Pope Leo XIV venerated the Holy Cross of Lepanto in Barcelona
This was at the front of the fleet when Catholics prevented Muslims from conquering Europe at the Battle of Lepanto
Tradition has it the crucifix is positioned to the side after miraculously dodging a cannonball
HOW COMMUNION IN THE HAND CAME TO U.S. PARISHES:
"The practice took longer to reach implementation here in the United States, and the story of how it came about is not an edifying one. In 1975, the Archbishop of Cincinnati (later of Chicago), Joseph Bernardin, who was also at that time President of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, tried in vain to generate the two-thirds vote of U.S. bishops required prior to requesting an indult. He tried again in 1976 and again failed to get the votes. At the 1977 conference, one brave bishop, knowing well that the practice of communion in the hand had little support among the American faithful, asked for a survey of dioceses on the question. Cardinal Bernardin immediately dismissed his request as “out of order.” Frustrated after three years of failed votes, Bernardin resorted to counting the votes of bishops not in attendance at the meeting, including several retired bishops who no longer presided over any diocese. It was in this seemingly underhanded way that the later Cardinal Bernardin was able to generate sufficient votes to apply for an indult.
"Just days after the indult was granted to American parishes – to all parishes, not just those in which communion in the hand was already in evidence – printing presses went into overdrive pumping out small pamphlets in support of communion in the hand. These were distributed during parish Masses and in RCIA classes. A quick survey of these pamphlets and their cartoonish stick-figure illustrations reveal that they are riddled with historical inaccuracies and theological assumptions that are not well supported."
Saint Tarcisius, boy martyr, was beaten to death in 250 AD while transporting the Eucharist, the True Body of Christ, through the streets of Rome.
On the Feast of Corpus Christi we, like he, pledge our lives to the sacred protection of the Body of Jesus Christ. Never to let Him be unvenerated or desecrated in our presence.
We, the faithful of St. Anthony’s, unite with Catholics worldwide to beg for forgiveness for the sacrileges of Our Lord and pray for the restoration of reverence and Tradition which treats the Eucharist as it truly is, God, Himself, on this earth in the flesh.
If you’re the CEO of an abortion pill company, and you send an abortion pill into the state of Florida, to murder a child,
We will sign a warrant for your arrest, we will have you extradited to Florida, and we will have you arraigned and charged for 1st-degree murder.
This June, the USCCB will consecrate the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Notre Dame joins in this act of devotion as we look to the Heart of Christ as the source of all hope and the model of a love that embraces every person.
Ave Crux, Spes Unica