I along with my wife, and seven others were confirmed into full communion with the Catholic Church at Easter Vigil on Saturday evening. It was a beautiful service full of celebration and joy. We all felt truly loved and welcomed.
It sounds cliche but I really feel like I have come home.
Some people are proclaiming that Pope Francis is in Hell. Others are saying he is in Heaven. To do either is to sin. Only God knows the result of anyone’s particular judgment. Whoever makes either proclamation is putting themself in God’s place.
Only Holy Church can declare someone to be in Heaven after a lengthy and exhaustive process. She never proclaims anyone is in Hell. And it is not for us to say.
The only appropriate response to anyone’s death is to pray for them. Charity demands it.
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I wrote this a few weeks back when Pope Francis was in the hospital. It will come up a lot now that we are in the sede vacante period.
Let us first pray for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis, that he may see the face of God in eternity forever.
Then, let us pray for the Cardinal-electors, who will be discerning over the next 15-20 d…
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There is one God and one Christ, and one Church, and one Chair founded on Peter by the word of the Lord.
—St. Cyprian
