Following the commandments is an obligation or an option?

Posted on January 17, 2016 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Family, John Paul II, John XXIII, Moral, Paul VI, Pius IX, Pius XI, Sacred Scripture, Saint Augustine.

Among the wide feedback that we have been receiving from around the globe, offering support and useful contributions, some time ago we received a suggestion for an analysis, from a brother priest, regarding one of the topics addressed by Francis in a General Audience, during the preparatory series for the Synod of Bishops on the family. This request already contains some excellent points for this study, and so we decided to make it available to our readers. Obviously, we have excluded the parts of the letter that might reveal the identity of the priest (and have copied from the original English translation passages that our brother priest cites in Spanish).Continue Reading

The divorced who ‘remarry’ enjoy God’s friendship?

Posted on October 13, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Divorced - Second Union and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of saint Pius X, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Catechism of Trent, Council of Trent, Divorced - Second Union, Family, Moral, Pius IX, Pius X, Pius XI, remarry, Sacred Scripture, Saint Augustine.

Who hasn’t passed through the sad situation of assisting a beloved one in their last moments? When finally he or she passes away, we continue to suffer as we contemplate their body, inert, but still loved….But, death is cruel – for it’s not satisfied to just take away life…if we don’t bury the body, a dangerous decay occurs, putting the health of the others at risk. Continue Reading

Can the matrimonial bond be ruptured? Isn’t marriage indissoluble? An essential addition…

Posted on October 12, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Catechism of Trent, Clement XIII, Code of Canon Law, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Family, International Theological Commission, John Paul II, Moral, Pius IX, Pius XI, Sacred Scripture.

When we priests prepare young couples for marriage, we know that one of the most important points that is to be made clear is regarding the indissolubility of the marriage bond, which is sealed when they contract matrimony. Continue Reading

Those who live publicly and impenitently in sin cannot watch over the faith of anyone

Posted on October 4, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Catechism of Trent, Code of Canon Law, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Council of Trent, Gregory XVI, International Theological Commission, John Paul II, Leo XIII, Moral, Pius IX, Pius VII, Pius XI, Pius XII, Sacraments, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Stephen III, Vatican Council II.

Ever since the beginning, God established matrimony as an indissoluble alliance and granted it a blessing that was “not forfeited by original sin, nor washed away by the flood.” In elevating matrimony to the dignity of a sacrament, Jesus Christ not only made this union more indissoluble and holy, but also willed that it reflect His own fidelity to the Church.Continue Reading

God is always a surprise, so you never know where and how you will find him

Posted on September 16, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Catechism of the Catholic Church, John Paul II, Moral, Piety, Pius X, Pius XII, Sacred Scripture, Saint Augustine, Saint Irenaeus of Lyon, Vatican Council II.

All Christians know, especially in moments of doubt and affliction, where and how to find God and obtain relief for their souls. Prayer, whether mental or vocal, is where we have the certainty of finding God, as he himself has promised us: ‘where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them’(Mt 18:17).Continue Reading

Does the legislation of the Church constitute a dictatorial regime?

Posted on September 10, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church, John Paul II, Law, Moral, Pius IX, Pius X, Pius XI, Pius XII, Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts, Sacred Scripture, Saint Augustine, Saint John Chrysostom.

When the Queen of Sheba heard of the great wisdom of Solomon, she allowed no obstacle to impede her undertaking the difficult journey to meet this great monarch, despite the fact that protracted expeditions at the time were perilous adventures. She made all these efforts just to encounter an earthly king, and to observe his wisdom. Impressed with all she had seen and heard in Jerusalem, and after presenting the richest of gifts to the king of Israel, she returned to her country, filled with admiration (cf. 2Chron 9:1-12).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

Pope Francis: The Church is pharisaical when she wants to take charge of the consciences of people

Posted on July 21, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Compendium of the Catechism, Congregation for the Clergy, John Paul II, Liberty of Conscience, Moral, Pius X, Saint Augustine, Vatican Council II.

Conscience is the sacred place where we find ourselves alone with God, where the most important matter of our existence is decided: the salvation or loss of our souls.Continue Reading

Boasting of his sins? Did Saint Paul really do that?

Posted on June 26, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church, John Paul II, Moral, Saint Alphonsus de Ligouri, Saint Augustine, Saint Francis de Sales, Saint Irenaeus of Lyon, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Sin.

‘For a correct interpretation of Sacred Scripture it is therefore necessary to seek attentively what the hagiographers have truly wished to state and what it has pleased God to express in human words.’ This is the wise counsel that Pope Benedict XVI had imparted to the participants of the Pontifical Biblical Commission in 2009.Continue Reading

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