Magnificat February 2022

Editorial      Page 31

Gregory XVII, Servant of the Church of Jesus Christ 32

What Is the Church       33

– Taken from the Encyclical of Gregory XVII Peter Speaks to the World

The true Essence of the Holy Church of Jesus Christ, by Father Mathurin of the Mother of God 36

– What is the Church? – Why did God transfer His Church? – Why is the true Church persecuted? – “If you wish to be My disciple…” – Deny yourself graciously – The Work of the Church of Jesus Christ

Saint Gregory the Great (540-604), Pope and Father of the Church        42

– Disciple of Saint Benedict – Apostolic Nuncio – Abbot of St. Andrew’s – The plague – Elevation to the Sovereign Pontificate – A busy pontificate – The Lombards and the Byzantines – Last years