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Pope Angelus: Jesus frees us from selfishness, sin and self

September 13, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pope Angelus: Jesus frees us from selfishness, sin and self

(Vatican Radio) In his Angelus address on Sunday from his studio above St Peter’s Square, Pope Francis reflected on the Gospel reading from Mark in which Jesus asks the disciples “Who do people say I am?” The Pope recalled how they responded, saying that some people thought he was John the Baptist restored to life, others Elijah or one of the great prophets, but couldn’t quite believe he was the Messiah. The Holy Father noted how Jesus then asks a very important question “But who do you say that I am?” in order to test their faith. Jesus, said Pope Francis is impressed by the faith of Peter who says “you are the Christ”. But Jesus also rebukes Peter for…Continue Reading

Explosive video: Pope ‘will show whose side he’s on’ during Synod, says archbishop

September 12, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Explosive video: Pope ‘will show whose side he’s on’ during Synod, says archbishop

September 10, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) — The first hard-hitting words by orthodox cardinals and archbishops about the “current crisis” in the Catholic Church have been sounded. Previous comments by Vatican Cardinal Raymond Burke have been more guarded but as the Synod nears, the reality of a looming schism in the Church has pushed him and other Church leaders to a painful willingness to be frank in publicly warning about the seriousness of what is facing the Church. Speaking to the idea proposed in the mid-term report of the 2014 Extraordinary Synod on the Family and repeated by various bishops’ conferences, he says, “It is heresy to teach that homosexual relations are not disordinate or are not disordered or have positive elements.”…Continue Reading

Pope’s Morning Homily: ‘Accusing Yourself Is The First Step in Avoiding Hypocrisy’

September 12, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pope’s Morning Homily: ‘Accusing Yourself Is The First Step in Avoiding Hypocrisy’

Reflects on the Generosity of Forgiveness and Mercy During Mass at Casa Santa Marta Rome, September 11, 2015 (ZENIT.org) Junno Arocho Esteves “Saint Paul teaches us to accuse ourselves. And the Lord, with that image of the speck that is in your brother’s eye and the beam in yours, teaches us the same.” These were Pope Francis’ words during his homily this morning at Mass in Casa Santa Marta. According to Vatican Radio, the Holy Father began by reflecting on today’s first reading from St. Paul’s 1st Letter to Timothy, in which the apostle praises God’s mercy on him despite his sins. “I am grateful to him who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because He considered me trustworthy…Continue Reading

Pope Francis: A person who can’t forgive is not a Christian

September 11, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pope Francis: A person who can’t forgive is not a Christian

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis warned against conflicts within the Christian community and said priests who struggle to be merciful should not be hearing confessions. He also reiterated his condemnation of those who produce lethal arms to be used in wars and said Christians must forgive and show mercy in all that they do. The Pope’s remarks came during his homily at Mass on Thursday (10th September) celebrated at the Santa Marta residence. Mercy, peace and reconciliation as opposed to war and hatred were the key themes focused on by Pope Francis during his homily. He asked whether we are always able to accept the gift of peace that we receive via Jesus and lamented the many wars, destruction, hatred and…Continue Reading

Cardinal Burke had grave reservations on the same annulment proposals Pope Francis just enshrined

September 10, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Cardinal Burke had grave reservations on the same annulment proposals Pope Francis just enshrined

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, September 9, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) — Speaking yesterday at Franciscan University of Steubenville, Cardinal Raymond Burke expressed grave reservations about the very proposals that were released the same day in Pope Francis’ Motu Proprio concerning annulments in the Catholic Church. Burke was addressing those proposals as outlined in the reports from the 2014 Extraordinary Synod on the Family which took place last October, and not the Motu Proprio, since his prepared remarks predated yesterday’s release of the Motu Proprio. The crowd was directed to refrain from as

Pope Francis reforms Church law in marital nullity trials

September 9, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pope Francis reforms Church law in marital nullity trials

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis issued two Apostolic Letters motu proprio on Tuesday, by which he introduced reforms to the legal structures of the Church, which deal with questions of marital nullity. One of the Letters motu proprio, known by its Latin title, Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus – or “The Lord Jesus, Clement Judge” – reforms the Code of Canon Law (CIC) governing the Latin Church, while the other, Mitis et misericors Iesus or “Clement and merciful Jesus” – reforms the Code of Canon Law for Oriental Churches (CCEO). According to the prefatory remarks attached to both Letters, the reforms are the result of an expert group appointed to study the current state of law and practice in the Church as…Continue Reading

Pope Francis at daily Mass: Christians persecuted in silence

September 7, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pope Francis at daily Mass: Christians persecuted in silence

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Monday morning in the chapel of the Santa Marta residence, with the recently-elected Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians, His Beatitude Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan, as well as with the Bishops of Synod of the Apostolic Armenian Catholic Church and the Prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri. In remarks following the readings of the day, the Holy Father spoke of the many Christians, who continue to be persecuted, and of the complicit silence of many powerful world leaders. Even today, “Perhaps more than in the early days,” said Pope Francis, [Christians] are persecuted, killed, driven out, despoiled, only because they are Christians”: “Dear brothers and sisters, there is no…Continue Reading

Pope asks all European parishes to take in a refugee family

September 6, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pope asks all European parishes to take in a refugee family

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has called on European parishes and religious communities to offer shelter to a migrant family. The Pope’s appeal came during the Sunday Angelus in St Peter’s Square. “Every parish, every religious community, every monastery, every sanctuary of Europe, take in one family” he said. And appealing for this gesture of solidarity, he said this solidarity would start right here in the Vatican where two parishes will take in a family of refugees in the coming days. The Pope said that as we witness the “tragedy of tens of thousands of refugees that flee death in conflict and hunger and are on a journey of hope, the Gospel calls us to be close to the smallest and…Continue Reading

Pope: Doctrine must never be apart from pastoral context

September 5, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pope: Doctrine must never be apart from pastoral context

(Vatican Radio) Church doctrine must never be isolated from a practical pastoral context. That theme was at the heart of a video message that Pope Francis sent to participants at an International Theological Congress taking place at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) in the capital Buenos Aires this week. Speaking in his native Spanish, the Pope said a theologian is above all a child of his or her people, who knows the tradition of the Church and encounters the personal stories of individuals. A theologian, he continued, is a believer, who has discovered he or she cannot live without Christ in their lives. And the theologian is a prophet, he said, who reflects the tradition of the past,…Continue Reading

Pope Francis: Sowing divisions is a sickness in the Church

September 4, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pope Francis: Sowing divisions is a sickness in the Church

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis says sowing divisions and discord is a sickness within the Church and described a person who indulges in gossip as like a terrorist who throws bombs. His comments came during his homily at his Friday (4th September) Mass in the Santa Marta residence. Taking his inspiration from St Paul’s letter to the Colossians where the Apostle spoke of how Christ was sent by God to sow reconciliation and peace among humanity, Pope Francis’s homily was a reflection on the need to sow peace rather than discord in our daily lives. Do I sow peace or do I sow discord? He said without Jesus no peace or reconciliation is possible and our task is to be men…Continue Reading