#holy mother church

[jameslmartello]

St. Louis Cathedral-Basilica in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana

[hiawathab]

Soy Católico.

[ultramontanism]

Pope Pius XI, Lux Veritatis, 1931:

35. But if, as We have said, at all times throughout the course of ages, the true Church of Christ has most diligently defended this genuine and uncorrupted doctrine concerning the personal unity and the divinity of her Founder, it has not been so, alas! with those who wander unhappily outside the one fold of Christ. For whenever anyone pertinaciously withdraws himself from the infallible teaching authority of the Church, We grieve to say that he gradually loses the true and certain doctrine concerning Jesus Christ. [...]

36. Wherefore, with a fatherly heart, from the summit of this Apostolic See, We exhort all those who glory in being the followers of Christ, and who place in Him their own hope and salvation and that of human society, that they should ever join themselves more firmly and more closely to this Roman Church, in which alone Christ is believed in with whole and perfect faith, is worshipped with the sincere worship of adoration, and is beloved with the perpetual flame of burning charity. Let them remember, and in particular those who preside over a flock separated from Us, that the faith which their fathers solemnly professed at Ephesus is preserved unchanged and is strenuously defended, as in past ages so also in the present, by this supreme Chair of Truth. Let them remember that the unity of this genuine faith rests and stands firm only on the one rock set by Christ, and can be preserved safe and intact by the supreme authority of the successors of Blessed Peter.

[thegirlintheblackdress]

The Lady of the Sun, by Albrecht Dürer, 1498

[catholike]

[son-of-a-frostgiant]

is it still beach episode season... idk i live in the tropics.

i mean there's a completely good beach in the fishing hamlet... would be a waste not to take your bestie on a beach date...

[littleflowerfaith]

Immaculate Heart of Mary pray for us

Sacred Heart of Jesus have mercy on us

[christliche-kunstwerke]

Verkündigung an Maria by Sandro Botticelli (1489, Gemälde)

[fight0rfall]

𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤

[fredpoubelartist]

[swallowtail-ageha]

I do remember seeing on the dreaded red app some people seeing the "Messmer mourned the loss of a brother-in-arm" quote and the fact that he didn't execute Andreas and Huw as a sign of being merciful but also like. His treatment of them is the opposite of having mercy. He quite literally entombed them alive and left them to starve to death alone if not for the company of stone statues and sorcerers long gone mad

[jameslmartello]

Our Lady of Fatima, intercede for us who have recourse to you. +

[rottendust]

[ultramontanism]

Pope Gregory XVI, 1832: Mirari Vos:

9. Furthermore, the discipline sanctioned by the Church must never be rejected or be branded as contrary to certain principles of natural law. It must never be called crippled, or imperfect or subject to civil authority. In this discipline the administration of sacred rites, standards of morality, and the reckoning of the rights of the Church and her ministers are embraced.

[myremnantarmy]

O joyful Virgin, who gave birth to the Lord;

O blessed Mother of the Church,

who nurture in us the Spirit

of your Son Jesus Christ!

[thegirlintheblackdress]

Adoration of the Magi, by Diego Velázquez