Most of us know the common facts about Pope Benedict. He’s German, he was a pope, he resigned, he died. In between all that, he even wrote some encyclicals and made quite a few papal visits. (Nothing like St. John Paul II, but still!) In honor of what would be...
“The best theologian among all the popes” — Cardinal George Pell Cardinal Pell is right. Of the 20th, and thus far the 21st century popes, Pope Benedict XVI sits at the top of the great hill of theologians the Church has been gifted. The impact of his vast...
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Pope Francis are definitely very different men who approach the papacy very differently: that’s easy to see! But really, they’re also very similar and build off of each other in their ministry as successors of Peter. How? Let...
ROME – A Vatican source denied rumors that Pope emeritus Benedict XVI suffered a stroke this week. Rumors began circulating on social media on Monday night. Various social media posts claimed that Benedict suffered a mild ischemia stroke, where arteries to the...
To write my 2017 book, Reform Yourself! How to Pray, Find Peace, and Grow in Faith with the Saints of the Counter-Reformation with Catholic Answers, I had to read fifty-five saint books and countless documents, articles, blog posts, and other snippets on the saints....
