Pontifical Magisterium 

The Church becomes visible in many ways: in charitable action, in mission projects, in the personal apostolate that every Christian must carry out in his own walk of life. However the place in which she is fully experienced as Church is in the Liturgy; it is the act in which …

The Solemnity of All Saints is a favourable occasion to raise our gaze from earthly realities, marked by time, to God’s dimension, the dimension of eternity and holiness. […] all members of the People of God are called to become holy, according to the Apostle Paul’s affirmation: “For this is …

The interpretation of Sacred Scripture is of paramount importance to the Christian Faith and the life of the Church. “Indeed, in the Sacred Books,” as the Council rightly reminded us, “the Father who is in Heaven lovingly comes to meet His children and converses with them […].” The way in …

Suffering, an inescapable burden of human existence but also a factor of possible personal growth, is “censored”, rejected as useless, indeed opposed as an evil, always and in every way to be avoided. […] More than anything else, it is the problem of suffering which challenges faith and puts it …

We are all concerned for the good of the people we love, especially our children, teenagers and young people. Therefore, we cannot fail to be solicitous for the formation of the new generations, for their ability to orientate themselves in life and discern good from evil, for their not only …

Therefore, of the one and only Church (there is) one body, one head, not two heads as a monster, namely, Christ and Peter, the Vicar of Christ and the successor of Peter, the Lord Himself saying to Peter: “Feed my sheep” (Jn 21:17). He said “my,” and generally, not individually …

The human race has always felt the need of a priesthood: of men, that is, who have the official charge to be mediators between God and humanity, men who should consecrate themselves entirely to this mediation, as to the very purpose of their lives […] The priest, according to the …

Mercy is the central nucleus of the Gospel message; it is the very name of God, the face with which He revealed Himself in the Old Covenant and fully in Jesus Christ, the incarnation of creative and redemptive Love. This merciful love also shines in the face of the Church …

To know Jesus crucified is to know God’s horror of sin, whose guilt could only be washed away in the Precious Blood of the Only-begotten Son of God made Man. Perhaps the greatest sin in the world today is the fact that people have begun to lose the notion of …

Can there be, Venerable Brethren, a greater or more urgent duty than to preach the unsearchable riches of Christ (Eph 3:8) to the men of our time? Can there be anything nobler than to unfurl the “Ensign of the King” before those who have followed and still follow a false …