“Let us walk behind Him, in this wounded world, singing Alleluia,” Pope in Urbi et Orbi message

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Matthew Harrison

Violence in the Middle East, Libya, the Ivory Coast. Destruction in Japan. Persecution of Christians. Amidst all the turmoil it seems hard to find the joy of Easter. But in his Urbi et Orbi message, Pope Benedict XVI says it is for these “painful situations” that Christ died for us. In heaven all is peace […]

God has drunk the bitter cup of the passion, says Papal household preacher in Good Friday homily

Friday, April 22, 2011

Matthew Harrison

Ecce lignum crucis, in quo salus mundi pependit. Venite, adoremus. Behold the wood of the cross, on which hung the Saviour of the world. Come, let us worship. Father Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap., quoted that familiar refrain as he concluded his homily at the Good Friday liturgy. The Papal household preacher delivered the homily, as […]