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You Can't Be Christian and Support Torture
You Can't Be Christian and Support Torture
By Alex Johannigman
When I heard the news concerning the brutal torture techniques that have been used by the CIA to extract information from prisoners, and that the administration had been less than honest about both the techniques used and the usefulness of the information that was extracted, I was embarrassed for our country.
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Are there Animals in Heaven?
Are there Animals in Heaven?
By Karl Erickson
The recent media confusion regarding what Pope Francis said, and did not say, concerning a child’s pet going to heaven makes it abundantly clear that this is a question that lies close to the heart of many believers. While there’s no definitive answer on what happens to our loved pets when they die, some great Christian minds have come down squarely on the side of supporting the possibility
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May It Be Done To Me According To Your Word
May It Be Done To Me According To Your Word
By Carol Ann Chybowski
May It Be Done To Me According To Your Word These words that Mary speaks to the Angel Gabriel in assent to God’s plan for her and for the whole world are at once the simplest of phrases and the most difficult.
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The Homeless Man and True Christmas Giving
The Homeless Man and True Christmas Giving
By Sarah Mathew
He walked into the Cathedral with the others, each being invited to light a candle and bow down in prayer before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. It was a night of vigil; with soft music and songs of the love and mercy of the Lord.
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Gil Hodeges (1924-1972): A Roman Catholic "ALL-STAR"
Gil Hodeges (1924-1972): A Roman Catholic "ALL-STAR"
By Frank Lloyd
Gilbert Ray Hodges+ was a Roman Catholic Gentleman, Husband, Father and Family Man, a Combat Decorated U.S. Marine Veteran of WWII (At the Battle of Okinawa, serving with the 16th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion), a Brooklyn Baseball Legend and the Manager of the 1969 World Series Winning "AMAZIN'" New York Mets!
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Common Ground, Holy Ground
Common Ground, Holy Ground
By Shaun Johnson
Recently, America Magazine published a conversation between the New York Times journalist Ross Douthat and Fr. James Martin, S.J.. This conversation was in response to Mr. Douthat’s article “Pope and the Precipice,” in which Douthat expressed concern over the tensions within the Church being stretched even to the point of potential schism.
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Christmas Spirit Lost, Christmas Spirit Regained
Christmas Spirit Lost, Christmas Spirit Regained
By Mishka Góra
There’s nothing like a Christmas ‘down under’ to make you dread the holiday season. Christmas traditions seem more like a perverse form of torture when it’s over one hundred degrees inside and out.
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Celebrating Our First Alzheimer's Christmas Together: Laughter Allowed
Celebrating Our First Alzheimer's Christmas Together: Laughter Allowed
By Larry Peterson
I guess the first time I realized that something was really wrong was about a year and a half ago. I have a bedroom I turned into an office and I was sitting at the keyboard clicking away. I sensed someone behind me and turned to see my wife, Marty, standing there. She had a strange look on her face.
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Letter from an Ex-Priest (who doesn't have an agenda against the Church)
Letter from an Ex-Priest (who doesn't have an agenda against the Church)
By Michael Ripple
So it is our mutual experience of ‘leaving’ the ministry that has connected us. I’m not sure I would have listened to anyone when I left and so I feel a certain responsibility, that I not fail you or Jesus Christ—our High Priest. I pray to the Holy Spirit Who will guide our brief correspondence…
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The Mass: a truly wonderful celebration part I
The Mass: a truly wonderful celebration part I
By Traditional Catholic Guy
What is the Mass? The first Mass was of course the Last Supper, when Our Lord said the immortal words of consecration for the first time. The Mass as we know it today was formulated by Pope Gregory the Great, and with a few minor changes (such as St. Joseph in the Canon) until the implementation of Vatican II.
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For Love of Peeta: A Catholic Commentary on the Mockingjay, Part One
For Love of Peeta: A Catholic Commentary on the Mockingjay, Part One
By Janet Moore
I went to see the new movie, Mockingjay Part 1, on opening night. I came away from it, however, feeling very disturbed. Before I go into the reasons why, I first want to speak of the series in general terms, sharing why I decided to read the books and watch the movies in the first place.
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Yuletide
Yuletide
By Timothy Neboyskey
As in their day as in our own… Gloria!
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A Christmas Story Wonderful Life Carol
A Christmas Story Wonderful Life Carol
By Bill Dunn
I love the Christmas season, especially the traditional Christmas movies. I’ve watched those old movies so many times now, they sort of blend together. Without a doubt, my favorite is the classic film with the young boy, Ralphie, who wants to get a BB gun for Christmas, but his Old Man is really frustrated because he works for a mean old miser, Ebenezer Scrooge,
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An Adventish Encounter
An Adventish Encounter
By Michael Ripple
What started as a typical evening turned Adventish. I was riding with my son to a local pub. There we were to meet my lovely wife and her friend. It was cold, damp, and a bit dreary...early winter evening along the Great Lakes...you get the drift. Advent.
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I Love Christmas and I Will be Praying for all the Grinches who are Trying to Ruin it
I Love Christmas and I Will be Praying for all the Grinches who are Trying to Ruin it
By Larry Peterson
I love Christmas and the entire season that surrounds it. Christmas is about faith and love and goodness and sharing and giving and all of those things that fill the hearts of the vast majority of people around the world with a renewed spirit that can shine through even the darkest moments we may have experienced during the preceding year. Yes, I love Christmas.
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The Church: What Do You See?
The Church: What Do You See?
By Christopher Brown
There are many beautiful Church Buildings around the world. You might say yours is magnificent, even glorious. What makes you think or say these things about your Church, the high reaching bell tower and the marble altar floors? As you read through this series, I would invite you to look deeper as well as wider this weekend and the weeks to come at the sacramental signs present at your parish,
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Abortion hurts women
Abortion hurts women
By Sean Gillen
It's not just a hashtag on Twitter or the words on a rally sign, but a very true statement: Abortion is a large-scale assault on human life and dignity which has taken a toll on our country, our families, and the people who are left in its wake. Not only is abortion medically unhealthy and unnatural; increases risk of breast cancer, and damages the reproductive system,
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