Benedict XVI
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Letter for the 100 years of the birth of Saint John Paul II (Benedict XVI)
100 years ago, on May 18 th, Pope John Paul II was born in the small Polish town of Wadowice. After having been divided for over 100 years by three neighboring major powers of Prussia, Russia, and Austria, Poland regained Her independence at the end of the First World War. It was a historic event […] More
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Benedict XVI: “I am on a pilgrimage Home” (2018)
Dear Dr. Franco, I was moved that so many readers of your newspaper want to know how I am spending this last period of my life. I can only say in this regard that, with the slow decline of my physical strength, interiorly I am on a pilgrimage Home. It is a great grace for […] More
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A new text from Benedict XVI (Easter 2017)
Ever since I first read the Letters of Saint Ignatius of Antioch in the 1950s, one passage from his Letter to the Ephesians has particularly affected me: “It is better to keep silence and be [a Christian] than to talk and not to be. Teaching is an excellent thing, provided the speaker practices what he […] More
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Christ and the Church (Benedict XVI)
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Following the Catecheses on the Psalms and Canticles of Lauds and of Vespers, I would like to dedicate the upcoming Wednesday Audiences to the mystery of the relationship between Christ and the Church, reflecting upon it from the experience of the Apostles, in light of the duty entrusted to them. The […] More
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The most beautiful phrases of Benedict XVI on Christmas ( Part I )
Benedict XVI has on several occasions Explained the beauty and the deeper meaning of Christmas .Here some of His most beautiful phrases :“In Christmas we find the tenderness and love of God who stoops to our limitations, to our weaknesses, to our sins, and who bends down even to us” “Christmas celebrates it as God’s […] More
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Benedict XVI explains the Assumption of Mary into heaven
Dear Brothers and Sisters, On 1 November 1950, Venerable Pope Pius XII proclaimed as Dogma that the Virgin Mary “having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory”. This truth of faith was known by Tradition, was affirmed by the Fathers of the Church, and was a particularly […] More