The Unique Fellowship of the Clearly Divided The main point of the Vatican’s “Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine of the Church” written, apparently, against Catholics who continue despite frequent correction to distort the teaching of the Second Vatican Council for their own (liberal) ends can be easily summarized as “The Catholic Church says that the Catholic Church teaches that the Catholic Church is the Catholic Church.” I would not have thought that this would be news to anyone, since the point was made in Lumen Gentium in 1964, restated in the Catechism of the Catholic Church in
Pope Francis’ general audience in the San Damaso Courtyard of the Apostolic Palace, May 12, 2021. / Daniel Ibañez/CNA.
CNA Staff, May 12, 2021 / 05:25 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said Wednesday that persistent prayer can lead to miracles “because pra.
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Q. When the Holy Father and Ayatollah al-Sistani met recently, at the end they stood facing each other and seemed to be talking without an interpreter. What language did they use in order to communicate? (Powhatan, Virginia)
A. According to the website of the Jesuit magazine America there was, in fact, an interpreter present. America said in its report on the March 6 meeting that the two leaders of Christianity and Shia Islam sat beside a small wooden table and spoke with the assistance of the pope s Palestinian-born translator.
I am happy, though, that you have called our readers attention to this important meeting in the cause of peace.
By Dr. Jeff Mirus ( bio - articles - email ) | May 11, 2021
I found myself thinking today of the various saints throughout history who had discerned their future course by opening up a Bible at random and reading that page or perhaps opening the Bible, plunking their finger down on the page, and reading that verse. I’ve tried this myself from time to time, with no discernible result. Today when I tried it for inspiration, I got this:
For all his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
That’s from the Book of Isaiah, chapter 9, the second half of verse 12.