St Stephanos Greek Orthodox Church, Hurlstone Park, Sydney Australia

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Gothic + Byzantine

Holy Week in Jerusalem

Anunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Winston-Salem, NC

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Virtual Choir

Laudable, But Does the Need for the CDF Speak Against Certain Claims Regarding the Papacy?

The pope as universal teacher?

Vatican Insider: Müller suggests new task for Congregation for Doctrine of Faith

In an interview with French Catholic newspaper La Croix, the German cardinal stated: “The arrival of a theologian like Benedict XVI in the Chair of St. Peter was no doubt an exception. But John XXIII was not a professional theologian. Pope Francis is also more pastoral and our mission at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is to provide the theological structure of a pontificate.” So according to Müller’s statement, the former Holy Office must “theologically structure” Pope Francis’ pontificate. And this is probably the reason why the Prefect gives public statements on such a frequent basis, like never before.

The Angel Cried Out

NLM: “The Angel Cried Out” - The Byzantine Easter Hymn to the Virgin by Gregory DiPippo

A Jesuit Making Peace with Opus Dei?

From last year: Pope Francis’ Letter on Beatification of Alvaro del Portillo
Pope Francis’ letter to Bishop Javier Echevarría, Prelate of Opus Dei, for the beatification of Alvaro del Portillo. Dated June 26, 2014.





Highlights of his beatification.
Blessed Alvaro del Portillo
website for his beatification

Regarding devotion to the Holy Family, I came across this interesting point in Bouyer's The Invisible Father last weekend:

As for the Latin formulas, they are even worse: as if an abstract Godhead only took on a genuinely personal appearance in God-made-man. And it is best to pass over those deformations so justly stigmatized by Thomas Mozley, and which seem to suggest that the Trinity adored in practice by Western Catholics is not that of the heavenly Father, the Son and the Spirit, but that of the Mother, Child and Foster-father!

The Invisible Father (Petersham, MA: St. Bede's Publications, 1976), 240.