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31/07/2024

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24/06/2024

Launch of my new book “Rigidity: Faithfulness or Heterodoxy?” this Saturday at 10 am EST. Join me for a Q&A session on that day!

Looking forward to seeing you there!

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24/06/2024

Despite tensions with Pope Francis which have sometimes boiled over into public view, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, Pope Benedict XVI's longtime secretary, will become the pope's representative to the Baltic states.

06/06/2024

Out now!

“Mary, Star of the New Evangelization” is an anthology of Dr. James Likoudis’ essays in Mariology, which offers readers a comprehensive look into the teachings and beliefs of the Catholic Church on one of Her most profound and rich fields of study.

Complete with a foreword by world-renowned Mariologist Dr. Mark Miravalle, and an afterword by distinguished Patristic scholar and Mariologist William Albrëcht, readers are in for a real treat!

The eleven essays are also supplemented with two appendices containing selections from Lumen Gentium, on Mary as icon and type of the Church, as well as the complete text of Pope Paul VI’s Apostolic Exhortation, Marialis Cultus: For the Right Ordering and Development of Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Within these pages, Dr. Likoudis establishes a strong foundation for an eventual 5th Marian Dogma, focusing on Mary’s roles as Mediatrix, Co-redemptrix, and Advocate, with an eye toward our separated Eastern brethren and their understanding of the Mother of God.

It is our hope that the conversation around this potential dogma, long delayed due to polemics, can, with the aid offered here, be significantly furthered, and that this aid will also simultaneously resolve difficulties standing in the way of a long-awaited full reconciliation between East and West!

Get it here:

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Testimonials:

The lifetime writings of Mr. James Likoudis constitute a living witness to the fact that an authentic Catholic can at once be entirely Marian, and also entirely ecumenical. Of like witness to the complementary goals of defending the “whole truth about Mary,” and the imperative for Christian Unity as profoundly embodied by Pope St. John Paul the Great, James Likoudis also comprises a contemporary theological and catechetical voice for full Mariological truth, not as an obstacle, but rather as a means to authentic ecumenical unity.

— Dr. Mark Miravalle, St. John Paul II Chair of Mariology, Franciscan University of Steubenville;
Constance Shifflin-Blum Chair of Mariology, Ave Maria University;
President, International Marian Association
(From the Foreword)
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“The special contribution of Mary, Star of the New Evangelization is the insight James Likoudis shares in recognizing that the Blessed Virgin Mary is key to evangelization in the post-modern, secular world. With personal experience as a Greek Orthodox convert to Hellenic Greek Catholicism, as well as years of teaching, Likoudis analyzes Patristic, Magisterial, and Eastern liturgical texts to overcome contemporary confusions about Mary. His book illustrates how “the Church must breathe with both her lungs” (Ut Unum Sint, §54) in sharing our Blessed Mother with a world that does not know her as it should.”

— Gloria Falcão Dodd, SThD,
Research Professor,
International Marian Research Institute,
University of Dayton
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“In Mary, Star of the New Evangelization, James Likoudis covers many important themes such as Mary’s knowledge of her Son’s divinity, her role in the work of redemption, and her relation to the Church’s evangelizing mission. The main contribution of this volume, however, is its serious engagement with Eastern Orthodox Mariology on topics such as the Immaculate Conception, Mary’s predestination, and her mediation of grace.”

— Robert Fastiggi, PhD,
Former President, Mariological Society of America;
Member, Theological Commission of the International Marian Association;
Corresponding Member, Pontifical Marian Academy
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“As people are abandoning their Catholic faith for other denominations or no religion at all, Mary, Star of the New Evangelization, presents inspiring light for those who desire to deepen their relationship with God and for those looking for greater hope in the future of the Church. Our Blessed Mother Mary appeared to God’s people in various cultures in times of distress, of great need, in war, and in persecution. She appears from heaven to aid us in our zeal for love of God and serving His people in evangelization that springs forth as an overflow from our relationship with Him.“

— Angelus Virata, MA,
Director of Evangelization,
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary—America’s First Cathedral
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“The many Marian contributions of James Likoudis found within Mary, Star of the New Evangelization, edited by his grandson, Andrew Likoudis, may elicit the question: Another book on Our Lady? Yes, happily another book on Our Lady! How fitting that the ever ancient, ever new truths about the Mother of God be considered time and time again. . . . There is much about Our Blessed Lady herein that deserves our careful attention.”

— Monsignor Charles M. Mangan, JCL, Associate Professor of Theology,
Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary,
Emmittsburg, Maryland

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17/01/2024

Chapter 3. On the power and character of the primacy of the Roman pontiff

1. And so, supported by the clear witness of holy scripture, and
adhering to the manifest and explicit decrees both of our predecessors the Roman pontiffs and of general councils,
we promulgate anew the definition of the ecumenical council of Florence [49], which must be believed by all faithful Christians, namely that the apostolic see and the Roman pontiff hold a world-wide primacy, and that the Roman pontiff is the successor of blessed Peter, the prince of the apostles,
true vicar of Christ,
head of the whole church and
father and teacher of all christian people.

To him, in blessed Peter, full power has been given by our lord Jesus Christ to tend,
rule and govern
the universal church.
All this is to be found in the acts of the ecumenical councils and the sacred canons.

2. Wherefore we teach and declare that,by divine ordinance,
the Roman church possesses a pre-eminence of ordinary power over every other church, and that this jurisdictional power of the Roman pontiff is both episcopal and
immediate.

Both clergy and faithful, of whatever rite and dignity,
both singly and collectively, are bound to submit to this power by the duty of hierarchical subordination and true obedience, and this not only in matters concerning faith and morals,
but also in those which regard the discipline and government of the church throughout the world.

3. In this way, by unity with the Roman pontiff in communion and in profession of the same faith, the church of Christ becomes one flock under one supreme shepherd [50].

4. This is the teaching of the catholic truth, and no one can depart from it without endangering his faith and salvation.

This council was summoned by Pope Pius IX by the bull Aeterni Patris of 29 June 1868. The first session was held in St Peter’s basilica on 8 December 1869.

11/12/2023

A chronology about ecumenism

05/12/2023

10/11/2023

Reflecting Nov. 5 on the day's Gospel reading from St. Matthew, in which Jesus criticizes the scribes and Pharisees for being people who "preach but do not practice," the pope told Christians to consider "the distance between saying and doing" that exists in their lives.

10/11/2023

Fight your best fight.

10/11/2023

Like keeping a bicycle upright when riding it, a balanced life of faith is possible only in motion, Pope Francis said." If you stop, it does not stay up," he said Nov. 8 at his weekly general audience, explaining the importance of sharing the Gospel with all people by the example of one's life and i...

10/11/2023

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06/11/2023

Just released!!!

Scholars of the Sacred: Dominican Theologians in Late Medieval Byzantium

05/10/2023

Despite real progress in ecumenical relations between Catholics and Eastern Orthodox, the last several years have seen an increase in bitter attacks on papal supremacy and infallibility. In this newly revised and expanded work, James Likoudis treats in detail Eastern Orthodox ecclesiology and replies to objections made to critical elements of Roman Catholic doctrine on:

- The pope’s primacy of supremacy and infallibility,
- The procession of the Holy Spirit,
- The filioque clause,
- The dogma of the Immaculate Conception,
- Purgatory, and
- The development of doctrine.

With The Divine Primacy of the Bishop of Rome & Modern Eastern Orthodoxy, Likoudis contributes to today’s Catholic–Orthodox dialog by going back to the “undivided Church of the First Millennium,” where we see clearly the existence of a papal primacy of universal jurisdiction.
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A convert from Greek Orthodoxy, James Likoudis is an apologist who has dedicated his life to reconciling his Eastern Orthodox brethren with the Catholic Church. Likoudis is the former president of Catholics United for the Faith and the author of a number of books, including The Pope, The Council, and The Mass. Likoudis received an honorary doctorate of divinity from Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit in 2020.

Available from the St. Paul Center now:
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Despite real progress in ecumenical relations between Catholics and Eastern Orthodox, the last several years have seen an increase in bitter attacks on papal supremacy and infallibility. In this newly revised and expanded work, James Likoudis treats in detail Eastern Orthodox ecclesiology and replie

11/07/2023

Please share this article with your friends to help dispel some of the confusion.

On July 6, 2023, Bishop Américo Aguiar gave an interview to the secular public Portuguese channel, RTP Notícias. The full interview can be seen here. Catholic news sites have picked up on a particular section of that interview, which we translated and reproduced below. The source of the controvers...

03/07/2023

Indiana's 2022 law protecting most unborn lives from abortion, which has been under a preliminary injunction since Sept. 22 last year, was declared constitutional by the Indiana Supreme Court June 30.

03/07/2023

Are you playing it safe, or are you going for it?

03/07/2023

15/06/2023

With a call to honour and never abandon grandparents, Pope Francis issues Message for 3rd World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly on 23 July. The ...

15/06/2023

Michael Lofton revisits a Catholic classic, "The Pope, The Council, and the Mass." First published in 1981 (revised in 2006), this book put to rest many of the radical traditionalist errors and misconceptions of its time and is even more relevant today.

Unveiling The Pope, the Council, and the Mass to a New Generation A book review by Michael Lofton “[The Council] has invested its teachings with the authority of the supreme ordinary magisterium, which ordinary magisterium is so obviously authentic that...

09/06/2023

Pope Francis announced he was planning to dedicate an apostolic letter to St. Thérèse of Lisieux to mark the 150th anniversary of her birth this year.

09/06/2023

The National Eucharistic Revival is entering its second year on June 11, Corpus Christi Sunday. Have you participated? Have you been waiting for the right moment? Now is your time. The second year of the revival is focused on parishes, and there should be ample opportunity to get involved, to draw c...

09/06/2023

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