Today (Oct. 7) we Catholics celebrate the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary, honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary whose powerful intercession and maternal protection have defended the Church through ages of trial.
Instituted following the miraculous victory at the Battle of Lepanto, this feast reminds us that the Holy Rosary is a profound weapon of peace and spiritual strength. Through its contemplation, Our Lady invites us to gaze upon the mysteries of Christ with her eyes of faith and place our trust unreservedly in God’s providence.
Our Lady of the Rosary, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, pray for us!
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I've watched General Conference for nearly a decade.
The speeches have basically been the same and almost nothing remotely close to " Meat" is being fed to the audience.
Sometimes I've questioned if the Quorum even feeds the faithful with " Milk."
Latter-day Saints (Mormons) are Christians. They believe in the Bible, believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and Savior of humanity, and center their faith around Him.
They also believe in the Book of Mormon, but it’s used alongside the Bible, not as a replacement for it.
@miatalias Jesus lived about 600 years before Islam began with Muhammad. He could not have known or loved a religion that did not exist in his time. On the stupidity scale for a grown man stating it as fact: 9.
@SlowpokeCon@CatholicSat SSPX didn’t start their own church. I don’t agree either with the consecration of bishops without papal approval, but if they didn’t have bishops, the SSPX would die since they would’ve only have 2 bishops almost 70 which is exactly why they did it & SSPX asked for papal approval
The Catholic Diocese of Enugu in Nigeria has dissociated itself from the activities of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) within its jurisdiction, declaring that the traditionalist group, which incurred excommunication in July, is not in full communion with the Catholic Church.
In a pastoral letter issued on Wednesday, September 9, Bishop Callistus Chukwuma Valentine Onaga urged the faithful to remain firmly united with Pope Leo XIV and refrain from participating in the SSPX celebrations.
“As your Bishop and Shepherd, I consider it appropriate to inform you that the SSPX, which has an established presence in Enugu at St. Michael’s Priory, 3 Shipeolu Street, Naira Triangle… is not in full communion with the Catholic Church led by Pope Leo XIV,” Bishop Onaga said.
He added, “The Catholic Diocese of Enugu dissociates itself from its activities and urges the faithful not to participate in its celebrations.”
“This act of the Society causes deep sorrow because it renews wounds of division within the Body of Christ, contrary to our Lord’s prayer ‘that they may all be one’” he said in reference to the Gospel of John.
SSPX incurred excommunication after the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a Decree and the Explanatory Note following the illicit Episcopal Consecration of f four Bishops in Switzerland on July 1 without Papal approval.
According to the Vatican, the consecrations constituted “an act of a schismatic nature” with serious canonical consequences for SSPX members and those who formally adhere to it.
The Bishop further reminded the faithful that formal adherence to the schism constitutes a grave offence and carries the penalty of excommunication, in accordance with Canon 1364 §1 of the Code of Canon Law and Ecclesia Dei.
He explained that such formal adherence involves freely and consciously embracing the substance of the schism, placing obedience to the SSPX above obedience to the Pope and demonstrating this through one’s actions.
Bishop Onaga warned that clerics and lay faithful who “freely, consciously, and exclusively attend their Masses, receive their sacraments or adhere to their teachings incur a latae sententiae excommunication.” He further cautioned the faithful that SSPX ministers exercise their ministry illicitly.
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To put this in perspective, the SSPX has 2.5 times the RCC birth rate in the west with massively better retention rates. They have no problems making priests. France is going to make 84 priests this year. SSPX just took in 23 in its French seminary. We just have to breed to win. We are also picking up NO priest. I think this guy makes it seven that I know of this year alone. As the RCC moves closer to the big gay more and more of the conservatives will defect. We just have to breed to win. What happens when the priest die off happens? You have to have a priest collecting the money each week at mass. The downward spiral due to money and lack of priests has already started. As more and more churches close less, and less money will be available making more closures happen. RCC is just speedrunning GAFCON 2.0 right now.