Is clericalism an attitude that has nothing to do with Christianity?

Posted on November 10, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of saint Pius X, Dogma, Ecclesiology, John Paul II, John XXIII, Pius X, Pius XI, Pius XII, Saint Alphonsus de Ligouri, Saint Catherine of Siena, Saint John Chrysostom.

By instituting ordained ministers in his Church, Our Lord Jesus Christ inaugurated “the most elevated dignity among all of the hierarchies of the earth”, a new category of men called to actuate in persona Christi, in order to dispense the treasures of the redemption to sinful humanity, as authentic mediators between heaven and earth. These men chosen by Christ himself are participants of the authority with which He forms, sanctifies and rules his Mystical Body, and their dignity is even greater than the angels.Continue Reading

Francis’ intriguing criteria for the nominations of Bishops

Posted on November 2, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Code of Canon Law, Compendium of the Catechism, Dogma, Ecclesiology, John Paul II, Sacred Scripture, Saint Alphonsus de Ligouri, Saint Augustine, Saint Hilary, Saint Thomas Aquinas.

‘The sheep follow him, because they recognize his voice’ (Jn 10:4). The suggestive imagery of the shepherd with his flock is almost a synonym of the Episcopal ministry in the Church. Continue Reading

Pray the Rosary? But not too much… Francis and the counting of beads…

Posted on October 2, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XV, Benedict XVI, John Paul II, Paul VI, Piety, Pius IX, Pius XII, Saint Alphonsus de Ligouri, Saint Ambrose, Saint John Chrysostom, Saint John of the Cross.

What joy for a mother to receive a flower form her little child! Her joy would surely be greater if her little one did not just offer her one rose, but a beautiful bouquet. What joy would be hers if, on a very special day all her children were to decorate the house with more than 175 thousand flowers?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

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

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

Since God is good, does He really chastise eternally?

Posted on June 20, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Catechism of the Catholic Church, Catechism of Trent, Compendium of the Catechism, Eschatology, Hell, International Theological Commission, John Paul II, Pelagius I, Pius XI, Pius XII, Sacred Scripture, Saint Alphonsus de Ligouri, Saint Catherine of Siena, Saint Francis de Sales, Saint Irenaeus of Lyon, Saint Robert Bellarmine, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Synod of Constantinople, Vatican Council II.

There are some uncomfortable truths that we would like to forget…to make things easier. Though there is certainly no benefit derived from this mentality, some people persist in it, thinking that by the fact of insistently denying the truth, it will just cease to exist.Continue Reading

Saint Alphonsus de Ligouri