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In his work Nature Tito Lucrezio Caro criticizes religion, indicating it as a source that generates fear, superstition and suffering, preventing man from reaching true happiness, or to that knowledge of the truth - as the Blessed Apostle John states - which will make us free. A concept that Karl Marx referred to with the famous aphorism "religion is the opium of the people". They were both right, Tito Lucrezio Caro and Karl Marx …
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Ariel S. Levi di Gualdo
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It hurts to indulge in jeremiads, especially when you are aware that they are of no use, only to express understandable discomfort as an end in itself.
In October of 2024 this magazine of ours has accomplished 10 years of activity, during which it offered services that may be more or less shareable in terms of content and settings, but of undoubted quality, something recognized even by our adversaries and those who do not think like us.
In a Catholic world increasingly devastated by fideism, from forms of millenarianism with an esoteric flavour, polluted in the present by all the old returning heresies, the Fathers of the Island of Patmos have always offered a service based on the closest respect to the deposit of faith, to the doctrine and magisterium of the Church, fighting dangerous drifts when necessary and recovering over the years quite a few people who had lost their way in the wake of various charlatans who today abound disproportionately, especially thanks to social media.
A complex pontificate ended a few months ago complicated by a very delicate global geopolitical context, the judgment on which will be up to history, which will only be able to give it in the future, perhaps even in many years. A pontificate during which several people, already immature and fragile in their faith, they went totally astray by marching behind priests who were out of balance, ended up suspended peep, excommunicated or even dismissed from the clerical state, followed, in turn, by laymen without art or part who improvised as ecclesiologists, canonists and theologians in a tantalizing Dan Brown-style conspiracy sauce of noartri. Our over ten-year pastoral mission on the Island of Patmos has focused mainly on the call to unity with Peter and under Peter, regardless of the obvious defects of the man Jorge Mario Bergoglio, without forgetting that in various respects, that rough Galilean fisherman chosen by Christ himself, not elected by a conclave of cardinals, in his time he turned out to be much worse than many problematic pontiffs in history, both on a pastoral and doctrinal level, just think of when he denied Christ by swearing and cursing (cf.. Mt 26, 69-75) or when in Antioch he was reprimanded by Paul on issues related to the doctrine of the faith (cf.. Gal 2, 11-21)
Given that in life nothing is owed, that everything must be deserved and that everything is a grace, it must be said, however, that the lack of generosity on the part of people - starting from the many to whom we have done good -, leads us to take note that the pastoral work carried out by 2014 by a group of priests and theologians perhaps does not deserve to be supported. For this reason, the numerous people that the Fathers of The Island of Patmos have helped and supported over the years arouse particular bitterness in us - and it is difficult to deny our priestly discomfort in this sense., healing their sore wounds after they had been deceived by “holy men”, “santuzze” and “seers”, before whom they did not hesitate to open their wallets as if they were accordions, the same ones who instead remained hermetically sealed before our work to which they never paid a single euro.
There is little to be surprised about, we know how what was once called the common people usually acts, he already knew it Giovanni Boccaccio when in the distant 14th century he immortalized in Decameron the paradigmatic Novella 10 dedicated to Friar Cipolla. Just intoxicate him, the populace, with the guarantee of the true "secret" of Fatima finally revealed after having been kept hidden by the lying and lying Church; or get him drunk with the "ten secrets" that a talkative and repetitive Gospa, now suffering from evident senile dementia, would have given it to a group of clever Bosnian gypsies who, thanks to this great scam of the twentieth century, made their guts out of gold; or drug him with some Madonna who stamps her feet like a hysterical narcissist while sending word to some other starstruck visionary that she wants to be proclaimed co-redeemer at all costs and who also peddles "secrets" around the globe, waiting for the magical and definitive triumph of her immaculate heart. Well yes, we give these kinds of opiates to the populace and their wallets open as if by magic. This is what happened in Boccaccio's Certaldo in the 14th century and this is what happens today in the Third Millennium.
In his work Nature Tito Lucrezio Caro addresses a criticism of religion, indicating it as a source that generates fear, superstition and suffering, preventing man from reaching true happiness, or to that knowledge of the truth - as the Blessed Apostle John states - which will make us free (cf.. GV 8, 32). A concept to which he will refer again Karl Marx with the famous aphorism "religion is the opium of the people". They were both right, Tito Lucrezio Caro and Karl Marx, However, both the concept and the term were wrong, confusing faith with the fideism of the Boeotians following Brother Cipolla, which have nothing to do with the purity of faith, vilified by them and transformed into a grotesque parody of talking madonnas, weeping Madonnas, secrets revealed, catastrophic prophecies and so on to follow.
We have reached the conclusion, sad but realistic, that ultimately these people deserve the various Cipolla Friars capable of arousing morbid itches in them, making money come out of him like the charmers make the snake come out of the basket at the sound of the hypnotic sting.
The paradox is that The Island of Patmos is not a failure, quite the opposite: it is an extraordinary and at times incredible success. The volume of visits amounts to an average of over three million per month, the year 2024 it closed with almost forty million total visits. Soon said: I just know 0,1% of these visitors had donated one euro to us, management costs would be fully covered and we would even have some left over for some charity work.
Anyone who understands only a little about certain technical aspects, with a few glances you immediately grasp the quality of the site that hosts our magazine, starting from the graphics. Offer printable versions of articles, audio reading, often also the translation of the same into three languages, involves considerable editorial work, all carried out by the Fathers purely free of charge. Of course, It is surprising that in the course of a calendar year it is not possible to collect even half of what is necessary to pay the living expenses of management and that we must promptly take care of it out of our own pocket when the payment deadlines arrive. Why use your personal resources to have the rare privilege of working for free for people who take and don't give, or that after having given to the crafty snake charmers, once the sound of the pipe ends and with it the hypnotic effect they come to cry to us to be helped and supported, It's really a great satisfaction, rather: It's truly a privilege, work free the amor Dei for these people! But we are priests and how much would the desire be, put these people out the door, as they deserve, it is against our priestly ontological nature.
The Island of Patmos is concluding its eleventh year of activity without ever having experienced declines but only a continuous increase, this is proven by the high number of visits starting from 2016 forced us to move the site to a dedicated-server, which constitutes the largest annual expense item followed by other expenses for the various subscriptions such as the purchase of graphics programs, audio, video, security systems… In short, we are talking about something that works and works very well, but who does not have the means of subsistence. This is why we decided to give ourselves another year: if in September of 2026 we will not have collected everything necessary to support the expenses of the following year 2027, or if we cannot find a public or private body willing to finance us, we will conclude our happy and fruitful experience of apostolate by closing the magazine The Island of Patmos, always preserving the indelible memory of this beautiful experience lived in the Catholic union of intent in full communion between a group of priests who tried to bear witness to the living and true Christ. However, as the Blessed Apostle Paul teaches in his epistle to his disciple Timothy:
«The day will come, indeed, when they will not endure sound doctrine;, ma, having itching ears they, will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own likings, refusing to listen to the truth to turn to fairy tales. But you shall carefully, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry " (II Tm 4, 1-4).
And that day has come today, Unfortunately, we believe we too have suffered a sad expense. But, also in this case, the Holy Gospel teaches us:
«If anyone does not welcome you and will not listen to your words, leave that house or town and shake the dust off your feet '.
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Carlo Acutis, the Eucharist. Sometimes having crickets for the head is sterile and dangerous
Carlo acute, The Eucharist. SOMETIMES HAVING CRICKETS FOR YOUR HEAD IS STERILE AND DANGEROUS
We have heard prophetic words, who are not only addressed to information professionals, But to each of us. Because everyone, today, we communicate. We do it in the family, at work, sui social, in communities. And every word, each image, every silence... is a fragment of culture, it is a choice of peace or conflict. The Pope told us that «peace begins with how we look, let's listen, let's talk about others".
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Gabriele Giordano M. Scardocci, o.p.
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The canonization of new saints it is always a moment of gift for the Church. For new figures who are models and intercessions for us who remain. Also to focus on some themes that those same saints explored and experienced in their lives.
Pope Leo, confirming the path taken so far by Pope Francis, confirmed the canonization of two saints: Carlo Acutis and Piergiorgio Frassati for the next one 7 September. If therefore in front of the new canonizations, a minimum of debate and reflection are always understandable, and indeed desirable even in a more theological speculative line, some exasperations on the theological and doctrinal assumptions of the saints themselves can be dangerous and sterile if not downright cloying.
The impression that, it seems to me, there is some recent writing behind it is not to enhance the work of a saint, which if as known, by faith, in itself we are obviously not asked to welcome it as the fourth person of the Trinity, however, we are not even asked to use it as a picklock to dismantle a classic vision of Eucharistic theology. This is the case of a recent article by Prof. Andrea Grillo on the Eucharistic theology of Carlo Acutis. An article that does not seem to fully capture the saint's potential. Let's now understand it one step at a time. First of all, let's focus on Carlo Acutis.
Carlo acute: A SAINT OF THE INTERNET OF THINGS[1]
Carlo Acutis, born in London in 1991 and moved to Milan shortly after, he is a figure venerated by the Catholic Church, known for his early and deep faith. His biography reveals a short but intense life, characterized by an extraordinary devotion and an exceptional talent for information technology, which he put at the service of his spirituality. Since I was a child, Acutis showed a notable inclination towards faith. This innate devotion led him to ardently desire to receive his First Communion, which was granted to him in advance, at the age of seven. From that moment, daily Mass, Eucharistic adoration and the rosary became pillars of his day. He attended schools with the Marcelline Sisters and subsequently the Leo XIII Institute, distinguishing himself as a bright and sociable student. Parallel to his studies, Acutis developed a notable passion for information technology, becoming self-taught and earning the nickname of “computer genius”. This skill was not a mere feat for him hobby, but an instrument of evangelization. At just fourteen years old, created a website dedicated to cataloging the Eucharistic miracles recognized by the Church, a work that became an instrument of evangelization worldwide, attracting the attention of numerous faithful. His objective was to make known the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, spreading the faith through new technologies.
Despite his profound spirituality, He was acutely ill when he was young, who loved playing football, playing video games and spending time with friends. His charity was a distinctive trait: he used his savings to help the homeless and dedicated his time as a volunteer in soup kitchens. He was also a point of reference for his classmates, helping them with their studies and offering support to those facing bullying or family difficulties.
In October of 2006, Acutis' life was abruptly ended from a diagnosis of fulminant leukemia. He faced his illness with surprising serenity, offering his sufferings for the Pope and for the Church. He died on 12 October 2006, at the age of 15 year old. His reputation for sanctity spread rapidly, leading to the opening of his beatification process in 2013. Pope Francis declared him Venerable in 2018 It is in the 2020 he recognized a miracle attributed to him, paving the way for his beatification, occurred on 10 October 2020 to Assist. His body is preserved and exposed for veneration in Assisi.
Carlo Acutis is today considered a model of holiness for young people in the digital age, often called “God's influencer” or “the cyber-apostle of the Eucharist”, for its ability to combine faith and technology.
Being personally linked to the digital preaching apostolate, I believe that this propensity for spreading the faith on the internet is one of the points of light, where all young people can take model and inspiration, to become "digital cyber preachers", without becoming bigots or extremists.
AN EXCESSIVE SKIRMISH
Professor Andrea Grillo, in his article The young Carlo Acutis and Eucharistic rudeness [2], offers a critical examination of the theological interpretation of the Eucharist conveyed by the figure of Blessed Carlo Acutis, with particular attention to the insistence on the so-called "Eucharistic miracles". Ask Grillo if you ask him to come to you, a "super-communicator", may have been oriented towards such a "distorted" and "one-sided" understanding of the Eucharist, focused on "miracles" rather than on the genuine ecclesial value of the sacrament.
The Professor carefully examines the official website of the Carlo Acutis Association, in particular the section dedicated to Eucharistic miracles, and critically analyzes the introductory texts written by Cardinal Angelo Comastri, by Monsignor Raffaello Martinelli and the Dominican father Roberto Coggi, who was also my teacher of natural philosophy during the years of my education in Bologna. Grillo defines these texts as «old … heavy … obsessive", suggesting that they embody a "bad theology" imposed on Acutis by "bad teachers". He highlights inconsistencies and outdated theological views in their writings, like the defensive preface by Cardinal Angelo Comastri, the justification of miracles as “occasions” to address other topics by Monsignor Paolo Martinelli, and Father Roberto Coggi's old-fashioned understanding of the words of consecration. The Professor argues that this emphasis on physical miracles distracts attention from the "true" and”unique" Eucharistic miracle, which resides in ecclesial communion and in the unity between the sacramental body and the ecclesial body. The "Eucharistic rudeness", concludes Grillo, it is not attributable to the young Carlo Acutis, but rather to the adults who promoted these unbalanced interpretations, finally proposing one “distorted fixation on Eucharistic miracles” as a role model for young people.
HAVING CRICKETS IN YOUR HEAD
If on the one hand I concede that excessive attention to Eucharistic miracles "carried by adults" in a devotionalistic and almost "eucharistolatric" way risks not understanding the true meaning of Adoration in Jesus Christ present in the body, blood, soul and divinity and also in the Eucharist as communion of the new people of God [3], it seems to us that the professor's focus is not on dismantling a false Eucharistic devotion, ma, as for the opposite, to minimize to the point of almost describing as obsolete the conception of the substantial presence of Christ in the Eucharistic species. Although this is not explicitly said, the the way things are seems excessive. If you really wanted to hit only a "eucharistolatric" tendency, I personally think it is more right to also exalt the passages of goodness of Acutis himself and his desire to commune in Christ also via the internet. Skipping over the reference to the next saint, every reference seems to be designed to attack the doctrine of the real presence, without doctrinally valid reasons.
So jokingly, compared to the professor's positions, I wrote some time ago that this propensity to use Carlo Acutis as a picklock to unhinge "the closed ones left at the Tridentine Council" or as a springboard to skip all the beauty of the reflection on Eucharistic contemplation, this propensity is like having crickets in your head. Three jumps — long, exaggerated and out of focus — of a cricket which I think goes a bit’ resettled. We will now try to answer promptly, documents in hand, to the positions of the Professor.
"Old" and "out of fashion" Eucharist? The truth about the Eucharist as a real presence has no age and cannot be "out of fashion" as Coke Zero will probably become in fifteen years. The doctrine of the Real Presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the heart of our faith and an immutable pillar, not a passing "fad".. The Council of Trent solemnly affirmed that Christ is «truly, truly and substantially" present in the Eucharist [4]. The Second Vatican Council, far from denying this truth, he explored it further, urging us to participate more fully and consciously in the Eucharistic Sacrifice [5] .Carlo Acutis, with his life, it simply tempted us to remind ourselves of the beauty and power of this eternal truth, demonstrating that it can inflame the hearts of every generation. He tried to make digital and virtual communion starting from real communion with the Eucharistic Christ. If the Eucharist is truly "the source and summit of all Christian life" [6] then it is not at all inessential, but the center of everything.
Eucharistic Miracles vs. the «True Miracle»? Eucharistic miracles recognized by the Church, although they are not "objects of faith" like dogmas, they can be a great help to our faith. Monsignor Raffaello Martinelli, in one of the texts that presents Carlo's exhibition, explains that they can "constitute a useful and fruitful aid to our faith". They are extraordinary signs that God, in His infinite wisdom, offers us to strengthen our adherence to the Mystery. Saint Thomas Aquinas himself explained how the properties of flesh and blood are substantially expressed in the Eucharistic species, even if this property inheres in God by a miracle [7]. This reminder is truly necessary for us who could not worship those properties in the glorious body of Christ, because they were born centuries and millennia after the presence of the Incarnate Word on earth. These phenomena do not eliminate the true miracle of Transubstantiation, but they can help highlight it visibly, leading many to a deeper faith in the Real Presence. Carlo Acutis did not "neglect" the true miracle, but he used these signs to lead others to the heart of that Mystery which for him was "my highway to Heaven".
“Eucharistic rudeness” and "bad teachers"? These propositions of the Professor seem imprudent to us. No theological article authorizes us to process the intentions of other theologians. Father Roberto Coggi, Monsignor Paolo Martinelli and Cardinal Angelo Comastri seem almost described as bad teachers, bearers of an obsolete and stale theology, that, as described, it seems almost distant from Catholic doctrine. We don't think this is the case. Let's read together what the Church tells us. The words of consecration, as the Catechism teaches us (n. 1353), they have their fulcrum in the words of Christ: «This is my Body… This is my Blood…». The Missal reformed in 1970 he took up this formula by translating it from Latin: and in fact he thus proved the essential words that operate the Sacrament remain those instituted by the Lord. How all this can fall into the category of "rudeness" or "fantasy", or bad workmanship, It completely escapes me. None of the authors mentioned above, Furthermore, has never denied the importance of the Eucharist as the Communion of the New People of God, and in particular Father Coggi, in his beautiful book The church, fruit of his meditations on Radio Maria, writes;
«The Church is not presented by the Council only as the mystical Body of Christ, but also as the new People of God. On the contrary, it can be said that the Council particularly emphasized this aspect of the Church, that is, the Church is the People of God. This is demonstrated by the fact that the Council dedicates an entire chapter to this topic among the eight that comprise it The light. In fact the second chapter of the dogmatic constitution The light on the Church is titled: The People of God. Seeing the Church as the People of God opens many perspectives. First of all, it underlines the continuity of the New Testament with the Old Testament: as Israel was the People of God of the Ancient Covenant, thus the Church is the People of God of the New Covenant. It also underlines the historical aspect of the Church. The denominations we have examined in past broadcasts, when we said that the Church is the Kingdom of God, the Temple of God, the mystical Body of Christ, focus our attention on the Church's connection with God, with the Holy Trinity, with the risen and glorious Jesus, that is, they underline the eternal dimension of the Church. But the Church does not only have this aspect, which in a certain sense takes her away from the world and history. The Church is also inserted into human history, the Church walks through time. Saying that the Church is the People of God, the People of God pilgrimage through history towards the goal of eternity – like the ancient People of Israel wandered in the desert towards the promised land -, to say this is to grasp an essential aspect of the Church" [8].
It is truly a splendid passage to also understand the Church as the people of God. In short, attention to the Real Presence is not inattention towards the faithful: but of attention to the core of the Mystery that reaches the faithful. Accusing those who try to communicate the centrality of the Real Presence of "bad theology"., also through popular devotion and miracles, it means not understanding the plurality and richness of the ways through which the faith is transmitted and lived.
Conclusions
The future saint Carlo Acutis is a model of holiness precisely because of his ardent Eucharistic faith, a shining example for all of us and for young people. A non-devotional faith anchored in semi-pagan or Protestant heritage. Acutis' faith is a Eucharistic faith that helps us repeat the action of the little apostle John at the Last Supper. That is, in front of Jesus he rested his head on the chest of Jesus on his Sacred Heart. And in that "huddle" he abandoned all of himself to God. So do we during adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, we can rest our heads on His Sacred Heart. Abandon all our anxieties, all our fears, and also offering everything we have to Him. A beautiful moment of prayer that, from the heart, I also wish Professor Andrea Grillo.
Santa Maria Novella in Florence, 23 July 2025
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For further information
– Council of Trent, Session XIII, Decree on the Eucharist, Canon 1. See. Denzinger-Hünermann, Enchiridion, definitions and declarations on matters of faith and morals, n. 1651.
– Vatican Council II, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Holy Council, n. 14.
– Vatican Council II, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church The light, n. 11.
– San Tommaso Aquino, QUESTION, III, q. 77, a. 1.
– Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 1353.
– R.Coggi, The church, ESD, Bologna, 2002, 81.
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[1] I'll summarize from here https://biografieonline.it/biografia-carlo-acutis
[2] If ban
https://www.cittadellaeditrice.com/munera/il-giovane-carlo-acutis-e-la-maleducazione-eucaristica/
[3] The communion of the faithful in Christ does not exist without the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, although this too, by the way, seems to be hired by the professor.
[4] Denzinger-Hünermann, n. 1651
[5] Holy Council, n. 14.
[6] The light, n. 11
[7] QUESTION, III, q. 77, a. 1, Summa Theologica III, q.76,a.8.
[8] R.Coggi, The church, ESD, Bologna, 2002, 81.
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Carlo Acutis. The factory of the saints passed on the examination of criticism by the theologian Andrea Grillo
Carlo acute. The factory of the saints passed on the examination of criticism by the theologian Andrea Grillo
A debate was recently raised in some ways interesting, Even with some controversy, resulting from the interventions of Professor Andrea Grillo. His punctual criticisms and perplexities were aimed at how Blessed Carlo Acutis is officially presented and on the ecclesiastical advertisement that developed around him, which, according to him, It would be affected by a backward religious sensitivity, which would hold no account of the whole path made by the Church in the years of the post council on the subject of Eucharist.
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The popular saying, «Joking with infantrymen, Leave the saints alone ", In recent times it seems to have lost value towards the one who is considered the modern blessed par excellence: Carlo Acutis; soon raised to the honors of the altars together with the other young blessed Piergiorgio Frassati.
A short time ago comments have started to circulate about the opportunity of the canonization of Carlo Acutis; they came mostly - and I say it by exemplifying a lot -, with so -called conservative environments. The notes thickened around the speed of the canonization process, which appeared to them more a promotion of ecclesiastical policy than an invitation to holiness. As follows questions about the figure of the next saint who would have little to propose to today's young people, who travel on the network much faster than the blessed considered "information technology", Just for creating a simple website on Eucharistic miracles. It's still, criticisms were moved to the constant presence of the Acutis family; This too is a novelty tolerated by the Church that instead, in the past, It prohibited any public intervention by family members, As in the case of the mother and brothers of the young Santa Maria Goretti. Instead, today's situation where mothers promote the Holy Son promote, or the children and grandchildren who run to keep conference on their father, Mother, grandfather or grandmother high to the honors of the altars.
More recently, from a different front, An interesting debate was raised in some ways, Even with some controversy, resulting from the interventions of Professor Andrea Grillo, Liturgy professor at the Roman University of Sant'Anselmo, reported on his page facebook and on his blog. His punctual criticisms and perplexities were instead aimed at how Blessed Acutis is officially presented and on the ecclesiastical advertisement that developed around him, which, according to him, It would be affected by a backward religious sensitivity, which would hold no account of the whole path made by the Church in the years of the post council on the subject of Eucharist. In particular, He used the expression "bad education" by referring to the overflowing attraction towards the miraculous, underlined in the presentation of Blessed Carlo. Says Grillo:
«How is it possible that the whole path that the Church has made in the last 70 year old, on the level of understanding the ecclesial value of the Eucharist and its celebration, has been communicated in such a distorted way to the young burning communicator, so much that he suggests an understanding so incurred, so defective, so unilateral?».
He therefore moves a criticism, More than Blessed, never questioned, rather to the presentation that is made of him e, rcuardo all'acutis, If his was a passion towards the Eucharistic miracles, According to the professor this was not well addressed. From these statements that I have very summarized, a debate was born that, as always happens, provides favorable and against. Perhaps some claims of the teacher have been able to appear at times pungent, I am referring to those aimed at the famous Motti del Beato, who decreed their luck: "Not I but God" and "everyone is born original but many die photocopies". Nonetheless, Some questions raised are hardly circumvented, aimed above all at the promoters of the cause of canonization and not to the saint, who have "stopped" too unilaterally on the miraculous aspect of the presentation of the Eucharist.
Some problems are likely to emerge sooner or later, Regardless of the canonization of the young Blessed Acutis, Following the new rules issued by John Paul II, also early holy, which have made it possible to accelerate the times to ensure that contemporary figures could be presented, However, in the expense of the loss of a historical perspective and the impossibility of assessing the permanence of a memory and inspiration. The discourse in this circumstance becomes even more delicate because we speak, The Other Brother, of a boy who died at a very young age who, according to the agreed testimonies, humanly showed great enthusiasm, generosity and courage and that the Catholic Church has decided, with simplified procedures compared to the past, but not for this superficial, to propose as a possible model for everyone, especially for young people.
The process that leads to the canonization of a saint it is complex and delicate together. Eventually, It is like a delivery or a gift that the Church makes to all the faithful, When he recognizes the virtues of one of his children. But the faithful - and this often does not happen -, they should have that necessary maturity that comes from theological formation and beyond, that sense of faith which leads to a healthy discernment and critical spirit. Let's think, for example, to the current trend to consider all canonized as doctors of the Church, giving their writings an exorbitant value. While instead we should know that the canonization of a saint does not mean, that fact, that everything he has written or said is to be considered a colorful gold. All the more so when we are faced with the canonization of a teenager, which will certainly have had a non -complete or exhaustive formation. Once, to say, Only children or martyred teenagers were taken into consideration as saints, as in the famous limit of the unaware, Yet very venerated, Innocent saints.
Even if you don't want to exasperate doctrinal problems highlighted by the prof. Andrea Grillo, of understanding of the Eucharist above all, But also with regard to eternal fate - I refer to the statements of our blessed about the desire to skip purgatory thanks to the hospital sufferings - there is no doubt that suits the shepherds and to follow the faithful the ability to know how to skillfully discern everything, knowing how to bring out, According to the evangelical saying: "New things and ancient things" (Mt 13,52).
In my opinion, The gift that Blessed Carlo Acutis is doing to the Church this is it. He unfortunately, as we know, He did not have time to develop a structured knowledge of Eucharistic theology or other aspects of the Christian mystery and stopped at an intuition that has become passion and devotion in him. Of course, It is easy for us to mention San Tommaso d'Aquino, Insigne theologian, where he discusses the Eucharistic miracles and limits their meaning (cf.. QUESTION, III, 76, 8) and compare what may appear to appear an adolescent fixation of our blessed. But the fact is precisely this: that we would compare a theological speech with something that is not theological speech and does not want to be. It is precisely passion and devotion. Not everything can be perfect as we would like it or we expect. We saw it in the emblematic case of Medjugorje, where the Holy See in the end promote the religious experience that you live in that place, while he downgraded the firmness of the Marian messages that started from there, considering them only presumed, In fact, not recognizing them as authentic.
Casomai we can ask ourselves - and in this he helps the blessed Carlo Acutis - Why after the Council of Trent many devotions were born that enriched the Christian experience, that put the simplicity of life in the center, interiority, common life? It was a much more secular than clerical movement, which in itself did not have its own elaborate and structured theology, Yet it translated the Christian faith into a sensitivity, in practices, in ways of living. And instead this did not happen following the last council. We have not been able to renew those devotions, nor give birth to others, despite all the theological and ecclesiological effort of the liturgical movement that, If on the one hand he had reduced many devotions, on the other hand he offered content, Insights and new opportunities for renewed paths. As it is possible that such a rich and vital understanding has not also become devotion, Sensitivity and form of language? So today we are faced with a modern blessed teenager who has thrown himself passionately on aspects of the Eucharist considered devotional, like eucharistic miracles, to which all the most recent acquisitions on that important mystery have not been received. E, According to the presentation that is made of that blessed, It seems that all that wealth has not passed even to the promoters of the cause of Carlo Acutis, even to those who promote forms that leave, as it were, perplexed, like that of a transmission YouTube 24h on 24h of the sepulcher of Blessed Carlo.
The question about why we don't have devotions today that take into account the wealth of the latest acquisitions, who know how to tie liturgical life and testimony of faith marked by the Gospel, With at its center the Eucharist which together is the landing and source of the life of the believer and the communities, It is not so peregrine. In light of two other facts, the second of which is somewhat painful. The first is that the whole course of the process that led to the beatification and now to the canonization of Blessed Acutis, as well as the spread of his cult, They took place during the pontificate of Pope Francis. In Carlo we find the example, indeed, of that "holiness of the next door" to which papal exhortation hints Rejoice and rejoice the 2018. Really, the post synodal exhortation of the 2019, Christ lives, explicitly appoint the blessed, despite being still venerable at the time and he even dedicates him more than one reference (no. 104-107). Someone asked: How is it possible, also from this point of view, that nothing to "reconcile" has been transmitted; Since Pope Francis was greeted as the first pontiff son of the Council?
The second fact is that today, According to the investigations on religiosity in Italy and in particular that of young people, It must be admitted that if we have a next saint boy on one side with a passion and devotion to the Eucharist, Perhaps little formed; on the other there is a great majority of young people and young people who have no devotion to the Eucharist, Last to the "ecclesial value of the Eucharist and its celebration". Is this, For almost all of them, After years and years of catechism and training in specific groups. Here too someone said, probably exaggerating, but without going too far from the truth, which remained only a "some humanitarian and ecological value".
Why all these questions and the debates arising from the canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis do not remain a sterile exercise or, As often happens lately also within the ecclesial community, a mark your field, still distancing others who think differently, it would be useful to treasure it. And therefore a reflection would be important at all levels, Starting from the highest in the church, On how to resume a path of training to the Christian life of young people who are serious, that takes into account multiple experiences, but also to start offering solid food to the boys, Without bordering them, of course, But not even taking them simply for the hair, because otherwise they run away or bore themselves. Certain something is being done, But I think the time has come not to waste any more time. The treasures of the Word of God, of liturgical life, understanding the Church compared to these and its tradition, The thousand and more experiences and testimonies of Christian life need to be placed again in the center to make them become culture and why not, also devotion, Passion for Christian life lived in modern times. For the demanding task I imagine that the Church expects the substantial intercession of the two next saints.
From the Hermitage, 23 July 2023
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Social media and ignorance. If the story is written by the winners, of the vile assassin terrorists become martyrs of freedom
SOCIAL MEDIA And ignorance. If the story is written by the winners, Of the vile assassin terrorists become martyrs of freedom
Terrorists can be such if the ideology followed by them loses and ends up defeat, as in the case of the red brigades, but they can become heroes and martyrs of freedom if the ideology they followed wins and imposes itself as a power of government. In fact, if radical Islamism had won and subjugated the United States of America, Today in New York the demolition of the two twin towers would be celebrated in the same way that the grip of the Bastille is celebrated in France and the reversal of the government of Louis XVII.
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The lower the average IQ in society becomes, the more it is necessary to explain even the obvious things. The error that we scholars often make in the theological field as in the spheres of all the most disparate sciences, from medicine to astrophysics, It is to take for granted things that we consider obvious and that in fact are as well, being the most rudimentary elements of the various sciences or simple and basic human common sense. Unfortunately, It is necessary to take into account that today we are more likely to follow the influence illiterates and i tiktoker, Including certain priests who launched themselves in these demented games (cf.. WHO).
As always, let's explain with an example: numerous influence convinced that "a dwarf has his heart too close to his asshole" because they didn't understand the ironic hyperbole of the song A judge by Fabrizio de André (text WHO), they use the word Middle Ages in a derogatory sense, ignoring that the art baggage, science and technology that we have today we owe it all to the Middle Ages. Not only, because if today we know the classical authors; be the culture, Greek and Roman literature and philosophy have been handed down to us only thanks to the Middle Ages, including the most lustful poems of Valerius Gaius Catullus, which not only the Church was careful not to censor or destroy, because if we know them today it is thanks to it and to the scribe monks who transcribed them and handed them down over the centuries.
If in those areas of Etruria which was the territory of the Papal States until September of 1870, The church had not saved and preserved wall frescoes and pottery that depicts phallic scenes, orgies and homosexual relationships between men, Those Etruscan and Roman assets would have been lost. Just as it happened elsewhere, where the Church was not governing, But the "enlightened" liberal governments that judged certain representations scandalous and immoral and for this reason they destroyed them.
The system of modern law we owe it to the great Bolognese glossators who lived between the 11th and 12th centuries and we owe the fundamental element of legal civilization of the protection and legitimate defense of the accused precisely to that inquisitorial process on which unaware and ignorant people about the fact that being condemned by the Tribunals of the Holy Inquisition was very difficult. And it was precisely the courts of the inquisition that sanctioned another element that today is part of the criminal jurisprudence of all the so-called civilized countries of the world: the penalty aimed at recovery, not to the punishment dictated by instincts of revenge, because through the sentence the condemned should not be punished but recovered. The reply of the ignorant is ready: «Death sentences were given!». And here it must be reiterated that death sentences were not rare but very rare, specifying that they must be placed and read in historical contexts to which today's judgment criteria are not applicable, It would be enough to explain that even the death sentence was an extreme act aimed at recovering the convicted. For this the condemned were dressed in white, sign of purity, because with death they paid their debt and extinguished their guilt by reacquiring what in Christian language is called "baptismal purity". And their bodies, after death, they had to be treated with respect and buried with consideration.
To the historical explanations he reiterates the ignorant: Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake, other than killed and buried with respect!». Of course. And according to what was social logic, policy, juridical and religious of the time they did well to burn it at the stake. It was he who made a mistake with rare obstinacy. He was subjected to two processes, One in Venice and one in Rome. With the second Roman trial it was given again ex new to the entire procedural process that lasted in total eight years, During which two cancellations intervened for laughable defects of form, In order to give Bruno as much time as possible to be able to repent. For years he was attempted to induce him to repentance, which he stubbornly refused. Needless to say and explain to certain people who feed on and drink of black legends that cannot be evaluated and judging the Bruno case with the judgment criteria of our social present, politico, legal and also religious. It would be like condemning with a scream of scandal, through the application of contemporary thought, certain practices of the men of prehistory considered in our opinion inhuman and criminals.
There are many historical facts manipulated since the 16th century By the work of Protestant authors and from the end of the eighteenth century XIX by liberal-antique in the following period the French Revolution in the following period. The ardua remains today, If not almost impossible to deny certain black legends now absurd to truths impressed even on school texts of history. As in the case of the story that saw protagonists in the pontifical Rome of 1867 Gaetano Tognetti, 23 year old, Giuseppe Monti, 33 year old, Today celebrated as undisputed heroes and patriots of the Risorgimento. The two self -styled heroes, in the evening of 22 October 1867 They placed and exploded a powerful explosive charge that almost completely destroyed the Serristori barracks, located in a crossbar of the current via della Conciliation, A few tens of meters from the papal archbasilical of San Pietro. In this barracks a company of pontifical Zuavi housed. The explosion caused the death of twenty -five military and two civilians. If shortly before, a large company had not come out of the building, The number of deaths would have been much greater. The inspirer of this attack was mainly Francesco Cucchi, Deputy to the Parliament of Florence, that with other associates used the work of the two attacks, then ended up discovered, arrested, tried and sentenced to death.
Two years after their execution, to Unification of Italy that took place and with Rome which has become its capital, The two attacks were celebrated as heroes and made history as "martyrs of freedom" went down. In 1977 The Italian director Luigi Magni wrote and directed a film of a becera anticlerical matrix by enhancing these two figures and totally falsifying the historical picture of the last gash of life of the Papal States, now reduced to the territory of Rome only and part of the current Lazio region.
Gaetano Tognetti and Giuseppe Monti were not the heroic patriots but of the vile terrorists who killed in an attack by young people in the age group between the 18 e i 25 year old, all mostly components the musical band. Many more than twenty -seven in total could have been the victims, If an entire company had not suddenly left the stable one.
None of the European rulers, starting from the Savoy, He offered Diplomatic Help to Pius IX, asking for the grace of the condemned and the switching of the sentence to the capital penalty in prison, While knowing that at that moment the Roman Pontiff had to deal with the parents of the young victims and the Roman population wounded and angry for their death, including that of a five -year -old girl, Rosa, He died instantly with his father Francesco Ferri, while the mother, Younnse blind, he saved himself falling on the ground stunned. Once the senses resumed he went crazy completely, So much so that it was necessary to intern it in the asylum of Santa Maria della Pietà, where he later died.
This Randal narrative of the facts It has never passed through the legendary stories of the glorious Italian Risorgimento, how pseudo-storichical books feel, novels and even cinematographic productions of anti -clerical directors.
By virtue of what was the real historical story, We would have had to look at these two terrorists in legendary heroes by changing by rear by the work of liberal-antique propaganda, complete with roads, neighborhoods and monuments dedicated to them. This would be equivalent to erecting today in Rome, in via Fani, where he was kidnapped in 1978 Prime Minister Aldo Moro and killed his escort agents, A celebratory monument in honor of the heroic and patriotic Red Brigades. By imprinting to follow on the history books that the red brigades did not constitute a dangerous terrorist movement that stubbornly stained with murders and attacks during the seventies of the twentieth century, But a heroic group of liberators, titled to the name of each terrorist roads and squares.
Terrorists and attacks they can become heroes and be celebrated as such depending on those who win the war and follow the chronicles, By changing ideologies and legends in false historians presented to posterity as history-pastry, complete with great diffusion films, The purpose of which it is to instill in the increasingly glued masses contempt and hatred towards the Catholic Church and the Papacy, in the total contempt of historical truths. Terrorists can be such if the ideology followed by them loses and ends up defeat, as in the case of the red brigades, but they can become heroes and martyrs of freedom if the ideology they followed wins and imposes itself as a power of government. If in fact, radical Islam had won and, always for example, subjugated the United States of America, Today in New York the demolition of the two twin towers would be celebrated in the same way that the grip of the Bastille is celebrated in France and the reversal of the government of Louis XVII, Without nod to the summary executions or to the farsque processes entirely based on false delations that then gave life to a huge blood bath on the guillotine.
The Dutch historian Pieter Geyl (1887-1966) He said that "the story is always written by the winners". Many centuries earlier, The Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote in his political work: "The lies of the winners become history while those of the losers are discovered".
Phrase that is anything but easy to interpret, that of Aristotle, that the Italian philosopher and politician Rocco Buttiglione clarified in a lapidary way, interning precisely on the pages of the social media:
"There is historical science that has its rules: control of sources, the verification of the logical consistency of the statements, the obligation to complete information. Historical science wants to ascertain "What actually happened” (What really happened). This does not eliminate but places a limit to partisan. There is the war propaganda of the winners who try to establish itself as an official truth. There is also the war propaganda of the losers, which is periodically rediscovered and opposed to the official versions of the events. However, there is also the serious historical research that evaluates all available data. Often the phrase "History is written by the winners" is used by the losers to rehabilitate its war propaganda. It is good to keep it in mind to distinguish between serious historical revisionism and what is not serious " (cf.. WHO).
Today, From Russia to Ukraine to the Middle East, The story is repeating itself, with the worst overbearing already at work to manufacture the next false heroes of the homeland to be celebrated.
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Leone XIV. A roaring start between mass media, Communication and peace
LEONE XIV. A ROARING START BETWEEN MASS MEDIA, COMMUNICATION AND PEACE
We have heard prophetic words, who are not only addressed to information professionals, But to each of us. Because everyone, today, we communicate. We do it in the family, at work, sui social, in communities. And every word, each image, every silence... is a fragment of culture, it is a choice of peace or conflict. The Pope told us that «peace begins with how we look, let's listen, let's talk about others".
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It seems like, at least initially, the Catholic world has welcomed the words of the new Roman Pontiff with attention and hope, Leone XIV, especially in his early speeches.
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For example, addressing the journalists gathered in Rome for the Conclave, the Holy Father launched a message of profound simplicity and extraordinary relevance: a pressing invitation to embrace "disarmed communication", authentic and constructive, capable of building bridges of peace in an era marked by divisions and conflicts. This appeal is not only aimed at information professionals, but to every man and woman, called to reflect on the transformative power of words and their impact in creating a more peaceful future for all humanity. I would like some’ talk about some ideas that the Holy Father has initiated in my personal theological reflection and share them with all of you.
«Blessed are the Peacemakers»: The Theological Foundation. Pope Leo XIV's appeal to communicate peace has its roots in the heart of the Gospel. His speech opened with a powerful quotation of bliss: «Blessed are the peacemakers» (Mt 5,9). This is not a simple exhortation, but a promise of happiness and a definition of those who are truly children of God. The Successor of Peter made it clear that the peace of Christ is not an absence of conflict or the result of oppression, but a "gift that looks at people and reactivates their life". It is a peace made of reconciliation, forgiveness and the courage to start again.
In this light, unarmed communication proves to be an essential tool for actively building this dynamic and transformative peace. Our words have the power to heal wounds, to rebuild broken relationships and instill hope in those who have lost it. To be “peacemakers” in our daily communication it therefore means responding to a divine call, actively contributing to the realization of the Kingdom of God on earth.
A Special Appeal to Journalists: Guardians of the Truth and Sowers of Peace. The Supreme Pontiff Leo XIV paid particular attention to journalists, to mass media operators, recognizing their crucial role in shaping public opinion and describing the complexity of our time. He thanked them for their service to the truth, especially in delicate moments like the Conclave. However, This recognition is accompanied by a clear exhortation to responsibility. He asked journalists to embrace a "communication of peace", eschewing aggressive language and the logic of the "war of words and images". A particularly poignant moment of the speech was the memory of journalists imprisoned for seeking and reporting the truth. Pope Leo XIV expressed the Church's solidarity and asked for their release, underlining how only an informed people can make free and informed choices. In this way, the Pontiff not only recognizes the fundamental role of the media, but it invests them with an ethical mission of primary importance in building a more just and peaceful society.
Artificial Intelligence: immense potential that requires discernment. In his attentive look at the challenges of the contemporary world, Pope Leo XIV placed particular and initial attention on the topic of artificial intelligence. He recognized its "immense potential", capable of transforming communication and offering benefits to humanity. However, he also underlined the need for "discernment" and shared "responsibility" in its use, so that this instrument remains at the service of the common good and does not become "inhuman".
This reminder highlights the Church's awareness of rapid technological evolutions and its willingness to guide these transformations with wisdom and attention to the fundamental values of human dignity. The technology, so, it is not seen as a threat, but as a new "space to evangelize with intelligence and love".
Technology aimed at charity escapes algocracy: to the power of algorithms to process data to control minds and men. An AI is a working machine for man who seeks love in God. There is no logic of control and domination, but service.
«We Are the Times»: Saint Augustine's Exhortation to Personal Responsibility. At the conclusion of his speech, Pope Leo XIV quoted a very profound phrase from Saint Augustine: “We live well, and times will be good. We are the times". This statement reminds us that we are not simply spectators of our time, but active protagonists in its construction. The quality of time we experience is directly connected to the way we live, to our choices, to our words.
This call for individual responsibility it is particularly significant in the context of the call for peace communication. Every time we choose to communicate truthfully, love and respect, Let's help make times "good". We must not passively wait for a better future, but to commit ourselves to the present to build it through our actions and our way of relating to others.
Communication as Creation of Culture and Act of Charity. Pope Leo XIV's vision of communication goes beyond the simple transmission of information. He considers it a powerful tool for creating a culture of dialogue, of meeting and peace.1 The Pontiff stated that «communication, indeed, it's not just information transmission, but it is the creation of a culture, of human and digital environments that become spaces for dialogue and discussion". In this perspective, the act of communicating almost becomes a "mission", a "form of charity".
This echoes the thinking of his predecessor, Pope francesco, who has repeatedly underlined the importance of "disarming communication" and building a "culture of encounter", invites us to consider communication not as a neutral activity, but as a moral and spiritual commitment that has the power to build bridges of brotherhood and spread the values of the Gospel in the world.
A Journey Together Towards Peace. A path towards the peace of Christ teaches us that speaking is also a mission, it is a form of charity. So what, as the Pope says: let's disarm communication... and build peace. This is just the beginning of a journey that Pope Leo XIV invites us to travel together: that of unarmed communication, Evangelica, vera.
We have heard prophetic words, who are not only addressed to information professionals, But to each of us. Because everyone, today, we communicate. We do it in the family, at work, sui social, in communities. And every word, each image, every silence... is a fragment of culture, it is a choice of peace or conflict. The Pope told us that «peace begins with how we look, let's listen, let's talk about others". This is a spiritual revolution. A change of outlook that can transform our relationships, our parishes, our working environments. It's not about being "do-gooders", but to be "good according to the Gospel", capable of a style that doesn't scream, does not attack, but it sows confidence.
So what, what communication do we want to build? A communication that defends the truth with love, which is neither ideological nor superficial, but deep and free. A communication "that never separates truth from charity", as Saint Paul says. A communication that knows how to become a voice for those who have no voice, who does not allow himself to be seduced by power, but he chooses the weakness of the Cross as the language of salvation.
The Holy Father Leo XIV also speaks to us about "technology", and in particular artificial intelligence, which he defines as an "immense instrument". Also here, it's not about being afraid, but to exercise "discernment". Evangelization also passes through these new spaces: but he must do it wisely, safeguarding the dignity of the person. And then… that final step, so Augustinian: «We are the times». We don't have to wait for better times. «We make them so», every time we choose the truth, forgiveness, hope.
So let's ask ourselves, really, with sincerity: «what times do we want to build in the world today?» A time of fear or trust? A sterile or generative time? The Pope asks us to be "witnesses of a new culture", of a Church that does not close itself but dialogues, who does not fight but accompanies, which does not impose but illuminates. A Church that communicates peace because it lives in peace. And so do we, we want to walk in this direction: offer content that nourishes faith, that they build a thinking and praying community, capable of inhabiting the world with the style of the Gospel.
Let us always remember this: «to go to Heaven, we need to start building it together, here and now". Let's do it together with Pope Leo.
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The beginning of the Petrine Ministry of Leone XIV and the disenchantment of an old priest who hopes but does not delude himself - The Beginning of the petrine ministry of Leo XIV and the Disenchantment of an old priest Who hopes but not deluded
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The beginning of the Petrine Ministry of Leone XIV and the disenchantment of an old priest who hopes but does not illumulate
God bless the Roman Pontiff, Since in this condition of disaster it could do little or nothing. But, before a desperate situation like ours, having tried even without succeeding, will already constitute merit of grace and salvation, Through the glory of Christological failure, Because the future and the slow and painful rebirth of the Church will be played all about the search for the unit. So: good failure, Blessed Padre Leone 14.
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In front of a Roman pontiff who is dignified, to a decent pontifical liturgy as they had not been seen for a decade, to a square San Pietro Gremita, After years of triumphs of squares and increasingly empty churches, Among the riot of jubilations of the Laicists of the international claims who praised the "revolutionary pope", When he hearing a Roman Pontiff who speaks by carefully measuring words through speeches elaborated on doctrinal and theological content, at least, should lead me to rejoice with enthusiasm. Yup, I can also rejoice, but I can't rejoice, nor to be enthusiastic.
The Holy Father Leo XIV inherits the incancrenity situation of a church that stagnates in an irreversible condition of decline and that has long overcome the threshold of no return, I go by saying and writing from 15 year old (cf.. WHO e WHO). Of course, more than little, My words count for nothing. Imagine, We have lost the habit of listening to the Word of God, After doing what we wanted, between manipulations and surreal exegesis of convenience, What will ever count the thought of a Mr. Nothing and a Mr. none like me? All the more I feel like saying: If the Holy Father manages to do only something, this will not be much, but very much.
A man alone cannot change things, Not even Francesco d'Assisi succeeded in it, Also for this reason, on the end of life, he was hiding from Verna. And shortly after, Bonaventura da Bagnoregio, Eliminate the previous chronicles and biographies drawn up by Tommaso da Celano, provides to invent an golden legend for ecclesial use, political and social, so complicated was the figure of the true Francis, the real one (cf.. I refer to this article WHO). This tries again that we do not want the saints, which are almost always complex figures, not easy to read, often provocative and even irritating; We want the candela santini for the use of the dense army of the faithful beotes, Those all hearts that we priests have always looked at us from educating as it would be convenient by virtue of the mission entrusted to us by Christ. In fact, if we had educated and formed the faithful, These would have finished seeing our defects above all, our serious contradictions, By understanding that we priests are the updated and worse version of the ancient Pharisees before which Christ urged the devoted believers to do what they taught, Not what they did in their daily experience (cf.. Mt 23, 1-10), reproaching them to load on the shoulders of the people of the unbearable weights that they would never have touched even with a finger (cf.. LC 11,46).
The church car hasn't been working for decades, The engine is worn. The vipers will remain in place, they have already recycled up jumping within a few days on the chariot of the new winner. Touch or remove in a short time of prelates who changed the Roman Curia in a clerical association with mafia -style criminal, It would be imprudent and dangerous. Any change requires careful reflection, prudence and time, especially today that the Holy Father cannot rely on elements of value with which to work. His predecessor placed in all the key places of the Roman Curia Ruffiani and Delatori, In the best mediocre subjects hypothesis, almost always burdened by moral problems, so much that it is therefore blackmailed and controllable in a perverse system and pervertor, therefore manageable and if necessary usable to hurt others and spread the metastases of evil throughout the ecclesial body.
The level of the formation of priests He has lowered himself in recent years to horrible levels, In the seminars we have grown generations of priests weaned with the milk powder of the emotions of the hearts, then feeding them with the homogens of sociologisms. Infimal, doctrinal levels, Theological and pastoral. Now it is almost practical to hear priests who during the homilies manage to cross three deadly heresies over the first minutes, without even realizing it.
I try to exercise the theological virtue of hope (The Cor 13.13), But looking at me by confusing it with the illusion. On the thresholds of 62 years of age I am an old disillusioned priest, More and more withdrawn and distant from all the laps and ecclesial and ecclesiastical circles that over the years have gone the worst evil with diabolical malice. Several times I had to defend myself from false accusations linked to the facts that have never happened, A deeds never completed, to things never said and never thought. I will follow to defend myself until I want to want and strength, Above all as long as it will be worth it, because sometimes he does not even deserve to defend himself from the false.
I'm totally disillusioned, while following hoping, because I have faith. It is in fact with the faith and hope that the virtue of charity can be exercised. I don't know if I am realistic in an objective way or if my pains and the many humiliations suffered during the entire priestly life make my analysis spoiled on what is also real and incontrovertible, This will tell the time. Disillusionment is the most serious disease that is encountered in the season of old age, It is such a serious disease that it is called chronic as a disorder, therefore incurable. We must serenely accept everything by taking from old age, Among the various beautiful elements that can give us, The acceptance of those personal limits of ours that sometimes life puts us in front of our failures.
The throbbing emotional hearts would be envied with their "faith" made of stars, by Ephebian Christ and Fotoshoppati and of Languid Madonnine who wander the world for the world to distribute Tremebondi messages and secrets to the various self -styled seers. Instead, I who lived 38 years in the secular world before starting training to the priesthood and become a priest a 46 year old, Despite having traveled and met men and women of the most different cultures and societies, I have no memory of having known bad subjects in anywhere, cruel and evil as those I met in the church inside the Catholic clergy. May, in my secular life, I met humans who were bad, cowards, liars and traitors like certain priests, that are not a few at all, like some scandalized soul pia would havetened to reply by accusing me to linger in tremendous generalizations. And the more you go up to the hierarchical scale the more badness, the cowardice, The lie and betrayal increase in level when you reach bishops and cardinals.
Leone XIV is not Mago Merlin, In hand he holds the ferula if necessary, or pastoral stick, not the magic wand. Will try to do and, surely, Farà, but it will not be able to do much in this church no longer reduced even in a whore, To use the expression of the Holy Bishop and doctor of the Church Ambrogio who called it "chaste whore», that is, "holy and whore". Today the church is reduced to a grotesque circle of Checche acid, bad and incact to maximum power, drugs of power and placed in all control rooms, Starting from the Roman Curia located in the nation with the highest percentage of gays around the world: the Vatican City State.
Before the mystery of Christ and human suffering We must ask ourselves thoroughly in what eternal life would consist, except in the recovery of everything we have forgotten, considered useless or lost in our earthly life according to the principle of recapitulation:
«[…] that is, the design of recapitulating all things in Christ, those in heaven and things on earth " (Ef 1, 1-10).
In a few pages I wrote the manifesto of my failure consumed as a man and as a priest, feeling in this associated with that of Christ not accepted (cf.. GV 1,11) betrayed (cf.. LC 22,48) and abandoned (cf.. Mt 26,56). And such would remain the Christ: A sensational bankruptcy, If his resurrection had not intervened, to which all of us Christological failed we have been made participants. It is in fact the resurrection of Christ and our resurrection in Christ that changes the perspective of failure and change it in a step of passage, In a great moment of grace, In an access door to eternal life.
God bless the Roman Pontiff, Since in this condition of disaster it could do little or nothing. But, before a desperate situation like ours, having tried even without succeeding, will already constitute merit of grace and salvation, Through the glory of Christological failure, Because the slow and painful rebirth of the church will be played on the search for the unit (cf.. WHO). So: good failure, Blessed Padre Leone 14.
From the island of Patmos, 18 May 2025
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THE BEGINNING OF THE PETRINE MINISTRY OF LEO XIV AND THE DISENCHANTMENT OF AN OLD PRIEST WHO HOPES BUT IS NOT DELUDED
God bless the Roman Pontiff, since in this condition of disaster he could do little or nothing. However, in the face of a desperate situation like ours, having tried even without succeeding will already constitute a merit of grace and salvation, through the glory of Christological failure, because the slow and painful rebirth of the Church will be played out entirely on the search for unity. Therefore: happy failure, Most Blessed Father Leo XIV.
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Ariel S. Levi di Gualdo
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Before a Roman Pontiff who presents himself with dignity, before a decorous pontifical liturgy like we haven’t seen in a decade, before a crowded St. Peter’s Square, after years of triumphs of increasingly empty squares and churches, amid the jubilation of the secularists of the international left who praised the “revolutionary pope,” hearing a Roman Pontiff who speaks carefully measuring his words through speeches elaborated on doctrinal and theological content, at the very least, should induce me to rejoice with enthusiasm. Yes, I can also rejoice, but I cannot rejoice, nor be enthusiastic.
The Holy Father Leo XIV inherits the cancerous situation of a Church that is stagnant in a condition of irreversible decadence that has long since passed the threshold of no return, I have been saying and writing for 15 years (see HERE and HERE). Of course, more than a little, my words count for nothing. Imagine, we have lost the habit of listening to the word of God, after having done what we wanted with it, between manipulations and surreal exegeses of convenience, what could the thought of a Mr. Nothing and a Mr. Nobody like me count for? All the more reason I feel like saying: if the Holy Father manages to do just a little, it will not be much, but a lot.
One man alone cannot change things, not even Francis of Assisi succeeded, which is also why he hid at the end of his life at La Verna. And shortly after, Bonaventura da Bagnoregio, having eliminated the previous chronicles and biographies written by Tommaso da Celano, proceeded to invent a golden legend for ecclesiastical, political and social use, so complicated was the figure of the true Francis, the real one. This proves the fact that we do not want Saints, who are almost always complex figures, not easy to read, often provocative and even irritating; we want candle holy cards for the dense army of the faithful childish, that we priests have always been careful not to educate as would be appropriate by virtue of the mission entrusted to us by Christ. If in fact we had educated and trained the faithful, they would have ended up seeing first of all our defects, our serious contradictions, understanding that we priests are the updated and worsened version of the ancient Pharisees before whom Christ exhorted devout believers to do what they taught, not what they did in their daily lives (see Mt 23:1-10), reproaching them for placing unbearable burdens on people’s shoulders that they would never have touched even with a finger (see Page 11:46).
The Church machine has not worked for decades, the engine is worn out. The vipers will remain in place, they have already recycled themselves by jumping on the bandwagon of the new winner in a matter of days. Touching or removing in a short time armies of prelates who have transformed the Roman Curia into a mafia-style clerical criminal association would be imprudent and dangerous. Any change requires careful reflection, prudence and time, especially today when the Holy Father cannot rely on valuable elements with which to work. His Predecessor has placed in all the key positions of the Roman Curia sycophants and informers, in the best case mediocre subjects, almost always burdened by moral problems, so much so that they are therefore blackmailable and controllable in a system that is now perverse and perverting, therefore manageable and, if necessary, usable to harm others and spread the metastases of evil throughout the ecclesial body.
The level of priestly training has dropped to horrible levels in recent years, in seminaries we have raised generations of priests weaned on the powdered milk of the emotions of little hearts, then nourished with the homogenized baby food of sociologisms. The doctrinal, theological and pastoral levels are very low. It is now almost common practice to hear priests who during homilies manage to enunciate three heresies in the space of the first few minutes, without even realizing it.
I try to exercise the theological virtue of hope (The Cor 13.13), but I am careful not to confuse it with illusion. On the threshold of 62 years of age I am an old disillusioned priest, increasingly withdrawn and distant from all the ecclesiastical and ecclesiastical circles and circles that over the years have brought me the worst harm with diabolical malice. I have had to defend myself several times from false accusations related to facts that never happened, to deeds never done, to things never said or even thought. I will continue to defend myself as long as I have the will and strength, especially as long as it is worth it, because sometimes it is not even worth defending oneself from falsehood.
I am totally disillusioned, even though I continue to hope, because I have faith. It is in fact with faith and hope that one can exercise the virtue of charity. I do not know if I am objectively realistic or if my pains and the many humiliations suffered throughout my entire priestly life make my analysis of what is real and incontrovertible flawed, time will tell. Disillusionment is the most serious illness encountered in old age, it is such a serious disease that it is defined as chronic disorder, therefore incurable. We must serenely accept everything, taking from old age, among the various beautiful elements that it can give us, the acceptance of our personal limits that life sometimes puts before us together with our failures.
One would envy the emotional hearts and their “faith” made of little stars, of ephebic androgynous photoshopped Christs and of languid Madonnas who wander chattering around the world distributing messages and secrets to the various self-styled seers. Instead, I who lived 38 years in the secular world before beginning my training for the priesthood and becoming a priest at 46, despite having traveled and met men and women from the most diverse cultures and societies, I have no memory of having met anywhere such bad, cruel and wicked individuals as those I have met in the Church within the Catholic clergy. Never, in my secular life, have I met human beings who were bad, cowardly, liars and traitors like certain priests, who are not at all few, as some scandalized pious soul would hasten to retort accusing me of indulging in terrible generalizations. And the higher you go up the hierarchical ladder, the more wickedness, cowardice, lies and betrayal increase when you reach bishops and cardinals.
Leo XIV is not Merlin Magician, in his hand he holds the “cane”, or pastoral staff, not the magic wand. He will try to do and, certainly, he will do, but he will not be able to do much in this Church no longer even reduced to a whore, to use the expression of the Holy Bishop and Doctor of the Church Ambrose who defined it as “chaste whore”, or “holy and whore”. Today the Church is reduced to a gay circle grotesque; an army of evil and vengeful gays to the maximum power, drugged with power and placed in all the rooms of command, starting from the Roman Curia located in the nation with the highest percentage of gays in the world: the Vatican City State.
Faced with the mystery of Christ and human suffering, we must ask ourselves what eternal life would consist of, if not in the recovery of everything we have forgotten, considered useless or lost in our earthly life according to the principle of recapitulation:
«to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ» (Eph 1, 1-10).
In a few words I have written the manifesto of my failure as a man and as a priest, feeling associated in this with that of Christ who was not welcomed (see Jh 1:11), betrayed (see Page 22:48) and abandoned (see Mt 26:56). And Christ would have remained such: a resounding failure, if his resurrection had not intervened, in which all of us Christological failures, have been made participants. It is in fact the resurrection of Christ and our resurrection in Christ that changes the perspective of failure and transforms it into a stage of transition, into a great moment of grace, into a door of access to eternal life.
God bless the Roman Pontiff, since in this condition of disaster he could do little or nothing. However, in the face of a desperate situation like ours, having tried even without succeeding will already constitute a merit of grace and salvation, through the glory of Christological failure, because the slow and painful rebirth of the Church will be played out entirely on the search for unity. Therefore: happy failure, Most Blessed Father Leo XIV.
From the Isle of Patmos, May 18, 2025
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