2015-10-06 Vatican Radio
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has warned against having a hard heart that is closed to God’s mercy. Speaking on Tuesday morning during Mass at the Casa Santa Marta before joining the Synod Fathers gathered in the Vatican Synod Hall, the Pope urged the faithful not to put one’s own convictions or a list of commandments before the Lord’s mercy. Continue reading Pope Francis: God wants his ministers to be merciful
Continue reading “The vocation and mission of the family in the Church and the contemporary world”
2015-10-05 Vatican Radio
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis addressed the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on Monday morning – the morning of their first full day of sessions. Below, please find Vatican Radio’s full English translation of the Holy Father’s remarks. Continue reading Pope Francis: full text of remarks at Synod opening
2015-10-04 Vatican Radio
(Vatican Radio) The front of St. Peter’s Basilica was lined with green and scarlet as the Synod Fathers gathered around the altar for the opening mass of the Ordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family on Sunday presided over by the Holy Father, Pope Francis. Continue reading Pope’s Homily at Opening Mass of the Synod of Bishops
PROVIDENCE — Nobody should be surprised that the U.S. Supreme Court declared same-sex marriage to be a constitutional right, Father Thomas More Garrett, O.P., told the St. Pius V Young Adult Group. Continue reading Dominican priest, lawyer analyzes SCOTUS marriage ruling
It was Our Lord Jesus Christ, Himself, who bestowed upon Simon Peter the grace to continue His teachings to the people of the world: to go and teach all nations -after He had returned to heaven, to His Almighty Father. Yet, two thousand years later we have Simon Peter’s, successor, Francis who has elevated himself so high in the worldly realm that, he forgets his place. Continue reading Jesus, demoted & forgotten in Congress and UN
Does a society like the U.S. deserve a saint?
Well in the country where anything goes, the Pope feels it’s appropriate to reward them with a saint in whose presence the indigenous natives were maltreated. Continue reading Liberty’s first Saint?
Pope’s apology doesn’t change opinions on Serra canonization A woman passed a statue of Franciscan missionary Junipero Serra at the Mission San Diego de Acala in San Diego earlier this year. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
By Sudhin Thanawala Associated Press September 7, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO — Pope Francis’ apology for the Roman Catholic Church’s crimes against indigenous peoples has not softened opposition among some California Native Americans to his decision to canonize 18th-century Franciscan missionary Junipero Serra. Serra is extolled by the Vatican as a great evangelizer, but denounced by some tribal officials as a destroyer of Native culture. Continue reading Pope’s apology doesn’t change opinions on Serra canonization
Continue reading Bill Gates – Mass Sterilization discovered by Kenyan Bishops
“When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then understand that its devastation is approaching.
Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains, those inside the city must leave it, and those in the countryside must not go into it, because these are the days of vengeance when all that is written will be fulfilled. “How terrible it will be for those women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days! Continue reading The Great Deception
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VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s chief astronomer says that believing in aliens does not contradict faith in God. The Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, the Jesuit director of the Vatican Observatory, said that the vastness of the universe means it is possible there could be other forms of life outside Earth, even intelligent ones. Continue reading Nonsense -“The extra-terrestrial is my brother”
Christians will not immediately need to renounce their faith in God “simply on the basis of the reception of [this] new, unexpected information of a religious character from extraterrestrial civilizations.” However, once the “religious content” originating from outside the earth “has been verified” they will have to conduct “a re-reading [of the Gospel] inclusive of the new data…”
–Father Giuseppe Tanzella-Nitti SJ, Vatican Astronomer, Eminent Theologian, Jesuit Priest and Full Professor of Fundamental Theology at the Pontificia Università della Santa Croce in Rome [Connected With Opus Dei],
Continue reading Have to conduct “a re-reading [of the Gospel] inclusive of the new data…”
So the Vatican are concerned in case Pope Francis is photographed with those who “flout” Church teaching, just in case it is misrepresented as supporting their positions. Continue reading Vatican objects to Obama’s controversial invites for papal visit
Our God is not a God of confusion or chaos. His words and teachings regarding morality -marriage, homosexuality- are very clear. Continue reading 625,000 Catholics ask Pope Francis to dispel moral confusion at Synod
‘Confusion and error on holy matrimony’ are being sown by Satan in society and in the Church,’ warns the cardinal.
Source: Lifesitenews
Thank goodness there are good men of faith who still hold on to the teachings of God, and also in the words of Jesus given to his apostles in the the Bible. Continue reading Cardinal Burke had grave reservations on the same annulment proposals Pope Francis just enshrined
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Friday (18th September) addressed participants at a symposium organized by the Vatican Observatory, saying their scientific research on the universe can help promote inter-religious dialogue which is more urgent than ever nowadays. He also encouraged an ever deeper dialogue between science and religion.
Continue reading Pope Francis address to Vatican Observatory symposium
Fr. Gabriele Amorth (born 1925) was ordained a priest in 1954 and became an official exorcist in 1986. For about 20 years he served as chief exorcist for the Diocese of Rome. In 1990 he founded the International Association of […] Continue reading Top Exorcist Laments Apathy to Medjugorje
Space Age Pope Francis: I Would Baptise Aliens
By Jack Moore May 13, 2014 12:15 BST
Pope Francis waves as he arrives for a special audience with members of religious colleges in Paul VI hall at the Vatican
Reuters:Pope Francis has said that if Martians arrived at the doors of the Vatican asking to be baptised he would not turn them away as humans are not to decide who should or should not receive the Holy Spirit, according to Vatican radio. Continue reading Space Age Pope Francis: I Would Baptise Aliens
Wed May 27, 2015 – 1:39 pm
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Editor’s note: Voice of the Family’s Maria Madise gave the following talk at the Rome Life Forum on May 8.ROME, May 26, 2015 Continue reading Strong winds blowing from the UN to change climate at the Vatican
23/01/2015 12:41(Vatican Radio)
Pope Francis said confession is not a judgment but a meeting with God who forgives all our sins, without exception. His words came during his homily at his morning Mass on Friday celebrated in the Santa Marta residence. Continue reading Pope Francis: God always forgives everything
20/11/2014 11:19 (Vatican Radio)
Jesus weeps today when the doors of our hearts, those of the pastors of the Church, are closed to His surprises not recognizing the One who brings peace said Pope Francis at Mass Thursday morning in Casa Santa Marta Continue reading Pope at Santa Marta: Jesus weeps
Wed Nov 5, 2014 – 6:54 pm EST
Editor’s note: The following interview with Bishop Athanasius Schneider, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana, Kazakhstan, was published today in the Polish magazine Polonia Christiana.
1. Your Excellency, what is Your Excellency’s opinion about the Synod? What is its message to families?
During the Synod there had been moments of obvious manipulation on the part of some clerics who held key positions in the editorial and governing structure of the Synod.
Continue reading SYNOD1 on Family – Bishop Athanasius Schneider – A Must Read
27/10/2014 11:31(Vatican Radio)
At morning Mass on Monday Pope Francis said that a conscientious examination of our words will help us understand whether we are Christians of light, Christians of darkness or Christians of grey areas. Continue reading Pope at Santa Marta: Called to be children of light
13/10/2014 11:33 (Vatican Radio)
Be open to God’s surprises, not closed to the signs of the times and remember holy law is not an end in itself. This was Pope Francis’ message this morning at Mass at Casa Santa Marta. Commenting on the words of Jesus to the Doctors of the Law, the Pope urged the faithful not to cling to their own ideas, but to walk with the Lord, always finding new things. Continue reading Pope at Santa Marta: Holy law is not an end in itself
by Jan Omega, September 15 2014
For most of the world, Pope Francis is the one pope that everyone seems to like. With is open mind and open attitude to other religions, as well as his more humanist approach to being Catholic, many have fallen under his spell of universal peace. The Inquisitr reported numerous times on the pope’s actions that appeal to others. This includes stating that atheists are also saved, inviting Muslims to pray Islamic prayers at the Vatican, and even stating that Evangelizing is one thing that doesn’t equate to personal happiness. Continue reading Pope Francis About To Decree Virgin Mary To Be More Important Than Jesus Christ?
15/09/2014 11:48 (Vatican Radio)
Pope Francis marked the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows during Monday morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta, with a reflection on how Mary learned, obeyed and suffered at the foot of the Cross.
The Holy Father said that in the liturgy of the day first we are shown the glorious Cross, then the meek and humble Mother. Continue reading Pope at Santa Marta: Learning from Our Lady of Sorrows
by Uki Goni and Jonathan Watts
Thursday 14 March 2013
Jorge Bergoglio was head of the Jesuit order in the 1970s when the church backed military government and called for patriotism Continue reading Pope Francis: questions remain over his role during Argentina’s dictatorship
March 14, 2013 by Lisa Reynolds Wolfe
Today, March 14, 2013, the world is celebrating the election of Latin America’s first pope, Pope Francis. But all is not rosy. Despite worldwide celebration, snide newspaper headlines are emerging. Here’s a sample. It popped up yesterday in The Guardian Continue reading Pope Francis and the Cold War in Latin America
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the seventy-six-year-old Archbishop of Buenos Aires, is the new Pope—the first Jesuit and the first Latin American ever to hold that job.
Continue reading Pope Francis the Reformer?
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