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Monday, Sept. 17, 24th Week in Ordinary Time

ST. ROBERTO BELLARMINO [Robert Bellarmine] (Italy, 1542-1621), Jesuit, Cardinal, Doctor of the Church
Benedict XVI dedicated his catechesis on Feb. 23, 2011 to this great Jesuit theologian wjo was one of the great figures of the Counter-Reformation.
www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/audiences/2011/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20110223...
Roberto Bellarmino was born in Montepulciano near Siena, and was ordained in the Jesuit order in 1570. Educated at the Collegio Romano, the University of Padua and the University of Louvain in Belgium, he later taught theology in Louvain and then at the Collegio Romano in the period following the Council of Trent. His most famous work, Controversiae, sought to address the issues raised by Protestant theology from a dispassionate historical and theological perspective, but his most popular work remained his brief catechism of Christian doctrine. He also served as spiritual father to the Jesuit students of the Collegio Romano, including Saint Luigi (Aloysius) Gonzaga. Bellarmine was created a Cardinal by Pope Clement VIII, and made Archbishop of Capua, where he spent three years in preaching and pastoral activity before being recalled to Rome and the service of the Holy See. In his later years, he composed a number of works of spirituality which reflect his deep Ignatian formation, with its stress on meditation on the mysteries of Christ and the loving imitation of the Lord. He is buried in the Jesuit home church of Gesu. He was canonised in 1930 alongside his pupil Luigi Gonzaga. Strangely he was not beatified until 3 centuries after his death: Pius XI beatified him in 1923, canonized him in 1930, and proclaimed him a Doctor of the Church in 1931.
Readings for today's Mass:
www.usccb.org/bible/readings/091712.cfm


AT THE VATICAN TODAY

No events announced for the Holy Father.

The Press office announced the following:
The President of the Tribunal of Vatican City, Prof. Giuseppe Dalla Torre, issued a decree today stating that the first hearing of the trial against Paolo Gabriele and Claudio Sciapelletti will be held on 9:30 a.m, on September 29. The two were indicted by the Investigating Judge last August 13. The trial hearings will be held a the session hall of the Tribunal of Vatican City State. All partiies concerned have been informed.

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