Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Franciscans of the Immaculate and Joselitos Cristo communities in Rome agree with me : Pope Francis and Bishop Gino Reali however would want them to use the false premise

 The Franciscans of the Immaculate and the Joselitos Cristo communities in Rome,  agree with me on seven points. There is no denial from them. However in reality they would  project  themselves as liberals, citing Cardinal Carlo Martini and Hans urs Balthazar.

But their acceptance of the seven points indicate that they can interpret Vatican Council II without the false premise.

The acceptance of the seven points by the two religious communities was also known to Catechists Ennio and the couple teaching catechism, Giorgio and Alessandra.

There was no denial to my written communication to all of them in the parish, when the Franciscans of the Immaculate were still there and there was Holy Mass in only Italian.

Neither was there a denial from Fabio Foglia, the Sacristan and Genetal Assistant, whose tenure ended  with the two communities, on January 31 last month.

The seminary building of the Franciscans of the Immaculate, Boccea,is vacant.

Fr.Rosario Samaraco F.I was the last Rector.The seminary was closed down by Pope Francis. Fr. Settimo Mannelli f.i was the Rector of the seminary and the Parish Priest of the diocese.He offered Mass in Latin and Italian.

Since then Holy Mass is only being offered in Italian in the diocese.

When the Franciscans of the Immaculate and the Brazilian community now in Rome answer the seven points in the affirmative, they are saying that they can  interpret Vatican Council II without the false premise, like me. -Lionel Andrades


 

 FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Religious communities would agree with me on seven points

https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2021/02/religious-communities-would-agree-with.html



FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Pope Francis has indicated that the Salesian Sisters must continue to interpret Vatican Council II with the false premise and teach it in Catechesis

https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2021/02/pope-francis-has-indicated-that.html

Pope Francis has indicated that the Salesian Sisters must continue to interpret Vatican Council II with the false premise and teach it in Catechesis

 


 

Pope Francis has indicated that Sr.Cettina Cacciato and the Salesian Sisters in the Diocese of Porta Santa Rufina, Rome and the teachers at the  Pontifical Faculty of Science and Education"Auxilium", Boccea,Rome, must continue to use the false premise to interpret Vatican Council II in their catechesis.They must continue to teach the error to others.

The Pope’s second point had to do with catechesis and the future. In 2020, the church in Italy marked the 50th anniversary of the “renewal of catechesis” following the Second Vatican Council. “The catechesis inspired by the Council,” said Pope Francis, “is continually listening to the heart of the man, always with an attentive ear, always seeking to renew itself.” 

Pope Francis insisted: “This is the Magisterium. The Council is the Magisterium of the Church. Either you are with the Church and therefore you follow the Council, and if you don't follow the Council or you interpret it in your own away, as you desire, you do not stand with the Church.” He asked that there be "no concessions to those who seek to present a catechesis that does not agree with the Magisterium of the Church.” Pope Francis: Catechesis is the echo of the Word of God    https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2021-01/pope-francis-catechesis-is-the-echo-of-the-word-of-god.html

However the Salesian Sisters, members of the faculty at The Pontifical Faculty of Science and Education"Auxilium", Rome,agree with me . They are all using a false premise to intepret Vatican Council II and they are teaching it to the students

Sr.Cettina Cacciato teaches catechesis which is an innovation, irrational and heretical and is part of the present doctrinal chaos.-Lionel Andrades




 FEBRUARY 3, 2021



Pope Francis has called for interpreting Vatican Council II with a false premise and inference to create an artificial rupture with Tradition and the traditional teaching on their being exclusive salvation in the Catholic Church : this is unethical.Even the secular and Church- judges in Italy are following this error.

https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2021/02/pope-francis-has-called-for.html

JANUARY 15, 2021

In the moto proprio Spiritus Domini of Pope Francis, Vatican Council II is cited, interpreted with the false premise and inference and so there is a fake rupture with Tradition. No one has pointed out this error

 https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2021/01/in-moto-proprio-spiritus-domini-of-pope.html

JANUARY 15, 2021

The 55 year old liberal-traditionalist division is finished since now we can affirm Vatican Council II and Tradition, without the false premise. This was not possible for Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.: The liberals cited Vatican Council II in papal documents like Spiritus Domini, to justify a break with Traditionhttps://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-55-year-old-liberal-traditionalist.html

 JANUARY 15, 2021

Pope Francis and the Italian government are promoting a Cushingite version of Vatican Council II so they cannot support Feeneyite extra ecclesiam nulla salus. With a false premise exceptions are created for the past ecclesiocentrism of the Catholic Church

https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2021/01/pope-francis-and-italian-government-are.html

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JANUARY 14, 2021
Le suore Salesiane, membri della Facoltà della Pontificia Facoltà di Scienze e Scienze dell'Educazione "Auxilium" di Roma, sono d'accordo con me. Usano tutti una falsa premessa per interpretare il Concilio Vaticano II e lo insegnano agli studenti.
Le suore Salesiane, membri della Facoltà della Pontificia Facoltà di Scienze e Scienze dell'Educazione "Auxilium" di Roma, sono d'accordo con me. Usano tutti una falsa premessa per interpretare il Concilio Vaticano II e lo insegnano agli studenti.-Lionel Andrades
JANUARY 13, 2021
The Salesian Sisters, members of the faculty at The Pontifical Faculty of Science and Education"Auxilium", Rome,agree with me . They are all using a false premise to intepret Vatican Council II and they are teaching it to the students-Lionel Andrades
https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-salesian-sisters-members-of-faculty.html
 JANUARY 12, 2021
Sr.Cettina Cacciato teaches catechesis which is an innovation, irrational and heretical and is part of the present doctrinal chaos
https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2021/01/srcettina-cacciato-teaches-catechesis.html
JANUARY 12, 2021
Suor Cettina Cacciato insegna la catechesi che è una novità, irrazionale ed eretica e fa parte del dottrinale caos di oggi https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2021/01/suor-cettina-cacciato-insegna-la.html
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 FEBRUARY 3, 2021
The present two popes interpretation of Vatican Council II is schismatic. They can choose to interpret the Council in harmony with the Catechism of Pope Pius X ( 24Q, 27Q), the dogma EENS, the Athanasius Creed, the Syllabus of Errors etc
https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-present-two-popes-interpretation-of.html

The President of the USCCB Doctrinal Committee has not said that Vatican Council II and all Magisterial documents should not be interpreted with the false premise and inference.So Ralph Martin, Robert Fastiggi and Scott Hahn will continue to interpret Church documents using the false premise to create a false rupture with Catholic Tradition

 The President of the USCCB Doctrinal Committee has not said that Vatican Council II and all Magisterial documents should not be interpreted with the false premise and inference.So Ralph Martin, Robert Fastiggi and Scott Hahn  will continue to interpret Church documents using the false premise to create a false rupture with Catholic Tradition. -Lionel Andrades

In the diocese in which I live in Rome they all interpret Vatican Council II schismatically by using a false premise. It's the norm. Now Bishop Gino Reali the bishop of diocese of Porta Santa Rufina is hosting an international conference for Catholic religious and consecrated men and women.All of them will interpret the Council as a break with Tradition when the Council is really not a break with Tradition.It has a hemeneutic of continuity for me but not for them

 In the diocese in which I live in Rome they all interpret Vatican Council II schismatically by using a false premise. It's the norm. Now Bishop Gino Reali the bishop of diocese of Porta Santa Rufina is hosting an international conference for Catholic religious and consecrated men and women.All of them will interpret the Council as a break with Tradition when the Council is really not a break with Tradition.It has a hemeneutic of continuity for me but not for them. -Lionel Andrades

Cardinal Raymond Burke and Bishop Athanasius Schneider's interpretation of Vatican Council II is schismatic like that of Cardinal Kasper and Cardinal Braz de Avez

 Cardinal Raymond Burke and Bishop Athanasius Schneider's interpretation of Vatican Council II is schismatic like that of Cardinal Kasper and Cardinal Braz de Avez. - Lionel Andrades

The present two popes interpretation of Vatican Council II is schismatic. They can choose to interpret the Council in harmony with the Catechism of Pope Pius X ( 24Q, 27Q), the dogma EENS, the Athanasius Creed, the Syllabus of Errors etc

 The present two popes interpretation of Vatican Council II is schismatic. They can choose to interpret the Council in harmony with the Catechism of Pope Pius X ( 24Q, 27Q), the dogma EENS, the Athanasius Creed, the Syllabus of Errors etc.

Massimo Faggioli, John Allen Jr. and Michael Sean Winters realize that their former interpretation of Vatican Council II was irrational and schismatic and so they do not choose that version of the Council.-Lionel Andrades

Il 31 gennaio si celebra San Giovanni Bosco, il devoto dell'Angelo Custode

Religious communities would agree with me on seven points

 The Franciscans of the Immaculate and the Brazilian community Joseleitos di Christo, both have been based in the Diocese of Porta Santa Rufina, Roma where Bishop Gino Reali, is the bishop. 

The two religious communities with whom I have communicated in writing, would agree with the following seven points. So they would interpret Vatican Council II in harmony with exclusive salvation in the Catholic Church.

SEVEN POINTS

 1. LG 8, LG 14, LG 16, UR 3, NA 2, GS 22 etc in Vatican Council II always refer to hypothetical, speculative and theoretical cases.So they are not practical exceptions to the exclusivist ecclesiology of the Catholic Church. There is no objective rupture with the Athanasius Creed which says all need Catholic faith for salvation.

2. They agree that Jesus died for all, salvation is open for all in potential but to receive this salvation all need to enter the Church, with faith and baptism(AG 7). The Church is necessary ( Dominus Iesus 20, CDF, Notification on Fr.Jacques Dupuis sj 2000 etc).

3. They interpret Vatican Council II without the false premise, just like me. LG 14, LG 16 etc are only hypothetical. They are not objective cases in 2021.

4. The baptism of desire(BDD), baptism of blood(BOB) and invincible ignorance (I.I) refer to only hypothetical cases. If any one has received salvation with BOD, BOB and I.I only God can know.

5.The Church teaches in Vatican Council II( without the false premise) that everyone who dies in 2021, without faith and baptism, are oriented to Hell in general, in principle.

6. It is a lie and deception when someone uses the false premise to interpret the Nicene Creed, Vatican Council II. Catechisms, the dogma EENS and BOD, BOB and I.I.

7. Catholics need to interpret Vatican Council II rationally and not irrationally. There is a rational option.-Lionel Andrades



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JULY 12, 2020

Franciscans of the Immaculate at Boccea, Rome affirm the obvious


All the priests and seminarians of the Franciscans of the Immaculate(F.I) seminary Casalotti, Boccea, Rome agree with me. I was living with them during the three- month lockdown. For them, and me, there are no physically visible non Catholics in 2020, saved outside the Church. 
There were about 30 students of theology at the Collegio Terra Santa, three priests and two deacons.They all accept the obvious.They cannot meet or see in real life, someone saved without faith and baptism.
Father Rosario Sammarco F.I, is the Italian Rector of the seminary. He is also the Superior. He offers Holy Mass in the parish Santa Maria di Nazareth, only in Italian.
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The seminary is approved by Pope Francis and is in the diocese of Porta Santa Rufina. The bishop is Gino Reali.I have been living under their old unused church, which recently was converted into a Eucharistic Adoration chapel for the Friars.
None of the Friars know of any one saved outside the Church, without faith and baptism. Obviously. This can only be known to God.But such an obvious thing is not known to the other F.I community also known as the 'Latin group' or the 'crypto Lefebvrists'.
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Fr. Stefano Manelli and Fr. Gabriel Pellettieri could agree with the community at Boccea. There are no physically visible non Catholics saved outside the Church in 2020.So in Vatican Council II LG 8, LG 14, LG 16, UR 3, NA 2, GS 22  must  only refer to hypothetical and theoretical cases . Speculation.There are no objective exceptions in Vatican Council II to 16th century extra ecclesiam nulla salus (EENS).There are no exceptions to the Athanasius Creed which states all need the Catholic faith for salvation. All.There are no exceptions to Ad Gentes 7, Vatican Council II which states all need faith and baptism for salvation. All.
So in Vatican Council II there are no exceptions to Tradition( Syllabus of Errors of Pius IX, Catechism of Pius X etc).Can Fr. Paulo Siano F.I issue a statement on this ?
When Fr. Settimo Manelli F.I was the Rector of the seminary and the Parish Priest at Boccea,the community would interpret Vatican Council II as a rupture with Tradition.So they rejected the Council.
They believed LG 8, LG 16 etc are exceptions to the strict interpretation of the dogma EENS and so they implied that LG 8, LG 16 etc are personally visible non Catholics saved outside the Church. Only if they are visible they could be exceptions. But how can invisible cases (LG 8, LG 16 etc) be visible examples of salvation outside the Church?
Every one at Boccea agrees now that there are no such visible cases.
The Lefebvrists in general and the liberals Cardinal Braz de Avez and Fr. Sabino Ardito SDB , the Apostolic Commissioner ,still use the false premise to interpret Vatican Council II.They expect all religious communities to irrationally make the same error, for canonical recognition .-Lionel Andrades



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JANUARY 10, 2020

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Professors Tangorra, Fuss,Chenaux, Nardin,Ciola, Zak, Ferri and others do not tell students at the St. John Lateran University, Rome that Vatican Council II does not mention any exception to the strict interpretation of the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus(EENS), as it was known to Fr. Leonard Feeney of Boston.

https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2020/01/professors-tangorra-fusschenaux.html



DECEMBER 31, 2019

Michelt, Stancati, Weimann, Ellul, Rossi, Destivelle, Keramidas, Buckles, Bonino, Sullivan, Blankenhorn, Giordano and other professors at the University of St. Thomas Aquinas Rome, the whole group, are interpreting Lumen Gentium 8 etc as being exceptions to 16th century extra ecclesiam nulla salus(EENS)- when they are not.



 JANUARY 7, 2020

Fr.Francesco Giordano and Prof. Sandra Mazzolini's theology is political and they suggest it is from the Holy Spirit 

 https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2020/01/frfrancesco-giordano-and-prof-sandra.html

 


JANUARY 4, 2020



The Handook of Studies of the Urbaniana Pontifical University, Rome ( Ordo) shows like the Handook of Studies of the Angelicum University Rome ( 2019-2020) that Vatican Council II is interpreted irrationally to create a rupture with traditional mission doctrine, the past exclusivist ecclesiology of the Catholic Church, an ecumenism of return and extra ecclesiam nulla salus as it was known to the miissionaries in the 16th century

https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-handook-of-studies-of-urbaniana.html



JANUARY 6, 2020

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When Sr.Catherine Droste op, Dean of Theology at the Angelicum, teaches the moral theology of St. Thomas Aquinas but interprets Vatican Council II with a false premise and inference, it is unethical.It would also be academically unethical for Prof. Fr. Wojciech Giertych o.p, to reject the strict interpretation of the dogma EENS because of an irrational and deceptive interpretation of Vatican Council II 

 https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2020/01/when-srcatherine-droste-op-dean-of.html

 JANUARY 1, 2020


List of professors associated with the Angelicum University, Rome according to their website. Most of them are expected to use a false premise to interpret Vatican Council II. 

 https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2020/01/list-of-professors-associated-with.html

 DECEMBER 31, 2019



Liberals, traditionalists and sedevacantists make a mistake. Vatican Council II is a rupture with Tradition for them ( Graphics )



DECEMBER 31, 2019

The Dominicans are unethical academically and yet Propaganda Fide disburses millions of euros, for students from all over the world, to study at Dominican institutions


DECEMBER 31, 2019

Michelt, Stancati, Weimann, Ellul, Rossi, Destivelle, Keramidas, Buckles, Bonino, Sullivan, Blankenhorn, Giordano and other professors at the University of St. Thomas Aquinas Rome, the whole group, are interpreting Lumen Gentium 8 etc as being exceptions to 16th century extra ecclesiam nulla salus(EENS)- when they are not.
https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2019/12/michelt-stancati-weimann-ellul-rossi.html


DECEMBER 30, 2019


Angelicum Dean of Theology un-ethical : no denial or clarification from her


 DECEMBER 30, 2019

Professors would violate the Principle of Non Contradiction of Aristotle and they would be teaching us about Aristotle and Plato

DECEMBER 30, 2019


I am not allowed to study philosophy or theology at the Angelicum University,Rome since I interpret Vatican Council II rationally .But non Catholics who do not accept Vatican Council II, are permitted to enroll, and proclaim my faith honestly.This is discrimination based upon religion

https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2019/12/i-am-not-allowed-to-study-philosophy-or.html

 DECEMBER 29, 2019

Angelicum Dean of Theology will not comment



https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H9FRNCjWerFxsfX-Wt2z53I3H3XSVdEi/view


DECEMBER 11, 2019


Sr.Elisa Ann Nutt will defend her doctoral thesis tomorrow at the Angelicum University and her moderator will be Prof. Wojciech Giertych o.p, the papal theologian : both interpret Vatican Council II irrationally like the rest of the students and facultyhttps://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2019/12/srelisa-ann-nutt-will-defend-her.html

DECEMBER 10, 2019

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There is a formation course at the University of St.Thomas Aquinas, on the new ecumenism, titled Ut Unum Sint which interprets Unitatis Reintigratio in Vatican Council II has having exceptions to the traditional interpretation of extra ecclesiam nulla salus, the past exclusivist ecclesiology and an ecumenism of return.

DECEMBER 11, 2019

At the Angelicum and Gregorian University,Rome, they approve doctoral thesis only of students who interpret Vatican Council II irrationally.This is unethical and dishonest.  https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2019/12/at-angelicum-and-gregorian.html

JANUARY 4, 2020

Image result for pFr.Prof. Wojciech Giertych o.p photoPapal theologian at the Angelicum made a mistake : no comment https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2020/01/papal-theologian-at-angelicum-made.html  

JANUARY 4, 2020
Image result for photo Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai,Rector needs to clarify this issue for Maronites all over the world. https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2020/01/maronite-rector-needs-to-clarify-this.html

JANUARY 3, 2020
Seminarians at the University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome,have to pretend and insincerely memorize material which is irrational and false https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2020/01/a-priest-at-maronite-pontifical-college.html

JANUARY 3, 2020 Excommunicated Scottish hermits now have the freedom to interpret Vatican Council II without the false premise and preach the Gospel according to the popes and saints over the centuries, on no salvation outside the Church.  https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2020/01/excommunicated-scottish-hermits-now.html

JANUARY 3, 2020  

John XXIII Foundation for Religious Sciences (FSCIRE), the "Bologna School, interprets Vatican Council II with the common false premise.There is no transparency on this issue

JANUARY 3, 2020  

We can accept St. Emerentiana and St. Victor as saints but to assume that they are in Heaven without the baptism of water is speculation. The Church does not name any one who had the gift to see them in Heaven without the baptism of water.  https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2020/01/we-can-accept-st-emerentiana-and-st.html  

 JANUARY 3, 2020

The St.Benedict Center is not heretical but traditional on EENS and Vatican Council II
https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-stbenedict-center-are-not-heretical.html
SANUARY 2, 2020  Image result for Photo Fr.Francesco Giordano at the Confessional With Cushingism there is public heresy. The understanding of the Creeds are changed.The Athanasius Creed is rejected.This is a scandal. This is common among the professors and students at the Angelicum University. There is no denial or clarification from any of the priests or religous sisters, who are professors.  https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2020/01/with-cushingism-there-is-public-heresy.html

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Catholics are discriminated in Rome because of their religion : seventeen years in Rome and I am still waiting to be a priest.

https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2019/12/catholics-are-discriminated-in-rome.html



DECEMBER 8, 2019



No ambiguity in Vatican Council II ( Graphics )


DECEMBER 6, 2019

Those days are of saying that Fr. Leonard Feeney was wrong are over. We know that Lumen Gentium 8 always refers to a physically invisible case.

https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2019/12/those-days-are-of-saying-that-fr.html


DECEMBER 8, 2019


It's heresy, scandal and sacrilege from the top to the rest of the Church. The two living popes do not interpret Vatican Council II rationally.They could if they wanted.


DECEMBER 3, 2019

All the books on Vatican Council II at Oxford University have an error. At the St. Benet Hall Oxford they agree with me.There is no denial from the Rector or the professors, resident and visiting, who have been informed by me through e-mails.Even Prof. Joseph Shaw, at Benet Hall, associated with Una Voce International and the Latin Mass Societies, and an author of a book on liturgy, has no denial.

https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2019/12/all-books-on-vatican-council-ii-at.html


 DECEMBER 4, 2019

Oxford University like the University of Bristol, U.,K are producing irrational books on Vatican Council II which create a false rupture with Catholic Tradition. Gavin D'Costa at the University of Bristol teaches students to interpret Vatican Council II non rationally, even after he and the university management are informed. Joseph Shaw does the same at St. Benet Hall, Oxford.


 TERMS CLARIFIED 
 BOD( Baptism of Desire . Case of the unknown cathechumen who desires the baptism of water but dies before he receives it and is allegedly saved and now in Heaven)
BOB (Baptism of Blood. The case of unknown person who is in Heaven as a martyr without the baptism of water)
I.I (Invincible ignorance: The case of an unknown non Catholics who is in Heaven without faith and baptism and instead in invincible ignorance.)
LG 8 ( Lumen Gentium 8: The case of the unknown person saved outside the Church with 'elements of sanctification and truth' or where the true Church of Christ allegedly subsists.
 LG 14 (Lumen Gentium 14:  Baptism of Desire . Case of the unknown cathechumen who desires the baptism of water but dies before he receives it and is allegedly saved and now in Heaven)
LG 16 ( Lumen Gentium 16: The case of the unknown person saved outside the Church in invincible ignorance and who is now in Heaven without faith and the baptism of water) 
UR 3 (Unitatitis Redintigratiio 3, Vatican Council II : The case of the unknown Christian, who is saved in his religions without Catholic faith or the baptism of water in the Catholic Church and is allegedly known to someone on earth who has seen him or her in Heaven).
NA 2(  Nostra Aetate 2: The case of  the unknown non Catholic saved outside the Catholic Church without faith and baptism. He or she is saved with good and holy things in other religion or with the a ray of that Truth which enlightens all mankind.
GS 22 (Gaudium et Specs 22. The case of the unknown non Catholic who is saved outside the Catholic Church. He or she is saved without faith and baptism but with goodwill.
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JANUARY 6, 2020


Offices of Inter-religious Dialogue, Ecumenism and Diocesan Pastoral Mission at the Rome Vicariate interpret Vatican Council II irrationally.This is dishonesty. 

 https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2020/01/offices-of-inter-religious-dialogue.html

 

JANUARY 3, 2020

Italy: Catholic Think Tank Pushes Radical Vision for Church

John XXIII Foundation for Religious Sciences (FSCIRE), the "Bologna School, interprets Vatican Council II with the common false premise.There is no transparency on this issue