Introduction In 2010, Pope Benedict XVI wrote a post-synodal apostolic exhortation titled Verbum Domini to emphasize the importance of the Word of God in the life of the Church. He expressed a desire for the Word to be "ever more fully at the heart … [Read more...]

St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) was a French Cistercian abbot during the "middle ages" and made a tremendous impact in Christendom through his reform of Benedictine monasticism (thus causing the formation of the Cistercian order) and his … [Read more...]

Pope Benedict XVI's 2007 Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation  Sacramentum Caritatis: "On the Eucharist as the Source and Summit of the Church's Life and Mission." Introduction: "The Sacrament of Charity" The Holy Eucharist, according to St. Thomas … [Read more...]