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Aug 16, 2019 · Ever since, the true name of God has been passed down from Pope to Pope as privileged secret knowledge and kept hidden from laymen until Pope Francis decided to put an end to the “double life” the Vatican was leading by revealing this secret in 2017. In Exodus 3:14, appearing before Moses as a burning bush, God reveals his name referring to ...
Sep 7, 2021 · The Holy Spirit works through all the generations of disciples who hear God’s Word and put it into practice. The Spirit sent by Christ does not only confirm the continuity of the Gospel of Jesus, but illuminates the ever-new depths of the Word of God and inspires the decisions necessary to sustain the Church’s journey and invigorate her ...
The Colosseum ( / ˌkɒləˈsiːəm / KOL-ə-SEE-əm; Italian: Colosseo [kolosˈsɛːo]) is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is still the largest standing amphitheatre in the world, despite its age.
Given in Rome, at Saint Peter's, on 14 September, the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross, in the year 1998, the twentieth of my Pontificate. JOHN PAUL II. 1 In my first Encyclical Letter Redemptor Hominis, I wrote: “We have become sharers in this mission of the prophet Christ, and in virtue of that mission we together with him are serving ...
Mar 6, 2017 · Since the 1920s, the basilica has been staffed by the Capuchin Franciscan friars. Due to my membership in the Third Order of St. Francis, my work organizing pilgrimages, and my own prayer and Mass attendance at the Holy House, I know a number of friars and personnel who staff the basilica. And so I began my research.
Pius XI. Lateran Treaty, treaty (effective June 7, 1929, to June 3, 1985) between Italy and the Vatican. It was signed by Benito Mussolini for the Italian government and by cardinal secretary of state Pietro Gasparri for the papacy and confirmed by the Italian constitution of 1948. Upon ratification of the Lateran Treaty, the papacy recognized ...
May 1, 2023 · The pavement of St. Peter's Square is made up of about 2 million pebbles known as "flints" or cobblestones. Depending on which legend you prefer, this is: The heart of Roman Emperor Nero, responsible for the death of Saint Peter in Nero's nearby circus, who has re-emerged from the grave, like a curse on the church.
