Pope Francis to publish apostolic letter on St. Thérèse of Lisieux Oct. 15 Pope Francis on board the plane that took him from Rome to Mongolia, Aug. 31, 2023./ Credit: Vatican Media By Ary Waldir Ramos Díaz ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 1, 2023 / 13:15 pm On board the plane taking him to Mongolia, Pope Francis announced Aug. 31 that he is preparing an apostolic letter on St. Thérèse of Lisieux to be published Oct. 15. The pontiff made his statement while greeting the 70 journalists who are accompanying him for a four-day visit to Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, including Andrea Gagliarducci of ACI Stampa, CNA’s Italian- language news partner. During a general audience on June 7, Pope Francis announced that he was writing an apostolic letter on the patron saint of missions. “She was born 150 years ago and on this anniversary I intend to dedicate an apostolic letter to her,” he said. That day in the morning, Pope Francis had prayed in St. Peter’s Square before the relics of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus. That afternoon he left for Gemelli Hospital in Rome to undergo a “laparotomy” operation. The bishop of Rome stressed that St. Thérèse “lived devoted to God, forgetting about herself, loving and consoling Jesus, and interceding for the salvation of all.” The 150th anniversary of her birth and the 100th anniversary of her beatification are celebrated this year. For the occasion, the Holy Father has granted a Jubilee Year in honor of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus that will last until Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, and has the theme “For trust and love,” the last words of her autobiography, “Story of a Soul.” Along the same lines, on Dec. 28, 2022, Pope Francis had published the apostolic letter Totum Amoris Est (“Everything Pertains to Love”) on the fourth centenary of the death of St. Francis de Sales. St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, also known as the Little Flower, was a French Discalced Carmelite nun. She was born in the city of Alençon on Jan. 2, 1873. She was declared a saint in 1925 by Pope Pius XI and proclaimed a doctor of the Church on Oct. 19, 1997, by St. John Paul II. St. Pius X considered her “the greatest saint of modern times.” This story was first published by ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner. It has been translated and adapted by CNA. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ca...stolic-letter-on-st-therese-of-lisieux-oct-15
Any other time hearing this news would be wonderful. But in this case it causes butterflies in the stomach Who knows?
I don't want to appear cynical and hard but I'd be inclined to, 'Wait and see'. Unless it is a chance for him to prove he's a regular Catholic like anyone else.
I understand....sometimes I just want to live in hope first. I am depending on the power of the Holy Spirit on this one. Lol
Well on the up side , everything Therese wrote or said was pretty well superb. She is not a Doctor of the Church for nothing. It's hard to imagine how anyone could twist her words, everything she came out with is purest Catholic. But then again if they can twist Scripture...
I was reading an Exorcist today and he was saying many Catholic clergy are very hostile to Exorcists. They reckon the exorcisms are medieval mumbo jumbo. He even said that a few Bishops he had dealt ngs with openly said that they did not believe in God, never mind the devil. Several Exorcists said the demons were in consternation over the election of Pope Benedict but that Our Lady had intervened and pushed him through getting elected.
I have also read that in Canada several priests have attended euthanasias as chaplains when doctors are murdering people . I don't see how things could be any worse than this. Priests going along with euthanasia and giving it their support. It would tempt you to despair. Do their Bishops know? We have hit total rock bottom.
One of the glorious moments of this pontificate was the convocation of the year of Saint Joseph on December 8th, 2020, so I think we can still harbor some hope of something good coming from him, but I confess that if it were an apostolic letter about the Rosary, I would be apprehensive.
I believe this about Pope Benedict's election. Poor man. But he took up his cross and took on the papacy. Malachi Martin said in one of his interviews that JPII was absolutely unable to do anything to remedy the corruption. The beaurocracy was arrayed against him. He couldn't even go to the bathroom without an armed guard. And all his food had to be tasted. They hated him so much the threat of assassination was real. If it was like that for JPII imagine what it was for Benedict.
I think now, looking back on it that Pope Benedict was indeed a prisoner in the Vatican. Although if he was I just can't understand why his secretary Archbishop Ganswein did not spill the beans?
Afraid for his life perhaps? I don't think we have any idea how ruthless some of these Judas Cardinals are. Windswept House gives a good idea. Utterly ruthless. Given over to the darkness.
We are dealing with people who are the most demonically wicked in all history but quite brilliant, sided by demons and instructed by them as they are.
It follows from this that any opposition between the pastoral and the juridical dimensions is deceptive. It is not true that, to be more pastoral, the law should become less juridical. Surely, the very many expressions of that flexibility that have always marked canon law, precisely for pastoral reasons, must be kept in mind and applied. But the demands of justice must be respected also; they may be superseded because of that flexibility, but never denied. In the Church, true justice, enlivened by charity and tempered by equity, always merits the descriptive adjective pastoral. There can be no exercise of pastoral charity that does not take account, first of all, of pastoral justice.[7] Definition of deceptive- giving an appearance or impression different from the true one; misleading. Unfortunately, Pope Francis often claims that juridical positions are incompatible with compassion, love, and mercy. Cardinal Burke correctly points out that they are complementary and argues that claims to the contrary distort morality and truth. Thank you, Cardinal Burke!
Thank you Eric, I agree with you but to be clear I do not accept that our Holy Father speaks or acts against the Faith. (Not that you cited him) Just felt I had to say that. I do not intend to debate that. When I do I always end up getting kicked off the forum. I would like to stay because I am not on FB and find the Garabandal Questions and Answers here very useful. Padraig says “' Only in truth does charity shine forth,” but surely only in charity does truth shine forth and I mean the common usage of the word charity.
Yes defend Pope Francis as much as you like and welcome to. You were never kicked of the forum for defending him and his various goings on, no it was the manner you went about defending him caused both myself and others on the forum greatly to be concerned. I don't wish to do a rehash on this.water under the bridge, ect. Time to move on.
