https://freerepublic.com/tag/assis/ en-us Wed, 4 Nov 2026 23:25:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4401846/posts Msgr. Schneider calls for the integration of the SSPX after the excommunications: "They should be accepted as they are"The auxiliary bishop of Astana tells AdVaticanum that he knows of no compelling reasons to deny the Fraternity its place in the Church and regrets the veto on the traditional pilgrimage in Saint Peter’s.Auxiliary Bishop of Astana (Kazakhstan), monsignor Athanasius Schneider, has once again defended the integration of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X (FSSPX) into the Church and has questioned positions that prioritize a strictly juridical interpretation of its situation over the defense of the Catholic faith. In an interview... InfoVaticana https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4401846/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2026 23:25:11 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4400800/posts Leo XIV omits mention of Christ at Assisi, says ‘peace’ must be man’s ‘guiding star’ The Pontiff spoke as though all world religions are equally legitimate while not once mentioning the name of Jesus Christ, the Trinity, or the Blessed Virgin Mary.In recorded remarks to the international ecumenical gathering in Assisi, Pope Leo XIV proclaimed that “peace” must be man’s “guiding star” while not once mentioning the name of Jesus Christ, the Trinity, or the Blessed Virgin Mary.“Peace must once again become the common ideal of all peoples, the guiding star for all our choices, the standard that exposes injustice,... LifeSite News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4400800/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:42:34 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4399815/posts Pope Leo encyclical makes ‘Spirit of Assisi’ Church teaching, cardinal claims Cardinal George J. Koovakad says Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas made the 1986 Assisi interreligious prayer gathering a defining criterion ‘through which to interpret the present.’A Vatican cardinal has claimed that Pope Leo XIV has elevated the interreligious “Spirit of Assisi” to the level of the Church’s ordinary Magisterium.On October 7, during an address delivered at the Pontifical University Antonianum in Rome, Cardinal George J. Koovakad, prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, asserted that paragraph 223 of Pope Leo’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas officially incorporated the “Spirit of Assisi” into... LifeSite News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4399815/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2026 21:20:13 GMT