Choose who said this, Pope Francis or the heretic Eckhart: ‘I am changed into God because He makes to be one with Him.’ ‘The light of God will flood all souls and all will be in all.’

Posted on July 9, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Catechism of the Catholic Church, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Dogma, God, John Paul II, Paul VI, Pius IX, Pius X, Saint Augustine, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Vatican Council I, Vatican Council II.

When a child reaches a certain age, and starts to ask for the reason of everything, when it poses the question of who God is, the answer is always that God is a perfect Being, almighty, the One who governs all creation with wisdom and guides all so as to take them to Heaven, His eternal and marvelous house… Continue Reading

Pope Francis on centuries of monastic life: a ‘movement of snobs’ and ‘spiritual hairdressers’ with ‘all the sicknesses of isolation’

Posted on July 8, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life, John Paul II, John XXIII, Paul VI, Pius XI, Pius XII, Religious Life, Saint Anthony of Padua, Saint Augustine, Vatican Council II.

Ever since the beginning of Christianity, certain men and women have been called to offer themselves entirely to God: they leave the world to dedicate themselves exclusively to prayer, fasting and penance in intimacy with the Lord. Many obtained such a fame of sanctity that they ended up attracting multitudes – their example awakened in many others the desire of imitating their lives of perfection. Small communities thus originated; and these became the starting point for the great religious orders of the future.Continue Reading

“No one is saved alone, God saves a people”: so why bother about virtue as long as I belong to God’s people?

Posted on July 7, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Dogma, Ecclesiology, John Paul II, Vatican Council II.

What would you think of a recipe book that conceals the main ingredients of its recipes? And, what is worse, explains the steps to prepare each dish in a confusing manner? Now, any earthly fare, as good as it may be, is insignificant before the supreme subject of our eternal destiny.Continue Reading

Poverty: new definition of the Mystical Body of Christ?

Posted on July 6, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church, CELAM, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Gregory the Great, John Paul II, John XXII, Leo XIII, Pastoral, Paul VI, Pius IX, Pius XII, Sacred Scripture, Saint Augustine, Saint Clement of Alexandria, Saint John Chrysostom, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Vatican Council II.

Love for the poor is no novelty within the Church of Christ, although some try to present it as a recent innovation, something that sprung up in the past few years…Continue Reading

The Church always considered Christ’s sacrifice united to that of His Mother; but for Francis, She said interiorly: ‘I was deceived’!!!

Posted on July 4, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Dogma, John Paul II, Leo XIII, Mariology, Paul VI, Pius IX, Pius X, Pius XII, Saint Alphonsus de Ligouri, Saint Ambrose, Saint Bonaventure, Saint Gregory of Nyssa, Vatican Council II.

Praying before the Cross, Christians are significantly comforted under the patronage of Our Lady of Sorrows. In her we contemplate the one who, as Scripture tells us, remained ‘standing’ at the foot of the Cross while the Apostles fled and betrayed Christ, as they were far from understanding the profundity of the mystery of Golgotha. This vital presence of Mary fully united to the Passion of her Son – consoling and adoring Him in an act of reparation for the offenses of those who had been unfaithful at this decisive moment – has moved truly Christian souls throughout the centuries.Continue Reading

Pope Francis’ Jewish prayer

Posted on July 3, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Bible, Council of Trent, Dogma, Holy Bible, John Paul II, John XXIII, Leo XIII, Pius XII, Sacred Scripture, Saint Alphonsus de Ligouri, Saint Ambrose, Saint Augustine, Saint Francis de Sales, Saint Melita of Sardis, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Saint Vincent of Lerins, Synod of Bishops.

One of the significant truths that we learn at primary catechism is that God himself is the Author of Sacred Scripture; and that with the coming of Christ, Holy Mother Catholic Church became the sacred depository of this incomparable treasure. Continue Reading

Is God the Spirit of the world?

Posted on July 2, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Catechism of the Catholic Church, Christology, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Dogma, Pius XI.

If we analyze the concept of God in different religions we will encounter the most varied and contradictory interpretations. But for Francis, God is not catholic, He is universal, and each one can conceive the idea of God as he wills...Read on…

The Church spent twenty centuries building walls? And now we must build bridges?

Posted on June 30, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Encounter, Gregory XVI, Leo XIII, Pastoral, Paul VI, Pius IX, Sacred Scripture.

Moved by the divine command to evangelize all nations and baptize all in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Holy Mother Church has never spared efforts to overcome all boundaries in order to proclaim the Good News to all peoples without exception. Yet, ever since apostolic times, every missionary has also been obliged to combine daring with prudence, so as not to let himself be contaminated – through his own weakness – by those who reject the Redeemer’s universal call to conversion.Continue Reading

At the Final Judgment, Christ will be an advocate and not the judge?

Posted on June 29, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XII, Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Catechism of Trent, Congregation for the Clergy, Eschatology, John Paul II, Judgment, Lateran Council IV (Ecumenical XII), Paul VI, Sacred Scripture, Saint Augustine, Saint Irenaeus of Lyon, Saint Thomas Aquinas.

The contemplation of the imposing drama of the Last Judgment has always been of immense benefit to the faithful; and even in our days, it’s an efficacious element for awakening consciences and calling to conversion. A subject that appears with clarity and frequency in the Sacred Scriptures, the Last Judgment holds great pastoral value and is easily understandable by all. The Church condenses this truth of the faith in the definitive and simple words that Catholics pray daily in the Creed: Christ will come ‘to judge the living and the dead.’Continue Reading

Atheists do good? They are also children of God? And heirs to God’s kingdom?

Posted on June 27, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Council of Trent, Dogma, Grace, II Council of Orange, John Paul II, Sacred Scripture, Saint Augustine, Vatican Council II.

Do good and avoid evil…without doubt that’s everyone’s obligation, since no one is able to stifle that inner voice that, in the depths of the heart, constantly indicates this obligation. But…is everyone able to respond to this call in the same manner, with equal clarity and equivalent effects?Continue Reading

Author: EN - Denzinger Bergoglio