“Encounter” (Encontro) is a white-marble sculpture by Portuguese architect and artist Álvaro Siza Vieira, unveiled in the Vatican Gardens on September 24. The anthropomorphic work depicts a slender, stylized figure positioned near an olive tree and facing the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica. It was previously displayed as part of the Holy See Pavilion at the 2023 Venice Biennale. At the unveiling, Vatican Governor Sister Raffaella Petrini described it as an encounter between art, the Pope’s gardens, and the community. Open to individual interpretation, the sculpture is intended to evoke care for our “Common Home,” fraternity, peace, and a “culture of encounter.”
New sculpture installed in Vatican gardens: My first associations are a giant outdoor Wi-Fi router, a solar-powered parking meter, a minimalist surveillance camera, a patio table growing out of a bollard, or an unfinished Starlink terminal for the Vatican.
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Leo XIV rejected assisted dying at Lourdes, warning against “false compassion” and declaring that “what is legal is not necessarily moral.” Pope Leo XIV on Sunday strongly rejected euthanasia while addressing sick and disabled people and healthcare workers at the Sanctuary of Lourdes, France. Speaking at the Accueil Notre-Dame, Leo XIV said the human person is “worthy” simply by virtue of existing and that human dignity “cannot be measured or debated.” “No human law should ever make you lose the certainty of your dignity,” he said. He continued: “We must reject the temptation to cause death under the guise of false compassion.” Leo XIV added: “It is impossible to regard causing death as something normal. What is legal is not necessarily moral.” Turning directly to healthcare workers, he said their vocation is “to care for a suffering person, not to eliminate that person.” The Pope also repeated a warning he made in June that medicine must never become “the servant of programmed death,”…Magis
SS. Œcumenici Concilii Tridentini Canones VIII et IX de Sanctissimo Missæ Sacrificio zazzle.com/…t_ix_de_missa_canvas_photo_tile-25690…zazzle.com/store/provaticanusallmylinks.com/ProVaticanus Si quis dixerit Missas in quibus solus sacerdos sacramentaliter communicat illicitas esse ideoque abrogandas: anathema sit. Si quis dixerit Ecclesiæ Romanæ ritum quo submissa voce pars canonis et verba consecrationis proferuntur damnandum esse; aut lingua tantum vulgari Missam celebrari debere; aut aquam non miscendam esse vino in calice offerendo eo quod sit contra Christi institutionem: anathema sit. -Sacrosanctum Œcumenicum Concilium Tridentinum, Sess. XXII, 17 Sept. 1562 A.D., Canones de sanctissimo Missæ sacrificio, Canones VIII et IX, per magisterium SS. Pii PP. IV et imperium PSS. Ferdinandi I Augusti approbatum; Mansi, Tom. XXXIII, Col. 132. Cf. Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima … & Enchiridion symbolorum definitionum et … Gratias ago tibi Deo per instrumenta de Jove Mauro Camara …Magis
Status Pontificius Pii IX P.M. allmylinks.com/ProVaticanuszazzle.com/store/provaticanus Status Pontificius est antiqua civitas in Italia, terras continens quae ad Patrimonium Sancti Petri pertinebant. Status Pontificius anno 756 conditus est, cum rex Merovingius Pippinus nonnullam terram Italicam in manus summorum pontificum dedit.Tempore confusionis, ea donatio stabilitatem iis regionibus et libertatem Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae dedit, sed onus temporalis curae Status Pontificii opprimebat ministerium spiritualem Romanorum Pontificum. Anno 1506, exercitus pontificalis papae Iulii II Bononiam obsedit; exinde, usque ad annum 1860, Bononia fuit pars Civitatis Pontificiae. Anno 1598 etiam Ferraria, quae antea ad praeclaram familiam Estensium (Italiane Estensi seu D'Este) pertinebat, Statui Pontificio iuncta est. Anno 1631, Urbanus papa VIII episcopus Romanus Ducatum Urvini Civitati Pontificiae adiunxit, quae iam eum ab anno 1625 administrabat. Die 14 Septembris 1791 inter Rerum Francicarum …Magis
Beatæ Mariæ Virginis de Mercede Salve, sancta parens, eníxa puérpera Regem: qui cælum terrámque regit in sǽcula sæculórum. Benedícta et venerábilis es, Virgo María: quæ sine tactu pudóris invénta es Mater Salvatóris. ℣. Virgo, Dei Génetrix, quem totus non capit orbis, in tua se clausit víscera factus homo. Allelúia, allelúia. ℣. Post partum, Virgo, invioláta permansísti: Dei Génetrix, intercéde pro nobis. Allelúia.
Dans cette version du Denzinger en latin on trouve la lettre du pape Honorius au patriarche Serge de Constantinople dans laquelle il confesse la foi monothelete avec le nous de majesté ce qui lui a a valu l'anathème du 3eme Concile de Constantinople, du 2eme Concile Nicée et du 4eme Concile de Constantinople. "Unde unam voluntatem fatemur...." Dz 487 Unde et unam voluntatem fatemur Domini nostri Iesu Christi, quia profecto a divinitate assumpta est nostra natura, non culpa; illa profecto, quae ante peccatum creata est, non quae post praevaricationem vitiata. Christus enim ... sine peccato conceptus de Spiritu Sancto etiam absque peccato est partus de sancta et immaculata Virgine Dei genitrice, nullum experiens contagium vitiatae naturae... On trouve aussi la lettre de Saint Leon II Regi regum à l'empereur Constantinople dans le pape confirme l'anathème contre le pape Honorius Dz 563 Pariterque anathematizamus novi erroris inventores, id est Theodorum Pharanitanum episcopum, Cyrum …Magis
Dekret der heiligen Mutter Kirche über die Rotarier vom 11. Januar 1951 und aller anderen Dokumente des Jahres. Das Dekret verbietet den Priestern die Mitgliedschaft bei den Rotariern, Die Gläubigen haben sich an die Priester zu wenden und gemäß dem CIC von 1917 zu verhalten wie dies dort als verhalten gegenüber Geheimgesellschaften erwartet wird.!
"At the End of the Santa Fe Trail" - the great old book which made Sister Blandina Segale's journal available to everyone, and which could be found in almost all public libraries, has inspired a film about her amazing encounters with Billy the Kid. See this Facebook post for more information facebook.com/groups/1903712809765519/posts/398867…
Our Lady Undoer of Knots | Give Mary the Knots You Cannot Untangle | September 28 Is there something in your life that feels completely tangled? A relationship you cannot repair. A family conflict that keeps returning. A decision with no clear answer. Resentment you cannot release. Financial problems. Fear about the future. Or perhaps a problem you've tried repeatedly to solve—and somehow the knot only becomes tighter. The devotion to Our Lady Undoer of Knots gives us a beautiful image of bringing these complicated situations to God through Mary's intercession. WHAT ARE THE KNOTS? The knots aren't magical objects. They represent the difficulties that become tangled in our lives: Misunderstandings. Arguments. Broken relationships. Sin. Fear. Pride. Unforgiveness. Anxiety. Problems we cannot solve by ourselves. Sometimes we pull harder at these knots and only make them tighter. This devotion invites us to stop trying to control everything and instead pray: “Mary, help me place this …Magis
Unsere Liebe Frau, die Knotenlöserin | Übergib Maria die Knoten, die du nicht lösen kannst | 28. September Gibt es etwas in Ihrem Leben, das sich völlig verstrickt anfühlt? Eine Beziehung, die Sie nicht retten können. Ein Familienkonflikt, der immer wiederkehrt. Eine Entscheidung, für die es keine klare Lösung gibt. Groll, den Sie nicht loslassen können. Finanzielle Probleme. Zukunftsängste. Oder vielleicht ein Problem, das Sie schon oft versucht haben zu lösen – und irgendwie wird der Knoten nur noch fester. Die Verehrung der Muttergottes, der Knotenlöserin, vermittelt uns ein wunderschönes Bild davon, wie wir diese komplizierten Situationen durch Marias Fürsprache zu Gott bringen können. WAS SIND DIESE KNOTEN? Die Knoten sind keine magischen Objekte. Sie stehen für die Schwierigkeiten, die sich in unserem Leben verstricken: Missverständnisse. Streitigkeiten. Zerbrochene Beziehungen. Sünde. Angst. Stolz. Unversöhnlichkeit. Sorgen. Probleme, die wir nicht allein lösen können. Manchmal …Magis
The Last “Wise Man” of Zion
WHAT ARE THE KNOTS? The knots aren't magical objects. They represent the difficulties that become tangled in our lives: Misunderstandings. Arguments. Broken relationships. Sin. Fear. Pride. Unforgiveness. Anxiety. Problems we cannot solve by ourselves. Sometimes we pull harder at these knots and only make them tighter. This devotion invites us to stop trying to control everything and instead pray: “Mary, help me place this …Magis