Pope Francis: 'Person of the Year'

2013-12-11 Vatican Radio Pope Francis has been named Time Magazine's ‘Person of the Year’ for 2013. He is the third Roman Pontiff to receive this honour after John XXIII in 1962 and John Paul II in 1994. The Head of the Holy See’s Press Office, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, issued the following statement: “The decision didn’t come as...

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Pope Francis: Friday homily focuses on scandal of preaching

Pope Francis celebrated Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae residence in the Vatican this Friday morning, focusing his remarks on the attitude of some Christians who seem to be “allergic” to preachers and overly critical of those who proclaim the Gospel, suggesting that they are often afraid of letting the Holy Spirit into their...

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Communion of Saints; Praying through Mary

Praying through Mary is not expressly written in the Bible, it is rather an outcome of a mature understanding of the "Communion of Saints". We the Church believe, as taught by St Paul, that "we are one body, one Spirit in Christ". To the mind of the Church, this has a certain literalness in terms of religious actions. So that when you do good, the...

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Points to take in about the Blessed Trinity

1. There are only 3 Persons in God. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.2. They possess equal Power and Majesty; Co-eternal (none existed before the other, none is more powerful)3. God is in constant work inside and outside Him. (Work here means "Activity" not Labour)4. The Work within (Called: OPERA AD INTRA) is Father eternally begetting the Son, and...

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Proof of the Immaculate Conception

A good sister asked for "evidence" for the validity of the immaculate conception dogma.We briefly Explained:Evidence is simply that God dwells in the holiest of places and if he ever came into the womb of Mary (which he did), he must have prepared it free from every stain of sin. Her womb, like heaven became unstained with even the slightest taint...

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Answer to a Protestant on Absolution of Sins by Priests

 The Priest Forgives sins through the Power of Christ acting in him; he is a sharer in the Divinity of Christ. You say i have spoken abomination? I tell you, you yourself do not understand the meaning of Sacaramental Power. At baptism, a human being acts in the Name of Christ and His Church in infusing divine life in an infant. You say the...

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