My Lord Jesus Christ, Your blessed, royal, and magnificent heart could never, by torments or terrors or blandishments, be swayed, from the defense of Your kingdom of truth and justice. (Saint Bridget of Sweden, +1373)
Day: July 23, 2025
Pope John Paul II’s Letter Proclaiming Saints Bridget, Catherine and Teresa Benedicta Co-Patronesses of Europe
POPE JOHN PAUL II APOSTOLIC LETTER ISSUED MOTU PROPRIO PROCLAIMING SAINT BRIDGET OF SWEDEN SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA AND SAINT TERESA BENEDICTA OF THE CROSS CO-PATRONESSES OF EUROPEHIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II FOR PERPETUAL REMEMBRANCE 1. The hope of building a more just world, a world more worthy of the human person, stirred by[…]
All Roads Lead to Rome
On this feast of Saint Bridget of Sweden, one of the four co-patrons of Europe (along with Saint Benedict, Saint Catherine of Siena and Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross), it’s fitting to post this final reflection on my pilgrimage, on those last few days in Rome. Rome, the Eternal City, the Centre of Christendom[…]
Apologetics 101, Question 6: Creation Ex Nihilo
In response to Catholic Insight’s post of Carl Sundell’s list of 39 essential questions Catholics should be prepared to answer about our faith, I have been responding to them one-by-one to equip you with clear, concise and (hopefully) well-reasoned answers to help you grow and share your Faith. None of these answers can be conclusive.[…]
Pope Benedict and Bridget of Sweden
BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Saint Peter’s Square Wednesday, 27 October 2010 Saint Bridget of Sweden Dear Brothers and Sisters, On the eve of the Great Jubilee in anticipation of the Year 2000 the Venerable Servant of God John Paul II proclaimed St Bridget of Sweden Co-Patroness of the whole of Europe. This morning I[…]
Saint Bridget, Sweden’s Charitable Bibliophile
Long before Sweden was known for ABBA and IKEA – two exports not to everyone’s taste, even if billion-dollar brands – along with a soft version of socialism and moribund demographics, the northern nation was was a land of saints, of a people devoted to the Faith, after the conversion of the Baltic regions between[…]