Saint John XXIII – Six maxims of perfection

Monday, September 22, 2014

Cheridan Sanders

Sebastian Gomes and I recently came across a diary entry of Saint Pope John XXIII entitled “Six maxims of perfection” in his autobiography Journal of a Soul. Some of you may recall that from the age of fourteen until his death at the age of eighty-two, Pope John XXIII kept a journal where he recorded […]

Photo of the Day

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Cheridan Sanders

Bishops leave St. Peter’s Basilica after a meeting of the Second Vatican Council in 1962. CNS photo/Catholic Press Photo

Quote of the day – Would not this council…

Friday, November 30, 2012

Cheridan Sanders

Would not this council, then, which has concentrated principally on man, be destined to propose again to the world of today the ladder leading to freedom and consolation? Would it not be, in short, a simple, new and solemn teaching to love man in order to love God? To love man, we say, not as […]