Pope Francis Encyclical, DILEXIT NOS (Oct 24, 2024)
ENCYCLICAL LETTERDILEXIT NOSOF THE HOLY FATHERFRANCISON THE HUMAN AND DIVINE LOVEOF THE HEART OF JESUS CHRISTLink: DILEXIT NOS“HE LOVED US”, Saint Paul says of Christ (cf. Rom 8:37), in order to make us realize that nothing can ever “separate us” from that love (Rom 8:39). Paul could say this with certainty because Jesus himself had told his disciples, […]
Podcast: Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons
- The Marks of Spiritual Leadership November 19, 2025Friends, we come to the final weekend of the liturgical year and the celebration of the Solemnity of Christ the King. Now, our country was formed in rebellion against a king, and kingship as a political reality is far removed from us. But what does kingship mean for us spiritually? In a word, everything. If […]Bishop Robert Barron
- The Old World Has Been Shaken November 11, 2025Friends, we come to the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, which means that next Sunday is the final Sunday of the liturgical year. During this time, the Church always gives us apocalyptic readings, and our Gospel today is from “the little apocalypse” in the Gospel of Luke. Apokalypsis in Greek does not mean “end of the world”; […]Bishop Robert Barron
- The Place of Right Praise November 5, 2025Friends, this Sunday we’re celebrating, with the whole Church, the dedication of the great cathedral of Rome: the Lateran Basilica. You could argue very persuasively that this see church of the pope is the most important of the four major basilicas in Rome; it is the great temple of Catholicism worldwide. This is why the […]Bishop Robert Barron