“It is foolishness and a public madness to fill the cupboards with clothing,” John of Antioch exhorted the congregation, “and allow men who are created in God’s image and likeness to stand naked and ...

During his general audience on Sept. 19, Pope Benedict XVI offered his reflections on St. John Chrysostom, who died 1,600 years ago this year. St. John Chrysostom strove to connect Christian doctrine ...

Throughout the extensive history of the Church, there have been numerous events of lasting significance. Each week marks ...

John Chrysostom loved to preach. “Preaching improves me,” he once told his congregation. “When I begin to speak, weariness disappears; when I begin to teach, fatigue too disappears. Thus neither ...

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I am happy…that the occasion of the 16th centenary of the death of St John Chrysostom offers me an opportunity to evoke his luminous figure and propose it to the ...

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The year is the sixteenth centenary of the death of Saint John Chrysostom (407-2007). John of Antioch, also called Chrysostom or ‘Golden mouth' because of his eloquence ...

The value of fasting consists not in abstinence only from good, but in a relinquishment of sinful practices, since he who limits his fasting only to an abstinence of meat is he who especially ...

During his general audience on Sept. 26, Pope Benedict XVI continued his catechesis on St. John Chrysostom, which he had begun during his previous general audience. Because of his constant concern for ...