Category: Church Documents
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The Holy See Abrogates Previous Norms on Private Revelations
The Holy See has just published a historical document today, May 17, 2024. The Norms for Proceeding in the Discernment of Alleged Supernatural Phenomena provide details of the updated norms on how reported private revelations should be treated by the local bishops and the Holy See. In summary, private revelations will no longer be declared…
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Whosoever Breaks the Seal of Confession is Excommunicated
For record purposes only, the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued the following declaration in 1973: In order to safeguard in the most absolute manner the respect due to the Sacrament of Penance and to the secrecy of sacramental confession, the Church has had to threaten sanctions, even very grave ones, against…
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Good, Weak, Vague, and Hypocritical
Dignitas Infinita is a truncated Fratteli Tutti. Drafts of the document were approved by Pope Francis only after he insisted multiple times that his Fratelli Tutti be included in it. Not surprisingly, more than 50% of the citations come from his previous statements. 23 of those come from Fratelli Tutti. Dignitas Infinita is Magisterial. There…
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Church Instructions on Homilies
In this post we will see a collection of references about an ideal homily, its purpose, suggested content, and structure. These are taken from different sources such as the Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani, Inter Oecumenici, Redemptionis Sacramentum, Code of Canon Law, and the Homiletic Directory by the Congregation for the Divine Worship. The CDW, with…
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List of Valid Baptisms in the Philippines
VALID BAPTISMS RECOGNIZED BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE PHILIPPINES I. A NEW LIST A. Valid Baptisms Adventists: Anabaptists: Baptists: Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches (CPBC) Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churchesin full communion with the Roman Catholic Church Episcopalians and Anglicans: Greek Orthodox Church or Eastern Orthodox Independent Catholics: Inter-Denominational Churches: Lutherans: Mega…
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Corpus Christi Procession Led by Ladies in Humeral Veil
Photos of two women, one wearing a rainbow scarf, carrying a monstrance containing the body, blood, soul, and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ in a Corpus Christi procession in Germany caused confusion among the faithful. LifesiteNews has published a more detailed article about this, mentioning the reason why such thing happened. But regardless of…
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Denounce as Heretics Those Who Deny the Assumption!
These quotes are taken from the Apostolic Constitution of Pope Pius XII Munificentissimus Deus (21, 36, 45, and 47) when the Dogma of the Assumption was defined in 1950. The first one is from the words of Saint John Damascene, a Doctor of the Church in the 7th Century. He explains why the Assumption was necessary. “It…
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Quo Primum Summary
From the very first, upon Our elevation to the chief Apostleship, We gladly turned our mind and energies and directed all our thoughts to those matters which concerned the preservation of a pure liturgy, and We strove with God’s help, by every means in our power, to accomplish this purpose… Hence, We decided to entrust…
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Traditionis Custodes Summary
Here is the summary of Pope Francis’s Motu Proprio Traditionis Custodes on the Use of the Roman Liturgy Prior to the Reform of 1970: For the full text of the document, please go to vatican.va. Traditionis Custodes is one of several bad things that Pope Francis has done in his pontificate. If he really cared about…
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What Makes a Catholic Useless?
The Church was founded for the purpose of spreading the kingdom of Christ throughout the earth for the glory of God the Father, to enable all men to share in His saving redemption, and that through them the whole world might enter into a relationship with Christ. All activity of the Mystical Body directed to…
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The Correct Substances to Use for a Mass to Be Valid
The bread used in the celebration of the Most Holy Eucharistic Sacrifice must be unleavened, purely of wheat, and recently made so that there is no danger of decomposition. It follows therefore that bread made from another substance, even if it is grain, or if it is mixed with another substance different from wheat to…
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How to Achieve or Postpone Pregnancy Naturally
“Be fruitful and multiply!” You may have heard or read this famous biblical passage before. These were God’s words to Adam and Eve during the creation in Genesis 1 and again to Noah in Genesis 9 after the flood. There are also many other verses in the Holy Scriptures that manifest man’s role as God’s…
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