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  Savonarola remains an enigma, as controversial in our day as he was in his own. He was born in Ferrara in 1452, the grandson of a learned physician who helped him on his way to acquiring a master of arts degree at the University of Ferrara. At the age of twenty-three, however, he rejected the secular world to become a Dominican friar in the Observant monastery in Bologna, where St. Dominic himself had died and was buried. It was there that he acquired the deep learning reflected in his later sermons, as we can now see from the “Borromeo notebook,”... https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1npnwt

  Savonarola and Florence in the Renaissance https://youtu.be/YiCoMLjQ0bo?si=QUfTW56VO0atM-XA

  20. Girolamo Savonarola, firebrand of Florence https://youtu.be/i9R5pb1hu58?si=QGnOTfoGzlIivhwf

  Pope Leo: The death penalty is inadmissible https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54864 Apr 24th, 2026 Screenshot Source:  Vatican Media/USCCB Pope Leo XIV has offered his support for those advocating for the abolition of the death penalty in the United States and around the world and insisted on the importance of safeguarding human dignity. The Church affirms "that the dignity of the person is not lost even after very serious crimes are committed," Pope Leo XIV said in a video message released today, to those gathered at DePaul University in the United States marking the 15th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty in the State of Illinois. Pope Leo said he was joining those present in celebrating this landmark decision made in 2011 and offered his "support to those who advocate for the abolition of the death penalty in the United States of America and around the world." "I pray that your efforts will lead to a greater acknowledgement of the dignit...

 Roman Catholic can we save all people Question: I can not believe God would condemn souls to damnation who never heard the Christian message. What does my Church say? Answer: The  Catechism of the Catholic Church : “Outside the Church there is no salvation” This affirmation is not aimed at those who, through no fault of their own, do not know Christ and his Church: Those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the gospel of Christ or his Church, but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart, and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do his will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience—those too may achieve eternal salvation. “Although in ways known to himself God can lead those who, through no fault of their own, are ignorant of the Gospel, to that faith without which it is impossible to please him, the Church still has the obligation and also the sacred right to evangelize all men” (CCC 847-848). Vatican II, Lumen Gentium : Those also can atta...

  What do Americans consider moral and what don’t they? A study examines the morality of 15 behaviors zenit.org /2026/03/27/what-do-americans-consider-moral-and-what-dont-they-a-study-examines-the-morality-of-15-behaviors 27 de marzo de 2026 (ZENIT News / Rome, 03.27.2026).- A sweeping new set of surveys suggests that the moral landscape of the United States is neither collapsing nor cohering—but fragmenting in complex and revealing ways. Far from embracing moral relativism across the board, Americans are drawing selective lines: permissive on many personal behaviors, sharply condemnatory on others, and deeply divided along political, religious, and generational fault lines. The data, drawn from two large-scale 2025 surveys conducted by the  Pew Research Center , paint a portrait of a society that has largely normalized practices once considered contentious, while still maintaining strong moral boundaries in specific areas—especially those touching on trust and fidelity. Permi...