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On St. Maximus the Confessor "He Always Had As His Compass the Concrete Reality of the World" VATICAN CITY, JUNE 25, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered during today's general audience in St. Peter's Square, dedicated to the figure of Saint Maximus the Confessor. * * * Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today I would like to present the figure of one of the great Fathers of the Eastern Church of later times. He is a monk, St. Maximus, who merited from Christian tradition the title of Confessor because of the intrepid courage with which...

On St. Maximus of Turin "The Intimate and Vital Union of the Bishop With His City" VATICAN CITY, OCT. 31, 2007 (ZENIT.org).- Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered today at the general audience in St. Peter's Square on St. Maximus, Bishop of Turin. * * * Dear Brothers and Sisters: Between the end of the fourth century and the beginning of the fifth, another Father of the Church -- after St. Ambrose of Milan -- contributed decisively to the spread and consolidation of Christianity in northern Italy: He is St. Maximus, who was the bishop of...