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Practicing Catholics without the faith
Phil Lawler at Catholic Culture: When I was in graduate school, during one of those long late-night conversations, I asked what I thought was a rhetorical question: “If someone doesn’t believe what the Catholic Church teaches, why would he keep … Continue reading
Sunday readings and reflections
Book of Zechariah 9: 9-10 Thus says the LORD: Rejoice heartily, O daughter Zion, shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem! See, your king shall come to you; a just savior is he, Meek, and riding on an ass, on a colt, … Continue reading
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Sunday readings and reflections
2nd book of Kings 4: 8-11, 14-16a One day Elisha came to Shunem, where there was a woman of influence, who urged him to dine with her. Afterward, whenever he passed by, he used to stop there to dine. So she … Continue reading
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Sunday readings and reflections
Today is the feast day of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591), patron saint of young students and also of plague victims. Book of Jeremiah 20: 10-13 I hear the whisperings of many: “Terror on every side! Denounce! let us denounce him!” All … Continue reading
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Confessions of a Former Freemason Officer, Converted to Catholicism
From the National Catholic Register: In his youth, Serge Abad Gallardo joined Freemasonry with the conviction he could contribute to make the world a better place. He turned 24 years later to Christ, convinced he had been serving … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Is cooking on Sunday a sin?
Fr. Z’s replies to a reader’s question on his blog: QUAERITUR: I saw someone say that cooking on Sunday violates the third commandment and food for Sunday must be made before Sunday. Is this true ? No. As much as … Continue reading
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Veiling: Resting in my Husband’s Headship
Introduction to Veiling For 2,000 years, Catholic women have veiled themselves before entering a church or any time they are in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament (e.g., during sick calls). It was written into the 1917 Code of Canon … Continue reading
Cardinal Burke Launches His Own Personal Website
By Edward Pentin at the National Catholic Register: Cardinal Raymond Burke has launched his own personal website where people can send him special prayer intentions, and which he intends to use to uphold the Church’s teaching and discipline. The patron of the … Continue reading
Failing to preach Humanae Vitae has destroyed marriages and endangered children
By Rick Fitzgibbons on Life Site News In the Church’s ministry to Catholic families, marriages, and children, a major goal should be protection from the severe trauma of divorce, as well as assisting those traumatized by divorce. The divorce plague has … Continue reading
Bishop Mark Davies: Assisted Suicide Bill Will Put Lives of Many Vulnerable People at Risk
From zenit.0rg: Legislation Proposes Licensing Doctors to Supply Lethal Drugs to Those With Less Than Six Months to Live An English bishop has warned that a bill to legalise assisted suicide may inadvertently lead to the deaths of large numbers … Continue reading
Bishop Athanasius Schneider: ‘We are in the fourth great crisis of the Church’
By Sarah Atkinson, Catholic Herald online: Liberals, collaborating with the “new paganism”, are driving the Catholic Church towards a split, according to Bishop Athanasius Schneider, the liturgical specialist who is carrying on a rearguard fight against “abuses” in the Church. … Continue reading
What’s Behind the UN Attack on the Church? | Crisis Magazine
Thanks to Crisis Magazine again for publishing the further insights of Dr Anne Hendershott (Professor of Psychology, Sociology and Social Work at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio) into the recent behaviour of a certain committee of the United Nations, which, it … Continue reading
Damien Hirst’s latest work praised by pro-life workers
photo credit: Dawn Gibson From Independent Catholic News: Pro-life campaigners have welcomed a new work in the Qatari capital Doha, by the controversial artist Damien Hirst, entitled: ‘The Miraculous Journey’ , which depict the development of a human being from the fertilisation … Continue reading
How to overcome anxiety
By Fr Michael Najim at Catholic Spiritual Direction: Anxiety robs us of inner peace. Nothing good comes of it. Anxiety causes restless days, sleepless nights, and even affects our health. So if nothing good comes from anxiety, why do we allow … Continue reading
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