Having gained his father’s consent, Pio Brunone Lanteri’s path to ordination began at the University of Turin in 1777. When he arrived, he found an environment contaminated by Jansenism and all the errors that eventually led to the French Revolution. The Jansenian heresy penetrated Italy in the mid-eighteenth century. It quickly infiltrated … Read more
Since the hierarchical structure of the Church is a truth of the Faith, it is not surprising that the Popes uphold this teaching. A sampling of Papal declarations on this point illustrates the importance of this truth. Old Condemned Heresies In the fourteenth century, Marsilius of Padua, in his book Defensor Pacis … Read more
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal was the first great step toward the re-Marianization of the nineteenth century, preparing the great movement of souls that culminated with the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. On November 27, 1830, Our Lady appeared to Saint Catherine Labouré in Paris and revealed to … Read more