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Of Freemasons, John XXIII, Heretics, and Vatican 2
Q. I've recently encountered some Catholics who say the Church fell into heresy at Vatican 2, that Pope John XXIII was not a real pope because his election was the result of a freemason plot, and that...
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Of Vatican 2, the Gates of Hell, Traditionalists, and Protestants
Yesterday, we looked at giving an answer to someone who was struggling with meeting 'c'atholics who claimed Pope St. John XXIII was elected by a freemason plot and was therefore not a real pope, which...
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I've had an Abortion - Am I Doomed to Hell?
Q. if i have done an abortion, and i deeply regret it. will i be sent to hell?A.Let's first address the idea that you will be sent to hell. Remember, what drags a soul down to an eternity of hellfire...
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Of Earthquakes, RE classes, God the Father, and Georges Seurat
Dr. Scott Hahn, professor of theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville and prolific Catholic author, in his book A Father Who Keeps His Promises, begins with a short story.Everybody felt it: a...
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Is the Bible too Complex to be Written by God?
Yesterday, I received a question on my Google+ page from an atheist reader who frequently comments. He's been fixated on the idea that the Bible, if it was really written by God, should be immediately...
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On the Willingness of Atheists to Contradict Themselves if it just Attacks...
In conversations I have from time to time with atheists I've noticed a shocking willingness for the atheist to immediately contradict himself so as to take another shot at Christianity. Nothing, it...
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Benedict XVI Meeting with Latin Mass Advocates
Interesting, and exciting, news out of CNA that I had to share,Vatican City, Sep 4, 2014 / 02:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Benedict XVI met in a private audience with two leaders involved in promoting the...
View ArticleTop 7 Books to Better Love and Understand the Mass
Received this question over at my Google+ page and thought others might be interested too,+Nathan Barontini ty Do u happen to have a good easy to read Book about the history of the mass?It's a great...
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The Church Has Given You A Mission - Do You Accept it?
Most Catholics, myself included, are laymen and laywomen. We aren't priests, we aren't bishops, we aren't even monks, brothers, sisters, or nuns (who are also, in many cases, laymen and women). We are...
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Of Michael Voris, Cardinal Dolan, Ignatius of Antioch, and the Fires of Hell
Michael Voris of ChurchMilitant.tv fame, some of whose talks I've been pleased to share on occasion on my Google+ page, posted an interesting question yesterday,Which is a good enough question to...
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God is not an Anti-Semite (a Response to an Atheist)
We were playing variations on a theme most of last week, responding to various atheist attacks on the Church, so I figured we might as well end on the same note, looking at another atheist critique on...
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3 Great Reminders of What Really Happens at Mass
It's the end of the week. The weekend is here. For Catholics, that means the Lord's Day, which is properly celebrated by avoiding unnecessary work and by going to Holy Mass. How often, though, can we...
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Is the Only Good Muslim a Bad Muslim?
With all the turmoil in the Middle East, especially with the advent of ISIS, it might be time for we Catholics (and Westerners in general) to take a more critical look at the nature of Islam, its...
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Atheist who Read Bible "Cover to Cover" Remains Unconvinced
I had an interesting exchange with an atheist recently on Google+ who, when I asked him if he had read the Bible he was so disparaging of, gave me the following reply, which I thought merited an...
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The Absence of Law is the Absence of Freedom
What is one of the most important "values"of modern man, especially here in the United States? Surely, freedom must be near the apex of any list. But what do we mean by "freedom," what is it we "value"...
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Liberty is Impossible Without the Catholic Church
Yesterday (The Absence of Law is the Absence of Freedom), we looked at Benedict's keen insight on the relation between law and freedom - that freedom cannot exist apart from law, that law (far from...
View ArticleFather Barron Explains How to Read Genesis
Recently, I've been running into a lot of people who just can't wrap their minds around how we, as Catholics, read and understand the Bible (cf. 'Atheist Who Read Bible Cover to Cover Remains...
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It is No Argument Against Catholicism that Fundamentalism be False
Yesterday, we listened to Father Barron explain how the Church understands her own holy book - especially the beginning of that holy book. This, as we saw, isn't the way atheists would like us to...
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Things Vatican Two Actually Said...
Looking at the picture of the Fathers of Vatican Two that I posted earlier today and had to share this...
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Is Desiring Sin itself a Sin?
Q. I have a fetish. Is that a mortal sin? I try not to think too much about it or concentrate on it, but I still worry that I keep falling back into mortal sin because I want to fantasize about my...
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