Archbishop lefebvre biography of rory
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I Accuse the Council
Marcel François Marie Joseph Lefebvre (1905- 1991) was a French Roman Catholic archbishop who was a strong opponent of the Second Vatican Council, and in 1970 founded the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) to continue “traditionalist” teachings. He was excommunicated in 1988 after consecrating four bishops, despite the prohibition by Pope John Paul II against this. He was not reconciled to the Roman Church prior to his death [although several of the bishops were]. He wrote several books, such as 'Open Letter to Confused Catholics,' 'The Mass of All Time,' 'They Have Uncrowned Him,' 'Spiritual Journey,' 'Against the Heresies,' etc. A full-length biography of him is 'Marcel Lefebvre.'
He wrote in the Preface to the 1976 French edition, "These documents, with supporting evidence, will make it clear that Liberal and Modernist tendencies came to light during the Council and had an overw
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Pope John Paul II
Head of the Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005
Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see John Paul II (disambiguation), Pope John Paul II (disambiguation), Saint John Paul II (disambiguation), JP2 (disambiguation), and Karol Wojtyla (disambiguation).
Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus II; Polish: Jan Paweł II; Italian: Giovanni Paolo II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła, Polish:[ˈkarɔlˈjuzɛvvɔjˈtɨwa];[b] 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005.
In his youth, Wojtyła dabbled in stage acting. He graduated with excellent grades from an all-boys high school in Wadowice, Poland, in 1938, soon after which World War II broke out. During the war, to avoid being kidnapped and sent off to a German forced labour camp, he signed up for work in harsh conditions in a quarry. Wojtyła eventually took up acting a
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Religion news 13 February 2025
Burnley vicar says CofE should follow Jesus and appoint working class apprentices
The vicar from St Matthew’s Burnley, Fr Alex Frost, who is well known for his podcast the “Godcast” and for featuring in a BBC news bio about feeding people in the town from the back of a van during Covid, has won support for a strategi to attract more working class people into the Church of England. He told the general synod that his experience of running a multi-million pound Argos store, counted for nothing because he had left school at 15 with no qualifications. He said people in the Church of England “speak a completely different language” of snobbery and elitism. Many speakers agreed, telling how they felt different with nordlig accents, or having been brought up on council house estates. But Fr Frost said there fryst vatten outstanding church work going on in vulnerable communities, and as Jesus had chosen working class disciples, fishermen and tax collectors, so the CofE