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A statue of Saint Robert Bellarmine in stone, with a beard and holding a book. Bright blue sky background. Text reads "Bellarmine Forum"."

BFP news: Progress of the Revolution to the Amazon Synod

https://media.blubrry.com/bellarmineforumfootnote/bellarmineforum.podbean.com/mf/play/zkpunn/bfp_015-1_news_on_progress_of_the_revolution_to_amazon_synod.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSt. Francis de Sales in Introduction to the devout Life: Make yourself familiar with the angels, and behold them frequently in spirit; for, without being seen, they are present with you.   Today, on the feast of the archangels, Pope Francis unveiled a new Sculpture titled “Angels Unawares”….   it is for the…

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A statue of Saint Robert Bellarmine in stone, with a beard and holding a book. Bright blue sky background. Text reads "Bellarmine Forum"."

Unite the Clans Must Combat the Symbols of Revolution with the Real Presence and End Communion in the Hand BFP015

https://media.blubrry.com/bellarmineforumfootnote/bellarmineforum.podbean.com/mf/play/suygmc/BFP015_The_Revolution_Climate_Change_VS_Unite_the_Clans_Resistance_-_to_hell_with_communion_in_the_hand.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSymbolic Realities of Revolution vs. #UnitetheClans Real Presence. The Unite the Clans movement from the Remnant’s Michael Matt is a good thing, but it won’t win so long as it is focused on Vatican II. The Revolution afoot, those aligned with the devil in the Church, fight us with…

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A Cheap Trick. Has Catholic Fundraising Gone Off the Rails?

Tape this nickel to the reply card… send this candle back… return this blessed oil… with a donation, of course! has Catholic fundraising gone too far?

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A depiction of Saint Peter Julian Eymard in religious vestments, with a golden halo and the text "August 2 Saint Peter Julian Eymard Saint of the Eucharist." The background is dark with golden accents."

Peter Julian Eymard and the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar

God is there, present in His Divine Son, on the altar, captured beneath the tangible appearances of bread and wine. This is the Mystery of our Faith: Christ truly present, body and blood, soul and divinity on the Catholic altars of the world. This is the Corpus Christi celebrated in centuries-old liturgies and neighborhood processions. …

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Man with gray hair in a suit against a blue background, identified as "Malachi Martin Author." Text is in bold orange and white. Malachi Martin was a controversial Catholic priest, writer, and professor of ancient history at the Pontifical Biblical Institute."

Saturday Night Theater: Malachi Martin and William Buckley talk Church in 1978 at the Election of John Paul I

Sit back and listen to a discussion of two good intellectual entertainers talk about the State of the Church in 1978 and the trends affecting the future… 40 years later, it’s telling how well they saw what was coming.

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Brebeuf Jesuit Prep in Detente with the Devil versus How to be Humble in the Month of Pride – BFP014

Two Jesuit-educated alums consider whether the Society of Jesus is marching under “the other standard”, secularization, how to find refuge and thrive in the devil’s world we find ourselves in today.

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“Behold This Heart Which Has So Loved Men” – The Sacred Heart of Jesus

Learn the origin of the Sacred Heart devotion, and the 12 promises Our Lord made for those who honor Him this way.

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March On Christian Soldier in the Victory Parade of Corpus Christi – BFP013

Corpus Christi is a prefigurement of that parade we’ll be part of in Heaven. Topics include: “Clinging to the ashes of the past” — You can have you latin, but just not in the Mass — the “eucharist” is a verb (!) — Priest on Twitter who wonders if people make an idol of the Blessed Sacrament

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The Banishment Of Religion From Public: Dark Victory of the Enlightenment. A burning cathedral with flames and smoke, primarily featuring a Gothic facade with pointed arches and intricate stonework. The sky is cloudy, and the fire illuminates the scene with bright orange and yellow hues. Text overlay in white on a dark background at top of image.

The Banishment Of Religion From Public View: Dark Victory of the Enlightenment

Twenty Years Ago, the Forum warned of the trend to push God aside and deify man – and the social effects sound just like today. Notre Dame is burning indeed! Part III

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A black and white illustration of people singing and playing guitar with text "Humanism and the Sacred: Why Sacred Music Stinks Today". The background is gray."

Humanism and the Sacred (by Msgr. Schuler, 1969)

Msgr Schuler nailed it in 1969. The problems of sacred music today do not lie in repertory or congregational participation. The disputes over Latin and the vernacular, the choir, the use of [guitar] are not the essential points …The problem is one of Faith – man replacing God.

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