Pope Benedict XVI

Is the Next Pope the One From John Bosco’s Dream?

by Patrick Madrid February 14, 2013

For at least the next month, we will be bombarded with a myriad of theories, speculations, and predictions about who will be elected the next pope. One name you will hear a LOT about in the coming weeks is Cardinal…

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The Love of God and Valentine’s Day

by Francis Cardinal George, OMI February 14, 2013

Valentine’s Day is marked each year as a celebration of human friendship and romantic love. In some people’s minds, romantic love is quite different from love of God or God’s love for us. Pope Benedict XVI’s first encyclical [Deus Caritas…

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Benedict’s Surprise

by Dr. Paul Kengor February 13, 2013

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The unexpected retirement announcement by Pope Benedict was a shock to the world, though I’m personally not surprised. I always sensed that Joseph Ratzinger humbly accepted the call to the papacy out of a sense…

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A Godly Man in an Ungodly Age

by Pat Buchanan February 12, 2013

“To govern the bark of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my…

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Benedict the Humble

by Fr. Michael P. Orsi February 12, 2013

Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation has taken the world by surprise. However, the abdication of a pope is not unprecedented. There have been six others. Albeit, the last Pope to resign was Gregory XII in 1415.
The earliest pope to abdicate…

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POPE TO RESIGN! NEXT GUY SURE TO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE, WOMEN’S ORDINATION, AND CONTRACEPTION, RIGHT?

by David February 11, 2013

Watching the coverage of the Pope’s upcoming resignation I can’t help but smile a little in thinking how this particular pontiff is going to be a teacher right up to the end. If this morning’s newscasts are any indication, the…

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Benedict Stands on the Ramparts

by Dr. Robert Moynihan January 22, 2013

“I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts.” —Habakkuk 2:1
I don’t quite know how to say this, so I’ll just be blunt: Pope Benedict is saying incredible things, yet no one seems to be listening. …

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The Pope’s Gift to Us

by Fr. Michael P. Orsi January 17, 2013

Pope Benedict XVI’s recently published The Infancy Narratives:  Jesus of Nazareth was his Christmas gift to the Church. In this monograph the Pope uses history, Modern Biblical Criticism, the theological insights of the Evangelists and patrology to reintroduce us to…

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The Top Ten People of 2012 (Besides Pope Benedict)

by Dr. Robert Moynihan January 17, 2013

Editor’s Note: Here is Inside the Vatican‘s list of The Top Ten People of 2012 (although their “Man of the Year” is Pope Benedict XVI: “His eloquent words, his courage in speaking the truth during this difficult year, have been…

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Pope Benedict on Gay Marriage

by Dr. Paul Kengor January 10, 2013

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“The Catholic Church,” wrote G. K. Chesterton, “is the one thing that saves a man from the degrading slavery of being a child of his age.
That is so true. Whatever the latest fad or fashion,…

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