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Joseph Aloysius Ratzinger – Benedict XVI at 95th
On this same Saturday Easter Vigil 95 years ago a young Bavarian was Born. One who will become a Christian, Priest , Bishop , Cardinal and the 265th Successor of […]
April 16, 2022
Theologians gather to discuss ‘Africae Munus, Ten Years Later’
Africae Munus Ten Years LaterNovember 4-6, 2021, Mundelein Seminary Co-organized by Maurice Agbaw-Ebai and Matthew LeveringSponsored by the Benedict XVI Institute for Africa and the Center for Scriptural Exegesis, Theology, […]
November 6, 2021
Reflections on Fatherhood
Members of BIA’s Holy Mass Association of Africa share reflections on fatherhood in honor of Fathers Day.
June 20, 2021
Father Maurice: “I do not feel like praying”
Feelings are an essential part of what it means to be human. As it has been said before, one might not remember the exact details of a given incident, but […]
May 9, 2021
The Flame of Easter – Lumen Christi, Deo Gratias!
“Brothers and Sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, the gospel that you received and in which you are firmly established; because the gospel […]
April 18, 2021
Happy Birthday, Pope Benedict XVI!
Prayers and well-wishes for continued good health for our inspirational father, Jospeh Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI, on his 94th birthday!
April 17, 2021
Father Maurice: A Praying Community, part 2
This Sunday marks the first Sunday of the Holy Season of Lent, a time which our Christian tradition calls our attention to the three pious exercises of Prayer, Fasting and […]
February 21, 2021
Father Maurice: A Praying Community
Christian prayer is like oxygen. I find it impossible to live without daily prayer. And prayer is like a school, in which we grow from one class to the next. […]
February 16, 2021
The Perenniality of Christian Martyrdom
Before canonizations became centralized under the papacy, the most common factor that made a canonized saint of a Christian was what Catholic tradition refers to as odium fidei – hatred […]
October 8, 2016
Catholicism and the Political Order
When Joseph Aloysius Ratzinger was invited to address the Bundestag, the German Parliament, history was in the making. It was the first time in the history of the German nation […]
October 8, 2016