St. Mary’s wishes everyone a very happy and blessed Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul!
Today is the patronal feast of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter.
Members of the Fraternity of St. Peter and the Confraternity of St. Peter may gain a plenary indulgence today, under the usual conditions.
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“Philip the presbyter and legate of the Apostolic See said: ‘There is no doubt, and in fact it has been known in all ages, that the holy and most blessed Peter, prince and head of the apostles, pillar of the faith, and foundation of the Catholic Church, received the keys of the kingdom from our Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior and Redeemer of the human race, and that to him was given the power of loosing and binding sins: who down even to today and forever both lives and judges in his successors [the Bishops of Rome]. The holy and most blessed pope Celestine, according to due order, is his successor and holds his place, and us he sent to supply his place in this holy synod’” (Acts of the Ecumenical Council of Ephesus, session 3 [A.D. 431]).
