Blessed Antonio Rosmini

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Cardinal Martins said that prophets are nearly always persecuted in their own day, and sometimes even by the Church. Rosmini was persecuted because his ideas were not acceptable to many at the time. For example some of his ideas were:

Every human person should be free to choose his or her religious beliefs.

The Church should not have any privileges or protection from the State. All the Church should ask is the freedom to teach the Gospel. God’s word does not come via the corridors of earthly power but from the Holy Spirit.

Until 1870, the Popes ruled part of Italy as monarchs. Rosmini thought this was wrong. This view, of course, was extremely unpopular among those who were defending the Pope as a civil ruler.

 

The two Religious Congregations founded by Antonio Rosmini, along with the local Church in Novara, had known for over one hundred and fifty years of Rosmini’s sanctity.  They turned out in their thousands to celebrate with three Cardinals, forty Bishops and four hundred priests the fact that the universal Church had at last ratified their judgement.

 

Even more amazing is that on the following day at Stresa, where Rosmini died, over three thousand of the faithful joined in the celebration of the first votive Mass of Blessed Antonio Rosmini and afterwards processed to his tomb.

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Along w ith Father James Flynn, and brethren from East Africa,  the group from South Wales celebrated Mass of the Blessed Antonio Rosmini at Monte Calvario.

Brother Vincent  from Kwalukonge, Sister Eileen from Lushoto, Fr Ambrose from Gare, Mother Superior of the Usumbara Sisters, Fr Polycarp, who is at St Alban’s , Cardiff.