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Pope Francis: One must never dialogue with the devil

Pope Francis delivers his general audience address to pilgrims in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican on Dec. 27, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Dec 27, 2023 / 09:10 am (CNA). Pope Francis inaugurated a new catechetical series on vices and virtues during Wednesday’s general audience by opening with the story […]

Pope Francis: One Must Never Dialogue With the Devil

Pope Francis delivers his general audience address to pilgrims in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican on Dec. 27, 2023. The Pope pointed to the Book of Genesis, where evil, or the devil, is manifest in the infamous figure of the serpent.

Is There a Charism of Infallible Safety?

As we know, the popes are infallible under certain conditions. According to Vatican II (repeating the teaching of Vatican I), the Roman Pontiff is infallible when, “as the supreme shepherd and teacher of all the faithful, who confirms his brethren in their faith, by a definitive act he proclaims a doctrine of faith or morals.”[1] […]

What Books of the Bible Did Early Christians Use for Liturgy?

So how do we know which books the early Christians used in the liturgy? As Valeriy Alikin of St. Petersburg Christian University explains,“Christians began to read apostolic epistles in their gatherings at the latest from the middle of the first century onwards.” At the end of his first letter to the Thessalonians, Paul instructs,“I adjure […]