Роберт Беллармин, святой, защищавший Церковь с милосердием

[ad_1] The altar of St. Robert Bellarmine in Sant’Ignazio, Rome. / Credit: Carl Bunderson Rome, Italy, Sep 17, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). St. Robert Bellarmine, whose feast is celebrated Sept. 17 on the General Roman Calendar, was a Jesuit and a cardinal who used his incredible intellect to defend Catholic teaching, largely through responses to the Church’s opponents in the aftermath of the Protestant Reformation.In all his writings, St. Bellarmine “maintained a charitable disputation that kept the focus on…