Pope Leo XIV – Inaugural Mass Homily
Elected on May 8, 2025, as the 267th successor of St. Peter, Pope Leo XIV’...
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28JulMary, Martha and the Catholic Fullness
Luke's story of Mary and Martha of Bethany, sisters of Lazarus, teaches us about hospitality, service, action and contemplation, and distraction in pu...
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14JulUnderstanding Scripture – Bonaventure
Here Bonaventure emphasizes faith as the key to Bible interpretation. The goal of Bible study is not academic knowledge, but wisdom -- the experience...
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16JulMary the Royal Virgin – Leo the Great
Leo the Great on Mary, the Royal Virgin of the house of David, mother of the Messiah and Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Mount Carmel, overlooking the Med...
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27 Feb Early Church Fathers Overview: Snapshot of the Fathers
...a “Father of the Church” (or “Early Church Father) one must keep in mind that “Father of the Church” is not an officially conferred distinction. There is no definitive list...
27 Jan Fathers of the Church – Getting Started
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...the fathers at www.crossroadsinitiative.com. My book When the Church Was Young: Voices of the Early Fathers (Servant, 2014) is a good popular introduction to over twenty of the fathers with...
26 Aug Early Church Fathers: Ambrose & Augustine – Video
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In this video, Dr. Italy discusses the important role of the Church’s “founding fathers,” known as the Early Church Fathers, and why they are still so vital to our understanding...
05 Feb Mission of the Redeemer-John Paul II Redemptoris Missio
...and the first communities. 9l. I therefore address myself to the recently baptized members of the young communities and young churches. Today, you are the hope of this two-thousand-year-old Church...05 Feb Catechesis in our Time (Catechesi Tradendae)-John Paul II
...Christian lives. It must be restated that nobody in the Church of Jesus Christ should feel excused from receiving catechesis. This is true even of young seminarians and young religious,...
08 Feb Mediator Dei-Pope Pius XII on the Liturgy
...Christ which is His Church!”[7] 4. You are of course familiar with the fact, Venerable Brethren, that a remarkably widespread revival of scholarly interest in the sacred liturgy took place...
05 Feb Cyril and Methodius-Pope John Paul II Slavorum Apostoli
...of various Princes of the young Slav peoples. Thus he became the guide and legitimate Pastor of the Church which in that age became established in the midst of those...
09 Feb Liturgy in 4th Century Jerusalem-The Travels of Egeria
...hour they all assemble in the greater church, which is inGolgotha. Now it would be superfluous to describe the adornment either of the church, or of the Anastasis, or of...