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POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter’s Square Sunday, 2 October 2022 Dear brothers and sisters, buongiorno! The course of the war in Ukraine has become so serious, devastating and threatening, as to cause great concern. Therefore, today I would like to … Continue reading →

Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian territory — Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia — is against the natural law. In Catholic theology, natural law is based on the nature of human persons, human society, and the ability of reason to understand … Continue reading →

Note that I have removed some of my more political posts from recent days so as to focus this blog on theology instead of politics. However, I remain against the Russian invasion and annexation of Ukraine. Post your questions in … Continue reading →

The indefectibility of the Church is a dogmatic teaching, based on the words of Christ: {16:18} And I say to you, that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of Hell shall … Continue reading →

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There are only two ways that can be proposed for the number of universes (in the hypothesis of the multiverse) to be infinite. One is for universes to have a beginning; the other is for every universe in the infinite … Continue reading →

This document is attributed to Pope Gregory VII, but does not seem to have been issued by papal authority. It is not, itself, a document of the Magisterium. However, many of the assertions in it have also been taught formally … Continue reading →

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12. Subjection to the Roman Pontiff is from the necessity of salvation. Since “Christ and His Vicar constitute one only Head” of the one Church, submission to the Roman Pontiff is an essential part of the plan of salvation chosen … Continue reading →