Laudato si’ (I): Collateral considerations

Posted on September 1, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, John Paul II, John XXIII, Leo XIII, Paul VI, Pius XI, Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Saint Bonaventure, Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint John Chrysostom, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Social Doctrine of the Church, Vatican Council II.

There are few images that so authentically and poetically reflect the relationship between God and mankind, as the shepherd and his flock. “I am the good shepherd, My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me” (Jn 10:14, 27). Continue Reading

The Supreme Pontiff and the supreme power to judge, under the yoke of the dictatorship of relativism

Posted on August 28, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Code of Canon Law, Dogma, Ecclesiology, Family, Innocent I, Moral, Sacred Scripture, Saint Alphonsus de Ligouri, Saint Augustine, Saint Bonaventure, Saint John Chrysostom, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Vatican Council I, Vatican Council II.

Ever since antiquity, every time that men get together in societies, the power of judgment has always been attributed to people or groups qualified in order to judge issues and infractions that tend to arise within human interaction. In the Old Testament, Moses determined that wise, intelligent and experienced men be elected among the people in order to guide and judge the tribes in their concerns and controversies, for alone, he could not continue (Deut 1:12-1). Continue Reading

Pope Francis’ (mis)citations of Saint Thomas Aquinas

Posted on August 27, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Code of Canon Law, John Paul II, Law, Moral, Saint Thomas Aquinas.

‘A text taken out of context is often a pretext’ the saying goes…As we know, an author’s words may easily be manipulated when only partially quoted. It’s possible, in such cases, to give it a totally new meaning or even a meaning opposite to the original.Continue Reading

Laudato si’ (II): what Francis forgot

Posted on August 20, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Congregation for the Clergy, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Gregory XVI, John Paul II, Leo XIII, Paul VI, Pius IX, Pius X, Pius XI, Pius XII, Pontifical Council for Culture, Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Sacred Scripture, Saint Augustine, Saint Bonaventure, Saint Irenaeus of Lyon, Saint John Chrysostom, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Social Doctrine of the Church, Vatican Council I, Vatican Council II.

Advertizing, news, social networks…we are bombarded on all sides by information…But the information we receive is often contradictory. Who should we listen to? What path should we follow? Where is the real truth to be found?Continue Reading

The evangelization of the Americas: an offense of the Church?

Posted on August 16, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Adrian VI, Alexander VI, Benedict XVI, Evangelization, John Paul II, Leo XIII, Pastoral, Paul III, Pius IX, Pius V, Pius X, Pius XII, Urban VIII.

‘What has been, that will be; what has been done, that will be done. Nothing is new under the sun’ (Eccles 1:9). Those who lived the years previous to the commemoration of the 5^th Centenary of the Discovery of America (1992) were perhaps not surprised with the words that Francis pronounced a few days ago in Ecuador and Bolivia. Continue Reading

I think I said before that our objective is not to proselytise

Posted on August 8, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XV, Benedict XVI, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Evangelization, John Paul II, Leo XIII, Pastoral, Paul VI, Pius X, Pius XI, Pius XII, Saint John Chrysostom, Vatican Council II.

Spiritual realities surpass natural realities, often evading the capacity of our limited intelligence. That’s why the Divine Master frequently used analogies when he explained the marvels of his kingdom to his followers. Continue Reading

100 million dead…in favor of the poor?

Posted on August 7, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XV, Benedict XVI, Congregation for Bishops, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, John Paul II, John XXIII, Leo XIII, Philosophy, Pius IX, Pius XI, Pius XII, Sacred Scripture.

For the past century the world has been submerged in terrible chaos. All of the conflicts experienced by humanity until this point were nothing in comparison with the warfare of the twentieth century. And it wasn’t just because of military apparatus, but also cruel ideologies employed with the intention of oppressing humanity.Continue Reading

We are all equal – everyone! But this equality is not acknowledged and society is unjust

Posted on August 6, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church, John Paul II, John XXIII, Leo XIII, Philosophy, Pius X, Pius XI, Pius XII, Sacred Scripture, Saint Catherine of Siena, Saint Thomas Aquinas.

‘You will be like gods’ (Gen 3:5). When Eve fell into the temptation proposed by the serpent in the Garden of Eden, there were immediate and disastrous consequences for our first parents: expulsion from Paradise, loss of supernatural and preternatural gifts, and a life of suffering. Continue Reading

Are souls punished with annihilation?

Posted on August 5, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XII, Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Council of Toledo (693), Death, Eschatology, Innocent III, John Paul II, Lateran Council IV, Lateran Council V, Leo XIII, Paul VI, Pius XII, Saint Leo the Great, Saint Thomas Aquinas, The Formula called the ‘Faith of Damasus’, Vatican Council II.

What will happen to us after death? Where will we all go? This is one of the great interrogations of all human beings, whether Christians or not. Throughout history, the answer to these questions has often been sought in a manner that doesn’t demand a rigorous moral attitude that is coherent with the belief in an eternal life and a infinite God who rewards and chastises….Continue Reading

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