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  ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XI ON THE CHURCH AND THE GERMAN REICH [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]o the Venerable Brethren, the archbishops and bishops of Germany and other ordinaries in peace and communion with the Apostolic See.  Venerable Brethren, Greetings, and Apostolic Blessing. It is with deep...

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  ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XI ON CATHOLIC ACTION IN ITALY NON ABBIAMO BISOGNO   [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']V[/dropcaps]enerable Brethren, Health and Apostolic Benediction. We do not need to acquaint you, Venerable Brethren, with the events which have recently occurred in this Our Episcopal city of Rome, and throughout Italy,...

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[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']E[/dropcaps]ncyclical letter of Pope Pius XI promulgated on 11 December 1925 To Our Venerable Brethren the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, and other Ordinaries in Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See. Venerable Brethren, Greeting and the Apostolic Benediction. In the first Encyclical Letter...

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[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps]NTRODUCTION To intensify the apostolic activity of the people of God,(1) the most holy synod earnestly addresses itself to the laity, whose proper and indispensable role in the mission of the Church has already been dealt with in other documents.(2)...

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  DECREE CONCERNING THE PASTORAL OFFICE OF BISHOPS IN THE CHURCH CHRISTUS DOMINUS  PROCLAIMED BY HIS HOLINESS, POPE PAUL VI  ON OCTOBER 28, 1965 [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']P[/dropcaps]REFACE Christ the Lord, Son of the living God, came that He might save His people from their sins(1) and that all men might be...

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[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps]NTRODUCTION The Decree on Ecumenism, aka Unitatitis Redintegratio, was not among the longest or most weighty documents of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, but it was certainly ranks among its greatest achievements.  Here is the text in its entirely in html...

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  SOLEMNLY PROMULGATED BY HIS HOLINESS POPE PAUL VI  ON DECEMBER 4, 1963 [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps]NTRODUCTION Among the wonderful technological discoveries which men of talent, especially in the present era, have made with God's help, the Church welcomes and promotes with special interest those which have a...

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[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']P[/dropcaps]aul, Bishop Servant of the Servants of God Together with the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council for Everlasting Memory [Nostra Aetate] In our time, when day by day mankind is being drawn closer together, and the ties between different peoples are becoming...

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Canticle of Mary My Soul Rejoices in the Lord [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']M[/dropcaps]y soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed; the almighty has...

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Canticle of Simeon Christ is the light of the nations and the glory of Israel [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']L[/dropcaps]ord, now let you servant go in peace; your word has been fulfilled: my own eyes have seen the salvation which you have prepared in the sight of every people: a...

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Canticle of Zechariah The Messiah and his Forerunner [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']B[/dropcaps]lessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; he has come to his people and set them free. He has raised up for us a mighty savior, born of the house of his servant David. Through his holy...

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Curcumin’s Immune-Boosting Powers Pin-pointed Turmeric: As found in WIN's BioLean Free®! By Stephen Daniells, 20-Apr-2009 [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he health boosting activity of curcumin may be due to the molecule’s ability to stabilize cell membranes and increase the cell’s resistance to infection, suggests a new study: The...

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Readings and Prayers for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']C[/dropcaps]ollect: All-powerful Father, Christ Your Son became man for us and was presented in the temple. May he free our hearts from sin and bring us into your presence. We ask this through our Lord Jesus...

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[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps]magine this scene: It's 6 a.m. on a wintry day. More than 100 young men wipe the sleep from their eyes and gather in a dark chapel, heads bowed, for an hour of silent prayer. An Irish monastery, circa 1450 A.D.?...

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General Instruction of the Roman Missal Including Adaptations for the Dioceses of the United States of America [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']C[/dropcaps]oncordat cum originali: Msgr. James Patrick Moroney Executive Director, Secretariat for the Liturgy United States Conference of Catholic Bishops The English translation of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (Third...

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  [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']6[/dropcaps]7 BC          Revolt of Maccabees, Beginning of Hasmonean dynasty 63                   Pompey's Roman legions conquer Palestine, depose Hasmonean ruler 37                   Romans make Herod the Great the vassal king of Judea 27                   Octavian (Augustus) becomes Emperor, Pax Romana begins 20                   Herod the Great begins reconstruction of the Temple  4                    Jesus is born (we think), Herod the...

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DOGMATIC CONSTITUTION ON THE CHURCH LUMEN GENTIUM Excerpts on the Eucharist  Proclaimed By His Holiness, Pope Paul VI on November 21, 1964 [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']C[/dropcaps]HAPTER I: THE MYSTERY OF THE CHURCH As often as the sacrifice of the cross by which "Christ our Pasch is sacrificed" (1...

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[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]hrough his labors and his native endowments man has ceaselessly striven to better his life. Today, however, especially with the help of science and technology, he has extended his mastery over nearly the whole of nature and continues to do...

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This excerpt from Vatican II's Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium, paragraph 25, explains the authority of the Magisterium or Apostolic teaching authority of the Church and the way in which Catholics are bound to submit to that authority....

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The Council of Trent Canons and Decrees The Sixth Session: Decree on Justification [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']C[/dropcaps]elebrated on the thirteenth day of the month of January, 1547. DECREE ON JUSTIFICATION Proem. Whereas there is, at this time, not without the shipwreck of many souls, and grievous detriment to the unity...

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Seeing God St. Theophilus of Antioch Bishop and Early Church Father This passage from St. Theophilus of Antioch's apology to Autolycus (Lib 1,2 7: PG 6, 1026-1035) deals with the qualities of soul necessary to be able to see God. It is used in the Roman Office for...

08 February, 2016 /

On Baptism Tertullian Early Church Father [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']C[/dropcaps]HAPTER 1 Introduction. Origin of the treatise. Happy is our sacrament of water, in that, by washing away the sins of our early blindness, we are set free and admitted into eternal life! A treatise on this matter will...

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Reformed Thinking Tim Staples [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he Scenario: You’re meeting your new girlfriend’s entire Reformed Evangelical family for the first time. It’s Easter dinner at her parent’s house. You’ve met and talked to her parents and three brothers at various times, but never all at...

08 February, 2016 /

Mary Worshippers Need Not Apply Tim Staples The Scenario: Ever have one of those days when you’re feeling full of energy and vigor? I mean, you’re feeling just obnoxiously happy? Well, this is one of those days. Driving home from work, you switch on the radio to see what’s...

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Catholic Boot Camp by: Tim Staples [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']A[/dropcaps]s soon as your eyes open in the morning: Make a morning offering. Get up and put your knees on the floor. A morning offering can be in your own words or a traditional prayer like...

08 February, 2016 /

Mary, Blessed are You Among Women! St. Sophronius Early Church Father St. Sophronius was bishop of Jerusalem in the early 7th century and preached this sermon (Oratio 2, in sactissimae Deparae annuntiatione, 21-22. 26: PG 87, 3, 3242, 3250) on the Blessed Virgin Mary on the occasion of...

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The Theology of Kneeling From Cardinal Josef Ratzinger's book The Spirit of the Liturgy [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]here are groups, of no small influence, who are trying to talk us out of kneeling. "It doesn't suit our culture", they say (which culture?) "It's not right...

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The Theological Locus of Ecclesial Movements Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Proceedings of the World Congress of the Ecclesial Movements Rome, 27-29 May 1998 [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']O[/dropcaps]nly when the person is struck and opened up by Christ in his inmost depth can the other also be inwardly...

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[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']C[/dropcaps]ardinal Ratzinger's Homily at John Paul II's Funeral Mass "He Roused Us From a Lethargic Faith" VATICAN CITY, APRIL 8, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the homily Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger gave at John Paul II's funeral Mass today in St....

08 February, 2016 /

RELATIVISM: THE CENTRAL PROBLEM FOR FAITH TODAY Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Cardinal Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, gave this address during the meeting of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith with the presidents of the Doctrinal Commissions of the Bishops' Conferences of...

08 February, 2016 /

On the 100th anniversary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission Relationship between Magisterium and exegetes by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps] chose the topic of my report not only because it concerns the questions which rightly belong to a retrospective of the...

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New Pope Risked Death by Deserting in WWII By DAVID McHUGH, Associated Press Writer [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']B[/dropcaps]ERLIN - In May 1945, thousands of German prisoners of war trudged down the highway toward the Bavarian town of Bad Aibling. Among them — tired but grateful...

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Pope Benedict XVI - Interest in Music and Poetry Pope Benedict XVI [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']S[/dropcaps]tudents at St. Michael's seminary in Traunstein where the Pope studied as a teenager cheered him when he appeared on the balcony at the Vatican. In Traunstein the media-generated opinion...

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ON THE FUTURE OF CHRISTIANITY Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger - Pope Benedict XVI [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']1[/dropcaps]October-2001 -- ZENIT.org News Agency "Above All, We Should Be Missionaries" VATICAN CITY, (ZENIT.org-Avvenire).- Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger has a blunt message for Catholics today. "We cannot calmly accept the rest of humanity...

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Mass for Papal Conclave [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']D[/dropcaps]ate: 2005-04-18 Cardinal Ratzinger Warns of "Dictatorship of Relativism" Presides Over Mass for Election of a Pontiff VATICAN CITY, APRIL 18, 2005 (Zenit.org).- At a Mass prior to the conclave, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger asked God for "a new pope, like...

08 February, 2016 /

This Lenten and Holy Week meditation on Psalm 45 and the contemplation of beauty represents a message that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI) sent to a meeting of the ecclesial movement Communion and Liberation in August 2002. The group was meeting in...

08 February, 2016 /

INTRODUCTION OF CARDINAL JOSEPH RATZINGER TO THE COMPENDIUM OF THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']1[/dropcaps]On 11 October 1992, Pope John Paul II presented the Catechism of the Catholic Church to the faithful of the whole world, describing it as a...

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CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH PRESENTATION OF THE APOSTOLIC LETTER IN THE FORM OF MOTU PROPRIO MISERICORDIA DEI INTERVENTION BY H. EM. CARD. JOSEPH RATZINGER Thursday, 2 May 2002 [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he fact that humanity needs purification and forgiveness is something that is most evident...

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AN ENGLISH-LANGUAGE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PRE-PAPAL WRITINGS OF BENEDICT XVI [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']B[/dropcaps]OOKS Ratzinger, Joseph Cardinal. Behold the Pierced One. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1987. _____. Called to Communion. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1996. _____. Church, Ecumenism, Politics: New Essays in Ecclesiology. New York: Crossroad Publishing Co.,...

08 February, 2016 /

Biblical Interpretation in Crisis: On the Question of the Foundations and Approaches of Exegesis Today by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps]n Wladimir Solowjew's History of the Antichrist, the eschatological enemy of the Redeemer recommended himself to believers, among other things, by the fact that he...

08 February, 2016 /

Easter as the Spiritual Passover Pseudo Chrysostom [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he Passover we celebrate brings salvation to the whole human race beginning with the first man, who together with all the others is saved and given life. In an imperfect and transitory way, the types and...

08 February, 2016 /

[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps] The world of today reveals itself as at once powerful and weak, capable of achieving the best or the worst. There lies open before it the way to freedom or slavery, progress or regression, brotherhood or hatred. In addition, man...

08 February, 2016 /

[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']Y[/dropcaps]our eminences, venerable brothers, representatives of governments, gentlemen of the city of Rome, authorities and citizens of the entire world! You, observers belonging to so many different Christian denominations, and you, faithful and sons here present, and you also scattered...

08 February, 2016 /

  [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']A[/dropcaps]dvocate If anyone does sin we have an ADVOCATE with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous One (1 John 2:1). The Amen These things say THE AMEN, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation (Revelations 3:14). Apostle of Our Profession Therefore holy brethren...

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Learn more about the icon cross Father Michael Scanlan, T.O.R., Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Province, USA; [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he San Damiano Cross is the one St. Francis was praying before when he received the commission from the Lord to rebuild His Church. All...

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MEDIATOR DEI Encyclical of His Holiness Pope Pius XII On the Sacred Liturgy November 20, 1947 To the Venerable Brethren, the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops and other Ordinaries in Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See. Venerable Brethren, Health and Apostolic Benediction. [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he Mediator...

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MUNIFICENTISSIMUS DEUS Pope Pius XII Pope Pius XII's Apostolic Constitution infallibly defining "ex cathedra" (from the chair of Peter) the dogma of the bodily Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven, a doctrine whose history he in part reviews in this document. [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color=''...

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HUMANI GENERIS ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XII CONCERNING SOME FALSE OPINIONS THREATENING TO UNDERMINE THE FOUNDATIONS OF CATHOLIC DOCTRINE [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]O OUR VENERABLE BRETHREN, PATRIARCHS, PRIMATES, ARCHBISHOPS, BISHIOPS, AND OTHER LOCAL ORDINARIES ENJOYING PEACE AND COMMUNION WITH THE HOLY SEE Venerable Brethren, Greetings and Apostolic Benediction 1....

08 February, 2016 /

Divino Afflante Spiritu His Holiness Pope Pius XII Encyclical Letter on the Promotion of Biblical Studies September 30, 1943 [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]o Our Venerable Brethren, Patriarchs, Archbishops and other Local Ordinaries enjoying Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See. Inspired by the Divine Spirit, the Sacred Writers...

08 February, 2016 /

The infinite mercy and goodness of God are revealed in the parables of the lost coin, the lost sheep, & the Good Samaritan. St. Maximus the Confessor says these prove that Jesus Christ goes to any lengths to seek us out when we have...

07 February, 2016 /

O ADMIRABILE COMMERCIUM! (O Marvelous Exchange!) Dom Columba Marmion, son of an Irish mother and a French father, taught theology at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, before becoming Abbot of the Benedictine Monastery of Maredsous, Belgium in 1909. There he lived, prayed, and wrote until his...

07 February, 2016 /

The Virtue of Charity Pope St. Leo the Great Early Church Father & Doctor of the Church This excerpt from a sermon by Saint Leo the Great (Sermo 10 in Quadragesima, 3-5: PL 54, 299-301) on the theological virtue of charity or divine love (called “agape” in the...

07 February, 2016 /

LETTERS 60-173 ST. LEO THE GREAT Early Church Father & Doctor of the Church [Translated by the Rev. Charles Lett Feltoe, M.A., late Fellow of ClareCollege, Cambridge.] (NOTE: The electronic text obtained from The Electronic Bible Society was not completely corrected. EWTN has corrected all discovered errors.) [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100'...

07 February, 2016 /

HOMILY 95 ON THE BEATITUDES (MATTHEW 5:1-9) Pope St. Leo the Great Early Church Father & Doctor of the Church [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps]ntroduction of the subject. When our LORD Jesus Christ, beloved, was preaching the gospel of the Kingdom, and was healing various sicknesses through the...

07 February, 2016 /

[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']M[/dropcaps]ost Catholics receive Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist while they are still    children under parental authority. Usually, of course, the process of preparing young people to receive these three sacraments of initiation (Canon 842 § 2) proceeds smoothly. At...

07 February, 2016 /

[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps] Second only perhaps to pastors, catechists are more likely than any other parish staffer to encounter questions about canon law. This is because catechists, especially those working with adults seeking to convert, are recognized as accessible sources of information about...

07 February, 2016 /

[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']N[/dropcaps]ew Haven — On June 3, 1979, a few months after Cardinal Karol Wojtyla became the first Slavic pope, he set out as the vision of his pontificate "that this Polish pope, this Slav pope, should at this precise moment...

07 February, 2016 /

[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']W[/dropcaps]ith this solemn liturgy we end the celebration of the nineteenth centenary of the      martyrdom of the holy apostles Peter and Paul, and thus close the Year of Faith. We dedicated it to the commemoration of the holy...

07 February, 2016 /

[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']D[/dropcaps]uring the Last General Meeting of the Second Vatican Council 7 December 1965 Today we are concluding the Second Vatican Council. We bring it to a close at the fullness of its efficiency: The presence of so many of you here clearly...

07 February, 2016 /

[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he recent indignity by which the Obama administration wants to mandate everyone, including all Catholic institutions or their insurers, to pay for contraception, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs, has raised the issue of Catholic teaching on these issues. Some commentators have mistakenly...

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[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']W[/dropcaps]         e should understand, beloved, that the paschal mystery is at once old and new, transitory           and eternal, corruptible and incorruptible, mortal and immortal. In terms of the Law it is old,...

06 February, 2016 /

[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']A[/dropcaps] COMMONITORY(1) FOR THE ANTIQUITY AND UNIVERSALITY OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH AGAINST THE PROFANE NOVELTIES OF ALL HERESIES. [Translated by the Rev. C. A. Heurtley, D.D., The Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity in the University of Oxford, and Canon of Christ Church.] CHAPTER I: The Object...

06 February, 2016 /

Christ Lives in His Church St. Leo the Great Early Church Father & Doctor of the Church This excerpt from a sermon by Saint Leo the Great (Sermo 12 de Passione, 3, 6-7: PL 54, 355-357) is used in the Roman Catholic Office of Readings for Wednesday of...

05 February, 2016 /

Human Personhood Begins at Conception Peter Kreeft [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']N[/dropcaps]on-Christians and even Christians can take opposite positions on abortion even when they think rationally, honestly, and with good will. The continuing controversy over abortion shows that it is a truly controversial issue. It is...

05 February, 2016 /

Can You Prove God Exists? Peter Kreeft [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']B[/dropcaps]efore we answer this question, we must distinguish five questions that are often confused. • First, there is the question of whether something exists or not. A thing can exist whether we know it or not. •...

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Argument from Design - Can You Prove God Exists? Peter Kreeft [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he argument starts with the major premise that where there is design, there must be a designer. The minor premise is the existence of design throughout the universe. The conclusion is that...

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REDEMPTORIS CUSTOS (Guardian Of The Redeemer) Pope John Paul II Apostolic Exhortation of the Supreme Pontiff On 15 August 1989. [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]o Bishops, To Priests and Deacons, To Men and Women Religious, and to all the Lay Faithful 1. "Joseph did as the angel of the...

05 February, 2016 /

Sr. Faustina Kowalska and Devotion to Divine Mercy A sermon by Pope John Paul II Sr. Faustina Kowalska was a Polish nun who propagated devotion to the Divine Mercy in the form of a devotion known as the Divine Mercy Chaplet. This sermon was given by Pope John...

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APOSTOLIC LETTER SPIRITUS ET SPONSA OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF JOHN PAUL II ON THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONSTITUTION ON THE SACRED LITURGY "SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM' [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he Spirit and the Bride say "Come'. And let him who hears say, "Come'. And let him who is thirsty come, let...

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APOSTOLIC LETTER ROSARIUM VIRGINIS MARIAE OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOPS, CLERGY AND FAITHFUL ON THE MOST HOLY ROSARY INTRODUCTION [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he Rosary of the Virgin Mary, which gradually took form in the second millennium under the guidance of the Spirit of God, is a...

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Quotes From Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']M[/dropcaps]an always travels along precipices. His truest obligation is to keep his balance. The Holy Land needs bridges, not walls. Anything done for another is done for oneself. Stupidity is also a gift from God,...

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Prayers of Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']A[/dropcaps] Prayer Offered at the Beginning of His Pontificate The new successor of Peter in the see of Rome, today makes a fervent, humble, and trusting prayer: Christ, make me become and remain the...

05 February, 2016 /

Last Will and Testament of Pope John Paul II [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]otus Tuus ego sum (Latin for "I am completely in Your hands") In the Name of the Holiest Trinity. Amen. "Keep watch, because you do not know which day when the Lord will come" (Matthew...

05 February, 2016 /

APOSTOLIC LETTER ORDINATIO SACERDOTALIS Letter of Pope JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOPS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON RESERVING PRIESTLY ORDINATION TO MEN ALONE Pope John Paul II's Letter Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, "On Reserving Priestly Ordination to Men Alone," is the definitive judgment by Pope John Paul II that, based on the...

05 February, 2016 /

Mission of the Redeemer REDEMPTORIS MISSIO (On the Permanent Validity of the Church's Missionary Mandate) John Paul II Encyclical promulgated on 7 December 1990. [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']V[/dropcaps]enerable Brothers, Beloved Sons and Daughters, Health and the Apostolic Blessing! 1. The mission of Christ the Redeemer, which is entrusted to...

05 February, 2016 /

APOSTOLIC LETTER MANE NOBISCUM DOMINE OF THE HOLY FATHER JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOPS, CLERGY AND FAITHFUL FOR THE YEAR OF THE EUCHARIST OCTOBER 2004–OCTOBER 2005 INTRODUCTION [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']S[/dropcaps]tay with us, Lord, for it is almost evening” (cf. Lk 24:29). This was the insistent invitation that the two disciples...

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  Lord and Giver of Life Encyclical Letter Dominum et Vivifivcantum (1986) On the Holy Spirit Pope John Paul II [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']V[/dropcaps]ENERABLE BROTHERS, BELOVED SONS AND DAUGHTERS, HEALTH AND THE APOSTOLIC BLESSING! 1. The Church professes her faith in the Holy Spirit as "the Lord, the giver...

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APOSTOLIC LETTER ORIENTALE LUMEN OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF TO THE BISHOPS, CLERGY AND FAITHFUL TO MARK THE CENTENARY OF ORIENTALIUM DIGNITAS OF POPE LEO XIII JOHN PAUL II [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']V[/dropcaps]enerable Brothers, Dear Sons and Daughters of the Church 1. The light of the East has illumined the universal Church, from the...

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LETTER TO WOMEN POPE JOHN PAUL II [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps] greet you all most cordially, women throughout the world! 1. I am writing this letter to each one of you as a sign of solidarity and gratitude on the eve of the Fourth World Conference on Women,...

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