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Compassion?
Compassion?
By E.M. McCarthy
The issue of divorced and civilly remarried Catholics without an annulment being permitted to receive Holy Communion is in the news again. The following quote further explains why some want to liberalize through pastoral counseling the current Church laws.
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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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IVF babies and their mommies
IVF babies and their mommies
By Rose Cuervo
A lady doctor vented to me one day: I do not understand these kids. They are different. They have no sense of right or wrong. They are ruthless with each other and never listen to my husband and me.
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Evangelize or buy moth balls
Evangelize or buy moth balls
By Amelia Monroe Carlson
It’s not a term Catholics are very familiar with: evangelize. But, that’s what Pope Francis is asking everyone to do – and he has good reasons for it.
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She died saying, "Padre, perdónalos. Viva Christo Rey!" (Father, forgive them. Long live Christ the King!)*
She died saying, "Padre, perdónalos. Viva Christo Rey!" (Father, forgive them. Long live Christ the King!)*
By Larry Peterson
Throughout history there have many horrific tales of the persecution and martyrdom of Catholics. And, oftentimes, how many times have Catholic nuns stood tall for Christ staring death in the face and then embracing it for Him. These stories gush forth inspiration and the ladies who died defending their faith many times did so in the most horrible ways imaginable.
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Daily dependence on Holy Spirit gives fruit
Daily dependence on Holy Spirit gives fruit
By Rose Cuervo
I was able to have a Secondary Traumatic Stress handout from colleagues doing child fatality reviews. It mentions that because the toll of abused children are over 10 million, the people caring for them in the familial, social, pastoral and medical spheres will inevitably get to listen to trauma stories that will bring about PTSD-like responses and yield if not in some compassion fatigue ...
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Pope Saint Felix IV, Definer Of Grace
Pope Saint Felix IV, Definer Of Grace
By Debra Booton McCoy
Felix is actually only the third pope of that name, the one known as Felix II being an antipope. A native of Samnium, which is approximately where the Province of Benevenuto is today in southern Italy, all we know of Felix's early life is that his father's name was Castorius. He may have been the Deacon Felix, whom Pope Hormisdas sent to Constantinople in 519 to try to negotiate the schism.
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Blessed Pierina Morosini: the Inspirational Patroness of Rape Victims
Blessed Pierina Morosini: the Inspirational Patroness of Rape Victims
By Larry Peterson
Most of us are familiar with the child saint, Maria Goretti, who, at the age of eleven, was brutally murdered defending her chastity. St. Maria was beatified by Pope Pius XII in 1947 and canonized a saint by him in 1950. She is the patron saint of chastity, rape victims, teenage girls and forgiveness.
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Simon Peter, the Rock and the Pope
Simon Peter, the Rock and the Pope
By Ken Litchfield
The Pope is the visible head of the Church that Jesus left behind after He ascended into Heaven. Most of us know that Jesus said “You are Peter and on this Rock, I will build my Church” It is in Matthew's Gospel chapter 16 verse 18. Catholics see this as Jesus ordaining Peter as the first Pope, but non-Catholic Christians say that Jesus was talking about Peter’s Faith not his Office.
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Pope Saint John I, The Negotiator Who Would Not Compromise
Pope Saint John I, The Negotiator Who Would Not Compromise
By Debra Booton McCoy
Pope John I was not, foremost, a negotiator. He was a priest who upheld orthodoxy. He was killed for his orthodoxy.
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How to love the sinner
How to love the sinner
By Susan Skinner
There's a saying that says, "Love the sinner, hate the sin," but in today's world we often see the acceptance of sin and we call people Pharisees if they believe the law should be followed. But there is a distinction between people who have love in their hearts and follow the law, and those who only follow the law but have no love.
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Pope Saint Hormisdas, Negotiator
Pope Saint Hormisdas, Negotiator
By Debra Booton McCoy
One of the few popes to ever have children, Hormisdas' actually raised his son to be a pope, Sliverus.
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The Amoris Laetitia Should Be Further Clarified
The Amoris Laetitia Should Be Further Clarified
By E.M. McCarthy
The Joy of Love (Amoris Laetitia) is a papal statement on the family that has garnered controversy because some have viewed it as a way to allow divorced and remarried Catholics to receive Holy Communion without an annulment (meaning the union never occurred as a Sacramental marriage).
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Day 42 – Do as they say, not as they do!
Day 42 – Do as they say, not as they do!
By David Vermont
We all know by now that Jesus is a not a big fan of the Pharisees. In Matthew 23, Jesus lists a litany of things at which the Pharisees have failed. Jesus says over and over again that the Pharisees, as rulers over Israel, have failed in their mission to be servant leaders. That makes his statement at the beginning of Matthew 23 all the more curious.
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Mass Confusion: "Church as Hospital for Sinners"
Mass Confusion: "Church as Hospital for Sinners"
By Greg Schlueter
"The church is not a hotel for saints, it is a hospital for sinners."- Saint Augustine. We shouldn't simply agree, we need to exemplify: are we understanding and naming the "disease"? With due recognition that healing is a process, are "medical practitioners" intentionally engaged in "healing"? Is it actually happening?
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Sifting to the truth of the First Lady and veiling
Sifting to the truth of the First Lady and veiling
By Amelia Monroe Carlson
There has been a lot of hype, both on social media and in mainstream media, about the First Lady of the United States Melania Trump not wearing a veil during her visit in Saudia Arabia with officials but the next day she veiled in the presence of Pope Francis at the Vatican.
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Medjugorje, Two Popes, and Me
Medjugorje, Two Popes, and Me
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
Medjugorje: The alleged site of a series of apparitions of the Virgin Mary to six young visionaries beginning in 1981 ignited a storm of controversy and persecution. Thirty-six years later, questions remain unanswered to the satisfaction of skeptical Catholic and secular minds.
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