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Jules Cameron - Pontifical SecretJules Cameron runs a website called Pontifical Secrets, a website dedicated to exposing child abuse in the Catholic Church. She tells Ed Opperman about her experiences, her Mother's experiences and her driving passion to expose and destroy the organised child abuse networks which exist in both the Catholic Church and other organisations.With the death last month of George Pell, this is Julie's campaign to expose Pell and his enablers.From her WebsiteIt's no secret the Catholic Church fails to protect children.Pontifical Secret* facilitated and covered up sexual crimes against children and vulnerable adults for the past century.Thank you, Pope Francis, for lifting “Pontifical Secret” on matters related to child sexual abuse and abuse of vulnerable adults,on your 83rd birthday.A step on your path to protect children from criminal clergy and religious staff.Please make protection of children your pontifical priority by plugging and creating clear canon laws. Embrace mandatory reporting of abuse to civil authorities with the same devotion Mary has for her child Jesus.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.
Potiphar's Wife: The Vatican's Secret and Child Sexual AbuseThe ‘cover-up' of child sexual abuse by the Catholic Church has been occurring under the pontificate of six popes since 1922. For 1500 years, the Catholic Church accepted that clergy who sexually abused children deserved to be stripped of their status as priests and then imprisoned. A series of papal and Council decrees from the twelfth century required such priests to be dismissed from the priesthood, and then handed over to the civil authorities for further punishment.That all changed in 1922 when Pope Pius XI issued his decree Crimen Sollicitationis that created a de facto ‘privilege of clergy' by imposing the ‘secret of the Holy Office' on all information obtained through the Church's canonical investigations. If the State did not know about these crimes, then there would be no State trials, and the matter could be treated as a purely canonical crime to be dealt with in secret in the Church courts. Pope Pius XII continued the decree. Pope John XXIII reissued it in 1962. Pope Paul VI in 1974 extended the reach of ‘pontifical secrecy' to the allegation itself. Pope John Paul II confirmed the application of pontifical secrecy in 2001, and in 2010, Benedict XVI even extended it to allegations about priests sexually abusing intellectually disabled adults. In 2010, Pope Benedict gave a dispensation to pontifical secrecy to allow reporting to the police where the local civil law required it, that is, just enough to keep bishops out of jail. Most countries in the world do not have any such reporting laws for the vast majority of complaints about the sexual abuse of children. Pontifical secrecy, the cornerstone of the cover up continues. The effect on the lives of children by the imposition of the Church's Top Secret classification on clergy sex abuse allegations may not have been so bad if canon law had a decent disciplinary system to dismiss these priests. The 1983 Code of Canon Law imposed a five year limitation period which virtually ensured there would be no canonical trials. It required bishops to try to reform these priests before putting them on trial. When they were on trial, the priest could plead the Vatican ‘Catch 22' defence—he should not be dismissed because he couldn't control himself. The Church claims that all of this has changed. Very little has changed. It has fiddled around the edges of pontifical secrecy and the disciplinary canons. The Church has been moonwalking.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.
La prolongada enfermedad del Papa despierta interrogantes sobre el futuro de la iglesia; hay dogmas tradicionales, frente a la continuidad de la iglesia adaptándose a las exigencias del mundo moderno.
Recognizing the military prowess of Swiss mercenaries, Pope Julius II obtained funding from the wealthy German merchant Jakob Fugger to fund a contingent of soldiers to ensure his safety, protect Vatican property, and assist in military engagements when ...
Msgr. Roger J. Landry Morning of Recollection, The Pontifical Mission Societies Winter Staff Gathering St. Mary, Our Lady of Grace Church, St. Petersburg, Florida January 14, 2025 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/catholicpreaching/1.14.25_TPMS_Necessity_of_Prayer_1.mp3 The post The Necessity of Prayer in the Work of the Missions, Recollection for the Staff of The Pontifical Mission Societies, January 14, 2025 appeared first on Catholic Preaching.
Msgr. Roger J. Landry Morning of Recollection, The Pontifical Mission Societies Winter Staff Gathering St. Mary, Our Lady of Grace Church, St. Petersburg, Florida January 14, 2025 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/catholicpreaching/1.14.25_TPMS_How_Jesus_Teaches_Us_to_Pray_1.mp3 The post How Jesus, The Great Missionary of the Father, Teaches Us How to Pray in and for the Missions, Recollection for the Staff of The Pontifical Mission Societies, January 14, 2025 appeared first on Catholic Preaching.
Fr. Roger J. Landry National Director National Conference of the Pontifical Mission Societies USA San Juan, Puerto Rico November 16, 2024 To listen to an audio recording of the keynote address to the Diocesan Directors of The Pontifical Mission Societies, please click below: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/catholicpreaching/11.16.24_TPMS_Keynote_1.mp3 The following text guided the keynote: Dear Diocesan Directors, […] The post Bringing Fire Everywhere: Radiating the Love of Christ in the Missions, 2024 National Conference of The Pontifical Mission Societies, November 16, 2024 appeared first on Catholic Preaching.
Explore the history of the world's oldest and smallest military force protecting the Pope for centuries, and meet new recruits as they undergo rigorous training.
The ‘cover-up' of child sexual abuse by the Catholic Church has been occurring under the pontificate of six popes since 1922. For 1500 years, the Catholic Church accepted that clergy who sexually abused children deserved to be stripped of their status as priests and then imprisoned. A series of papal and Council decrees from the twelfth century required such priests to be dismissed from the priesthood, and then handed over to the civil authorities for further punishment.That all changed in 1922 when Pope Pius XI issued his decree Crimen Sollicitationis that created a de facto ‘privilege of clergy' by imposing the ‘secret of the Holy Office' on all information obtained through the Church's canonical investigations. If the State did not know about these crimes, then there would be no State trials, and the matter could be treated as a purely canonical crime to be dealt with in secret in the Church courts. Pope Pius XII continued the decree. Pope John XXIII reissued it in 1962. Pope Paul VI in 1974 extended the reach of ‘pontifical secrecy' to the allegation itself. Pope John Paul II confirmed the application of pontifical secrecy in 2001, and in 2010, Benedict XVI even extended it to allegations about priests sexually abusing intellectually disabled adults. In 2010, Pope Benedict gave a dispensation to pontifical secrecy to allow reporting to the police where the local civil law required it, that is, just enough to keep bishops out of jail. Most countries in the world do not have any such reporting laws for the vast majority of complaints about the sexual abuse of children. Pontifical secrecy, the cornerstone of the cover up continues. The effect on the lives of children by the imposition of the Church's Top Secret classification on clergy sex abuse allegations may not have been so bad if canon law had a decent disciplinary system to dismiss these priests. The 1983 Code of Canon Law imposed a five year limitation period which virtually ensured there would be no canonical trials. It required bishops to try to reform these priests before putting them on trial. When they were on trial, the priest could plead the Vatican ‘Catch 22' defence—he should not be dismissed because he couldn't control himself. The Church claims that all of this has changed. Very little has changed. It has fiddled around the edges of pontifical secrecy and the disciplinary canons. The Church has been moonwalking.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.
Jules Cameron - Pontifical SecretFebruary 23Pontifical Secret* facilitated and covered up sexual crimes against children and vulnerable adults for the past century.Thank you, Pope Francis, for lifting “Pontifical Secret” on matters related to child sexual abuse and abuse of vulnerable adults, on your 83rd birthday.A step on your path to protect children from criminal clergy and religious staff.Please make protection of children your pontifical priority by plugging and creating clear canon laws. Embrace mandatory reporting of abuse to civil authorities with the same devotion Mary has for her child Jesus.Mandate penalties for crimes of abuse and cover-ups. Be clear and unambiguous. Criminal clergy will be dismissed from the clerical state.Mandatory reporting to civil authorities and a culture of zero tolerance sends a clear message. Crimes against children and vulnerable adults will be punished. Victims and survivors demand justice. Mercy can take a ticket. Mercy follows justice.The Catholic Church has lost the right to police itself. Sadly, there's blood on its hands. Your church can never atone for this evil. All you can do is ensure the Catholic Church is no longer complicit and ceases to cover up these crimes.WebsiteBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.
The Pontifical Swiss Guards reveal the charisms and virtues they develop during their military training and spiritual formation as protectors of the Holy Father.
Friends of the Rosary, Today is also the Optional Memorial of Pope St. Paul VI (1897-1978). Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini), born in Concesio (Brescia), Italy, worked during the Second World War to find shelter for persecuted Jews and refugees. He initiated the Second Vatican Council and further exercised his Supreme Magisterium, favoring peace and the faith. By his authority, he promulgated the Calendar, the Missal, the Liturgy of the Hours, the Pontifical, and nearly all of the Ritual for the Roman Rite to promote the active participation of the faithful in the Liturgy. Come, Holy Spirit, come! Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • May 29, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET
A few stories may have slipped through the cracks this week, but never fear! Emma Foley is here to cover them. Today on Last Call, the duo discusses 18-year-old Barron Trump's entrance into the political sphere. Then, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu book their trip to Italy, where they will deliver a keynote address at a Pontifical climate conference. Visit the Howie Carr Radio Network website to access columns, podcasts, and other exclusive content.
Hablamos con Marina Marín, encargada de la organización de festejos y de todos los desfiles de estos 5 días. Con la resaca de la victoria de las peñas Retorno y Al-bino en el festejo de los Caballos del Vino, Caravaca celebra este viernes el Día de la aparición de la Cruz. La jornada ha comenzado con la misa Pontifical en la parroquia mayor de El Salvador. Una celebración presidida por el obispo de la Diócesis, José Manuel Lorca Planes, quien ha puesto de manifiesto la importancia de la Cruz en este Año Jubilar.Posteriormente, los festeros más menudos han tomado la Gran Vía en el desfile infantil de Cristianos y Moros. A partir de las cinco, la ciudad tiene una cita con la historia con la procesión del Baño, que desembocará en el baldaquino que corona la glorieta caravaqueña, donde tendrá lugar el rito más antiguo de los que se celebran en esta Semana Grande, la bendición de las aguas.Otro de los momentos de la jornada, será el parlamento entre el Sultán Moro y el Rey Cristiano en el templete, cuando la sagrada reliquia llegue a lo alto de la cuesta que lleva su nombre.
Homily given December 20, 2023, at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption.
Dive into a transformative exploration of faith and mission with Frontiers of Faith, a podcast that invites you to see the gospel through a mission-focused lens. This week, join us for a captivating conversation with Ines San Martin, Vice President of Communications for the Pontifical Mission Societies. Gain unique insights into the church and the Christmas season as Ines shares her perspectives from her time traveling with the Pope. Click here to learn more about supporting the Pontifical Missions Societies:https://onefamilyinmission.org/Follow us on socials!https://twitter.com/faith_frontiershttps://www.instagram.com/frontiersoffaith/
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This month Megan meets Fr. Pontian Kaweesa, the National Director for the Pontifical Mission Societies in Uganda, and a priest of the Diocese of Kiyinda-Mityana. He has a local connection in Chicago because he studied at Mundelein Seminary. He tells Megan about the deep and vibrant faith of the people and he shares a little of the history and the present work of the Church to build peace and dignity for God's people. He also reflects on the work of mission and how every one of us is called to be missionary disciples.
Potiphar's Wife: The Vatican's Secret and Child Sexual AbuseThe ‘cover-up' of child sexual abuse by the Catholic Church has been occurring under the pontificate of six popes since 1922. For 1500 years, the Catholic Church accepted that clergy who sexually abused children deserved to be stripped of their status as priests and then imprisoned. A series of papal and Council decrees from the twelfth century required such priests to be dismissed from the priesthood, and then handed over to the civil authorities for further punishment.That all changed in 1922 when Pope Pius XI issued his decree Crimen Sollicitationis that created a de facto ‘privilege of clergy' by imposing the ‘secret of the Holy Office' on all information obtained through the Church's canonical investigations. If the State did not know about these crimes, then there would be no State trials, and the matter could be treated as a purely canonical crime to be dealt with in secret in the Church courts. Pope Pius XII continued the decree. Pope John XXIII reissued it in 1962. Pope Paul VI in 1974 extended the reach of ‘pontifical secrecy' to the allegation itself. Pope John Paul II confirmed the application of pontifical secrecy in 2001, and in 2010, Benedict XVI even extended it to allegations about priests sexually abusing intellectually disabled adults. In 2010, Pope Benedict gave a dispensation to pontifical secrecy to allow reporting to the police where the local civil law required it, that is, just enough to keep bishops out of jail. Most countries in the world do not have any such reporting laws for the vast majority of complaints about the sexual abuse of children. Pontifical secrecy, the cornerstone of the cover up continues. The effect on the lives of children by the imposition of the Church's Top Secret classification on clergy sex abuse allegations may not have been so bad if canon law had a decent disciplinary system to dismiss these priests. The 1983 Code of Canon Law imposed a five year limitation period which virtually ensured there would be no canonical trials. It required bishops to try to reform these priests before putting them on trial. When they were on trial, the priest could plead the Vatican ‘Catch 22' defence—he should not be dismissed because he couldn't control himself. The Church claims that all of this has changed. Very little has changed. It has fiddled around the edges of pontifical secrecy and the disciplinary canons. The Church has been moonwalking.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/1198501/advertisement
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On "EWTN News Nightly" tonight: Last night the President stated that he wants the US Military to pay for troops to travel to get abortions. However, Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville took a pro-life stand, blocking Pentagon promotions until that policy is reversed. Congress returns after Labor Day, leaving only about three weeks to pass spending bills by October 1st, or face a government shutdown. The stakes are high, and both sides tell are not budging. EWTN Vatican Correspondent, Colm Flynn, gives us a glimpse behind the scenes of World Youth Day preparations in Lisbon and how those at home can follow along. Matthew Petrusek, Assistant Director of the Word on Fire Institute, shares details on his new book and how Catholics can morally exercise their civic duties. Father Thomas Petri, President of the Pontifical faculty of the Immaculate Conception, joins to discuss the Catholic Church's teaching about the existence of extra-terrestrial life amidst the UFO hearing. Don't miss out on the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Get EWTN News Nightly delivered to your email: https://ewtn.com/enn
How did Mother Teresa live Lent? She wanted to give Christ a free hand. She wanted to share in his pains so that she could enter more fully into his love. At the same time, Mother Teresa taught her sisters during Lent. She passed onto to others the fruit of her own prayer and suffering. How did all this suffering and teaching bear fruit? In 1963, Mother Teresa looked to a new moment in the life of her community. They applied for an even more permanent status in the law of the Church (canon law). They wanted to be of Pontifical rite. This means that they are directly approved by the Pope and under his guidance. They will no longer be simply of diocesan rite, under the guidance of one local bishop. They will be able more easily to spread all over the world!
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Dom Fernando Guimarães, CSsR. Capela Nossa Senhora das Dores, Brasília.
Tonight on "EWTN News Nightly": Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Philadelphia for yet another discussion on what the Administration calls protecting reproductive rights, taking place at Bryn Mawr College. The USCCB rejects the Administration's abortion agenda. And the only sure race in the US House, is one without a challenger and that's exactly what is happening in Wisconsin's 6th District. Republican Congressman Glenn Grothman has the field to himself, but that hasn't stopped the 4 term lawmaker from speaking out. Meanwhile, it is now illegal in one British town to make the sign of the Cross or quote scripture near the local abortion clinic. Editor-in-chief of CNA Deutsch, AC Wimmer, joins to tell us more about that. A Pontifical university hosted a 2 day conference to talk about service learning in Catholic high schools as a tool for integral education. Director of CLAYSS, the Latin American Center for Solidarity Learning and Service, Maria Nieves Tapia, joins to tell us more about this symposium and specifically on the service learning. Finally this evening, Fr. Augustus Tolton is the latest subject of the EWTN series "They Might Be Saints." The show arrives in time to mark the 125th anniversary year of Fr. Tolton's death. Producer and host of "They Might Be Saints," Micheal O'Neill, joins to share more on Fr. Tolton. Don't miss out on the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Get EWTN News Nightly delivered to your email: https://ewtn.com/enn
Lexman's newest guest is Anya Fernald, a molecular biologist who has made some groundbreaking discoveries in the field of pontifical credit.
English summary: The cover-up of child sexual abuse by the Catholic Church has been occurring under the pontificate of six popes since 1922. For 1500 years, the Catholic Church accepted that clergy who sexually abused children deserved to be stripped of their status as priests and then imprisoned. A series of papal and Council decrees from the twelfth century required such priests to be dismissed from the priesthood, and then handed over to the civil authorities for further punishment. That all changed in 1922 when Pope Pius XI issued his decree Crimen Sollicitationis that created a de facto privilege of clergy by imposing the secret of the Holy Office on all information obtained through the Churchs canonical investigations. If the State did not know about these crimes, then there would be no State trials, and the matter could be treated as a purely canonical crime to be dealt with in secret in the Church courts. Pope Pius XII continued the decree. Pope John XXIII reissued it in 1962. Pope Paul VI in 1974 extended the reach of pontifical secrecy to the allegation itself. Pope John Paul II confirmed the application of pontifical secrecy in 2001, and in 2010, Benedict XVI even extended it to allegations about priests sexually abusing intellectually disabled adults. In 2010, Pope Benedict gave a dispensation to pontifical secrecy to allow reporting to the police where the local civil law required it, that is, just enough to keep bishops out of jail. Most countries in the world do not have any such reporting laws for the vast majority of complaints about the sexual abuse of children. Pontifical secrecy, the cornerstone of the cover up continues. The effect on the lives of children by the imposition of the Churchs Top Secret classification on clergy sex abuse allegations may not have been so bad if canon law had a decent disciplinary system to dismiss these priests. The 1983 Code of Canon Law imposed a five year limitation period which virtually ensured there would be no canonical trials. It required bishops to try to reform these priests before putting them on trial. When they were on trial, the priest could plead the Vatican Catch 22 defencehe should not be dismissed because he couldnt control himself. The Church claims that all of this has changed. Very little has changed. It has fiddled around the edges of pontifical secrecy and the disciplinary canons. The Church has been moonwalking.
English summary: The cover-up of child sexual abuse by the Catholic Church has been occurring under the pontificate of six popes since 1922. For 1500 years, the Catholic Church accepted that clergy who sexually abused children deserved to be stripped of their status as priests and then imprisoned. A series of papal and Council decrees from the twelfth century required such priests to be dismissed from the priesthood, and then handed over to the civil authorities for further punishment. That all changed in 1922 when Pope Pius XI issued his decree Crimen Sollicitationis that created a de facto privilege of clergy by imposing the secret of the Holy Office on all information obtained through the Churchs canonical investigations. If the State did not know about these crimes, then there would be no State trials, and the matter could be treated as a purely canonical crime to be dealt with in secret in the Church courts. Pope Pius XII continued the decree. Pope John XXIII reissued it in 1962. Pope Paul VI in 1974 extended the reach of pontifical secrecy to the allegation itself. Pope John Paul II confirmed the application of pontifical secrecy in 2001, and in 2010, Benedict XVI even extended it to allegations about priests sexually abusing intellectually disabled adults. In 2010, Pope Benedict gave a dispensation to pontifical secrecy to allow reporting to the police where the local civil law required it, that is, just enough to keep bishops out of jail. Most countries in the world do not have any such reporting laws for the vast majority of complaints about the sexual abuse of children. Pontifical secrecy, the cornerstone of the cover up continues. The effect on the lives of children by the imposition of the Churchs Top Secret classification on clergy sex abuse allegations may not have been so bad if canon law had a decent disciplinary system to dismiss these priests. The 1983 Code of Canon Law imposed a five year limitation period which virtually ensured there would be no canonical trials. It required bishops to try to reform these priests before putting them on trial. When they were on trial, the priest could plead the Vatican Catch 22 defencehe should not be dismissed because he couldnt control himself. The Church claims that all of this has changed. Very little has changed. It has fiddled around the edges of pontifical secrecy and the disciplinary canons. The Church has been moonwalking.
English summary: The cover-up of child sexual abuse by the Catholic Church has been occurring under the pontificate of six popes since 1922. For 1500 years, the Catholic Church accepted that clergy who sexually abused children deserved to be stripped of their status as priests and then imprisoned. A series of papal and Council decrees from the twelfth century required such priests to be dismissed from the priesthood, and then handed over to the civil authorities for further punishment. That all changed in 1922 when Pope Pius XI issued his decree Crimen Sollicitationis that created a de facto privilege of clergy by imposing the secret of the Holy Office on all information obtained through the Churchs canonical investigations. If the State did not know about these crimes, then there would be no State trials, and the matter could be treated as a purely canonical crime to be dealt with in secret in the Church courts. Pope Pius XII continued the decree. Pope John XXIII reissued it in 1962. Pope Paul VI in 1974 extended the reach of pontifical secrecy to the allegation itself. Pope John Paul II confirmed the application of pontifical secrecy in 2001, and in 2010, Benedict XVI even extended it to allegations about priests sexually abusing intellectually disabled adults. In 2010, Pope Benedict gave a dispensation to pontifical secrecy to allow reporting to the police where the local civil law required it, that is, just enough to keep bishops out of jail. Most countries in the world do not have any such reporting laws for the vast majority of complaints about the sexual abuse of children. Pontifical secrecy, the cornerstone of the cover up continues. The effect on the lives of children by the imposition of the Churchs Top Secret classification on clergy sex abuse allegations may not have been so bad if canon law had a decent disciplinary system to dismiss these priests. The 1983 Code of Canon Law imposed a five year limitation period which virtually ensured there would be no canonical trials. It required bishops to try to reform these priests before putting them on trial. When they were on trial, the priest could plead the Vatican Catch 22 defencehe should not be dismissed because he couldnt control himself. The Church claims that all of this has changed. Very little has changed. It has fiddled around the edges of pontifical secrecy and the disciplinary canons. The Church has been moonwalking.
Dom Fernando Guimarães, CSsR. Capela Nossa Senhora das Dores, Brasília.
Dom Fernando Guimarães, CSsR. Capela Nossa Senhora das Dores, Brasília.
A daily news briefing from Catholic News Agency, powered by artificial intelligence. Ask your smart speaker to play “Catholic News,” or listen every morning wherever you get podcasts. www.catholicnewsagency.com - Traditional Latin Mass attendees expressed cautious optimism on Monday, after a traditionalist community said that Pope Francis had given them permission to continue to celebrate Mass with the pre-Vatican II 1962 missal. The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter said Monday that Pope Francis has given the group full permission to offer the Traditional Latin Mass, carry out the sacraments, and fulfill the Divine Office, according to the Missal, the Ritual, the Pontifical and the Roman Breviary that were used in 1962. The group said that Pope Francis signed the decree on February 11, but the Vatican has not yet confirmed the text of the decree. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/250442/traditionalist-communities-cautiously-optimistic-after-fssp-news Spain's Catholic bishops have commissioned a law firm to conduct an independent investigation of sexual abuse committed by Church members. The independent audit is intended to create a “comprehensive report” of all clerical sex abuse cases, and also to open an independent channel to receive potential complaints and recommend further preventative measures. catholicnewsagency.com/news/250439/spain-s-catholic-bishops-ask-law-firm-to-open-independent-audit-on-clerical-sex-abuse Colombia's Constitutional Court has ruled to decriminalize abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy. The ruling means that until the 24th week of pregnancy, abortion will not be a punishable crime in Colombia, and will be allowed for limited reasons up until birth. Pro-life advocates in the country decried the ruling, saying the judges had failed the Colombian people. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/250444/colombias-constitutional-court-decriminalizes-abortion-up-to-six-months Today, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, which commemorates the papacy, and St. Peter as the first bishop of Rome. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/chair-of-saint-peter-155
On Friday, February 4, 2022, two members of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) were received by Francis. Francis confirmed for the members of the Fraternity the right to use the liturgical books in force in 1962, namely: the Missal, the Ritual, the Pontifical and the Roman Breviary. Dr. Taylor Marshall analyzes. Watch this […] The post 781: Pope Francis meets with FSSP: about Latin Mass and Sacraments of 1962 [Podcast] appeared first on Taylor Marshall.
Good day everyone! ⁇ Today I had the opportunity to attend the pontifical of the Feast of St. Paul in Munxar. How wonderful to be among you and listen to you ❤️ Alex Borg
Homily given December 17, 2021, at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption.
Timothy J. Gordon studied philosophy in Pontifical graduate universities in Europe, taught it at Southern Californian community colleges, and then went on to law school. He holds degrees in literature, history, philosophy, and law. Currently, he resides in Mississippi with his wife and six children, where he writes and teaches philosophy and theology. For two thousand years, Christianity has taught, with startling specificity, that married men are patriarchs who should relate to their wives as Christ relates to His Bride, the Church, according to the dust jacket of Timothy J Gordon's latest book, The Case for Patriarchy (Crisis Publications). "Yet as feminism swept across Western society in recent decades, our understanding of patriarchy became corrupted, and men have been astoundingly swift in their forfeiture of their God-given patriarchal rights and duties." The blurb continues: "While The Case for Patriarchy articulates a position that is provocative in our day, it's a position that was without controversy for millennia. Why? Because Christians viewed patriarchy as a theological necessity according to the dictates of Christian Scripture and Tradition. "In these powerful pages, Timothy Gordon argues that Christ did more than establish a clerical patriarchy — an all-male priesthood. He also created a lay patriarchy of male householders who act as priests, prophets, and kings of their families. The supplantation of this patriarchy with a feminist “matriarchy,” Gordon argues, has proven to be the most devastating of all the subversive revolutions waged upon Christendom by the radical, secular Left." Gordon demonstrates that the Word of God single-handedly foils all the toxic plans of modern radicals, and centuries of Christian theology in the East and West have reinforced it, according to the blurb of his new book. "He pulls the curtain back on the “waves” of feminism that have swept over Western culture, and he refutes the methodology they employ to undermine men. Finally, he examines what the restoration of the Christian vocation should look like, as well as explores the patriarchal virtues that all men should exercise in their home and society." "Here is a book that boldly pushes back on the narrative that the patriarchy is dangerous to women and to society," we are told. "Indeed, it is a book that unapologetically seeks a restoration of Western society based on patriarchal order, where justice and the common good can triumph." --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-aidan-byrne0/support
10/19/21 - Timothy Gordon studied philosophy in Pontifical graduate universities in Europe, taught philosophy at community colleges in Southern California, and then went on to law school. He holds degrees in literature, history, philosophy, and law. Currently, he resides in Mississippi with his wife and six children, where he writes and teaches philosophy and theology.
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9/9/21 - Timothy Gordon studied philosophy in Pontifical graduate universities in Europe, taught it at Southern Californian community colleges, and then went on to law school. He holds degrees in literature, history, philosophy, and law. Currently, he resides in central California with his wife and six children, where he writes and teaches philosophy and theology. Gordon is considered one of the Godfathers of “Bro-Man” Catholicism. He does a popular biweekly podcast and is the author of Catholic Republic: Why America Will Perish without Rome. Two forthcoming Gordon books are due in early 2020, each co-authored with his brother David: No Christian Feminism (Sophia Institute) and Rules for Retrogrades (Tan Books).
Kevin and Scott explicate the connection between the papacy and higher education, focusing on the development of a unique institution: the pontifical university.
On May 6, 1527, 147 Swiss Guard lost their lives defending the Pope during the Sack of Rome. To commemorate that day, the new Swiss Guard are sworn in on May 6th each year. Today we talk about the Swiss Guard.
The ‘cover-up' of child sexual abuse by the Catholic Church has been occurring under the pontificate of six popes since 1922. For 1500 years, the Catholic Church accepted that clergy who sexually abused children deserved to be stripped of their status as priests and then imprisoned. A series of papal and Council decrees from the twelfth century required such priests to be dismissed from the priesthood, and then handed over to the civil authorities for further punishment.That all changed in 1922 when Pope Pius XI issued his decree Crimen Sollicitationis that created a de facto ‘privilege of clergy' by imposing the ‘secret of the Holy Office' on all information obtained through the Church's canonical investigations. If the State did not know about these crimes, then there would be no State trials, and the matter could be treated as a purely canonical crime to be dealt with in secret in the Church courts. Pope Pius XII continued the decree. Pope John XXIII reissued it in 1962. Pope Paul VI in 1974 extended the reach of ‘pontifical secrecy' to the allegation itself. Pope John Paul II confirmed the application of pontifical secrecy in 2001, and in 2010, Benedict XVI even extended it to allegations about priests sexually abusing intellectually disabled adults. In 2010, Pope Benedict gave a dispensation to pontifical secrecy to allow reporting to the police where the local civil law required it, that is, just enough to keep bishops out of jail. Most countries in the world do not have any such reporting laws for the vast majority of complaints about the sexual abuse of children. Pontifical secrecy, the cornerstone of the cover up continues. The effect on the lives of children by the imposition of the Church's Top Secret classification on clergy sex abuse allegations may not have been so bad if canon law had a decent disciplinary system to dismiss these priests. The 1983 Code of Canon Law imposed a five year limitation period which virtually ensured there would be no canonical trials. It required bishops to try to reform these priests before putting them on trial. When they were on trial, the priest could plead the Vatican ‘Catch 22' defence—he should not be dismissed because he couldn't control himself. The Church claims that all of this has changed. Very little has changed. It has fiddled around the edges of pontifical secrecy and the disciplinary canons. The Church has been moonwalking.
The ‘cover-up' of child sexual abuse by the Catholic Church has been occurring under the pontificate of six popes since 1922. For 1500 years, the Catholic Church accepted that clergy who sexually abused children deserved to be stripped of their status as priests and then imprisoned. A series of papal and Council decrees from the twelfth century required such priests to be dismissed from the priesthood, and then handed over to the civil authorities for further punishment.That all changed in 1922 when Pope Pius XI issued his decree Crimen Sollicitationis that created a de facto ‘privilege of clergy' by imposing the ‘secret of the Holy Office' on all information obtained through the Church's canonical investigations. If the State did not know about these crimes, then there would be no State trials, and the matter could be treated as a purely canonical crime to be dealt with in secret in the Church courts. Pope Pius XII continued the decree. Pope John XXIII reissued it in 1962. Pope Paul VI in 1974 extended the reach of ‘pontifical secrecy' to the allegation itself. Pope John Paul II confirmed the application of pontifical secrecy in 2001, and in 2010, Benedict XVI even extended it to allegations about priests sexually abusing intellectually disabled adults. In 2010, Pope Benedict gave a dispensation to pontifical secrecy to allow reporting to the police where the local civil law required it, that is, just enough to keep bishops out of jail. Most countries in the world do not have any such reporting laws for the vast majority of complaints about the sexual abuse of children. Pontifical secrecy, the cornerstone of the cover up continues. The effect on the lives of children by the imposition of the Church's Top Secret classification on clergy sex abuse allegations may not have been so bad if canon law had a decent disciplinary system to dismiss these priests. The 1983 Code of Canon Law imposed a five year limitation period which virtually ensured there would be no canonical trials. It required bishops to try to reform these priests before putting them on trial. When they were on trial, the priest could plead the Vatican ‘Catch 22' defence—he should not be dismissed because he couldn't control himself. The Church claims that all of this has changed. Very little has changed. It has fiddled around the edges of pontifical secrecy and the disciplinary canons. The Church has been moonwalking.
The ‘cover-up' of child sexual abuse by the Catholic Church has been occurring under the pontificate of six popes since 1922. For 1500 years, the Catholic Church accepted that clergy who sexually abused children deserved to be stripped of their status as priests and then imprisoned. A series of papal and Council decrees from the twelfth century required such priests to be dismissed from the priesthood, and then handed over to the civil authorities for further punishment.That all changed in 1922 when Pope Pius XI issued his decree Crimen Sollicitationis that created a de facto ‘privilege of clergy' by imposing the ‘secret of the Holy Office' on all information obtained through the Church's canonical investigations. If the State did not know about these crimes, then there would be no State trials, and the matter could be treated as a purely canonical crime to be dealt with in secret in the Church courts. Pope Pius XII continued the decree. Pope John XXIII reissued it in 1962. Pope Paul VI in 1974 extended the reach of ‘pontifical secrecy' to the allegation itself. Pope John Paul II confirmed the application of pontifical secrecy in 2001, and in 2010, Benedict XVI even extended it to allegations about priests sexually abusing intellectually disabled adults. In 2010, Pope Benedict gave a dispensation to pontifical secrecy to allow reporting to the police where the local civil law required it, that is, just enough to keep bishops out of jail. Most countries in the world do not have any such reporting laws for the vast majority of complaints about the sexual abuse of children. Pontifical secrecy, the cornerstone of the cover up continues. The effect on the lives of children by the imposition of the Church's Top Secret classification on clergy sex abuse allegations may not have been so bad if canon law had a decent disciplinary system to dismiss these priests. The 1983 Code of Canon Law imposed a five year limitation period which virtually ensured there would be no canonical trials. It required bishops to try to reform these priests before putting them on trial. When they were on trial, the priest could plead the Vatican ‘Catch 22' defence—he should not be dismissed because he couldn't control himself. The Church claims that all of this has changed. Very little has changed. It has fiddled around the edges of pontifical secrecy and the disciplinary canons. The Church has been moonwalking.
Fr. David Nazar, SJ - Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute sits down for an EXCLUSIVE one-on-one interview on the Traders Network Show, hosted by Matt Bird, at the 2019 Humanity 2.0 Forum at the Vatican in Rome, Italy.To inquire about being a guest on this show or others: Matthew Bird CommPro Worldwide C: +1 (646) 401-4499 E: matt@commpro.com W: www.commpro.com Visit: http://tradersnetworkshow.com for more details about the show.
Fr. David Nazar, SJ - Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute sits down for an EXCLUSIVE one-on-one interview on the Traders Network Show, hosted by Matt Bird, at the 2019 Humanity 2.0 Forum at the Vatican in Rome, Italy.To inquire about being a guest on this show or others: Matthew Bird CommPro Worldwide C: +1 (646) 401-4499 E: matt@commpro.com W: www.commpro.com Visit: http://tradersnetworkshow.com for more details about the show.
Fr. David Nazar, SJ - Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute was interviewed LIVE on the Traders Network Show, hosted by Matt Bird, at the 2019 Humanity 2.0 Forum at the Vatican in Rome, Italy.To inquire about being a guest on this show or others: Matthew Bird CommPro Worldwide C: +1 (646) 401-4499 E: matt@commpro.com W: www.commpro.com Visit: http://tradersnetworkshow.com for more details about the show.
Fr. David Nazar, SJ - Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute was interviewed LIVE on the Traders Network Show, hosted by Matt Bird, at the 2019 Humanity 2.0 Forum at the Vatican in Rome, Italy.To inquire about being a guest on this show or others: Matthew Bird CommPro Worldwide C: +1 (646) 401-4499 E: matt@commpro.com W: www.commpro.com Visit: http://tradersnetworkshow.com for more details about the show.
Dr. Mary Healy joins Pete to discuss the state of biblical literacy in the Catholic Church (spoiler: it's not good) (8:23), what it was like to be named to the Pontifical Biblical Commission (3:00), the role of signs and wonders in evangelization (29:13), and what she senses the Spirit is saying to the Church right now (33:50). Then, Pete unpacks a small portion of Mark 4 and how it relates to "the grind." For more from Dr. Mary Healy Sponsor: Renewal Ministries LISTEN TO RIGHT NOW WITH RALPH MARTIN Music: Landslide by Connor Flanagan
In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking to the Vatican's head of ecology, Father Josh, who also happens to be coordinating the COVID-19 response within the Holy City. In May 2020 Pope Francis declared a year of Laudato Si, building on the work of his encyclical on climate change in order to inspire exponential change across all walks of life, including all forms of Christianity, other faiths, and like-minded people around the world. Through many advisors that make up the Pontifical academy of sciences among other advisers, church leaders are informed on climate and ecological science from some of the worlds most respected experts. Father Josh iterates the connection between nature, humanity and climate, while emphasising that the poor who have not caused this crisis are often the worst impacted and that a just response to climate change, means putting their needs at forefront of our actions. In this interview, Father Josh also reminds us that we must learn from the pandemic in order to reform our relationship with nature and live within planetary constraints. Thank you for listening to Shaping The Future - the next episode will feature the director of the World Resources Institute in Washington, Dan Lashof, discussing how impactful President-Elect Biden's climate plans will likely be. Here is the link about the Laudato Si' Year and LS Action Platform (you can find the brochure in seven languages): http://www.humandevelopment.va/en/news/laudato-si-special-anniversary-year-plan.html Cambridge Climate Series & Shaping The Future: https://climateseries.com/climate-change-podcast
Timothy Gordon studied philosophy in Pontifical graduate universities in Europe, taught it at Southern Californian community colleges, and then went on to law school. He holds degrees in literature, history, philosophy, and law. Currently, he resides in Mississippi with his wife and six children, where he writes and teaches philosophy and theology. Gordon is considered one of the Godfathers of “Bro-Man” Catholicism. He does a popular biweekly podcast and is the author of Catholic Republic: Why America Will Perish without Rome. Two forthcoming Gordon books are due in early 2020, each co-authored with his brother David: No Christian Feminism (Sophia Institute) and Rules for Retrogrades (Tan Books).
Hi guys and welcome to another episode in the RE series. In today's episode we will be looking at how the Church is Conciliar and Pontifical. In addition, we will also be learning some Catholic social teachings. If you are aiming for the top grades why not try some exam questions: 1) Explain two Contrasting views about whether the Catholic Church is Conciliar or Pontifical [4 marks ]. 2) Give 2 ways in which the Church is Pontifical [2 marks ]. I hope you find this useful, don't forget to share this resource with your friends. God bless
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Yesterday morning, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis had abolished the pontifical secret, a confidentiality measure, in cases of sexual abuse of a minor or vulnerable person by clergy. This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Gerry and I explain what information will now be available about these cases. Next up, we dive into the Wall Street Journal’s report on the pope’s Peter’s Pence collection. The report alleged that the Vatican had misled donors by telling them that the Peter’s Pence fund was used exclusively for charity, when more than half of the money raised each year goes to plug the Vatican’s deficit. Gerry and I examine the report’s claim and discuss what actions the Vatican is taking to clean up its finances. Finally, Pope Francis celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood on Friday, December 13 and spent that evening shining a light on his spiritual mentor, Jesuit Father Miguel Fiorito. Gerry explains why Father Fiorito was so dear to Francis, and we take a look at how Francis’ spiritual mentor inspired his leadership style. Links from the show: Pope Francis abolishes the pontifical secret for sexual misconduct cases involving clerics Is the Vatican misleading donors? Peter’s Pence, explained. Pope Francis celebrates 50 years as a priest Pope Francis wants the world to know about his Jesuit spiritual director
Entrevue avec Alain Pronkin, spécialiste des religions : Le jour de son 83e anniversaire de naissance, le pape lève le secret pontifical sur plusieurs cas d’abus sexuels.
Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Andrew Small, on their work around the world by Jon Leonetti
Join us in this episode of 'More Or Less Human' as we sit down with a Professors Dr. Andrew Chesnut of Virginia Common Wealth University & Kate Kingsbury of the University of Alberta to discus the pairs research together on religiosity in the Global South. Discover more about the practices of exorcism and its recent rise amongst Pentecostals in places like Brazil, learn about the pairs research and experiences studying folks saints like that of Santa Muerte, who popularity has come to both pop-cultural and Pontifical reference and acclaim. about more dynamic duo and research team
SUPREMI APOSTOLATUS OFFICIO ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIII ON DEVOTION OF THE ROSARY Venerable Brethren, Health and the Apostolic Benediction. The supreme Apostolic office which we discharge and the exceedingly difficult condition of these times, daily warn and almost compel Us to watch carefully over the integrity of the Church, the more that the calamities from which she suffers are greater. While, therefore, we endeavour in every way to preserve the rights of the Church and to obviate or repel present or contingent dangers, We constantly seek for help from Heaven - the sole means of effecting anything - that our labours and our care may obtain their wished for object. We deem that there could be no surer and more efficacious means to this end than by religion and piety to obtain the favour of the great Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, the guardian of our peace and the minister to us of heavenly grace, who is placed on the highest summit of power and glory in Heaven, in order that she may bestow the help of her patronage on men who through so many labours and dangers are striving to reach that eternal city. Now that the anniversary, therefore, of manifold and exceedingly great favours obtained by a Christian people through the devotion of the Rosary is at hand, We desire that that same devotion should be offered by the whole Catholic world with the greatest earnestness to the Blessed Virgin, that by her intercession her Divine Son may be appeased and softened in the evils which afflict us. And therefore We determined, Venerable Brethren, to despatch to you these letters in order that, informed of Our designs, your authority and zeal might excite the piety of your people to conform themselves to them. 2. It has always been the habit of Catholics in danger and in troublous times to fly for refuge to Mary, and to seek for peace in her maternal goodness; showing that the Catholic Church has always, and with justice, put all her hope and trust in the Mother of God. And truly the Immaculate Virgin, chosen to be the Mother of God and thereby associated with Him in the work of man's salvation, has a favour and power with her Son greater than any human or angelic creature has ever obtained, or ever can gain. And, as it is her greatest pleasure to grant her help and comfort to those who seek her, it cannot be doubted that she would deign, and even be anxious, to receive the aspirations of the universal Church. 3. This devotion, so great and so confident, to the august Queen of Heaven, has never shone forth with such brilliancy as when the militant Church of God has seemed to be endangered by the violence of heresy spread abroad, or by an intolerable moral corruption, or by the attacks of powerful enemies. Ancient and modern history and the more sacred annals of the Church bear witness to public and private supplications addressed to the Mother of God, to the help she has granted in return, and to the peace and tranquillity which she had obtained from God. Hence her illustrious titles of helper, consoler, mighty in war, victorious, and peace-giver. And amongst these is specially to be commemorated that familiar title derived from the Rosary by which the signal benefits she has gained for the whole of Christendom have been solemnly perpetuated. There is none among you, venerable brethren, who will not remember how great trouble and grief God's Holy Church suffered from the Albigensian heretics, who sprung from the sect of the later Manicheans, and who filled the South of France and other portions of the Latin world with their pernicious errors, and carrying everywhere the terror of their arms, strove far and wide to rule by massacre and ruin. Our merciful God, as you know, raised up against these most direful enemies a most holy man, the illustrious parent and founder of the Dominican Order. Great in the integrity of his doctrine, in his example of virtue, and by his apostolic labours, he proceeded undauntedly to attack the enemies of the Catholic Church, not by force of arms; but trusting wholly to that devotion which he was the first to institute under the name of the Holy Rosary, which was disseminated through the length and breadth of the earth by him and his pupils. Guided, in fact, by divine inspiration and grace, he foresaw that this devotion, like a most powerful warlike weapon, would be the means of putting the enemy to flight, and of confounding their audacity and mad impiety. Such was indeed its result. Thanks to this new method of prayer-when adopted and properly carried out as instituted by the Holy Father St. Dominic-piety, faith, and union began to return, and the projects and devices of the heretics to fall to pieces. Many wanderers also returned to the way of salvation, and the wrath of the impious was restrained by the arms of those Catholics who had determined to repel their violence. 4. The efficacy and power of this devotion was also wondrously exhibited in the sixteenth century, when the vast forces of the Turks threatened to impose on nearly the whole of Europe the yoke of superstition and barbarism. At that time the Supreme Pontiff, St. Pius V., after rousing the sentiment of a common defence among all the Christian princes, strove, above all, with the greatest zeal, to obtain for Christendom the favour of the most powerful Mother of God. So noble an example offered to heaven and earth in those times rallied around him all the minds and hearts of the age. And thus Christ's faithful warriors, prepared to sacrifice their life and blood for the salvation of their faith and their country, proceeded undauntedly to meet their foe near the Gulf of Corinth, while those who were unable to take part formed a pious band of supplicants, who called on Mary, and unitedly saluted her again and again in the words of the Rosary, imploring her to grant the victory to their companions engaged in battle. Our Sovereign Lady did grant her aid; for in the naval battle by the Echinades Islands, the Christian fleet gained a magnificent victory, with no great loss to itself, in which the enemy were routed with great slaughter. And it was to preserve the memory of this great boon thus granted, that the same Most Holy Pontiff desired that a feast in honour of Our Lady of Victories should celebrate the anniversary of so memorable a struggle, the feast which Gregory XIII. dedicated under the title of "The Holy Rosary." Similarly, important successes were in the last century gained over the Turks at Temeswar, in Pannonia, and at Corfu; and in both cases these engagements coincided with feasts of the Blessed Virgin and with the conclusion of public devotions of the Rosary. And this led our predecessor, Clement XL, in his gratitude, to decree that the Blessed Mother of God should every year be especially honoured in her Rosary by the whole Church. 5. Since, therefore, it is clearly evident that this form of prayer is particularly pleasing to the Blessed Virgin, and that it is especially suitable as a means of defence for the Church and all Christians, it is in no way wonderful that several others of Our Predecessors have made it their aim to favour and increase its spread by their high recommendations. Thus Urban IV, testified that "every day the Rosary obtained fresh boon for Christianity." Sixtus IV declared that this method of prayer "redounded to the honour of God and the Blessed Virgin, and was well suited to obviate impending dangers;" Leo X that "it was instituted to oppose pernicious heresiarchs and heresies;" while Julius III called it "the glory of the Church." So also St. Pius V., that "with the spread of this devotion the meditations of the faithful have begun to be more inflamed, their prayers more fervent, and they have suddenly become different men; the darkness of heresy has been dissipated, and the light of Catholic faith has broken forth again." Lastly Gregory XIII in his turn pronounced that "the Rosary had been instituted by St. Dominic to appease the anger of God and to implore the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary." 6. Moved by these thoughts and by the examples of Our Predecessors, We have deemed it most opportune for similar reasons to institute solemn prayers and to endeavour by adopting those addressed to the Blessed Virgin in the recital of the Rosary to obtain from her son Jesus Christ a similar aid against present dangers. You have before your eyes, Venerable Brethren, the trials to which the Church is daily exposed; Christian piety, public morality, nay, even faith itself, the supreme good and beginning of all the other virtues, all are daily menaced with the greatest perils. 7. Nor are you only spectators of the difficulty of the situation, but your charity, like Ours, is keenly wounded; for it is one of the most painful and grievous sights to see so many souls, redeemed by the blood of Christ, snatched from salvation by the whirlwind of an age of error, precipitated into the abyss of eternal death. Our need of divine help is as great today as when the great Dominic introduced the use of the Rosary of Mary as a balm for the wounds of his contemporaries. 8. That great saint indeed, divinely enlightened, perceived that no remedy would be more adapted to the evils of his time than that men should return to Christ, who "is the way, the truth, and the life," by frequent meditation on the salvation obtained for Us by Him, and should seek the intercession with God of that Virgin, to whom it is given to destroy all heresies. He therefore so composed the Rosary as to recall the mysteries of our salvation in succession, and the subject of meditation is mingled and, as it were, interlaced with the Angelic salutation and with the prayer addressed to God, the Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ. We, who seek a remedy for similar evils, do not doubt therefore that the prayer introduced by that most blessed man with so much advantage to the Catholic world, will have the greatest effect in removing the calamities of our times also. Not only do We earnestly exhort all Christians to give themselves to the recital of the pious devotion of the Rosary publicly, or privately in their own house and family, and that unceasingly, but we also desire that the whole of the month of October in this year should be consecrated to the Holy Queen of the Rosary. We decree and order that in the whole Catholic world, during this year, the devotion of the Rosary shall be solemnly celebrated by special and splendid services. From the first day of next October, therefore, until the second day of the November following, in every parish and, if the ecclesiastical authority deem it opportune and of use, in every chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin - let five decades of the Rosary be recited with the addition of the Litany of Loreto. We desire that the people should frequent these pious exercises; and We will that either Mass shall be said at the altar, or that the Blessed Sacrament shall be exposed to the adoration of the faithful, Benediction being afterwards given with the Sacred Host to the pious congregation. We highly approve of the confraternities of the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin going in procession, following ancient custom, through the town, as a public demonstration of their devotion. And in those places where this is not possible, let it be replaced by more assiduous visits to the churches, and let the fervour of piety display itself by a still greater diligence in the exercise of the Christian virtues. 9. In favour of those who shall do as We have above laid down, We are pleased to open the heavenly treasure-house of the Church that they may find therein at once encouragements and rewards for their piety. We therefore grant to all those who, in the prescribed space of time, shall have taken part in the public recital of the Rosary and the Litanies, and shall have prayed for Our intention, seven years and seven times forty days of indulgence, obtainable each time. We will that those also shall share in these favours who are hindered by a lawful cause from joining in these public prayers of which We have spoken, provided that they shall have practiced those devotions in private and shall have prayed to God for Our intention. We remit all punishment and penalties for sins committed, in the form of a Pontifical indulgence, to all who, in the prescribed time, either publicly in the churches or privately at home (when hindered from the former by lawful cause) shall have at least twice practiced these pious exercises; and who shall have, after due confession, approached the holy table. We further grant a plenary indulgence to those who, either on the feast of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary or within its octave, after having similarly purified their souls by a salutary confession, shall have approached the table of Christ and prayed in some church according to Our intention to God and the Blessed Virgin for the necessities of the Church. 10. And you, Venerable Brethren, - the more you have at heart the honour of Mary, and the welfare of human society, the more diligently apply yourselves to nourish the piety of the people towards the great Virgin, and to increase their confidence in her. We believe it to be part of the designs of Providence that, in these times of trial for the Church, the ancient devotion to the august Virgin should live and flourish amid the greatest part of the Christian world. May now the Christian nations, excited by Our exhortations, and inflamed by your appeals, seek the protection of Mary with an ardour growing greater day by day; let them cling more and more to the practice of the Rosary, to that devotion which our ancestors were in the habit of practicing, not only as an ever-ready remedy for their misfortunes, but as a whole badge of Christian piety. The heavenly Patroness of the human race will receive with joy these prayers and supplications, and will easily obtain that the good shall grow in virtue, and that the erring should return to salvation and repent; and that God who is the avenger of crime, moved to mercy and pity may deliver Christendom and civil society from all dangers, and restore to them peace so much desired. 11. Encouraged by this hope, We beseech God Himself, with the most earnest desire of Our heart, through her in whom he has placed the fulness of all good, to grant you. Venerable Brethren, every gift of heavenly blessing. As an augury and pledge of which, We lovingly impart to you, to your clergy, and to the people entrusted to your care, the Apostolic Benediction. Given in Rome, at St. Peter's, the 1st of September, 1883, in the sixth year of Our Pontificate. LEO XIII It would mean a lot to me if you could leave a review on iTunes; The podcast has been downloaded over 30,000 times and we now have listeners in over 100 Countries. Ratings helps others find this podcast and I would love you to not only help share it by rating it but also by recommending it to your families and friends and also by sharing it on social media. Follow me on twitter @dylandrego or on instagram @dylan.drego and do not hesitate to drop me a line. We are living in dark times (in and outside of the Church) which now more than ever requires you and me, ordinary men and women to fight with all our might for the salvation of souls and our own sanctity. 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Reception in honour of President and Sabina Higgins hosted by Ireland’s Ambassador to the Holy See, Emma Madigan
In this edition of Thinking with the Church: Part II of a conversation with theologian Christopher Wells, who is pursuing a doctorate in Sacred Theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas - the Angelicum - here in Rome. In Part I of our conversation, we explored the Doctrine of Papal Supremacy and the Dogma of Papal Infallibility - both definitively taught by the I Vatican Council in Pastor Aeternus. Here, we delve more deeply into the historical roots and theological origins of the two teachings - but we come to that part of the conversation rather organically - beginning as we do with a discussion of the role of the Pontifical universities in the life of the Church.
In this edition of Thinking with the Church: Part II of a conversation with theologian Christopher Wells, who is pursuing a doctorate in Sacred Theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas - the Angelicum - here in Rome. In Part I of our conversation, we explored the Doctrine of Papal Supremacy and the Dogma of Papal Infallibility - both definitively taught by the I Vatican Council in Pastor Aeternus. Here, we delve more deeply into the historical roots and theological origins of the two teachings - but we come to that part of the conversation rather organically - beginning as we do with a discussion of the role of the Pontifical universities in the life of the Church.
The US cannot defeat ISIS with weapons only. Russia has attempted to do just that, but after literally turning Aleppo into rubbles, it realized that ISIS, with pockets of resistance, was still alive and well. While a physical ISIS sanctuary is easily destroyed by drones, its ideology that can command the hearts and minds of “lone wolfs” in cities from Miami to Madrid, needs more than just gunships and smart bombs. Therefore, and in addition to the US and Russia, the direct and explicit involvement of the Sunni nations at the forefront of this war is crucial. To name but the key nations, one could list: the UAE, Jordan and Egypt. Egypt with Al Azhar, the world's Sunni equivalent to the Pontifical theology schools of Rome, can de-legitimize the radical and terrorist Islamist rhetoric. Banning the killings of innocents, repudiating the Caliphate of ISIS, expressing outrage for slavery, sex abuse, and child labor, and respecting all religions, could be a start. On a more earthly level, the UAE and Jordan have terrific intelligence services that have cooperated with the US and other Western counterparts over decades, and have successfully foiled many an Islamic plot on their own soils and abroad. However, eradicating ISIS from the face of the earth is not sufficient if Iran's own brand of radical Islamic terrorism (which is disguised in liberation, popular mobilization, and resistance movements) is not put on the same footing. Otherwise, the Sunni nations would view this war on ISIS as one-sided, aimed at Sunni Islam itself, and chiefly rewarding the Mullah-led regime of Tehran. The Obama administration never got that one right. The Trump administration and its NSC do. Once the Sunni nations are ‘re-checked' onboard, the US then needs to drive Russia away from Tehran. At face value, the Russo-Iranian alliance seems sacred and long-lasting. In reality, it is not. The Russo-Persian relation has oscillated -over centuries- between uneasy cooperation and fierce rivalry over the Caucasus. More importantly, Russia is suspicious of any Islamic movement –whether Shia or Sunni- on its borders or within its zones of influence. Coming to the aid of the beleaguered regime of Bashar Al Assad, Russia did not aim to shore up a Alawite rule against its majority Sunni population, or to impose Shia-dominion over Syria, or to further the strategic interests of Iran in the eastern Mediterranean. Whomever misses on such strategic fine points has a blurred view of Russia's true aims in the Syrian conflict. Russia wants to achieve few key goals from its Syria adventure. Russia wants to maintain and grow its military presence through the three bases already erected in Syria for its naval, ground, and air forces. Any government of post-war Syria would need to legitimize this presence and shall necessarily require the Sunni majority's vote (not Iran's approval) since they represent the largest part of the country's population. Russia yearns for a seat on the negotiation table of any future Arab-Israeli peace accord. All previous US administrations have denied it this honor, but this might change under the current one. Russia could bring to the fore a dominated Syria, and a domesticated Palestinian Authority whilst offering comfort to Israel as it did throughout the Syrian conflict. Putin could even dream of a Nobel Peace Prize. Russia is bent on controlling all gas flows from the eastern Mediterranean into Europe. So exports from Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Cyprus could be coordinated through an Opec-like cartel led by Russia. As a result, Europe would be caught in a pincer movement, giving Putin greater hold on the continent than any armored division deployed on the eastern front. The Trump administration finally stands a true chance to pick up from the failure of the Obama policy, by galvanizing the Sunni nations and incentivizing Russia to bring Radical Islamic Terrorism, of all sorts, to a halt.
This is Episode "0" of Thinking with the Church: the flagship program of Vocaris Media productions – an hour-long weekly audio show featuring interviews and round-table discussions with officials of the Roman Curia, professors from Rome’s Pontifical universities, and Catholic thought leaders from every area of intellectual and cultural life – giving listeners a chance to hear and understand how the Church thinks at the highest levels of governance.
This is Episode "0" of Thinking with the Church: the flagship program of Vocaris Media productions – an hour-long weekly audio show featuring interviews and round-table discussions with officials of the Roman Curia, professors from Rome’s Pontifical universities, and Catholic thought leaders from every area of intellectual and cultural life – giving listeners a chance to hear and understand how the Church thinks at the highest levels of governance.
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This week on a special edition of the SLHour, we go to the Missionary Congress of the Americas and Maureen Heil tells us about her work for Pontifical Mission Societies in Boston and Tony Ryan of Ignatius Press tells us about the new film Mary of Nazareth. We also meet singer/songwriter Joe Mirall...
This week on a special edition of the SLHour, we go to the Missionary Congress of the Americas and Maureen Heil tells us about her work for Pontifical Mission Societies in Boston and Tony Ryan of Ignatius Press tells us about the new film Mary of Nazareth. We also meet singer/songwriter Joe Mirall...
Summary of today's show: Our usual Thursday panel of Scot Landry, Susan Abbott, Gregory Tracy, and Fr. Roger Landry, consider the news headlines of the week, including today's press conference announcing the new pastoral plan for the Archdiocese of Boston called Disciples in Mission; the various decisions of the US bishops' meeting this week on homilies, penance, abstinence, Dorothy Day's cause for canonization, and the USCCB's public affairs office; the appointment of Fr. Bob Blaney to a new diocesan role; and the new Pontifical Latin Academy. Listen to the show: Watch the show via live video streaming or a recording later: Today's host(s): Scot Landry and Susan Abbott Today's guest(s): Gregory Tracy, managing editor of the Pilot, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Boston, and Fr. Roger Landry, pastor of St. Bernadette Parish in Fall River Links from today's show: Some of the stories discussed on this show will be available on The Pilot's and The Anchor's websites on Friday morning. Please check those sites for the latest links. Today's topics: Disciples in Mission; US Bishops' meeting; Pontifical Latin Academy 1st segment: Scot Landry welcomed everyone to the show. He said there was a press conference at 2pm announcing the new pastoral plan. Susan Abbott said it was great to be there and there was a great energy in the room. Scot said it was also announced that Fr. Paul Soper would be the new permanent director of pastoral planning. Gregory Tracy said as an interim director Fr. Paul has done a great job. Greg said beyond the plan, he was struck by the Cardinal's plan to reach out to those who are only occasionally connected to the Church. Susan said it came across clearly came across that evangelization is at the forefront of this plan. She discussed the Cardinal's statement that a significant number of people come to Mass monthly, slightly more than those who come weekly. Fr. Roger said the national number is 40% who go once per month. They want to have that relationship with God, but that means something else has to be put in second-place and instead they have to either work or they want to take their children to sports or the like. Another situation is broken families where the kids go from one home to another and it affects the way the whole family attends Mass. Fr. Roger said the reaction isn't where are you, but we're really grateful when you come, how can we help you to address these issues? Scot said what came up is that Phase 1 will be an elaborate sandbox to try new things, to learn what works and what doesn't work. He said parishes will try a bunch of things and assess what actually works so the bulk of the parishes later can implement what does work. Susan said there are already several parishes that are sharing religious education programs and their experience has worked out some of the kinks. She thinks that in the future they can look back at these parishes and how they have had a degree of success. To see the press conference go to or watch at 8pm tonight on CatholicTV. Scot also noted that Cardinal Sean will take part in a live chat at Boston.com tomorrow from 1 to 2pm. There's also a short video produced of the reflections of the members of the Pastoral Planning commission. 2nd segment: Scot Landry said the US bishops met in Baltimore this week and they discussed a new document on more effective preaching of Sunday homilies. He said it was great to hear the bishops focus on making the Sunday liturgy a stronger tool of evangelization. Susan said the liturgy is not adult education, but public worship and praise of God. But within that the homily is a very effective means of adult formation. The bishops encourage the priests to make it ever more relevant to people's lives. She thinks of the priests who are so busy and it's difficult to devote time to preparing homilies. Scot said he hasn't see the new document, but asked Fr. Roger what he's heard of it. He said there's a huge focus on Jesus' preaching, how he revealed the Father, used parables, encouraged on one hand and castigated on the other. Much of the time when preaching is taught, they look at the general categories of oratory, but preaching is its own particular art form that is to reach the head and heart and motivate you to moral action. He said it's noteworthy on the amount time spent on doctrinal preaching, the communication of the doctrines of our faith, because so many Catholics are not learning about their faith. Catechesis isn't the focus of the homily, but it's often the only opportunity people have for it. Scot asked Fr. Roger how preparing the Sunday homily fits in with his other duties. Fr. Roger said the Second Vatican Council says preaching the Word is his primary duty. He said administrative duties come third, after preaching and the sacraments and hopefully members of the parish will step up and let the pastor do the first two. Scot said the bishops also adopted a new plan for themselves for the next couple of years, the first part of which is the Year of Faith and embracing the sacrament of penance. They are encouraging every diocese to do what Boston has been doing in . Cardinal Dolan also implied the US might bring back Friday abstinence for every week, not just Lent, as an opportunity for weekly sacrifice and penitential reflection. Greg talked about how when he was converting to Catholicism the sacrament of penance was the stumbling block for him. He sees the value in having a structure or a plan and a framework like the Light Is On For You. Scot said when the entire diocese does something, the word of mouth gets amplified and he hopes it becomes part of the Catholic conversation in Lent next year. Susan said of extension of Friday abstinence is fine as is anything that turns our mind and hearts to God. It's not a hardship or sacrifice for people anymore. She noted that non-meat meals are as common as meat dishes. It's not as much of a sacrifice now as it was years ago. But even if it's not a hardship, but a reminder that's still good. Greg said it will need to be led into with a lot of catechesis so people understand. We're dealing with much more secularized people and even those who go to Church don't understand why. Fr. Roger said he thinks the primary objective is the restoration of an authentic Catholic identity. In the old days, it reinforced that we were all in something together. He notes that the Church didn't change the rule, just relaxed it a bit. The Church still expected people to abstain from meat on Friday or find another penance. Historically, meat was considered precious and people rarely had it. In the Middle Ages, people were giving up meat and fasting on bread and water. The bishops also voted unanimously to open the cause of canonization of Dorothy Day. Scot thought it was an unusual move for the bishops to highlight one particular cause over the many others already opened in the US. Susan said she thought it was wonderful. Fr. Roger said the reason is because as Cardinal Dolan said it's a conflict of interest for him and it's something he's been promoting. He thought it would be good for the whole bishops conference to vote on it. Normally, in a canonization case you get the opinion of other bishops, but not usually the entire conference. One reason is that Dorothy Day's influence was national in scope. He thinks it would be great for any legitimate cause of canonization. Another vote reorganized the public affairs unit of the USCCB. Greg said he's been impressed with the changes going on in the communications office of the USCCB since he came to the Pilot in 2001. They've been turning to lots of new media, but they continue to streamline the message. Often you don't know which office to turn to for information you're trying to get. Scot said Cardinal Dolan is a master communicator, but like much of the Church is that they're good at sending out press releases, but he hopes they have a person not a bishop who can go on TV or radio to represent the Church, especially in areas of conflict. They could make sure the Church's message is conveyed well, in a way that the person could get into the actual debate. Fr. Roger said the impetus for this change comes from the religious freedom debate because Cardinal Dolan became the only one competent to appear on these various news shows to explain the Catholic faith under fire. He said they want to get together a team of well-trained people who can explain the Good News with clarity and confidence. He hopes that this new spokesman will put together a program to train people to be able to do this, especially the bishops. Fr. Roger said another significant moment was Archbishop Cordileone's address on the defense of marriage. In other local news, Fr. Bob Blaney, pastor of St. Jerome's in Weymouth will become administrator of St. Joseph's in Boston and special assistant to the Secretary of Parish Life and Leadership in January. Scot said his sense is that Fr. Sepe came to this job about six months ago and realized that this is a bigger job than one person can do. His predecessor, Fr. Foley, had Fr. Jim Flavin for much of his tenure, but Fr. Flavin has moved to another assignment. Scot said this Sunday at 3pm will see the Cheverus Awards at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and it will be live on CatholicTV. In the Anchor this week is a list of the names of those in the Diocese of Fall River will be receiving the Marian Medals this weekend too. The Marian medals were the inspiration for the Cheverus Awards and they recognize the lifetime of service and work of the many people who work heroically, often anonymously, to make them examples throughout the entire diocese. It's a delight and an agony for a pastor to nominate someone, because you can only select one. He talked about the recipient in his parish this year. Also in the news, the Holy Father created a new Pontifical Latin Academy. Fr. Roger said in order for theological studies to occur we're either going to have to translate lots of material that hasn't been or we're going to have to give people a way to read them. This will help many more people to have the Latin language became a real staple in the way they approach the Church's tradition. Greg talked about the experience of international Catholic gatherings where there many languages spoken, but they prayed in Latin because it was a common bond.
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Today's host(s): Scot Landry Today's guest(s): Msgr. Dennis Sheehan, parochial vicar of Our Lady, Help of Christians, Newton, and associate director of the Office of Worship and Spiritual Life Today's topics: Priest Profile: Msgr. Dennis Sheehan Summary of today's show: If there's a priest in the Archdiocese of Boston who's worn more hats than Msgr. Dennis Sheehan, we want to meet him. Scot and Fr. Chip talk with Msgr. Sheehan about his many assignments from the Pontifical North American Seminary in Rome to Blessed John XXIII National Seminary to the Pontifical Josephinum in Columbus. After his days leading his seminaries, he stays with the student theme in shepherding St. Paul's in Cambridge, which includes the Harvard Catholic Student Association. Today, Msgr. Sheehan provides leadership at the presbyteral council and in the archdiocesan Office for Worship. Also, on today's show, Scot andFr. Chip discuss this Sunday's Gospel reading and tell us why we can call our priests father. 1st segment: Scot welcomed Fr. Chip Hines back to the show as a substitute co-host for Fr. Mark O'Connell. Fr. Chip is often in the Pastoral Center on Fridays for meetings of the Clergy Personnel Board. He represents priests who were ordained in the 2000s. The board advises Cardinal Seán on appointments of priests. Scot and Fr. Chip talked about Game Six of the World Series, one of the best World Series games ever. Scot said he talked with his kids about what it was like as a Red Sox fan in 1986 to watch the ball roll through Bill Buckner's legs in that Game Six. Both agreed that the Cardinals will likely win tonight, although they're sympathetic to the Texas Rangers and their fans. 2nd segment: Scot welcomed Msgr. Sheehan to the show. He's know the monsignor since he was pastor at St. Paul's in Cambridge in the mid-1990s when Scot was graduating college. Msgr. said he was a parochial vicar at Sacred Heart in East Boston when he was first ordained. He also taught at Emmanuel College and was campus chaplain at Suffolk U at the same time. Msgr. said he studied at the North American College in Rome in Latin so he didn't have enough Italian to be fluent at Sacred Heart. He was actually present in St. Peter's during the opening of the Second Vatican Council. He went back to Rome on the seminary faculty in 1969. He was director of liturgy and went to San Anselmo at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute and studied nights while teaching the subject during the day. He taught at the seminary for four years. Scot said in that time, helping to form future priests in a liturgy they didn't grow up praying, must have been a challenge. Msgr. said the liturgy was for the first time in the vernacular and celebrating the liturgy was an art in the making in those days. There were no books to consult at the time. While there he oversaw the sabbatical program for priests at the North American College, soon after it had started. Msgr. said it was a post-Vatican II enterprise, that priests had to get caught in the areas that the Church was entering. He said it was a work in the making. It included 35 priests every spring and fall from all over the United States, including American missionaries who had returned home. Hearing all the lecturers who came in to address the priests was like getting a second graduate degree. Scot said the program continues today and our own former vicar general, Fr. Richard Erikson, is there now. Msgr. said the rule of thumb was that a priest would not be admitted until he had been ordained 15 years. He said being in Rome itself was part of the formational experience. They would visit not just ruins and museums, but also meet those running various Vatican offices. They even used to take the priests to Geneva for meetings at the World Council of Churches. Today, they take the priests to the Holy Land. Fr. Chip asked how his experience in the 60s with the liturgy is helping him with the revised translations of the Roman Missal coming up. Msgr. said people should listen as the English had adopted a new style of rhetoric. He said during November, the priests of the Archdiocese will have a series of programs where they will be introduced to the rhetorical styles and new emphases of the Roman Missal. He said the current emphasis is on text, but 40 years ago they would have talked more about presence and body language and leadership. Now, they can assume much of that is known. He said one of his current topics is making liturgy a prayer for the priest. Msgr. said he hopes that the preparation doesn't end with the First Sunday of Advent, that everyone will continue to use these revised texts as a basis for catechesis, and even richer still when people are using. 3rd segment: Scot said Msgr. has also been involved in other seminary formation. He was appointed as rector of Pope John XXIII National Seminary in Weston. At the time, he was younger than some of the seminarians he was helping prepare. (The seminary prepares men who are older and for whom the priesthood is generally a second vocation.) He said preparing men for priesthood is one of the most grace-filled experiences for every priest. Msgr. said back in the 1980s, the “older” priest was generally younger than today. They had a cut-off age of about 55, but now it's considerably older with men in their 70s studying. The seminary attracts men from all over the country. After about six years, he was asked to be rector of the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio. Msgr. said he thought by now that there was a plot to keep him out of the archdiocese. He said the Josephinum was founded in the 19th century forming primarily German-speaking or German-descent priests and he showed up on St. Patrick's Day as an Irish rector of the seminary. Up until the 1940s, the house language at the Josephinum was German, with the object of providing German priests. In the 1960s, the mission moved to providing priests for missionary dioceses, especially Spanish-speaking. It is called Pontifical because it is governed by the Vatican. He said the history of the relationship between German-speaking Catholics and the rest of the Church in US is very interesting. The governance by the Vatican was meant to protect and preserve the German character of the seminary. He returned to the archdiocese as director of the Office of Worship in Boston and was administrator of St. Jeanne Parish in Newton. Many of those people are now at his current parish of Our Lady Help of Christians. His work in the Office for Worship was mainly concerned with laypeople, especially musicians, for leadership roles in ministry, including lectors and Eucharistic ministers. From there, he was assigned to St. Paul's in Cambridge, which is a territorial parish, the Harvard-Radcliffe campus ministry, and the Archdiocesan Boys Choir School. Msgr. said it was probably the most interesting ministry in the archdiocese, but it was also tremendously challenging. He was there for 11 years. He said the ministry at Harvard alone included hundreds of Catholics. He said the choir school is a middle school that accepts musically and intellectually talented young people and it makes a singular impact on a young boy and can change the direction of his whole life. Scot said when he was a student at Harvard he bragged about the beauty of the liturgy at St. Paul's. He said the homilies were longer than at most places. He felt it was more instructional and people wanted good preaching. Fr. Chip remarked on the regimentation of the altar servers at St. Paul's with a quality he hasn't seen since his seminary days. Msgr. said everyone should experience a Sunday Mass at St. Paul's to see the full-range of how liturgy can be celebrated. Scot said being surrounded on all sides by Harvard university can be a great challenge. Msgr. said the students are amazingly responsible to outreach from the Church. Active Catholics at Harvard are committed and intelligent and they nourish and build up one another. Scot said Msgr. now wears many hats. One of his jobs is as chaplain of the Order of Malta. Msgr. said it is one of the oldest religious orders in the Church today and there are still 60 professed knights who live in religious life. The order in the Middle ages protected the Holy Land and took care of the sick. The charism of the order today is the care of the sick poor. A characteristic outreach of theirs was their response to the earthquake in Haiti a couple of years ago. For example, they took a small hospital they sponsor and enlarged it to accommodate many more patients. The American knights also take about 500 sick people to Lourdes on pilgrimage every year. It's not just a social group, but they are a working group that embraces both men and women in membership. Msgr. said he's been on the Lourdes pilgrimage about six times so far. He said you can see the heart of the order in the pilgrimage, but the work of the order is so much greater. Msgr. also works as moderator of the presbyteral council. His job is to keep the meeting on schedule and on topic. The council is a gathering of priests representative of the whole archdiocese with Cardinal Seán and the vicar general. Fr. Chip asked if it's like herding cats, but Msgr. said it's like watching cats get in line. Scot said his experience is that the feedback from the priests is extremely frank and open and helps shape the way we take initiatives forward. Most of the members will talk about the issues discussed with other priests and the people back in the vicariates to bring their concerns back with them. They also share the concerns of the council with the people they meet. Msgr. pointed out that the advisory board is more than just giving advice, but is very influential. 4th segment: Now as we do every week at this time, we will consider the Mass readings for this Sunday, specifically the Gospel reading. Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses. Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example. For they preach but they do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens hard to carry and lay them on people's shoulders, but they will not lift a finger to move them. All their works are performed to be seen. They widen their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels. They love places of honor at banquets, seats of honor in synagogues, greetings in marketplaces, and the salutation ‘Rabbi.' As for you, do not be called ‘Rabbi.' You have but one teacher, and you are all brothers. Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven. Do not be called ‘Master'; you have but one master, the Christ. The greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” Scot said this is a strongly worded Gospel. We most often see Jesus get angry at those who practice hypocrisy, especially among the Pharisees and Scribes. When he tells the people to do as they tell you, but not what they do, he's saying they're hypocrites. Scot said hypocrisy in the way we live our faith turns people off. He saw the Pharisees leading people away from an authentic faith to a cultural faith. Fr. Chip said Jesus uses the style of exaggeration in Hebrew to make a point. He points a heavy emphasis to make it understood that hypocrisy is not to be tolerated at all. Scot said Fr. James Martin, SJ, just came out with a book related to the humor related to our faith and said a lot of Jesus' stories were meant to be funny through exaggeration. Fr. Chip said that people would have been laughing at the exaggerations of widening phylacteries and lengthening tassels. Fr. Chip said priests struggle with being authentic because they can't give the impression of hypocrisy. For example, he'd love to have a Cadillac Escalade, but it would give the wrong impression about the life of simplicity he needs to live as a priest. Scot said it applies to all of us. We should talk the talk and walk the walk. Fr. Chip said we have to look at Scripture through the eyes of our time, in addition to the times it was written. Scot said it is often misunderstood when Jesus says don't be called rabbi, master, or father. Is this saying priests shouldn't be called father? No. Jesus is telling the Pharisees not to be a cult of personality where people are making idols of the man, but they should be directing people to follow our Father in heaven. Fr. Chip said on the first day of seminary, they tell the seminarians that if they're in it for prestige and a cult of personality, they're in the wrong place. He thinks of priests who do good work, but get caught up in themselves and their own following. One of Scot's favorite authors today is Fr. Robert Barron with his new TV series and book, “Catholicism”. One thing he says is that people misunderstand Jesus as being meek. In this scene, think of how confrontational Jesus is in this situation and how shocking his words were.
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