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2 months ago | 
catholicinsight.com | Benedict XVI
BENEDICT XVIGENERAL AUDIENCEPaul VI Audience HallWednesday, 13 December 2006Timothy and TitusDear Brothers and Sisters,Having spoken at length on the great Apostle Paul, today let us look at his two closest collaborators: Timothy and Titus. Three Letters traditionally attributed to Paul are addressed to them, two to Timothy and one to Titus. Timothy is a Greek name which means “one who honours God”.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
ncregister.com | Benedict XVI |Andrea Gagliarducci
COMMENTARY: The Holy Father’s recent nod to the late Jesuit Father Pedro Arrupe, the controversial Father General of his religious order during that tumultuous time, suggests the formative influence of long-ago events In this undated collect photograph, the future pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio (L) and the Jesuit superior general Pedro Arrupe (R) attend Mass.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
catholicinsight.com | Benedict XVI
BENEDICT XVIGENERAL AUDIENCEPapal Summer Residence, Castel GandolfoWednesday, 1st September 2010Saint Hildegard of BingenDear Brothers and Sisters,In 1988, on the occasion of the Marian Year, Venerable John Paul II wrote an Apostolic Letter entitled Mulieris Dignitatem on the precious role that women have played and play in the life of the Church.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
brownpelicanla.com | Benedict XVI
By Pope Benedict XVI, The Catholic Thing, September 5, 2024– from Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the TransfigurationMatthew’s genealogy traces the male line, but in the course of it, prior to Mary who appears at the end, four women are mentioned by name: Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and the wife of Uriah. Why do these women appear in the genealogy? By what criterion are they chosen? It has been said that all four women were sinners.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
catholicworldreport.com | Benedict XVI |MICHAEL Miller
St. Monica: the persistent mother of St. Augustine who never gave up By CNA Staff St. Monica. / Credit: Luis Tristán, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsCNA Staff, Aug 27, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Aug. 27, one day before the feast of her son St. Augustine, the Catholic Church honors St. Monica, whose holy example and fervent intercession led to one of the most dramatic conversions in Church history.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
catholicinsight.com | Benedict XVI
This morning I invite you to reflect on St Eusebius of Vercelli, the first Bishop of Northern Italy of whom we have reliable information. Born in Sardinia at the beginning of the fourth century, he moved to Rome with his family at a tender age. Later, he was instituted lector: he thus came to belong to the clergy of the city at a time when the Church was seriously troubled by the Arian heresy.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
theimaginativeconservative.org | Benedict XVI
St. Benedict of Norcia, with his life and his work, had a fundamental influence on the development of European civilization and culture. The most important source on Benedict’s life is the second book of St. Gregory the Great’s “Dialogues,” in which he gives us a model for human life in the climb towards the summit of perfection. Pope Benedict XVI gave the following address concerning St. Benedict of Norcia in St. Peter’s Square April 9, 2008.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
catholicinsight.com | Benedict XVI
BENEDICT XVIANGELUSSt. Peter’s SquareSunday, 24 June 2012,Today, 24 June, we are celebrating the Solemnity of St John the Baptist. He is the only saint — with the exception of the Virgin Mary — whose birth the liturgy celebrates and it does so because it is closely connected with the mystery of the Incarnation of the Son of God.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
catholicinsight.com | Benedict XVI
BENEDICT XVIGENERAL AUDIENCESaint Peter’s SquareWednesday, 11 March 2009Saint Boniface, the Apostle of the GermansDear Brothers and Sisters,Today, we shall reflect on a great eighth-century missionary who spread Christianity in Central Europe, indeed also in my own country: St Boniface, who has gone down in history as “the Apostle of the Germans”. We have a fair amount of information on his life, thanks to the diligence of his biographers.
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May 24, 2024 | 
catholicinsight.com | Benedict XVI
PRAYER OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI TO OUR LADY OF SHESHANON THE OCCASION OF THE WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH IN CHINAVirgin Most Holy, Mother of the Incarnate Word and our Mother,venerated in the Shrine of Sheshan under the title “Help of Christians”,the entire Church in China looks to you with devout affection. We come before you today to implore your protection.
