Category Archives: POPE FRANCIS

POPE FRANCIS HAS REPEATEDLY CRITICISED THE AVERAGE QUALITY OF THE BISHOPS OF THE WOLRD

Posted on July 11, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! A Pope Like None Before. Can He Do It? The symbolic voyage to Lampedusa. His great popularity. The reform of the curia. The calculated silence on ethical issues. But also his first error over an IOR appointment. The challenge … Continue reading →

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SPACE HARDENS PROCESSES, WHEREAS TIME PROPELS US TOWARDS THE FUTURE AND ENCOURAGES US TO GO FORWARD IN HOPE

Posted on July 9, 2013 by abyssum

!!!!   ENCYCLICAL LETTER LUMEN FIDEI OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF FRANCIS TO THE BISHOPS PRIESTS AND DEACONS CONSECRATED PERSONS AND THE LAY FAITHFUL ON FAITH [THIS IS THE FIFTH OF A SERIES OF POSTS ON THIS BLOG OF THE ENTIRE … Continue reading →

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THE LIGHT OF CHRIST MUST SHINE, AS IN A MIRROR, ON THE FACE OF EVERY CHRISTIAN

Posted on July 8, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! ENCYCLICAL LETTER LUMEN FIDEI OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF FRANCIS TO THE BISHOPS PRIESTS AND DEACONS CONSECRATED PERSONS AND THE LAY FAITHFUL ON FAITH [THIS IS THE FOURTH OF A NUMBER OF POSTS ON THIS BLOG OF THE ENTIRE ENCYCLICAL] … Continue reading →

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UNLESS YOU BELIEVE, YOU WILL NOT UNDERSTAND

Posted on July 7, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! ENCYCLICAL LETTER LUMEN FIDEI OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF FRANCIS TO THE BISHOPS PRIESTS AND DEACONS CONSECRATED PERSONS AND THE LAY FAITHFUL ON FAITH [THIS IS THE THIRD OF A NUMBER OF POSTS ON THIS BLOG OF THE ENTIRE ENCYCLICAL] … Continue reading →

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LOVE IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR BELIEF

Posted on July 6, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! ENCYCLICAL LETTER LUMEN FIDEI OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF FRANCIS TO THE BISHOPS PRIESTS AND DEACONS CONSECRATED PERSONS AND THE LAY FAITHFUL ON FAITH [THIS IS THE SECOND OF A NUMBER OF POSTS ON THIS BLOG OF THE ENTIRE ENCYCLICAL] … Continue reading →

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LUMEN FIDEI / THE LIGHT OF FAITH

Posted on July 5, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! ENCYCLICAL LETTER LUMEN FIDEI OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF FRANCIS TO THE BISHOPS PRIESTS AND DEACONS CONSECRATED PERSONS AND THE LAY FAITHFUL ON FAITH [THIS IS THE FIRST OF A NUMBER OF POSTS ON THIS BLOG OF THE ENTIRE ENCYCLICAL] … Continue reading →

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THE ENIGMA VARIATIONS OF POPE FRANCIS

Posted on June 24, 2013 by abyssum

!!!!   The Hundred Days of Francis and the Enigma of the Empty Chair His sudden refusal to listen to the Ninth Symphony of Beethoven offered for the Year of Faith is the seal on the beginning of a pontificate … Continue reading →

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NO MEDIA BIAS AGAINST CHRISTIANITY? YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING!

Posted on June 21, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Media Bias: Real or Imagined? Homosexuality Under Focus By Father John Flynn, LC ROME, June 21, 2013 (Zenit.org) – Accusations of media bias are common, and according to a recent study there is good reason to doubt the impartiality … Continue reading →

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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOVERNMENTAL SOCIAL AGENCIES AND THOSE OF THE CHURCH? ONE WORD: CHRIST!

Posted on June 17, 2013 by abyssum

!!!!   Benedict Wanted a “Poor” Church, Too The encyclical of Francis conceived and written by his predecessor is not the only sign of continuity between the two most recent popes. On the “poverty” of the Church as well there … Continue reading →

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THE REFORM IS COMING, BUT IN THE UNIQUE WAY POPE FRANCIS WANTS IT TO COME

Posted on June 13, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Bergoglio, the “Black Pope” Dressed in White He governs the Church like a superior general of the Jesuits. He listens, but decides on his own. Even a McKinsey man has been called in to study the reform of the … Continue reading →

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