Reasons to Celebrate: Peter, Paul, Pallium & Pope’s Priesthood
This year, the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul brought three reasons to celebrate. The most obvious, is of course the fact that it’s a solemnity honouring two of the Church’s pillars. On one hand we...
View ArticlePeter: The unexpected and indestructable rock
I have many fond memories of the years I spent studying with the Benedictines in Collegeville, Minnesota. That Abbey-University combination is quite unique, and it fosters a really vibrant academic...
View ArticleWatch Canadian Archbishops receive the pallium on S+L
On Friday morning, S+L brings you the annual Mass of the Imposition of the Pallium. The pallium, a band of wool shorn from lambs blessed on the Feast of St. Agnes, symbolizes the close bond between the...
View ArticlePope Benedict’s homily on the feast of St. Peter and St. Paul
Here is the official English translation of the Holy Father’s homily during Mass on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul. During the celebration the Pope conferred the pallium on new Metropolitan...
View ArticlePope In US: Homily, Mass with Bishops, Clergy and Religious, Cathedral of Sts...
On Saturday, September 26 2015, Pope Francis arrived in Philadelphia for the final leg of his Apostolic Visit to the United States. Shortly after arrival, the Holy Father celebrated Mass with Bishops,...
View ArticlePope Francis’ Homily for the Solemnity of the Apostles Peter and Paul
CNS photo/Paul Haring On the Solemnity of the Apostles Peter and Paul, at 9:30 am at St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis blessed the pallia (plural of pallium), taken from the Confession of the Apostle...
View ArticleDeacon-structing the 12 Apostles: Where Are They Now?
Detail of The Martyrdom of St. Matthew by Caravaggio (Source: Wikimedia Commons) Well, we know where they are, but how much do we know about what happened to the Twelve after the Resurrection? Since...
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