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DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
In Catholicism, the title 'Doctor of the Church'
is given to a saint from whose writings the
Church is held to have derived great
advantage and to whom "eminent learning"
and "great sanctity" have been attributed by
a proclamation of a pope or of an
ecumenical council. This honor is given
rarely, only posthumously, and only after
canonization. No ecumenical council has yet
exercised the perogative of proclaiming a
'Doctor of the Church'.
Until 1970, no woman had been named a
Doctor of the Church, but since then four
additions to the list have been women:
Saints Teresa of Ávila and Catherine of Siena
by Pope Paul VI; Thérèse de Lisieux by Pope
John Paul II; and Hildegard of Bingen by
Benedict XVI.

The APC said the president is playing divisive
politics with the nation’s commonwealth
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has
accused President Goodluck Jonathan of
using the Ecological Fund, set up to address
Nigeria’s serious ecological problems, as a
tool to further divide the ranks of the state
governors and solidify his reputation as a
partisan and sectional leader.
The party, in a statement on Wednesday,
said by granting N2 billion each to 17 non-
APC states, Mr. Jonathan had betrayed his
position as the leader of the whole nation.
The grant was given to 15 Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, states and two others
– Ondo and Anambra, governed by the
Labour Party, LP, and All Progressive Grand
Alliance, APGA, respectively.
The PDP states that benefited from the
largesse are Abia, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue,
Cross River, Gombe, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi,
Kogi, Plateau, Ebonyi, Delta, Enugu and
Taraba States.
The Ecological Fund was created in Nigeria
in 1981 to be used to intervene in areas
where the most common environmental
disasters like flood, erosion and desert
encroachment occur.
APC wondered the kind of coincidence that
would exclude all the APC-controlled states
from being considered for receiving
assistance from the Ecological Fund even
when they (APC governors) also sought for
such assistance.
The opposition party recalled that before the
assistance to the 17 states, N5 billion had
been given to Akwa Ibom State “for urgent
matters” and another N8 billion to Anambra
State “for the maintenance of the Niger
Bridge.”
It alleged that the N8 billion given to
Anambra State may have been used to fund
the November 16 governorship election by
that state governor, Peter Obi.
”To the best of our knowledge, even if 8
billion naira is not enough to construct a
second Niger bridge, it will go a long way,”
APC stressed.
“We are yet to see any maintenance to
justify such a huge fund that was given for
that purpose, further confirming our fears
on what the real purpose of that money
might have been.
”It is sad that a President whose divisive
politics helped to break the ranks of the
nation’s State Governors has now graduated
to using funds from the Federation Account
to dispense favours to Governors he
perceive to be his cronies.
”This is the tragedy of a President who was
elected on a pan-Nigerian mandate but has
now turned himself to a sectional, partisan
and most divisive leader in the country’s
history.”
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should i paste all?

See more @www.agapebiblestudy.com/documents/the%20virgin%20mary's%20role%20in%20salvation%20history.htm

THE vIRGIN AND THE VIRGIN CONTRASTED

THE VIRGIN MARY AND THE
VIRGIN EVE CONTRASTED
Genesis 3:15 contains the promise of
the redemption of mankind after the
Fall of Adam and Eve. The Incarnation
of the Christ was the manifestation of
the promise and it was fulfilled with
Jesus Christ's sacrificial death and
glorious resurrection. The New
Testament portrays Jesus as the
"Second Adam" whose obedience and
sacrificial death on the cross undo
Adam's disobedience [see Romans
5:12-21 and 1 Corinthians 15:45-49].
Jesus, the Second Adam, triumphed
over the same temptations to which
the first Adam fell into sin [compare
Genesis 3:6 to Luke 4:1-13].
Just as there is a Second Adam there is
also a Second Eve. Mary, the Virgin
Mother of Christ is the Second Eve.
Just as the First Eve in the exercise of
free will cooperated in the Fall of man
so the Second Eve, in the exercise of
her free will, cooperated in the
redemption and salvation of the entire
human race.
The two Eves contrasted:
THE VIRGIN EVE THE VIRGIN
MARY
Daughter of
the first
Covenant
Daughter
of the
Sinai
Covenant
Pledged
obedience
under the
covenant
Pledged
obedience
under the
covenant
Eve's
disobedience
resulted in
the fall into
sin of the
entire
human race.
The result
was death,
physically
and
spiritually.
Mary's
obedience
to God
resulted
in the
offer of
the gift of
salvation
to the
entire
human
race. The
result was
eternal life
Eve's name
means the
"mother of
all living" and
indeed all of
humanity is
descended
through her.
Mary is
the
"mother
of all who
truly live"
when, at
the cross,
Jesus
gave His
mother to
the
Church as
the
Mother of
all who
come to
receive
Jesus as
Savior and
Lord and
therefore
receive
the gift of
eternal
life.
From the Annunciation to the
Crucifixion of her Son, Mary can be
seen as God's ultimate validation of
free will. The Catechism of the Catholic
Church teaches that the Virgin Mary's
obedience to the will of God as
conveyed to her in the angel Gabriel's
message was no less voluntary in its
affirmation than the disobedience of
the virgin Eve had been in its
negation.
From the first moment of the angel
Gabriel's announcement that of all
women born, she had been chosen to
bear the "promised seed" [ Luke
1:26-38], to Simeon's prophecy of her
suffering [Luke 2:33-35], to
witnessing her Son's Passion on the
Cross [ John 19:26], Mary submitted
herself completely to God plan for her
life. The Fathers of the Church saw her
as the model Christian. St. Irenaeus
praises her above all women when he
writes, "Being obedient she became
the cause of salvation for herself and
for the whole human race. [...]. The
knot of Eve's disobedience was untied
by Mary's obedience: what the virgin
Eve bound through her disbelief, Mary
loosened by her faith." [St. Irenaeus,
Against Heresies, III.22.4]. And
comparing her humility and obedience
with Eve's rebellion and disobedience
St. Jerome writes of her, "Death
through Eve, life through Mary." [St.
Jerome as quoted in the Catechism
#494].
In addition to the title of the "new Eve"
the Virgin Mary is also acknowledged
by the titles "The Ark of the New
Covenant," "The Mother of the
Church," "The Lady of the Rosary," and
"Our Mediatrix."

The Four Dogmas of the Virgin Mary
The perpetual virginity of Mary
[expressed in 3 parts: in her
virginal conception of Christ; in
giving birth to Christ, and her
continuing virginity after His
birth = virginitas ante partum;
virginitas in partu; virtinitas
post partum. The usage of this
triple formula to express the
fullness of this mystery of faith
became standard with St.
Augustine [354-430], St. Peter
Chrysologus [c. 400-450], and
Pope St. Leo the Great [440-461]
See CCC # 496-507
Mary the Mother of God [defined
as dogma at the very city where
Mary had lived for several years
at the Council of Ephesus in
431] See CCC# 495
Immaculate conception of Mary
[defined as dogma by Pope Pius
IX in 1854] See CCC# 491-492
Assumption of Mary into heaven
[defined as dogma by Pope Pius
XII in 1950] See CCC# 966; 974
Each of these Marian dogmas were
teachings within the Church from the
very beginning of the Church's
formation but became defined more
fully as God the Holy Spirit expanded
the Church's understanding of the
revelation of Christ in Christian
doctrine and theology through the
centuries. For example the oldest
canonical feast of Mary in the Church is
the Feast of the Assumption which
was already celebrated on its own
feast day by the 5th century. The
doctrine of the Assumption of the
Virgin is also part of the Tradition
reflected in the writings of the early
Church fathers even though Pius XII
defined it as dogma in 1950. The
same is true of the doctrine of the
Immaculate Conception, which was
formally defined by Pope Pius XI in
1854. Early Church hymns speak of
"Mary conceived without sin" and the
teaching is explicitly stated in the
writings of Sts. Ambrose, Augustine,
Andrew of Crete, Germain of
Constantinople and other Fathers of
the Church. This teaching was also
celebrated in the early Church liturgy. A
feast commemorating the Immaculate
Conception of Mary was celebrated by
the seventh century in the East and
was formally approved and given a
standardized liturgy in the West by
Pope Sixtus IV in 1475. It was
extended as a feast to the world
Church by St. Pius V in the 1568. Each
of these dogmas are also consistent
with Sacred Scripture. For example
the Immaculate Conception is
supported by Genesis 3:15 and Luke
1:26-31 which have always been
interpreted by the Church as implying
the Virgin Mary's exemption from
Original Sin [Gabriel's greeting to Mary
using a perfect past participle
concerning her condition of grace:
"Hail has-been graced"]. If you wish to
continue your study on Mary's role in
the Church for a pleasant read please
see Dr. Scott Hahn's, Hail Holy Queen,
Doubleday publishers and Dr. Mark
Miravalle's excellent book
Introduction to Mary: The Heart of
Marian Doctrine and Devotion,
Queenship Publishing Company. I also
recommend for a more scholarly read
Mary and the Fathers of the Church:
The Blessed Virgin in Patristic Thought
by Ignatius Press, 1991. Arranged in
chronological order this book begins
with the Apostolic Age of Ignatius
Bishop of Antioch [disciple of St. John,
martyred c. 107] and ends with John
of Damascus [8th century] providing
brief introductions and quotes for
each Church Father.
Mary's continuing role in Salvation
History is that of the Mother of the
King of Kings, in Hebrew the gebira or
Queen Mother, a title given to the
mothers of the Kings of Judah. The
mothers of the Kings of Judah were
persons of great prestige and power
who sat at the right hand of their sons
and who were regarded with
reverence by his subjects [see 1 Kings
2:19; Jeremiah 13:18]. It is in her role
as the gebira that John sees Mary in
Revelation 12:1, clothed with the sun
and standing on the moon with a
crown of 12 stars; it is the same vision
Juan Diego will have of the Virgin Mary
at Tepiac Hill in Mexico in 1531. But
her Son has also made her the Mother
of all New Covenant believers [ John
19:25-27]. In that role she continues
to intercede for her children just as
she interceded with her Son at the
Wedding at Cana, and she continues to
show her love and concern by giving
us the same advice she gave the
servants of the Bridegroom at Cana:
"Do whatever He tells you" [John 2:5].

From the Annunciation to the
Crucifixion of her Son, Mary can be
seen as God's ultimate validation of
free will. The Virgin Mary's obedience
to the will of God as conveyed to her
in the angel Gabriel's message was no
less voluntary in its affirmation than
the disobedience of the virgin Eve had
been in its negation. In the 2nd
century St. Irenaeus the Bishop of
Lyon and a second generation disciple
from the Apostle John wrote: "...so also
Mary, betrothed to a man but
nevertheless still a virgin, being
obedient, was made the cause of
salvation for herself and for the whole
human race. [...]. Thus, the knot of
Eve's disobedience was loosed by the
obedience of Mary. What the virgin
Eve had bound in unbelief, the Virgin
Mary loosed through faith." Against
Heresies, 3.22.4, Irenaeus, Bishop of
Lyons.
Mary, as the first human to kiss the
face of God and the first to believe in
Jesus as her Savior, took her place in
Salvation History as the first Christian.
She is also the one disciple of Jesus
who didn't flee or doubt when all the
others fled and doubted, but who
stayed and accepted to the very end
the burden of being under the Cross.
Down through the ages the weeping
Mary of the Cross witnessing her son's
torture and death stands in solidarity
with all believers who also suffer and
live under the shadow of the Cross.
The gift of Mary to the Church was
Jesus' last human act from the Cross.
He placed His mother's care in the
hands of the only apostle present at
the cross, the Apostle John, "Seeing his
mother and the disciple whom he
loved standing near her, Jesus said to
his mother, 'Woman, this is your son.'
Then to the disciple he said, 'This is
your mother.' And from that hour the
disciple took her into his home." [ John
19:26-27] This is one of only two
scenes in which Mary is present in
John's Gospel. The first is the
narrative of the Wedding at Cana in
chapter 2 of John's Gospel. These two
scenes in which Mary is present have
several things in common. First, Mary
is addressed as "gunai" [from the
Greek gune] or "dear Woman" by
Jesus in both scenes; second, she is
never called by name but only
identified as "the mother of Jesus";
and third, in both cases a "new family"
is formed: at Cana by the wedding
itself and in the second scene in John
chapter 19 a new family is formed by
a kind of adoption in which "the
beloved disciple" takes Mary as his
mother and in the greater sense, as
the mother of Christ's family, the
Church--a role she continues to fill to
this day.
It is Mary who bridges the Old and
New Testaments. The Old Testament
records God's plan for man's salvation
in His preparations to make the world
ready for the Incarnation. Of all the
tribes of the earth He chose a
particular people to whom He reveals
Himself. He nurtures and instructs
them through His prophets in order
for them to be able to recognize the
Son of God when it was time for Him
to come. In order to accomplish this
He takes these people to Himself in a
covenant bond, establishing worship
based on sacrifice to prepare them to
understand the ultimate sacrifice that
the Son of God would offer for the
salvation of man, for these people
would be the conduit through which
the message of the Son would be
carried to the world. And when the
time came, from among these people,
He chooses a woman from a certain
preordained family, the house of
David. It was absolutely necessary that
she be set apart in her purity and
virtue so as not to make the
Incarnation of the Son of God a
sacrilege and so she is conceived
without original sin and set apart in a
holy state of purity and perpetual
virginity.
This is Mary's role in Salvation History:
ever virgin and yet fruitful mother. It
is Mary, a daughter of the Old
Covenant, who is not only the bearer
of Christ in the Annunciation but Mary
also "labors" in prayer in the Upper
Room with the other disciples for the
birth of the Church at Pentecost for
the New Covenant believers will
become her spiritual children. She
stands as the Christian model, which
we should all emulate. From her
obedience at the Annunciation to the
events of Christ's passion she
illustrates for us a model of Christian
virtue, faith and obedience as she
remained true to Christ and His word.
Her fidelity shows us that true faith
can be preserved in one individual and
down through history the Church has
honored her for this by considering
her the mother of the true remnant of
Israel in the New Covenant Church. It
has been as Mary prophesized, filled
with the Holy Spirit, "Yes, from now
onwards all generations will call me
blessed!"
After the descend of God the Holy
Spirit at the second great Pentecost
[the first was the revelation of God at
Mt. Sinai], the Apostle John spread the
Gospel of Jesus Christ first with Peter
in Judea and later in Asia Minor,
serving many years as the Bishop of
Ephesus. According to tradition Mary
accompanied John to Ephesus and
lived there several years.
Unfortunately the years after Christ's
Resurrection were years of intense
persecution for the early Church, first
from the Jews and later from the
Romans. Many documents written
before Christianity was protected by
the Edict of Milan [early 4th century]
were destroyed. For example the
great Church Father Origen wrote over
6,000 books of which only a few
copies now survive. The great library
at Caesarea in Palestine and the
Church library at Alexandria, Egypt,
which we know contained numerous
works from the first centuries of the
Church, were destroyed in the 7th
century AD Moslem invasions just as
the great libraries in Rome were
destroyed by successive barbarian
invasions in the 5th century AD. The
result is that we do not have reliable
information on Mary's later years.
However, surviving works like The
Protoevangelium of James [James was
the first Bishop of Jerusalem and
kinsman of Jesus] written sometime in
the last of the 1st or early 2nd century
and a several other documents do
contain information about Mary's early
life. Although rejected as non-
canonical in the 6th century, The
Protoevangelium of James provided
the names of Mary's parents Anna and
Joachim, [honored as saints by the
Church] as well as material for many of
the most important medieval legends,
artistic representations and
theological beliefs about Mary.
While Scripture reveals nothing about
Mary's death, St. John Damascene [died
749] recorded a story reportedly
shared at the Council of Chalcedon in
451AD that Mary had died in the
presence of the Apostles but when the
tomb was opened they found it empty,
"wherefrom the Apostles concluded
that the body was taken up to
heaven." From this testimony the
Church has taught that Mary was
assumed bodily and now tastes the
Resurrection for which all Christians
hope. This teaching is one of the four
dogmas, or truths, of Mary held by the
Church.

The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand for ever.
Blessed are you for your firm believing, that the promises of the Lord would be fulfiled. We begin this Day, in the name of the Father + and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Greetings @ all

I Had An argument with a guy sometym ago.
We were discussing about the sins of Adam n Eve.
I told him that we all are sinners.
He said he had examined his Life, since his birth according to him he said he has not committed a single sin right from the moment he was conceived.
Because The death of Christ took away his transgression and he is above sin.


I tried explaining to him that“Even A just man sins seven times a day.” (see Proverbs 24:16)
And Christ Loves a humble sinner who always admits his wrong deeds Even better, dats why Christ gave us the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
But the guy no gree
thats y i leave am to quench in his ignorance.
I least i don try na.
I just dey wonder wen all dis churches to begin dey see the true light.

Omnis honor et gloria per omnia secula
seculorum. Amen !
All glory and honor is yours (Almighty Father)
forever and ever. Amen !

YOUR PRIESTS, O LORD, SHALL BE CLOTHED WITH JUSTICE; YOUR HOLY ONES SHALL RING OUT THEIR JOY!" WE END THIS DAY IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

POPE II: good
You are forgiven-go and peep no more

Thanks Pope....
No penance?

PROOF OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
A good sister asked for proof of the validity of
the immaculate conception dogma.
I briefly replied :
Evidence is simply that God dwells in the
holiest of places and if he ever came into the
womb of Mary (which he did), he must have
prepared it free from every stain of sin. Her
womb, like heaven became unstained with
even the slightest taint of original or actual
sin.
Again if Jesus were to save us from sin, he
too would not be affected by original sin. If
Mary were affected by original sin, then Christ
too would have suffered this too and would
therefore be unable to save Us since he
himself would be in this sin with us. However
if Christ would save he needed be outside this
pit of sin to draw us away from it. And Mary's
immaculate conception was a way for Christ
to be free from this sin and be in good
position to draw us from it.
Plus, he also has revealed this truth to the
Church over the years. I hope this suffices.
God bless you.



i'm i correct?

POPE II: how you are doing good?

So you spy on us and don't even say hi

Am Doing Great
Forgive Me sir

The Immaculate Conception of Mary
since December 8 this year falls on a Sunday
and in the liturgical calendar of the Church,
the Sundays of Advent of the Church, The
Sundays of Advent takes precedence over
other solemnities and feasts, the observance
of the Solemnity of the Immaculate
Conception of Mary is transferred to
December 9.
The dogma of the Immaculate Conception of
the Blessed Virgin was defined by Blessed
Pope Pius IX in 1854. He said: “The most
Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first
moment of her conception, by a singular
grace and privilege of Almighty God and by
virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, The
Saviour of the human race, preserved immune
from all stain of original sin.” Pope Benedict
XVI in his reflection on the observance of the
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception in
2011 said: “This truth of faith is contained in
the words of greeting the Archangel Gabriel
addressed to her: ‘Hail, full of grace, the Lord
is with you!’ (Lk 1:28). The expression ‘full of
grace’ indicates that marvelous work of the
love of God, who through His Only Begotten
Son incarnate who rose again, wanted to
restore to us the life and the freedom, lost by
original sin.”
By God’s grace, Mary was freed from original
sin as a way of preparing her to be the
mother of God. She received the original
grace of holy purity and the final state of the
blessed life that we also, by collaborating with
Divine Grace, hope one day to receive. The
readings in today’s liturgy narrate how God’s
plan of salvation was translated into reality
through the cooperation of Mary. In the first
reading, the liturgy recalls the figure of Eve,
the first woman in the Bible. Church Fathers
saw in Mary the new Eve that unties the knot
bound by the first woman. As Eve was created
in purity and integrity, also the new Eve was
miraculously preserved from the
contamination of original sin because she
had to give humanity the Word, who was
incarnated for our ransom. In the Second
Reading, the apostle Paul reminds all
Christians that God wants to see us holy and
blameless before Him.
The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
is a time to rejoice for the gift of god to
humanity in the person of Mary, and to
recognize the truth that each and every
human being has been created by God to
accomplish a particular mission that only she
or he can achieve.
May our Lady show us the true path to
holiness and purity of hearts. In a world filled
with selfishness, greed, and pride, Mary’s
example shines like a star in a dark night. She
is truly a star that leads us to Jesus who is the
true light of the world. May Mary conceived
without original sin pray for us who have
recourse to her.MAY GOD BLESS US ALL!

The Immaculate Conception of Mary
since December 8 this year falls on a Sunday
and in the liturgical calendar of the Church,
the Sundays of Advent of the Church, The
Sundays of Advent takes precedence over
other solemnities and feasts, the observance
of the Solemnity of the Immaculate
Conception of Mary is transferred to
December 9.
The dogma of the Immaculate Conception of
the Blessed Virgin was defined by Blessed
Pope Pius IX in 1854. He said: “The most
Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first
moment of her conception, by a singular
grace and privilege of Almighty God and by
virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, The
Saviour of the human race, preserved immune
from all stain of original sin.” Pope Benedict
XVI in his reflection on the observance of the
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception in
2011 said: “This truth of faith is contained in
the words of greeting the Archangel Gabriel
addressed to her: ‘Hail, full of grace, the Lord
is with you!’ (Lk 1:28). The expression ‘full of
grace’ indicates that marvelous work of the
love of God, who through His Only Begotten
Son incarnate who rose again, wanted to
restore to us the life and the freedom, lost by
original sin.”
By God’s grace, Mary was freed from original
sin as a way of preparing her to be the
mother of God. She received the original
grace of holy purity and the final state of the
blessed life that we also, by collaborating with
Divine Grace, hope one day to receive. The
readings in today’s liturgy narrate how God’s
plan of salvation was translated into reality
through the cooperation of Mary. In the first
reading, the liturgy recalls the figure of Eve,
the first woman in the Bible. Church Fathers
saw in Mary the new Eve that unties the knot
bound by the first woman. As Eve was created
in purity and integrity, also the new Eve was
miraculously preserved from the
contamination of original sin because she
had to give humanity the Word, who was
incarnated for our ransom. In the Second
Reading, the apostle Paul reminds all
Christians that God wants to see us holy and
blameless before Him.
The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
is a time to rejoice for the gift of god to
humanity in the person of Mary, and to
recognize the truth that each and every
human being has been created by God to
accomplish a particular mission that only she
or he can achieve.
May our Lady show us the true path to
holiness and purity of hearts. In a world filled
with selfishness, greed, and pride, Mary’s
example shines like a star in a dark night. She
is truly a star that leads us to Jesus who is the
true light of the world. May Mary conceived
without original sin pray for us who have
recourse to her.MAY GOD BLESS US ALL!

POPE II: @ Aladdin long time ,no see

Yeah Sir
Goodmorning
But Sometimes i DeY come Peep oo.

souldust: if not becos he has been doing this right from when he was just a jesuit priest, i would have said all these things he is doing is just for public show.

His Humility Speaks For Him.

Gracias Pontiff

He has personally
sent money to old
women struggling
on a pension and to
immigrants. He has
personally called
people who have
written him
letters. Is Pope
Francis now secretly
sneaking out of the
Vatican at night to
give money to the
poor?
The speculation that
he may be doing so
arises from an interview with Archbishop
Konrad Krajewski, “Almoner of His Holiness”
– a little-known post that dates back to the
13th century that involves distributing
money from the Holy See to the poor and
marginalized.
“When I say to him ‘I’m going out into the
city this evening’, there’s the constant risk
that he will come with me,” said the Polish
prelate.
When asked directly if Pope Francis ever
joined him on these evening trips into the
city, Archbishop Krajewski only smiled and
said “Next question, please.” Some take that
as an implicit suggestion that the Holy
Father indeed is going incognito into the
streets to give alms as he did while Buenos
Aires.
“That’s what he’s like – at the beginning (of
his papacy) he didn’t think of the
awkwardness that he might create. As
archbishop of Buenos Aires, when he was
known as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio,
the future pontiff “would go out at night . . .
to find people, talk with them, or buy them
something to eat. He would sit with them
and eat with them on the street. This is
what he wants from me,” Krajewski said.
Rumors of past Popes sneaking out of the
Vatican are plentiful, including the stories
that Pope John XIII would sneak out to walk
and enjoy the beauty of Rome at night or
that Pope Pius XII would dress as a
Franciscan during WWII to assist with
efforts to smuggle Rome’s Jewish
population to safety.

www.ucatholic.com/news/is-pope-francis-secretly-sneaking-out-of-the-vatican-at-night-to-give-money-to-the-poor/

Pope Francis Was A Night Club Bouncer.

www.ucatholic.com/blog/pope-francis-was-a-nightclub-bouncer/

In a Papal visit to a working class Roman
parish, San Cirillo Alessandrino, Pope Francis
revealed that as a young man, he worked as
a bouncer at a night club in Buenos
Aires. The revelation came while the
Supreme Pontiff was recalling some the
jobs he has held throughout his life,
including sweeping floors, running test in a
chemistry lab, and teaching literature and
psychology. The recollection of the jobs he
held was in response to a parishioner’s
questions about her nephew, who was
struggling to pay his debts before
becoming a Franciscan.
Pope Francis guarding doors and
administering admittance is not without
Papal precedence; St. Peter has long held
the keys the Gates of Heaven.

@Op. Those who lived before Christ what book(s) did they read?


If You Fit answer This qUestn i go dey delighted to enlighted u abt the crap u wrote.

he is just seeking for attention

Sal C: Done bros.

Noted.
You twelve Much

A look at the Catholic morality concerning
economics in Pope Francis' Gaudium Evanglii
that Rush Limbaugh misunderstands and
wrongly criticizes written by the President of
the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, Fr. John
Trugilio Jr, PhD, ThD.

debbie: I am new here......please welcome me o.

okay ova 2 U mummy Sal C

I received an email yesterday night from pulse nigeria..
Pastor chris okotie (mr relaxer) said all catholics will go to hell.


Abeg make somebody help me tell dis man say him better concerntrate on 2015 election and how to buy more hair creams and relaxers.

It is You whom I invoke O Lord, in the
morning You hear me. May the Almighty
God hear you as you call on Him today.
Amen.



Morning ppl

PLease can Anyone enlighten me how humans and animals are equal in the sight of God.

POPE II: 1) they are religious prostitute, they go from point A to point B and never stop changing churches/denomination so how do you expect them to die for something like faith when they don't really believe in. anything

2) The Catholic church is the biggest, strongest ,most powerful and wealthiest Christian denomination, so if you want to target Christian you have to attack Catholic, besides we are everywhere, I can also add the fact Catholics are the ones constantly at the front lines, evangelizing pagans and Non catholics , even in hostile countries you will find Catholics , pastcrooks and pasthieves only come when we have Already paved the way


3) weren't you afraid to teach/correct or even ask question to your master/teachers in secondary school? The heretics know their place ,they know we are right and they also know that we are the shield. 2billions no b beans ooo you can also add what our sister Maria said

Proudly Catholic

ON POINTED.....

@ sir woky...
She Is Getting Better.

i have being reading Some books and surfing the internet about martyr(dom) and my research showS that all martyrs are Catholic (even the uncanonised one's).
My qustns are:
1. Why e be say pentecostal believers dey Fear to die in order to profess their faith?
2. Why E B say anytime that religious war dey on the catholic church is the most targeted?
3. Why e be say pentecostal pastors dey always fear to preach to catholics?




Good mrn all

The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A prayer so simple and so rich; from deepest heart, I exhort all to recite it." -Blessed Pope John Paul ll








abeg I get one question ooo.
E concerns our faith and also the faith of other (mushroom)churhes.

Feast Day: November 29
Born: third century, Patras, Greece
Died: 257, Toulouse, France
Canonized: Basilique St-Sernin, Toulouse
Patron of: Toulouse, France
St. Saturninus Bishop of Toulouse and Martyr
November 29 A.D. 257 St. Saturninus went
from Rome by the direction of pope Fabian,
about the year 245, to preach the faith in
Gaul, where St. Trophimus, the first bishop of
Arles, had some time before gathered a
plentiful harvest. In the year 250, when Decius
and Gratus were consuls, St. Saturninus fixed
his episcopal see at Toulouse. Fortunatus tells
us, that he converted a great number of
idolaters by his preaching and miracles. This
is all the account we have of him till the time
of his holy martyrdom. The author of his acts,
who wrote about fifty years after his death,
relates, that he assembled his flock in a small
church; and that the capitol, which was the
chief temple in the city, lay in the way
between that church and the saint's
habitation. In this temple oracles were given;
but the devils were struck dumb by the
presence of the saint as he passed that way.
The priests spied him one day going by, and
seized and dragged him into the temple.
declaring that he should either appease the
offended deities by offering sacrifice to them,
or expiate the crime with his blood.
Saturninus boldly replied: "I adore one only
God, and to him I am ready to offer a sacrifice
of praise. Your gods are devils, and are more
delighted with the sacrifice of your souls than
with those of your bullocks. How can I fear
them who, as you acknowledge, tremble
before a Christian?" The infidels, incensed at
this reply, abused the saint with all the rage
that a mad zeal could inspire, and after a
great variety of indignities, tied his feet to a
wild bull, which was brought thither to be
sacrificed. The beast being driven from the
temple, ran violently down the hill, so that the
martyr's scull was broken, and his brains
dashed out. His happy soul was released from
the body by death, and fled to the kingdom of
peace and glory, and the bull continued to
drag the sacred body, and the limbs and
blood were scattered on every side, till, the
cord breaking, what remained of the trunk
was left in the plain without the gates of the
city. Two devout women laid the sacred
remains on a bier, and hid them in a deep
ditch, to secure them from any further insult,
where they lay in "wooden coffin" till the
reign of Constantine the Great. Then Hilary,
bishop of Toulouse, built a small chapel over
this his holy predecessor's body Sylvius,
bishop of that city towards the close of the
fourth century, began to build a magnificent
church in honor of the martyr, which was
finished and consecrated by his successor
Exuperius, who, with great pomp and piety,
translated the venerable relics into it. This
precious treasure remains there to this day
with due honor. The martyrdom of this saint
probably happened m the reign of Valerian, in
257.

Gracias @ Mummy Sal C And To My Superior Sir Italo...



Thanks @ Sir Rich4God and Sir Woky I saw ur Message.
May Our Blessed Mother always intercede on ur behalf.