN A SPIRIT OF CHARITY JUNE 29, 1959 [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]o the Venerable Brethren, the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, and other Local Ordinaries in Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See, and to all the Priests and Faithful...
Paul's Loving Correction St. John Chrysostom Early Church Father and Doctor of the Church This excerpt from a homily by John Chrysostom on Paul's 2nd Letter to the Corinthians is used in the Roman Office of Readings for Sunday of the 17th week in ordinary time. [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100'...
Paul's Love for His Flock from a homily of St. John Chrysostom on 2nd Corinthians This excerpt from a homily by St. John Chrysostom, patriarch of Constantinople, on Paul's 2nd Letter to the Corinthians, is used in the Roman Office of Readings for Saturday of the 16th...
Firstborn of Many Brothers Blessed Isaac of Stella [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']J[/dropcaps]ust as the head and body of a man form one single man, so the Son of the Virgin and those he has chosen to be his members form a single man and the...