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CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITHNote with pastoral recommendations for the Year of Faith Introduction With the Apostolic Letter of 11 October 2011, Porta fidei, Pope Benedict XVI declared a Year of Faith. This year will begin on 11 October 2012, on the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Ecumenical Vatican Council, […]

Just yesterday on February 23, the Pope made some off-the-cuff remarks that will really resonate with Institute followers, as reported by the Vatican Information Service. One great problem facing the Church today is the lack of knowledge of the faith, ‘religious illiteracy’ . . .  With such illiteracy we cannot grow. … Therefore we must

Today is the Feast of St. Polycarp – the Institute hosted a lecture on St. Polycarp in 2010.  Feel free to listen again and re-read The Martyrdom of St. Polycarp. Link to ICC Media Options – Click Here Listen Online – Click Here Read The Martyrdom of St. Polycarp – Click Here The Prayer of

In today’s production oriented society, it is not uncommon to hear our fellow laborers exclaim at the end of a long and exhausting work day, “Where did the day go?”  At the end of the calendar year, it has become commonplace to hear our fellow citizens say, “Where did the year go?”  And when Christmas

For those who attended or have listened to our recent presentation on the Hammer of the Heretics, this gives some interesting food for thought.  Check out a recent National Review article entitled “Obama, Athanasius, and the Bishops,” by William F. Gavin. Article link here: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/291180/obama-athanasius-and-bishops-william-f-gavin

In his presentation yesterday evening, Christopher Check gave a great overview of the Arian heresy and recommended, for those wanting to learn more, Cardinal Newman’s Arians of the Fourth Century. You can read it for free online here.

Just a month ago, our Holy Father spoke to some U.S. bishops and warned them – and us – of the threats to religious freedom in the U.S. that we are seeing now in dramatic fashion.  For his remarks, please visit: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/document.php?n=1059

“To force American citizens to choose between violating their consciences and forgoing their healthcare is literally unconscionable. It is as much an attack on access to health care as on religious freedom. Historically this represents a challenge and a compromise of our religious liberty….The Obama administration has now drawn an unprecedented line in the sand.”

As we know, in vast areas of the earth, faith is in danger of being put out, as a flame that finds no more fuel. We find ourselves before a profound crisis of faith, before a loss of the religious sense that is the greatest challenge for today’s Church. The renewal of the faith must

PRINT & READ! APOSTOLIC LETTER “MOTU PROPRIO DATA” PORTA FIDEI OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF BENEDICT XVI FOR THE INDICTION OF THE YEAR OF FAITH 1. The “door of faith” (Acts 14:27) is always open for us, ushering us into the life of communion with God and offering entry into his Church. It is possible to