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‘Dilexit nos’: A brief guide for busy readers…
‘Dilexit nos’: A brief guide for busy readers Skip to content Pope Francis published the fourth encyclical of his so far 11-year pontificate Thursday. A Sacred Heart of Jesus statue in Alsace, France. © Ralph Hammann – Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). The 141-page, 28,000-word Dilexit nos (“He loved us”) follows 2013’s Lumen fidei (co-written with Benedict XVI), 2015’s Laudato si’, and 2020...
Encyclical Letter ‘Dilexit Nos’ on the Human and Divine Love of the Heart of Jesus Christ…
“He loved us”, Saint Paul says of Christ, in order to make us realize that nothing can ever “separate us” from that love. Paul could say this with certainty because Jesus himself had told his disciples, “I have loved you”. Even now, the Lord says to us, “I have called you friends”. His open heart has gone before us and waits for us, unconditionally, asking only to offer us his love and friendship....
As Synod’s End Nears, Progressives Brace for Disappointment — And Blame Organizers…
With hot-button issues sidelined and major changes seemingly off the table, progressive Catholics feel led astray by synod organizers’ grand promises. For progressive Catholics hoping for dramatic changes in the Church, the Synod on Synodality was supposed to usher in a new springtime. Instead, with the final document set to be approved this Saturday, those who have advocated for things like women...
Last Picked Has Its Perks
“When I prize You above all else, delighting in You as my First Love, I’m protected from feeling fragmented. You are the One who completes me, and You’re training me to bring my thoughts back to You whenever they wander from Your Presence. Thank You for Your patient work in me, Lord.” – Jesus Listens,March 12th Have you ever been picked last? Or not picked at all? Maybe classmates didn’t choose yo...
Let’s talk about Arminianism from a Catholic perspective…
[embedded content] One of the biggest schools of thought in the Protestant world is known as Arminianism, and today we’re going to find out if an Arminian would need to change his views in order to become a Catholic. Over thirty years ago, I wrote a piece called A Tiptoe Through Tulip, in which I explored how close a Catholic could be to Calvinism without violating Catholic teaching. I concluded—b...
The Hillbilly Thomists and the Key to Culture…
By Carrie Gress An article caught my eye this week at Food & Wine explaining how long-shuttered scotch distilleries are reopening. The “ghost distilleries” that dot the untamed Scottish countryside are firing up their stills again and producing the liquid gold that never quite went out of style. Despite shuttering in the 70s, labels like Port Ellen and Brora, saw their reputat...
‘Dilexit Nos’: Pope to Publish Encyclical This Thursday on Sacred Heart of Jesus…
On Thursday, Pope Francis will publish a new encyclical focusing on the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the context of a world “which seems to have lost its heart.” By Salvatore Cernuzio “Dilexit nos” (He Loved Us) will be Pope Francis’ fourth encyclical, and it comes at a time of profound global challenges. The world today is scarred by war, social and economic imbalances,...
The Reformation is over. Come home…
By Peter Wolfgang ( bio – articles – email ) | Oct 18, 2024 To me, October 31st is Halloween. No, not the gruesome Halloween. Not the celebration of the occult that our culture has increasingly leaned into since at least the 1990s. October 31st is, rather, the more innocent Halloween of my 1970s childhood. An opportunity for treats, not tricks. A fun time for our youngest, still in gra...
Father (soon to be Cardinal) Radcliffe says he can’t understand why so many African bishops resist accepting homosexuality…
By Phil Lawler ( bio – articles – email ) | Oct 17, 2024 Blame the Russians. Blame the Americans. Blame the Muslims. In a lengthy essay featured by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano Father (soon to be Cardinal) Timothy Radcliffe strives mightily to understand why so many African bishops resist accepting homosexuality. He has a few theories: African bishops are under intense pr...
40 Years Later, Poland’s Catholics Remember Their Heroic ‘Solidarity Martyr’ — Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko…
(OSV News) — As 40 years have passed since the murder of Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko, one of their church’s most famous priests, Polish Catholics are urging people everywhere to revisit and learn from his heroic testimony. “He was treated as a criminal and killed by state agents for daring to proclaim the Gospel,” explained Father Jan Sochon, a childhood friend. “Though times have changed, some of t...
Sifting the Synod for the Divinity…
By Dr. Jeff Mirus ( bio – articles – email ) | Oct 10, 2024 Having lived through quite a few synods over the past two generations, most of us are aware that, like all human meetings, they are opportunities for people to try to win approval for their own particular ideas of the best way forward in the situation faced by the institution in question, in this case the Church. And just as w...
Live From Rome, It’s Synodality!…
Live from Rome, it’s synodality! Skip to content Pillar subscribers can listen to this Pillar Post here: The Pillar TL;DR Hey everybody, Greetings from the Vatican press office, where I arrived this morning to cover the next 10 days of the Vatican’s second session of the final stage synod on synodality. 😉 The Pillar’s Edgar Beltran has been here for the first fortnight of this month’s synod on syn...
