SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT – CYCLE A SUNDAY 7 TH  DECEMBER 2025 COMPENDIUM OF THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH (Part 2)   The Profession of Faith  Section One - “I believe” – “We believe”   1. What is the plan of God for man? 1-25 God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life. In the fullness of time, God the Father sent his Son as the Redeemer and Savior of mankind, fallen into sin, thus calling all...

FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT – CYCLE A SUNDAY 30 TH NOVEMBER 2025 COMPENDIUM OF THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH (Part 1) MOTU PROPRIO. To my Venerable Brothers the Cardinals, Patriarchs, Archbishops, Bishops, Priests, Deacons and to all the People of God. Twenty years ago, work began on the Catechism of the Catholic Church that had been requested by the extraordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops held on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the close of the Second Vatican Council. I...

OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE – CYCLE C WORLD YOUTH SUNDAY 23 RD NOVEMBER 2025 MESSAGE FROM POPE BENEDICT XVI – SUNDAY 22 nd  NOVEMBER 2009 Dear Brothers and Sisters, On this last Sunday of the liturgical year, we are celebrating the Solemnity of Christ the King, a Feast established relatively recently but which has deep biblical and theological roots. The title "King", designating Jesus, is very important in the Gospels and makes possible a complete interpretation of the figure...