What are the limits of forgiveness?

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Good morning and happy Saturday. Here is an abbreviated Saturday Post.

Below, check out the article by Jimmy Aiken at Catholic Answers on the limitations of forgiveness. Additionally, Fr. Sam Sawyer, SJ explores an Ignatian reaction to secular canonization of Charlie Kirk. And, Cardinal Angelo Becciu is beginning his appeal to his criminal conviction in the Vatican.

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Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

This Sunday at Mass, we will hear from Amos 6:1, 4-7; Psalm 146; 1 Timothy 6:11-16; and Luke 16:19-31.

Here is a calendar for the rest of the week:

Monday, 29 September - Feast of Sts. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, archangels
Tuesday, 30 September - Memorial of St. Jerome, priest and doctor
Wednesday, 1 October - Memorial of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor
Thursday, 2 October - Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels
Saturday, 4 October - Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi, religious

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

2 Corinthians 8:9

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In the news:

The United States

Erika Kirk forgave her husband’s killer. What are the limits of forgiveness? - Jimmy Aiken in Catholic Answers

Bishop Thomas Paprocki (Springfield, Illinois) speaks out against Cardinal Blasé Cupich’s decision to award Sen. Dick Durbain (D-IL) with human dignity award - The Pillar

For those who need some red: Catholics and gender ideology - George Weigel in Denver Catholic

For those who need some blue: Who is being served by making Charlie Kirk a saint: God or Caesar? - Fr. Sam Sawyer, SJ in America Magazine

The Vatican

Pope Leo XIV taps Archbishop Filippo Iannone to lead Dicastery for Bishops - The Pillar

Vatican struggles against spread of ‘deepfake’ images of Pope Leo XIV - Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Becciu’s Vatican appeal hearing begins - Catholic News Agency

The World

Jihadist groups create ‘corridor of violence’ targeting Christians in Sahel - Catholic World Report

Bring back the Catholic city - America Magazine

The challenge of being Catholic in the world’s largest Muslim country - Catholic World Report

King Charles and Camilla to make state visit to Vatican in late October - Catholic News Agency

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Have a good weekend,

Matthew