Pope Benedict XVI's Homily on the Feast of Saint Stephen

Today, the day after the solemn liturgy of the Lord’s Birth, we are celebrating the Feast of St Stephen, a deacon and the Church’s first martyr. The historian Eusebius of Caesarea describes him as the “perfect martyr” (Die Kirchengeschichte v. … Continue reading Pope Benedict XVI's Homily on the Feast of Saint Stephen