TRUTH AND ERROR 9. It is clear that We are discussing a serious matter, with which our eternal salvation is very intimately connected. Some men, as the Apostle of the Gentiles warns us, are "ever learning yet never attaining knowledge of the truth." (5) They contend that the human mind can discover no truth that is certain or sure; they reject the truths revealed by God and necessary for our eternal salvation. 10. Such men have strayed pathetically far from the teaching of Christ and the views expressed by the Apostle when he said, "Let us all attain to the unity of the faith and of the deep knowledge of the son of God... that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about by every wind of doctrine devised in the wickedness of men, in craftiness, according to the wiles of error. Rather are we to practice the truth in love, and grow up in all things in him who is the head, Christ. For from him the whole body (being closely joined and knit together through every joint …More
Archbishop Georg Gänswein gave an address at a matinée of the Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI Foundation at Nymphenburg Palace in Munich on 18 June to mark Benedict's 95th birthday. He was preceded by an address by the Apostolic Nuncio in Germany Nikola Eterovic. Significantly, Munich's Cardinal Marx was absent. Gänswein's talk went according to plan until he turned to Benedict's resignation and the aftermath, saying the following: "I would never have believed that the last stretch of road from the Monastero Mater Ecclesiae to the door of heaven of St. Peter..." He could not finish the sentence because he suddenly broke into sobs and had to interrupt his talk for 22 seconds. Then he restarted: "until the heavenly door of St. Peter is so long" and sobbed again for 20 seconds. "This is what Benedict XVI entrusted to me in his fine humor," he added, only to have to pause again for 22 seconds. This was shortly followed by another 15-second interruption until Gänswein could finish his talk. …More
CCTV footage from an office in Beirut, Lebanon during the MASSIVE explosion. Beirut the city destroyed 7 times in history now gets hugely affected as a result of the biggest explosion in its history.
The Irish Catholic marriage counselling service Accord will offer its services also to same-sex couples who practice homosexual fornication, according to TheTimes.co.uk (July 23). “Accord” is a counselling service run by the Irish bishops. It had a formal policy of not accepting gay fornicators on religious grounds. But then the Irish government – headed by the homosexual Prime Minister Leo Varadkar – threatened the agency to withdraw funding due to their religious beliefs. Confronted with a prospective loss of money, the "Catholic" agency gave in immediately. #newsUlrdaimker