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Fr. Francesco Giordano, STD: The Universality of the Catholic Church: From the Sacred Heart to the Apostles Saints Peter and Paul – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Fr. Francesco Giordano, STD: The Universality of the Catholic Church: From the Sacred Heart to the Apostles Saints Peter and Paul

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By Fr. Francesco Giordano, STD, Catholic Exchange, July 1, 2025

Fr. Francesco Giordano, STD is Director of Human Life International’s Rome Office and a diocesan priest and professor in Rome, Italy, currently teaching at both the Angelicum and The Catholic University of America. He publishes regularly at Human Life International and appears on Vita Umana Internazionale YouTube channel.

Avatar photoOn Friday, we contemplated the Sacred Heart of Jesus, source of mercy and redemptive love, celebrated from Popes Clement XIII and Leo XIII to Pius XII and Francis. This Sunday, on the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, we contemplated a feast that leads us from a profound encounter with the Heart of Christ to the apostolic witness of Sts. Peter and Paul. We reflect on these two great witnesses of faith who gave their lives to proclaim the Gospel and build the Church.

Pope Benedict XVI, in his 2005 homily for this feast, reminded us that we celebrate not only our saints but also the universality of the Church. St. Peter, a simple fisherman from Galilee, and St. Paul, a Pharisee from Tarsus, joined their forces in proclaiming a single Gospel capable of gathering all peoples into one body. Where does this universal mission originate? It originates from the Heart of Christ, wounded and glorified, the source of the Church. In a way, this universal mission is the link between these two feasts. …

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