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POPE JOHN VIII, FIRST ASSASSINATED POPE
By Debra Booton McCoy
Pope John was a native of Rome, born in the first quarter of the 9th century, some say in 816. His father was known as Gundus. As a young man, John witnessed the sack of Rome by the Saracens. During that battle, the enemy partly destroyed Old St. Peter’s Basilica and St. Paul Outside the Walls.
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Catholics Must Ask: Does Black Lives Matter Support Abortion Rights?
By E.M. McCarthy
Racism is a serious moral issue. Catholicism is a religion of many nations, many people, many colors. When we go to Mass, we see every nationality and people from many backgrounds, which in theory should lead us to love each other based on the teachings of our Lord Jesus.
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Pride or Love
By Lorrie McNickle
I've heard it said that Satan's greatest accomplishment is convincing so many that he doesn't exist. I think that is probably pretty on point. I think that he has accomplished another great task that is subverting the Faith and the Faithful though, and that is his "redefinition" and "perversion" of the true meaning of love. Or have we done that ourselves?
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When World War II ended the nightmare for others began: Meet the Thirty-Eight Martyrs of Albania
By Larry Peterson
When the Nazis fled Albania at the end of WW II, the communists took control of the small country. From 1945 through 1974, they ruled Albania with an iron hand banning religion, especially Catholicism.
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A Buried Treasure: The "Ave Maria" of Bruno Vlahek
By Justin Soutar
Back in 2013, I was visiting the popular British sheet music website Score Exchange (where I happen to sell some of my own music), searching for a good piano arrangement of the familiar and timeless Schubert Ave Maria.
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Hatred; a most devastating attribute towards each other!
By Ralph Hathaway
Listen to people who are in dire straits because of others' misguided opinions or prejudices. Read the morning paper and see another shooting or destruction of peace-loving persons property. Or sit bowing your head as the tears for what God intended for humanity has fallen apart and we can only ask, why?
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Little Ole Unimportant You
By Elizabeth Thomas
A grain of sand or salt, a mustard seed, seconds of time--what do they have in common? They are all tiny and one could think---not important.
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When Anger is Just Sadness
By Katie Zalany
I remember hearing that anger is just sadness. I think that's true. When I start to look my anger in the face, it looked a lot like sadness.
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Since June is Alzheimer's Awareness Month--here are a few tips for the Caregiver regarding the Daily Challenge of Medication Distribution-
By Larry Peterson
In America, one in ten people over the age of 65 has Alzheimer's Disease. (There are also other types of Dementia, such as Vascular Dementia or Lewy Body Dementia).
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We Need to Reconsider Daily Mass Times
By Katie Zalany
Go to any daily Mass and you will see a lot of retired people and stay at home moms. Why? Perhaps it's the times of those Masses.
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Censorship / Almost Insanity in the News
By Ralph Hathaway
How often has the decry to censor something in the immediate viewing, listening, or reading expressions of some people been enough to promote action against these sensory attributes.
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God's love is ever lasting
By George Calleja
God’s love for all mankind is ever lasting
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Much to Ponder
By Carol Monaco
When we rang in 2020 as the New Year, I remember having the distinct feeling in my heart that this would be a hard year.
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Imagine
By Victor S E Moubarak
Imagine you were there at the time of the Crucifixion. One of the crowd. Watching. What would you do?
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Music as a Revelatory Image of the Greater Ages of Humankind
By Scott Pauline
Dear reader: this writing is in tutor/student dialogue format for more entertaining discourse. Enjoy! TUTOR: So, student, you remember that in our first lesson [Music: Is it Totally Relativistic?], we showed that music is not entirely relative:
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From Attorney to Priest and Martyr; meet Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen.
By Larry Peterson
Saint Fidelis is the Patron Saint of lawyers and the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples During the early part of the 16th century, the zealousness of the Protestants in Zurich, Switzerland, was quite pronounced. On January 5, 1527, a young fellow by the name of Felix Mantz, discovered just how zealous these people were
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Your Idols are Pathways to Divine Love
By Katie Zalany
Do you have beloveds in your life? Lesser loves? Idols? For many years I have struggled with beloveds -- human loves -- that I have not been able to free myself from. I could not understand their purpose in my life.
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