Jeanie Hannaman

By Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent, LifeSiteNews - In the evening of October 1 in St. Peter’s Basilica, Francis is to lead a 'penitential vigil' which will include 'confessing' sins 'against migrants,' 'synodality,' 'lack of listening' and 'participation of all.'... Sins particularly being “confessed” include:.. Sin against peace.. Sin against creation, against indigenous populations, against migrants.. Sin of abuse.. Sin against women, family, youth.. Sin of using doctrine as stones to be hurled.. Sin against poverty.. Sin against synodality/lack of listening, communion, and participation of all (Emphasis added)

By Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, Catholic Culture - Jesus teaches, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me.” (Jn.14:6)... Echoing St. Augustine in City of God, the Fathers of Vatican II invoke Scriptures and Tradition and teach that the Church “…is necessary for salvation. Christ, present to us in His Body, which is the Church, is the one Mediator and the unique way of salvation. In explicit terms, He Himself affirmed the necessity of faith and baptism and thereby affirmed also the necessity of the Church, for through baptism as through a door men enter the Church. ...