The Voice of the Popes

The Sublime Glory of God Shines

“You are my son, this day I have begotten you” – with this passage from Psalm 2, the Church begins the Liturgy of this...

A Veritable Battlefield

We must adore the dispositions of Divine Providence, which, having instituted the Church on this earth, allows her to encounter every kind of obstacle,...

Mother, Queen and Patroness of the Brazilian people

Just as the Apostles, together with Mary, “went up to the upper room” and there, “with one accord devoted themselves to prayer” (Acts 1:13-14), so...

Defender of the Church

I am pleased to be among you in the shadow of this Shrine of St. Michael the Archangel, which for fifteen centuries has been...

Crowning and Complement of the Immaculate Conception

It is therefore, a pleasure for us, a full century having passed since the Pontiff of immortal memory, Pius IX, solemnly proclaimed this singular...

Defender and Interpreter of the Franciscan Charism

Faithful Image of the Founder Today I would like to talk about St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio. St. Bonaventure, in all likelihood born in 1217,...

The Need for Expiation

Our Predecessor of happy memory, Leo XIII, admiring the timely opportuneness of the devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, said very aptly:...

Generous Cooperation with the Holy Spirit

Mary is the Mother of the Church not only because She is the Mother of Christ and His most intimate associate in “the new...

Paradigm of Motherhood

The Book of Genesis attests to the fact that sin is the evil at man’s “beginning” and that since then its consequences weigh upon...

The Loving Father of Jesus

“He shall cry to me, ‘Thou art my Father’” (Ps 89:26). The Word of God that the Liturgy offers us on this Solemnity of...

A New and Incomparable Outpouring of the Redemption

Every Christian land is a Marian land; there is not a nation redeemed in the Blood of Christ which does not glory in proclaiming...

A Process of Denial of God

When the Philosophy of the Gospel Governed the States There was once a time when States were governed by the philosophy of the Gospel. Then it...