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Why don't Catholics Believe in the Real Presence?
Why don't Catholics Believe in the Real Presence?
By Tony Jesse
New research from Pew published this month indicates the sad fact that only 26% of US Catholics under the age of 40 believe in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. Even more troubling is this study suggests that close to 70% of Catholics across the spectrum don't believe in the most fundamental teaching of the Church - the Eucharist.
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POPE SAINT PAUL I, GROWTH OF THE PAPAL STATES
POPE SAINT PAUL I, GROWTH OF THE PAPAL STATES
By Debra Booton McCoy
When Pope Stephen II died in April of 757, he left behind what was apparently his right hand man, his brother Paul, a deacon.
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We Have a Debt We Could Never Pay: 10,000 Talents and 200 Days Wages
We Have a Debt We Could Never Pay: 10,000 Talents and 200 Days Wages
By Scott Pauline
We Have a Debt We Could Never Pay: 10,000 Talents and 200 Days Wages
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THE LIVING WATER ON THE BAYOU
THE LIVING WATER ON THE BAYOU
By Sherry Kenner
It is providence and true to the teachings of Jesus, that each year on August 15th, the Feast Day of The Assumption, a eucharistic procession takes place on the waterways, the bayous, of South Louisiana.
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Prior to Mary's Assumption, did she actually die? What is the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God?
Prior to Mary's Assumption, did she actually die? What is the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God?
By Larry Peterson
On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII, writing and speaking ex-cathedra, solemnly defined in the Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus Deus, the dogma that “the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever-virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.” We know this as the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and it is a Holy Day of Obligatio
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Devoted to the Church even amid Fallen Clergy
Devoted to the Church even amid Fallen Clergy
By Lorrie McNickle
Our world is in trouble, and the only thing that can save her is Christ, and more specifically Christ through His Bride - the Church.
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Persecution 2019
Persecution 2019
By E.M. McCarthy
This year marks a high point in Christian persecutions worldwide. Recently Nigeria is in the news, with the fear of ethnic cleansing and open war being discussed.
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THE TWO FIRST POPES STEPHEN
THE TWO FIRST POPES STEPHEN
By Debra Booton McCoy
Pope Zachary died in the middle of March, 752 after a reign of ten and a half years, leaving the Lombard warriors reaching out to win the Italian peninsula. An election on March 23 gave the papacy to Stephanus.
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Scandals, abuse, and homosexual desecration of the church – Déjà vu?
Scandals, abuse, and homosexual desecration of the church – Déjà vu?
By Amelia Monroe Carlson
The situation with the Church today is staggering and concerning. It seems as reports continue coming out about sex abuse by clergy, abuse of power, theology concerns, and now…. homosexual desecration of a church that appears to have been accepted by church leadership.
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Sunday Gospel: Scorpions, Serpents, Fish, Eggs, Spiritual Fathers and Protestantism
Sunday Gospel: Scorpions, Serpents, Fish, Eggs, Spiritual Fathers and Protestantism
By Scott Pauline
Four times in the Gospels, Christ fed the people with five loaves and two fish.
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The freedom to hope
The freedom to hope
By Denise Deverts
I recently finished reading The Everlasting Man by the early 20th century Catholic apologist G.K. Chesterton. I like to read Chesterton because he makes me think about things that deserve far more thought than I typically give them. The case in point this time is hope.
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POPE ZACHARY, THE MOST ABLE NEGOTIATOR
POPE ZACHARY, THE MOST ABLE NEGOTIATOR
By Debra Booton McCoy
Historians have viewed Zachary as a capable administrator and a skillful, subtle diplomat in a dangerous time. Peter Partner called him “perhaps the most subtle and able of all the Roman pontiffs.
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Catholic Church: South Korea as a model for Europe
Catholic Church: South Korea as a model for Europe
By Josef Bordat
The Church in Europe is in a deep crisis. Parishes are losing members, Sunday's mass-attendance is down to 10 percent (at least in Germany). The latest figures from Germany show the ongoing decline. While Church in whole Europe is declining, according to the numbers concerning membership, priests, attendance in Holy Mass, Catholic Church in the Republic of Korea is growing
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He Denounced Error and Confided in Our Lady's Triumph
He Denounced Error and Confided in Our Lady's Triumph
By Norman Fulkerson
Like many men of vision and foresight, some saints and prophets are only fully appreciated after they die. Such is the case with Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira whose life spanned the tumultuous twentieth century.
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"Where have they all gone"? A Satire on Empty Pews
"Where have they all gone"? A Satire on Empty Pews
By Ralph Hathaway
This is not the first comment on why the populace of the Church has diminished, and it will not be the last. Recently, I submitted an article titled “Have the sins of some drawn you away from the Sacraments?
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Stop Holding Your Nose and Start Speaking Out
Stop Holding Your Nose and Start Speaking Out
By Anthony S. Layne
There’s an old Latin legal maxim: Qui tacet consentire videtur, ubi loqui debuit ac potuit (Whoever is silent, when he is able and ought to speak, must be seen to consent). The other side of this coin is Martin Niemöller’s haunting poem, “First they came …”.
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POPE GREGORY III, A CONTINUATION OF A BATTLE
POPE GREGORY III, A CONTINUATION OF A BATTLE
By Debra Booton McCoy
Both Popes Gregory II and Gregory III had to confront one of the most important storms in the Church’s history, the Iconoclast Controversy. This controversy began under the reign of Pope Gregory II, when he condemned the Byzantine Emperor, Leo III, for the destruction of all religious images. Gregory II’s successor, Gregory III continued the argument.
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