Pastor Column: Mystici Corporis I
[Note: This is not the Sunday Homily. It is an article for the bulletin of May 15, 2022] The next encyclical of Pope Pius XII is Mystici Corporis Christi (“On the Mystical Body of Christ”) written in 1943. By “Mystical Body,” the pope is referring to the Church and this document gives a thorough teaching on what we mean when we say “the Church is the body of Christ.” So, we’ll take it a little at a time and see what it says. To start with, Pope Pius says he is speaking specifically about the Church Militant, which...Read More