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Sin, Sorrow, Sanctification
Sin, Sorrow, Sanctification
By Nancy Marie Murray
The Church spoken of by Paul in today's scripture as the Bride of Christ, “holy and without blemish,” may seem unreal, like a dream or a mist, in light of the recent revelations of the darkness of sin hidden within the Church. Christ suffers again, crucified by the terrible sins that were committed against vulnerable members of His Body.
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The Mission of the Homosexual Inside the Church
The Mission of the Homosexual Inside the Church
By Flávia Ghelardi
Contrary to popular belief, the Catholic Church is one of the few, if not the only, institutions that truly LOVES homosexuals and respects their dignity as a human person. So this post is meant to explain what the Church really says about homosexuality and what the homosexual's mission is as part of the Mystical Body of Christ.
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Saints in the Scandals: The Next Generation of Holy Ones
Saints in the Scandals: The Next Generation of Holy Ones
By Matthew Alan-Anthony Johnson
We have all heard the breaking news stories and horrifying details, in which this would require a series of articles to honestly report: a new wave of scandals have hit the Catholic Church, in where this new wave is disturbing to say the least.
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An Open Letter and Invitation to Catholic Parents
An Open Letter and Invitation to Catholic Parents
By Greg Schlueter
Crisis. Pope St. John Paul II was forged in the fires of Nazi occupation. Then the Communists. Then secular humanism. All paving the way for our present culture of actual atheism. And even more dangerous than that (according to Pope Benedict XVI) is “practical atheism”- a culture of professing Jesus Christ (even exhibiting great devotion), but living in a state of compromise with the world.
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Let the Little Children…Be Children
Let the Little Children…Be Children
By Bill Dunn
In the Gospels, Jesus said, “Let the little children come unto me.” A few weeks ago, I muttered this to myself at Mass: “Get those noisy kids away from me. Can’t you see I’m trying to be holy?!”
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The Real Scandal
The Real Scandal
By E.M. McCarthy
It was the beginning of the AIDS epidemic during the early 1980s. I recently lost my mother to a car accident and my father was recovering from a head injury. I welcomed the chance to go on a retreat. It was organized by a newly arrived priest who taught at our Catholic high school and lived at our parish house.
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Blessed Elena Aiello; Mystic, Victim Soul, and Founder of a Religious Order; She bore the Stigmata every Good Friday for 38 years.
Blessed Elena Aiello; Mystic, Victim Soul, and Founder of a Religious Order; She bore the Stigmata every Good Friday for 38 years.
By Larry Peterson
Elena Aiello was born in Cosenza, Italy, on April 10, 1895. She was the third of eight children born to Pasquale Aiello, a tailor by trade, and Tereseina Pagilla. Sadly and unexpectedly, Tereseina died at an early age, leaving her husband with eight children in his care.
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Can Catholic Teaching Change? Five Things to Know
Can Catholic Teaching Change? Five Things to Know
By Leonard Wathen
In recent decades, it's been quite common to hear people ask questions like, "When will the Catholic Church change its teaching on birth control?" "Catholic teaching needs to change to be more accepting of the LGBTQ community." "Did you hear that the Catholic Church changed its teaching on the death penalty?"
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Death Penalty; Abolish it Now!
Death Penalty; Abolish it Now!
By Ralph Hathaway
The first thing I want to do is commend Pope Francis on his courage to call for the ancient and most inhuman act of violence we have accepted, to end. No doubt this article may bring contentious comments from some who advocate keeping the death penalty on the books and to look the other way saying; “this will deter heinous crimes”.
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What is Evil?
What is Evil?
By Lorrie McNickle
I recently came across a video clip of Father Donald Calloway discussing “ends and means” and “Harry Potter”. It was an awesome explanation of how bad and immoral means never justify an end. You cannot possibly arrive at a good end if you use unjust, immoral, and evil means to get there.
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What is Pelagianism?
What is Pelagianism?
By William Hemsworth
Many Protestant Christians say that the Catholic Church teaches Pelagianism, or at the very least semi-Pelagianism. This line of reasoning shows a fundamental misunderstanding of not only what the Church teaches, but what Pelagianism is. Pelagianism is a heresy that was condemned by the Church and is superfluous for beatitude.
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Marriage and the Water Mill
Marriage and the Water Mill
By Susan Skinner
As I was walking this morning and praying, talking to God, as I often do, an image kept popping into my mind. It was the image of a Water Mill. As you all know a water mill uses hydropower. It uses a water wheel to drive a mechanical process to produce the energy which can create milling, rolling or hammering.
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Divorce, Abortion, Divine Mercy and the Womb
Divorce, Abortion, Divine Mercy and the Womb
By Susan Skinner
As I sat with my pregnant friend Ashley, who is nearing her due date for her baby son, I pondered the baby in utero. Remembering my own pregnancies, listening to the heartbeat of my children on the sonogram, in which I could also sometimes hear my own heartbeat.
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Who's Watching? Big Brother or Heavenly Father?
Who's Watching? Big Brother or Heavenly Father?
By Bill Dunn
These days we hear a lot about surveillance video. The technology has improved so much, there are now tiny security cameras everywhere. Police have dashboard cameras and body cams.
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The Logic of Human Dignity
The Logic of Human Dignity
By JP Nunez
I remember the day they announced that Osama Bin Laden had been killed. I was still in college, and much of the nation, including many of my classmates, was swept up in a patriotic fervor.
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The Call to Be Poor
The Call to Be Poor
By Flávia Ghelardi
In our consumer society, the word “poverty” has a very negative connotation. Nobody wants to be poor, everyone strives to have a better life, to earn more money, to have more social status. But then how to understand Jesus’ call to poverty?
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Contracepting Children Is Like Contracepting Christ
Contracepting Children Is Like Contracepting Christ
By Rose Cuervo
Peter Kreeft, Professor of Philosophy at Boston College and prolific Catholic author spoke in Immaculate Conception, Tuckahoe, NY conference on Humanae Vitae on an incontrovertible witness.
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