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Italian faithful hold up a poster, which shows Pope Benedict XVI being nursed as a baby, during the Pontiff weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007. A writing on the poster, not seen, reads: through the mouth of babies, you God affirm your power. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Benedict XVI walks up the steps of the Paul VI hall at the end of his weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Benedict XVI (L) meets members of a Japanese kimono culture association after his weekly general audience at the Vatican August 22, 2007. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano (VATICAN)

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Recent catecheses on the Early Church Fathers:
On St. Clement of Rome -The Church Has a Sacramental, Not Political Structure (March 7, 2007)
Truly a Doctor of Unity (St. Ignatius of Antioch) (March 14, 2007)
St. Justin Martyr: He Considered Christianity the "True Philosophy" (March 21, 2007)
St. Irenaeus of Lyons: The First Great Theologian of the Church (March 28, 2007)
St. Clement of Alexandria: One of the Great Promoters of Dialogue Between Faith and Reason (April 18, 2007)
On Origen of Alexandria: He Was a True Teacher (April 25, 2007)
Origen: The Privileged Path to Knowing God Is Love (May 2, 2007)
Tertullian: Accomplished a Great Step in the Development of the Trinitarian Dogma (May 30, 2007)
St. Cyprian: His Book on the 'Our Father' Has Helped Me to Pray Better (June 6, 2007)
On Eusebius of Caesarea (June 13, 2007)
On St. Athanasius (June 20, 2007)
On St. Cyril of Jerusalem (June 27, 2007)
On St. Basil (July 4, 2007)
St. Basil (August 1, 2007)
St. Gregory of Nazianzen (August 8, 2007)