Lenten Meditations

Lenten Meditations

Pope Benedict’s Latest Q & A

With Roman Seminarians last Saturday, from Zenit.
A second-year theology student asked: “How one should address shortcomings within the Church in the most serene and responsible way?”
“Not an easy question,” the Holy Father said with a smile. “But the Lord knows, he knew from the beginning that there is sin in the Church. “And for our [...]

Fr. Cantalamessa (Papal Preacher) in Central Kentucky

From the Lexington Herald:
He said Pope John Paul II, who appointed him to the post of papal preacher in 1980, stressed “exchanging gifts among the churches, not exchanging accusations.” That’s something Cantalamessa said he wants to encourage.
“What unites us is much more important,” he said. “The Lord put love in my heart for the fellow [...]

National Catholic Register Reviews The Virtue Driven Life

By Father Benedict Groeschel…
From the National Catholic Register:
That’s one reason this latest breezy read from the most popular American Franciscan of our day, Father Benedict J. Groeschel, a Capuchin Friar of the Renewal, arrives as a well-timed dose of reality. It’s medicine that tastes good and goes down easy even though it possesses potent anti-toxin [...]