Homiletic reflections on Advent from a probing and thoughtful theologian: Joseph Ratzinger.
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Category: Pope Benedict XVI
Troubling the Lex Vivendi: The Church at Prayer Amidst an Imperiled Home
What is there about Sunday Mass participants that makes them least in accord with teachings on the ecology of Popes John Paul, Benedict, and Francis?
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Ad Orientem in Gallup NM
The Cathedral in Gallup turns things around.
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When did the rupture first take place?
A question for those who hold that the Mass as most Catholics know it represents an ‘irreformable rupture’: when did the rupture first take place?
Read moreRetired Pope Benedict Pledges To Donate Soul For Ecclesiastic Research
VATICAN CITY—In a charitable act he hoped would protect future pontiffs from suffering the same spiritual fate that he had endured, retired Pope Benedict XVI
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REPOST: Pope Francis, Complete Pray Tell Coverage
Pray Tell gave extensive coverage to the election of Pope Francis.
Read moreFive Years Ago Today, Pope Benedict Ended His Term
Five years ago today, February 28, 2013, was a very unique and emotional day in the history of the Roman Catholic Church – the day
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Benedict XVI on Approval of the Liturgical Reform
“I think for example that in the liturgical reform, things would have ended up differently…”
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A Christmas Visit to Benedict XVI
“He has the aura of a man who has drawn very close to God.”
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Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) on the First Session of Vatican II
“The liturgy schema created a spirit of optimism and permitted the progressive forces to get to working immediately.”
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