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

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 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

Are all religions equal since we need to respect all religions?

Posted on July 29, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Ecumenism, John XXIII, Leo XIII, Pius IX, Pius XI, Sacred Scripture, Saint Augustine, Saint Cyprian of Carthage, Saint Justin of Rome, Saint Leo the Great, Saint Thomas Aquinas.

Recently, it has become common to hear affirmations regarding the right to religious liberty that end up confusing diverse concepts such that it seems to indicate an almost obligatory religious pluralism that intends to put all religions – Christian or non-Christian – on the same level. Continue Reading

Jesus did not multiply the loaves, but only indicated that it was necessary to distribute our goods?

Posted on July 28, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Others and tagged Catechism of the Catholic Church, Exegesis, John Paul II, John XXIII, Leo XIII, loaves, Others, Pius X, Pontifical Biblical Commission, Sacred Scripture, Saint Ambrose, Saint Augustine, Saint Irenaeus of Lyon, Saint John Chrysostom, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Vatican Council I, Vatican Council II.

It’s probable that many of our readers received their catechism classes during the turbulent years of the 70’s, and may have heard, wide-eyed and scandalized, that the well-known miracle of the multiplication of the loaves – transmitted in the Gospel – was nothing more than a metaphor to symbolize the power of sharing with others. It was a time in which many things in the Church were re-interpreted by some…and much innocence was lost.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

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

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

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