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The Council of Nicaea 325 ... and in 2025
HE FIRST Council of Nicaea Pontifical University of St Thomas
T Twas convened in the Bithynian Aquinas (the Angelicum where
city of Nicaea, now İznik, south of our own Jamie Baillie is studying)
what today is Istanbul in Turkey. It and at the Augustinian Patristic
was called by the Roman Emperor Pontifical Institute. The second,
Constantine I and met from May organised by the World Council of
until the end of July in the year 325. Churches, is in November.
This was the first of many efforts At a recent ecumenical meeting,
to bring consensus in the church. Pope Francis spoke about the
Its main accomplishments were to anniversary as a source of unity
settle the issue of the divine nature of God the between Christians. “Dear friends,” he said, “we
Son and His relationship to God the Father, the have set out on a journey led by God’s kindly
construction of the first part of the Nicene Creed light that dissipates the darkness of division and
and unifying the date of Easter. It also declared directs our journey towards unity.
that the Blessed Virgin Mary is “Theotokos”, the “The Trinitarian and Christological confession
Greek word for “God-Bearer” (Mother of God). of the Council of Nicaea, which acknowledges
The council also promulgated the Nicene Creed, Jesus to be ‘true God from true God’ and
which is still accepted by Orthodox, Anglican ‘consubstantial with the Father,’ unites us with
and Protestant denominations.
all those who are baptised. In view of this great
Two major events are planned for 2025 to mark anniversary, let us renew our enthusiasm for
the 1700th anniversary of the Council. The journeying together in the way of Christ, in the
first event will be held in Rome in April at the way that is Christ.”
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Pier Giorgio Frassati’s canonisation
OPE FRANCIS has during his novena and he felt this
P Precognised a miracle attributed tremendous warmth in his ankle.
to Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati’s I when he went to the orthopedic
intercession, paving the way for his surgeon a week later, who, after
canonisation as a saint during the seeing the scan and conducting
Catholic Church’s Jubilee of Youth physical investigations, said, ‘You
next summer. Frassati, who died must have someone in heaven who
at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved likes you’”
by many Catholic young people Born on Holy Saturday in 1901,
today for his enthusiastic witness to Frassati was the son of the founder
holiness that reaches “to the heights.” and director of the Italian newspaper
The young man from the northern La Stampa. At the age of 17, he
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Italian city of Turin was an avid Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati joined the St Vincent de Paul Society
mountaineer and third order Dominican known and dedicated much of his spare time to taking
for his charitable outreach. In a decree, Pope care of the poor, the homeless, and the sick, as
Francis recognised the miraculous healing of a well as servicemen returning from World War I.
seminarian of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Frassati wrote the phrase, “Verso L’Alto,” which
recently ordained priest. He had damaged his means “To the Heights,” a phrase that has become
Achilles tendon in a basketball accident and a motto for inspiration to strive for the summit of
an MRI scan showed significant damage to his eternal life with Christ. Frassati died of polio in
Achilles tendon, his doctor recommended that 1925, caught while serving the sick.
he see an orthopaedic surgeon. “Being very upset
about the whole thing, he started a novena to This is an extract from an article by Courtney Mares,
Pier Giorgio Frassati,” Sarno explained. Midway Catholic News Agency - catholicnewsagency.com
through the novena, “he was in the chapel crying
