Articles related to "Cathari"Pope John Paul II exhorted Catholics the world over to re-encounter Christ in the writings of the Saints and Doctors of the Church.
Rejecting the wealth and temporal activities of the Catholic Church, the Cathar movement adopted beliefs that denied core Catholic teaching, hence enduring persecution.
In a time when Franciscans were guarded against scholarship in order to preserve humility, it was St. Anthony of Padua who blended the two.
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