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Why do Catholics Baptize Infants?
Why do Catholics Baptize Infants?
By Charlie Johnston
What are the proper methods to administer baptisms; and at what age can one be validly baptized?
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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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The Real Presence
The Real Presence
By Lorrie McNickle
A recent poll has found the 2/3 of Catholics don't believe in the real presence.
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An Encounter with a Begging Woman that Reflected My Own Poverty
An Encounter with a Begging Woman that Reflected My Own Poverty
By Katie Zalany
I came out of daily Mass one day and got in my car. A begging woman who looked physically frail came up to my car window.
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When Your Alleluia Feels Broken
When Your Alleluia Feels Broken
By Katie Zalany
Sometimes Alleluias feel joyful. Sometimes Alleluias feel broken.
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Why are we still so afraid?
Why are we still so afraid?
By Denise Deverts
Jesus Calming the Storm at Sea is one of my favorite Gospel readings. We all know the story: Jesus and the apostles were out in a boat when a storm rolled in and the waters became rough. The apostles were terrified. Jesus was asleep in the stern. So, Peter went to the back of the boat, woke Jesus and asked him the most absurd question: “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?”
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MISSION POSSIBLE [Your parish's mission... should you choose to accept it.]
MISSION POSSIBLE [Your parish's mission... should you choose to accept it.]
By Greg Schlueter
I've observed over decades of ministry people afraid to speak the truth in love for fear of turning people off. As a result, we have a couple generations of people turned off.
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God's Love Comes Unexpectedly
God's Love Comes Unexpectedly
By Katie Zalany
I was sitting in church this past Sunday and I just needed God to fill my horrible emptiness that day.
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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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Be Wary of ‘Savage Wolves' in Priest's Clothing
Be Wary of ‘Savage Wolves' in Priest's Clothing
By Bill Dunn
Do you ever get the feeling that there is a lot of dissention and conflict within the Church nowadays? Well, of course you do, because there IS a lot of dissention and conflict within the Church nowadays.
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Confession: A Sacrament of Healing
Confession: A Sacrament of Healing
By Katie Zalany
Do you need healing? I have found the Sacrament of Reconciliation to be foremost a Sacrament of Healing. It's not just confessing your sins to a priest. It is a path to wholeness and new life
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Our love is a reciprocation of God's love.
Our love is a reciprocation of God's love.
By Troy Kroening
We can think that we initiate love, especially in situations where there appears to be no love.
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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 Holy Eucharist; "Absolutely Real Flesh - Absolutely Real Blood"
The Holy Eucharist; "Absolutely Real Flesh - Absolutely Real Blood"
By Ralph Hathaway
Listening to a radio commentary on the Catholic Channel, over Sirius Radio this morning, the theme today was 50 % of Catholics do not believe in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist.
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Greed Is Idolatry
Greed Is Idolatry
By Bill Dunn
This upcoming weekend at Mass is one of those rare occasions when the scripture readings have nothing to do with our lives. Every once in a while, the selected biblical texts, written thousands of years ago, simply do not apply to us here in the modern world.
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Lead Us Not Into Temptation?
Lead Us Not Into Temptation?
By E.M. McCarthy
The phrase “lead us not into temptation” seems to be on the way out of Catholicism. A major publisher of the Mass missal is changing the phrasing of the Lord's Prayer already to "do not let us fall into temptation."
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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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