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Religion in the Public Arena
Religion in the Public Arena
By Robert Curtis O.P.
For years we have heard of the separation of Church and state. The progressive political interpretation of the First Amendment’s establishment clause suggests that we cannot tolerate religion in the public arena in any form whatsoever. Not only are these progressives wrong but they are completely and irrevocably wrong.
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The Dove with the Olive Branch and the Peace that Our Lady will Bring
The Dove with the Olive Branch and the Peace that Our Lady will Bring
By Scott Pauline
The Christ draws profound parallels between Noah’s day and that of the end of the world. Too, St. Peter compares the beginning world destroyed by water with the final world destroyed by fire, effectively indicative of the Flood and the end-of-the-world fire at the Second Coming.
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Pope Boniface II, The First Germanic Pope
Pope Boniface II, The First Germanic Pope
By Debra Booton McCoy
Pope St. Boniface II ruled just about two years, much of it trying to prove that he was the valid pope. Boniface was born probably near Rome, but of Germanic parentage, his father being Sigisbald.
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The Exaltation Of The Holy Cross
The Exaltation Of The Holy Cross
By Frank J. Maduri
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross is commemorated by the Holy Catholic Church on September 14th and is a reminder of the importance of the core symbol of our faith as well as the sacrifice that Our Lord made upon the Holy Cross for our salvation. We honor that Cross on which Christ won for us our redemption.
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Spirituality of Place
Spirituality of Place
By Bret Thoman
What is “Spirituality of Place”? Are certain places holier than others? Or does one particular place have more spiritual value than others? Since three years ago, my wife and I made the decision to move to Loreto, Italy, I find myself thinking about this frequently.
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Called to Communion: An Intro to Communion Ecclesiology
Called to Communion: An Intro to Communion Ecclesiology
By William Hemsworth
Within Christendom, Ecclesiology is looked at in a variety of different ways. Within Protestantism the church may be seen within a synod, a presbytery, or an autonomous unit Within Catholicism, Ecclesiology revolves round the sacrament of the Eucharist and those who are in union with the Bishop.
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Consequences of Sin in Modern History: the Dragon, the Beast, the False Prophet, and Frogs
Consequences of Sin in Modern History: the Dragon, the Beast, the False Prophet, and Frogs
By Scott Pauline
Japan is facing an epic social and economic crisis because of its anti-fertility crisis of more than a generation. China, too, is approaching this as a terrible consequence of its long-standing forced abortion policy of one-child-only. Older persons are petrified since there is no one take care of them.
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St. Clare of Assisi: Light from the Cloister
St. Clare of Assisi: Light from the Cloister
By Bret Thoman
The first time I ever entered a Poor Clare church was in 2004. I was with my wife, Katia, in the postcard-perfect medieval hill town of San Severino at the base of the Apennine Mountains in central Italy. We were with a group of Italians on a pilgrimage to the Franciscan places within the bucolic region of the Marches led by the provincial minister, Fr. Ferdinando Campana.
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Finding Unity in a Fractured World
Finding Unity in a Fractured World
By Robert Curtis O.P.
Many writers refer to our world as “post-Christian” but we know that can’t be true because Jesus promised to be with us “always, even to the end of the age” (Matt 28:20). If by post-Christian, however, those writers mean that the tenets of Christianity no longer principally inform our culture, then they may be onto something.
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Ephesians 4 and the Mass of the Assumption at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help
Ephesians 4 and the Mass of the Assumption at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help
By Mary Rivers
The visible manifestation of Ephesians 4 in the twenty-first century was experienced here at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help on August 15. We, the participants in the Mass, procession, benediction, led by Bishop David Ricken, contrast the immoral world outside, as opposed to the “living stones” along the grounds of the shrine, growing toward the “fullness of Christ”.
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The Courage of Father Bernhard Lichtenburg; Priest and Martyr
The Courage of Father Bernhard Lichtenburg; Priest and Martyr
By Larry Peterson
The Holocaust took the lives of millions of innocents. Amazingly, throughout all of those horrors there were always those who stood tall and spoke out against the existing tyranny. Their courage, staring into the face of death, is awe inspiring. One of them was Bernhard Lichtenberg. A victim of the Holocaust, his courage should be an example to us all.
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Hurricane Harvey Reveals the Real Face of America
Hurricane Harvey Reveals the Real Face of America
By Rex Teodosio
It sometimes takes a disaster to bring out the good in others. Hurricane Harvey was one of the worst flooding in recorded history to have hit Houston and the surrounding region. Yet, it revealed one of the best aspects of the American soul.
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Ecclesiology and the Four Marks
Ecclesiology and the Four Marks
By William Hemsworth
The Study of Ecclesiology is an interesting in that it raised a dichotomy that ripples through the very fabric of Christianity. Ecclesiology is the branch of theology that deals with the study of the Church. What is the Church? What are its functions?
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The Extremes of Left and Right Imaged in the Alabaster Jar
The Extremes of Left and Right Imaged in the Alabaster Jar
By Scott Pauline
Today, unfortunately, we are now witnessing disturbing confrontations between extremes, left and right. Even before these times, we have seen it all too often. On the news, a group of “Baptist Christians” are holding hell-fire-and-damnation poster signs at the funeral of some soldier or other “sinner” who died.
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Reversing systems breakdown with Christ (a meditation on Charlottesville)
Reversing systems breakdown with Christ (a meditation on Charlottesville)
By Rose Cuervo
There was a very disabled man in a nursing home who was assaulted by staff. When the disabled man was finally able to move and speak, he returned to the nursing home, invited some of the staff (who didn't recognize him) to a luncheon whereby he introduced himself and told them that he knows everything they did and he forgives them.
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Mary the Mother of God and the Rosary
Mary the Mother of God and the Rosary
By Ralph Hathaway
Mary, Mother of God, Advocate, Helper, Benefactress, and Mediatrix, Matriarch of the Church, Queen of all in Heaven and Earth, Intercessor for sinners, and our Lady for everyone seeking God.
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TWO DAYS IN August, 2017
TWO DAYS IN August, 2017
By Mary Rivers
Charlottesville, Va., August 11, 2017, and Champion, Wisconsin, August 15, 2017: Two different emphases; two different results. Hatred and bigotry portray the first city; love and peaceful unity in the other.
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