That did not take as long as I feared! Our dear Bishop Johnston was transferred to Kansas City last November by Pope Francis. We were very sorry to see him go, but in a certain way it seemed inevitable; he…
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Tagged with: bishop rice, catholic, diocesan news, springfield-cape girardeau
Posted in Ecclesiology, Etc, Francis I
Posted in Ecclesiology, Etc, Francis I
Lumen Fidei Post 1 – Tradition and the Spirit
In Lumen Fidei, the first encyclical of his pontificate (a collaborative effort with his predecessor Benedict XVI), Pope Francis has this to say about the importance and role of Tradition in the Church: It is through the apostolic Tradition preserved…
Development for all, or the privileged few?
Many of us have alternately had a good laugh or got our dander up thanks to Limbaugh’s ludicrous assertion that Pope Francis’s Apostolic Exhortation (n.b.: not encyclical; there is a difference) exposed the Pope as a “Marxist [sic]”. One of…
Tagged with: limbaugh, Pope Francis, social justice
Posted in Benedict XVI, Francis I, Rerum Novarum, Vatican II
Posted in Benedict XVI, Francis I, Rerum Novarum, Vatican II
Pope Francis quote of the day
Ask Jesus what he wants from you and be brave! Be brave, ask Him!!! [Text from the Vatican Radio website]
Habemus Papam
Lord, grant Your servant Pope Francis the grace and help of Your Spirit as he shepherds Your flock.
Aquinas, Etc. 