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

Poverty: new definition of the Mystical Body of Christ?

Posted on July 6, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church, CELAM, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Gregory the Great, John Paul II, John XXII, Leo XIII, Pastoral, Paul VI, Pius IX, Pius XII, Sacred Scripture, Saint Augustine, Saint Clement of Alexandria, Saint John Chrysostom, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Vatican Council II.

Love for the poor is no novelty within the Church of Christ, although some try to present it as a recent innovation, something that sprung up in the past few years…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

At the Final Judgment, Christ will be an advocate and not the judge?

Posted on June 29, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XII, Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Catechism of Trent, Congregation for the Clergy, Eschatology, John Paul II, Judgment, Lateran Council IV (Ecumenical XII), Paul VI, Sacred Scripture, Saint Augustine, Saint Irenaeus of Lyon, Saint Thomas Aquinas.

The contemplation of the imposing drama of the Last Judgment has always been of immense benefit to the faithful; and even in our days, it’s an efficacious element for awakening consciences and calling to conversion. A subject that appears with clarity and frequency in the Sacred Scriptures, the Last Judgment holds great pastoral value and is easily understandable by all. The Church condenses this truth of the faith in the definitive and simple words that Catholics pray daily in the Creed: Christ will come ‘to judge the living and the dead.’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

A picture is worth a thousand words….and a gesture, sometimes, more than an official document…

Posted on June 25, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Catechism of the Catholic Church, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Ecumenism, Leo XIII, Pius XI, Pius XII, Protestantism, Sacred Scripture, Saint Augustine, Saint Cyprian of Carthage, Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Saint Thomas Aquinas.

As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. That’s why the expressive though silent message transmitted through certain gestures often deserves our attention just as much as certain declarations or documents do. This is all the more true in the case of the one who has the mission of representing Jesus Christ ex officio, as his Vicar on earth.Continue Reading

Sin has ceased to be an offense to God?

Posted on June 24, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Catechism of saint Pius X, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Catechism of Trent, John Paul II, Moral, offense, Sacred Scripture, Saint Augustine, Saint Bernard, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Sin.

It’s normal to be afraid of being bitten by a snake, whose deadly poison kills in just a few minutes. This is especially true in places where such a danger is a reality and not just a remote possibility: one walks through the natural habitat of these perilous creatures with redoubled attention to any suspicious movement….and if possible one even tries to avoid such places.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

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

The Holy Eucharist: factor of unity with heretics?

Posted on June 11, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church, John Paul II, Leo XIII, Moral, Piety, Pius IX, Saint Augustine, Saint Thomas Aquinas.

Few things are so moving as a group of children making their First Communion. It brings back vivid memories of our own childhood innocence…Continue Reading

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