Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
Repeat, non-stop.
Italian Bishops : "[The church] cannot admit...those who practice homosexuality, present deeply rooted homosexual tendencies or support the so-called culture Gay." (Section 44 of New document)
Fake Media : Italian Bishops allow gays in seminary!
@5solas Why is it so hard for people to realize that the fake media constantly lies about the Pope? Seems like people understand this with Trump and most other items but for whatever reason when it is the Pope any sort of fact checking is "popesplaining".
A leading U.S. Catholic bishop called on his fellow bishops to help revive the tradition of abstinence from meat on Fridays as a way to commemorate the upcoming 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ 2015 environmental encyclical Laudato Si'.
Archbishop Borys Gudziak, chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, the committee charged with advancing Catholic social teaching, made his remarks at the conference’s annual fall meeting in Baltimore on Nov. 13.
In 1966, the USCCB removed the obligation of the faithful to abstain from meat on Fridays except during Lent. The tradition of fasting on Fridays dates back to the early Church but was codified in canon law in 1917.
“We could renew the tradition of Friday abstinence from meat,” said Gudziak, the metropolitan archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia. “A return to Friday abstinence would be good for the soul and for the planet, maybe for something else, uniting our devotion to the Lord and reverence for the Lord’s creation.”
He noted that in 2011, the Catholic bishops of England and Wales introduced the pre-Vatican II practice, inspired by a pastoral visit to England by Pope Benedict XVI, who he said was known as the “Green Pope” for his emphasis on the importance of caring for creation.
Reintroducing fasting on Fridays would also bring the Roman Catholic Church closer to its Eastern brothers, he said.
“Furthermore, fasting could be an opportunity for synodal engagement, exploring ancient practices in the Latin rite, such as Ember Days or Advent fasts, and other rich Eastern Christian practices among Catholics and others,” Gudziak said.
In addition to fasting, Gudziak suggested Catholics honor the Sabbath and turn to the sacrament of the Eucharist.
“In a world of constant work and stimulation, with ever-present photos, screens, and gadgets, in essence, our world does not rest and struggles with leisure. Perhaps, providentially, 2025 memorializes not only Laudato Si’ but also the jubilee, a special year rooted in Sabbath rest,” he said.
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Vice president elect JD Vance has called out the Associated Press for framing an article connecting the Jerusalem Cross tattoo on the body of Pete Hegseth, an Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, as a white supremacist symbol.
“They're attacking Pete Hegseth for having a Christian motto tattooed on his arm. This is disgusting anti-Christian bigotry from the AP, and the entire organization should be ashamed of itself,” he said.
The Bishops’ Committee for Religious Freedom, an office of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), is encouraging the faithful to participate in a novena ahead of the feast of Christ the King, which will be celebrated on Nov. 24 this year.
The Christ the King novena will start on Friday, Nov. 15, and end on Saturday, Nov. 23.
The bishops have asked the faithful to offer their prayers to Christ the King “for the freedom of the Church.”
Some of the prayer intentions included in the novena are for people of faith to gather in houses of worship without fear, that God give hope and courage to people who live in fear of persecution, for God to protect migrants and refugees, and that business leaders be free to promote a culture of life in their workplaces, among others.
The novena consists of a dedicated intention for each day, followed by an Our Father, Hail Mary, the Glory Be, and a prayer to Christ the King.
In 2012, the bishops issued a document titled “Our First, Most Cherished Liberty: A Statement on Religious Liberty” where they recommended that the solemnity of Christ the King “be a day specifically employed by bishops and priests to preach about religious liberty, both here and abroad,” as it is a feast “born out of resistance to totalitarian incursions against religious liberty.”
“To all our fellow Catholics, we urge an intensification of your prayers and fasting for a new birth of freedom in our beloved country,” the document states.
Pope Pius XI instituted the feast of Christ the King in 1925 with his encyclical Quas Primas (“In the First”) to respond to growing secularism and atheism. He recognized that trying to push God out of the public sphere would result in continuing discord among people and nations. https://t.co/zRSDxxGLY9
RFK Jr. in charge of all public health could be one of the worst decisions for a cabinet post ever.
He has for years advocated for ridiculous theories around health directly contrary to the overwhelming evidence. For example, he advocated that nobody could prove the levels of thiomersal in childhood vaccines were safe for years, but he started this almost a decade after the level of thiomersal was zero. He has stated no vaccine is safe & effective when that has been proven beyond reasonable doubt for all widely recommended vaccines. Etc.
He might turn the US from the world leader in medical research to an absolute backwater.
He will almost definitely cause deaths from reduced vaccines & thus increased infectious disease.
He will eviscerate trust in public health.
Etc.