New Oxford Notes: May 2010
The Smoke of Satan in the Vatican?
Fr. Gabriel Amorth's recent declaration that Satan is alive and well in the heart of the Vatican itself has to rank as the exorcist's most provocative revelation to date.
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The Timing Is Just Too Perfect
Have you noticed the wickedly impeccable timing of the world press's latest piling-on of Pope Benedict XVI?
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She who shared the highs in our Lord's life shared as well in His rejection. There is a striking similarity between the indignities suffered by Mother and Son.
Paul seems to suggest that the apostolic ministry is an invitation to live an unsolvable riddle: "treated as impostors, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known" (2 Cor. 6:8-9).
A living bishop is the one who is ready to die confessing the faith. A mere bureaucrat, even if he be a bishop, does not give his life for anything.