Mary's Catholics

I am one of those who are guilty of this crime. I call backbiting a crime because it is like a dagger that penetrates deep into the inner core of a person's personality without that person's knowledge. It damages or destroys that person's image, name and reputation. What is more disgusting is that sometimes, the backbiters are the person's friends, colleagues and relatives. It is more painful when the one who talks against you behind your back are those people who are close to you or those whom you trust, than those who do not like you or hate you. The victims of this crime are usually stabbed at their backs without their knowledge. The perpetrators are sometimes cannot be suspected because they are usually kind and friendly when they are in front of you.  Backbiting is like eating sweets, the moment you start talking against a person, you could hardly stop. It is like a sugarcoated deadly poison. Jesus, during his time was also a victim of backbiting. I am...

Today, April 16, 2013 is the first birthday of Benedict XVI as Pope Emeritus. Happy 86th birthday Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.  (English) Maligayang kaarawan Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. (Filipino) I wish to greet you a Happy Birthday in your own German language, but I don't know the German translation for "HAPPY BIRTHDAY". Thank you and God bless you.

MOTTO OF POPE FRANCIS MISERANDO ATQUE ELIGENDO " Miserando atque eligendo " , meaning lowly but chosen; literally means 'by having mercy, by choosing him' in Latin. Pope Francis chose this motto when he was still a bishop. It was taken from the Homilies of St. Bede the Venerable on the gospel of St. Matthew. It refers to the calling of Matthew, the tax collector to be Christ's apostle. St. Bede explained that Christ saw Matthew with His eyes of mercy and chose him to be His apostle. St. Bede's homily was centered on God's divine mercy and is reproduced in the Liturgy of the Hours on the Feast of St. Matthew. This homily took a special meaning on Pope Francis' young life and his spiritual journey. At the age of 17, on the feast of St. Matthew in 1953, Jorge Bergoglio (Pope Francis) felt the touch of God's divine mercy and the call to religious life following in the footsteps of St. Ignatius of Loyola. MOTTO OF POPE BENEDICT XVI...

What is a coat of arms? Coat of arms is a special design on a shield that identifies and represents a person, family, group or a country. More than just representing or identifying its owner, papal coat of arms symbolizes a pope's primary guiding principles. Coat of Arms of Pope Francis cc image by Poznaniak on Wikimedia Commons On the center of the blue shield of Pope Francis' coat of arms is the emblem of the Society of Jesus , the pope's order of origin. He retained this Jesuit emblem from his episcopal coat of arms. The emblem consists of the radiant yellow sun, inside of which are three red letters "IHS" which is derived from the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus; a cross surmounting the letter H; and three black nails under the letter H. Below the Jesuit emblem, are the yellow star  which represents the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the  nard flower which represents St. Joseph, patron of the universal church.  The star and th...

Habemus Papam, a Latin word which means "We have a pope." I announce to you a great joy: We have a pope! The most eminent and most reverend Lord. Lord  Jorge Mario  Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church  Bergoglio , Who takes for himself the name of  Francis . POPE FRANCIS March 13, 2013 (at the Vatican) - In the fifth ballot on the 2nd day of the Conclave, the cardinals elected 76 year old Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, who took the name of Francis.  First in church history: 1. He is the first Pope from Latin America. 2. The first Pope to use the name Francis. 3. The first Pope from the Jesuit community. Facts: 1. He only has one lung. His other lung was removed when he was a teenager due to life-threatening pneumonia. 2.  He holds a degree in Chemistry.

POPE BIDS FAREWELL TO ITALIAN PRESIDENT POPE'S LAST ANGELUS POPE'S LAST GENERAL AUDIENCE POPE'S LAST MEETING WITH THE CARDINALS POPE LEAVES THE VATICAN AND LAST SPEECH AT CASTEL GANDOLFO POPE'S LAST TWEET When Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger was elected Pope in April 2005, his older brother Father Georg Ratzinger said, "I would have thought his advanced age and unstable health would have been reason enough for the Cardinals to pick someone else." His decision of resigning because of his unstable health was not an easy one. He knew that many people will judge him including his very own flock - Catholics worldwide - and that he will be subjected to numerous speculations and suspicions.  But he stood firm in his decision regardless of what other people will say. During the pontificate of John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI who was then assigned as Prefect of the Congregat...

1. “There is more joy in giving than in receiving.” Never doubt the truth of our Lord’s promise that whatever we give Him of our creativity, our resources, our persons, will come back to us in abundance. 2. As the source of our new life in Christ, the Holy Spirit is also, in a very real way, the soul of the Church, the love that binds us to the Lord and to one another, and the light that opens our eyes to see all around us the wonders of God’s grace. 3. A Catholic would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present himself for Holy Communion, if he were to deliberately vote for a candidate precisely because of the candidate’s permissive stand on abortion and/or euthanasia. 4. A society that is not at all concerned with God destroys itself. 5. The ways of the Lord are not comfortable, but were not created for comfort, but for greatness, for good. 6. According to the teaching of the Church, men and women with homos...