Pope Benedict

Is There a Plot to Kill Pope Benedict? AP The Vatican is denying reports of an assassination plot after a top Cardinal made an ominous prediction and named a successor. When he claimed the Pope could die More News Hospital to Reverse Unpopular Decision? 'Incestuous' Pics Found on Powell's P.C.Read Full Story

Is There a Plot to Kill Pope Benedict? AP The Vatican is denying reports of an assassination plot after a top Cardinal made an ominous prediction and named a successor. When he claimed the Pope could die More News Hospital to Reverse Unpopular Decision? 'Incestuous' Pics Found on Powell's P.C.Read Full Story

Today, September 16, we celebrate the feast day of Saint Cyprian (died 258), Bishop of Carthage, and Martyr for the Faith. Saint Cyprian is remembered for his importance in the development of Christian thought and practice, especially in northern Africa. His sermons and writings, extant today, continue to inspire us. Saint Jerome said of him: "It is superfluous to speak of his greatness, for his works are more luminous than the sun." Below, the 2007 General Audience of Pope Benedict XVI...Read Full Story

Today, September 17, we celebrate the feast day of Saint Hildegarde von Bingen (1098-1179), mystic, anchorite, and Benedictine abbotess. Saint Hildegarde was a preacher at a time when women were forbidden to preach, a named composer when most music was anonymous, a visionary, a theologian, a writer, an artist, a hagiographer, a prolific letter-writer and an early scientist, botanist, herbalist, physician and healer. She even invented her own coded language. Saint Hildegarde accomplished these...Read Full Story

Today, August 8, we celebrate the feast day of Saint Dominic de Guzman (1170-1221), founder of the Order of Preachers, now known as the Dominicans. As we read in the General Audience of Pope Benedict XVI (February 2003), Saint Dominic taught and lived the contemplative life of the Dominican, in such that all his thoughts, words, and deeds were both about God and with God. Dear brothers and sisters, Last week I presented the luminous figure of Francis of Assisi; today I would like to speak to...Read Full Story