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

The divorced in second union can receive Communion?

Posted on June 23, 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, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Council of Trent, Gregory XVI, John Paul II, Moral, Pius X, Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts, Sacraments, Sacred Scripture.

Some of Francis’ affirmations regarding the Eucharist have been utilized by for perverse purposes — by those who always do so — so as to sow confusion among the simple faithful. These often lack the formation necessary to grasp the subtle theological nuances involved in statements that are widely broadcast. For this reason, it is indispensable to clarify certain expressions that have been causing perplexity…Continue Reading

The so-called ‘culture of encounter’ or the enduring message of the Gospel?

Posted on June 18, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XV, Encounter, Gregory XVI, John Paul II, John XXIII, Leo XIII, Pastoral, Paul VI, Pius IX, Pius X, Pius XI, Sacred Scripture, Saint Augustine.

Europe is, without doubt, the only continent whose borders are not defined by geographic criteria, for if these were to be considered, it would be nothing more than a peninsula of Asia! Continue Reading

Care for the unemployed and the elderly – the absolute priority of the Church?

Posted on June 17, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Gregory XVI, John Paul II, Leo XIII, Pastoral, Pius X, Pius XI, Pius XII, Vatican Council II.

St. Pius X warned about pastors only committed ‘to doing good, above all to resolving the problems of the people,’ but who were concerned ‘greatly about nourishment and care of the body, while silencing the salvation of the soul and the gravest obligations of the Christian faith.’ This admonition, made in a time when society was incomparably more Christian than it is today, makes us recall the words of the Divine Master: ‘Man does not live by bread alone, but that man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord’ (Deut 8:3).Continue Reading

Is doubting God the best way to find Him?

Posted on June 16, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Catechism of the Catholic Church, Gregory XVI, John Paul II, Moral, Piety, Pius IX, Pius X, Pius XI, Sacred Scripture, Saint Augustine, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Vatican Council II.

Long ago, the Greeks already philosophized about man’s inherent desire to discover truth, affirming that ‘doubt is the beginning of knowledge;’ while Socratic maieutics taught that ‘knowledge is the principle element of happiness.’Continue Reading

Is truth a relation or is truth absolute?

Posted on June 15, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of Trent, Christology, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Dogma, Gregory XVI, John Paul II.

‘The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is’. With these words Churchill well expressed the consistency and resilience of truth, so often unappreciated in our days, where unabashed cynical relativism, subjectivism and changing values have so often deviated humanity from He who is the Way, Truth and Life. Our confused generation questions just as Pilate did: ‘What is truth?’ (Jn 18:38). Is it a sign of the times that the Successor of Peter doesn’t wish to speak of an absolute truth? ..Read more…

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