The Canonizing Machine
Since JP2 and Johnny XXIII are to be declared to be canonized Saints this weekend, I thought it would be good to ask the question: How Does the Catholic Church Declare Official Saints?
"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
Since JP2 and Johnny XXIII are to be declared to be canonized Saints this weekend, I thought it would be good to ask the question: How Does the Catholic Church Declare Official Saints?
If you’re a Catholic Young Adult living in San Diego, chances are that you’ve been going to Theology On Tap for the last few weeks at The Old Spaghetti Factory in San Marcos.
On the 14th May, Kristine Bacich, Director of Religious Education at St. Mary Magdaleine’s, gave a talk entitled “Relationships and Theology of the Body”. The MP3s of that talk are available for download below:
Main Talk (Download)
Q&A (Download)
If you’d like to find out more information about Young Adult events in this diocese, please visit YamSd.org.
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A lot of my non-Catholic friends have been asking me about the recent news from the Vatican. During our discussions I’ve often mentioned Cardinal Ratzinger’s reaction to becoming Pope. If you haven’t read it already, I’d invite you to go and read Joe’s article over at Shameless Popery:
He also wrote a post describing the different reactions of Pope Pius IX, Pius VIII, Pius X, Benedict XV, John Paul II and Clement XIV.