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

God’s omnipotence, natural evolution and magicians

Posted on August 4, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Catechism of Trent, God, John Paul II, Pius XII, Saint Irenaeus of Lyon, Saint John Chrysostom, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Synod of Constantinople, Vatican Council I.

‘I believe in God the Father Almighty…’ That’s how the Creed starts, that’s how we pray it every day, that’s what Christians believe, basing our conviction on Revelation.Continue Reading

The Church should promote the laicity of the State?

Posted on August 1, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Catechism of the Catholic Church, Ecumenism, Gregory XVI, Leo XIII, Pius XII, Saint Augustine.

Saint Augustine teaches that when justice disappears from temporal governments, they can be likened to ‘a large band of robbers’…This forceful expression doesn’t sound so farfetched to contemporary ears. And there must be some reason for this…Continue Reading

The privileged place for the encounter with Jesus Christ is our sins?

Posted on July 17, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Catechism of the Catholic Church, Catechism of Trent, Council of Trent, Dogma, Grace, John Paul II, Leo X, Leo XIII, Paul VI, Pius XII, Sacred Scripture, Saint Ambrose, Saint Anthony of Padua, Saint Augustine, Saint Basil the Great, Saint Cyprian of Carthage, Saint Gregory of Nyssa, Saint Irenaeus of Lyon, Saint John Chrysostom, Saint Thomas Aquinas.

When, to a pitcher of water, a tiny drop of poison has been added, no one would claim that it is suitable to drink. This is true also of our spiritual life, in which it is not justifiable to choose the path of mediocrity, establishing a compromise between the pure water of virtue and the poison of sin. Continue Reading

St. Augustine: Christ wouldn’t add good in ‘I am the good Shepherd,’ were there not bad shepherds. Where do good shepherds hear God’s voice?

Posted on July 10, 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 the Doctrine of the Faith, Dogma, Ecclesiology, John Paul I, John Paul II, Leo XIII, Paul VI, Pius X, Pius XI, Pius XII, Sacred Scripture, Saint Augustine, Saint Irenaeus of Lyon, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Vatican Council I, Vatican Council II.

It’s no novelty that the texts of Vatican Council II have often been manipulated with diverse intentions; consequently, it’s necessary to read them within their context and in light of the Magisterium, which has been guiding humanity for almost 2000 years.Continue Reading

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