Transcribed Homily of Father Terrance of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, Dec. 27, 2023 Praised be Jesus and Mary. (Now and forever.) Here in the octave of Christmas the Church asks us to reflect on the birth of our Savior, and the gift of redemption and healing that He brings to us. The blessingContinue reading “Fiducia Supplicans: Blessing Sinners or Blessing Sin?”
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Who Wrote Fiducia Supplicans? And Why Does It Matter?
by Toni Vercillo There already is an active schism (though not yet formal) in the Church today, coming from both sides of her Center aisle, and the new document, Fiducia Supplicans, is the current impetus for both radical traditionalists and leftist progressives. Both attempt to ‘explain and interpret’ the document to fit their respective agendas.Continue reading “Who Wrote Fiducia Supplicans? And Why Does It Matter?”
IS AMORIS LAETITIA AN INFALLIBLE DOCUMENT?
Cindy Wooden, Vatican correspondent for Catholic News Service, writes from Rome: Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the family is an example of the “ordinary magisterium” — papal teaching — to which Catholics are obliged to give “religious submission of will and intellect,” said an article in the Vatican newspaper. Fr. Salvador Pie-Ninot, a well-known professorContinue reading “IS AMORIS LAETITIA AN INFALLIBLE DOCUMENT?”
WHERE WAS POPE FRANCIS?
There was an historic event that occurred yesterday, the day the Catholic Church commemorates the Feast of Our Mother of Sorrows, the Queen of Peace, that impacted every nation on earth, shaking hell to its very core, and causing a panicked Satan to disperse his minions throughout the whole world to block, or at theContinue reading “WHERE WAS POPE FRANCIS?”
A New Heavenly Advocate for Young People
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican announced Saturday that Pope Francis has recognized the heroic virtues of a 14-year-old Italian boy who died in 1963. The pope advanced the cause of Angiolino Bonetta, along with four others, following a July 10 meeting with Cardinal Angelo Becciu, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. BonettaContinue reading “A New Heavenly Advocate for Young People”
Jesus Offers Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving
Pope’s Angelus Address, Sunday July 5, 2020 Dear brothers and sisters, good day! This Sunday’s Gospel reading (see Mt 11:25-30) is divided into three parts: first of all, Jesus raises a prayer of blessing and thanksgiving to the Father, because He revealed to the poor and to the simple the mystery of the Kingdom of heaven; thenContinue reading “Jesus Offers Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving”
Damien of Moloka’i: Saint to the Lepers
May Day 11 Today we honor Saint Damien de Veuster, as our 11th ‘patron against plague’ in our search for one for each day of May. And Brandon Vogt has written an excellent brief biography of the Saint for Word on Fire: “When Damien de Veuster arrived in Hawaii in 1864, he found an island-communityContinue reading “Damien of Moloka’i: Saint to the Lepers”
Camillus: 16th Century First Responder
May Day 9 Pope Francis, in his Mass intention of yesterday, called on us to pray for the Red Cross and the Red Crescent so today we call upon the intercession of Saint Camillus de Lellis, who founded the original ‘Red Cross’ centuries ago, as we continue our month of May search for ’31 patronsContinue reading “Camillus: 16th Century First Responder”
The Supplica: Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii May 8
May Day 8 Two days every year, May 8 and the first Sunday in October, pilgrims from all over the world gather at the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii to petition the Mother of God for their necessities under her title, Our Lady of the Rosary. In our search for 31 ‘patrons against plague’Continue reading “The Supplica: Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii May 8”
Pandemic Counter-Attack: Contagion of Love
May Day 7 Padre Pio came in a dream to Matteo Farina when he was only 9 years old and told him that he must help his friends. Padre Pio told him, “If you managed to understand that who is without sin is happy, then you have to teach it to the others, so thatContinue reading “Pandemic Counter-Attack: Contagion of Love”
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