How did devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus receive the official approval of Pope Leo XIII and become an archconfraternity of the Catholic Church?

Father Carney returns to Arena Ablaze for the third installment in his exploration of the Manual of the Archconfraternity of the Holy Face. In this episode, he explains how the devotion reached Pope Leo XIII in 1884 and received papal approval, indulgences and an important place in the public devotional life of the Church.

Marco and Father Carney discuss what a confraternity is, how lay Catholics can unite in prayer and reparation and what separates a private devotion from a devotion officially recognized by the Church.

Father Carney also explains plenary indulgences, purgatory and the difference between receiving forgiveness for sin and making satisfaction for its consequences. Using a simple broken-window analogy, he describes how the merits of Jesus Christ are applied to souls through the authority of the Church.

The conversation also examines the remarkable legacy of Pope Leo XIII, one of the longest-reigning popes, the first pope captured on motion-picture film and a great promoter of the Rosary and the Holy Face of Jesus.

According to Father Carney, Pope Leo XIII elevated the Holy Face confraternity almost immediately, establishing an arch-confraternity that would remain part of the Church permanently.

Welcome into the arena.

For more information on Father Carney, visit:
https://www.martinians.org/

For books by Father Carney, visit:
https://www.martinians.org/new-page-5

Shop for the Lorraine crosses:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/HolyFaceGifts

Shop for Deliverance Prayers:
https://shop.catholicsupply.com/deliverance-prayers-for-use-by-the-laity.aspx

Shop for Catholic Flags:
https://tradflags.com/