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A portrait of Saint Robert Bellarmine in cardinal's red robes, holding a crucifix. He has a beard and is depicted with a halo. Text reads: "S. ROBERTUS CARD. BELLARMINUS S. SOC. JESU. MARCELLI II P.M. NEPOS."

St. Robert Bellarmine, S.J.

This article is taken from the Catholic Encyclopedia (1907). A distinguished Jesuit theologian, writer, and cardinal, born at Montepulciano, 4 October, 1542; died 17 September, 1621. His father was Vincenzo Bellarmino, his mother Cinthia Cervini, sister of Cardinal Marcello Cervini, afterwards Pope Marcellus II. He was brought up at the newly founded Jesuit college in…

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We Need a Miracle to Solve the Obamacare Mandates

Yesterday’s Gospel had the Pharisees asking Our Lord for a sign to prove that He was God. That Gospel ends noting that He and the Apostles left them and got into a boat. Then, in today’s Gospel, we hear that the Apostles “had forgotten to bring bread.” They must have been showing their disappointment and…

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