[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']B[/dropcaps]elow please find Vatican Radio's translation of the full text of the Holy Father's address to the Cardinals: Brother Cardinals, This period of the Conclave has been filled with meaning not just for the College of Cardinals but also for all the...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']D[/dropcaps]ear Beatitudes, Eminences and Excellencies, Dear Brothers and Sisters, I would like first of all to thank the Lord, who has guided our synodal process in these years by his Holy Spirit, whose support is never lacking to the Church. My heartfelt...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']J[/dropcaps]ust before Christmas 1936, Regina Bergoglio gave birth to her first child, who she named Jorge, which is Spanish for George. As she held her baby boy in the intense sunshine of an Argentinean summer, little did she know that...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']D[/dropcaps]ear Brothers and Sisters, This morning I have the joy of celebrating my first Chrism Mass as the Bishop of Rome. I greet all of you with affection, especially you, dear priests, who, like myself, today recall the day of your...
Holy Mass for the Closing of the XIV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (official translation) 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 25 October 2015 [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he three Readings for this Sunday show us God’s compassion, his fatherhood, definitively revealed in Jesus. In the midst of...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']C[/dropcaps]onfirmation/Chrismation Biblical and Historical Basis Biblical Christ’s anointing with Holy Spirit coming up after baptism in fulfillment of Is 61:1, anointing for battle & mission Acts 10:38 “I take it you know what has been reported all over Judea about...
End Times Prophecy of St. Malachy Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']A[/dropcaps]ccording to the prophecies of St. Malachy (d. 1148), the successor of Pope Benedict will be the last man to sit on the throne of Peter before the end of the world. But...
ECUMENISM & EVANGELIZATION: SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY by: Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio This very limited bibliography was used in a Master’s level course taught in the University of Dallas’s Institute of Religious and Pastoral Studies(IRPS) from 1994 to 2001. Call numbers are those of the Univ. of Dallas library. The abbreviation...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']D[/dropcaps]early beloved, I know now that you are safe, as I was hoping, and I felt that I had paid you a visit, by being suddenly transported over the face of the earth like Habakkuk, when the angel brought him...
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON MARRIAGE & FAMILY by Marcellino D’Ambrosio, Ph.D. Www.dritaly.com This bibliography is by no means complete or up-to-date. It is provided only as a starting point for further reading and research on marriage and family. It should not be implied that inclusion of a book in this bibliography connotes...