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What ‘Renewing the Church’ Really Requires
By Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Philadelphia The Archbishop’s following remarks, published by the Pontifical Council for the Laity, are a condensed and adapted version of comments he shared on May 27 with his brother Philadelphia priests at their annual convocation (see a related story on the convocation). *** Joseph Greaton, an…
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How Fathers and Families Can Save Youth Ministry From Itself
From The Catholic Gentleman Man is formed by two main things: family and Church. God made the family at creation and made the Church at the re-creation through Christ. One we inherit at birth and the other we inherit at our second birth (baptism). What has happened in recent decades, however, is the unprecedented breakdown…
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Prepare For Battle
Are you prepared for the coming battle to defend the truth as taught by the Catholic Church? That is the question posed by the following presentations: A recent episode of The Votex entitled “Here It Comes“ A recent presentation made by Patrick Archbold at the Argument of the Month Club entitled “The Catholic Man: Public Enemy…
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One Priest’s Perspective on the Irish Vote on Marriage
May 31, 2015 Column from Fr. Rutler, Pastor, Church of St. Michael, New York, NY The Constitution of Ireland begins: “In the name of the Most Holy Trinity, from Whom is all authority and to Whom, as our final end, all actions both of men and States must be referred, / We, the people of…
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Jesus Christ – Conquerer of Satan
From New Emangelization Satan – The Ancient Enemy Satan, the Evil One, and his demons, are fallen angels who freely chose to rebel against God’s reign (CCC 391-395). When Adam failed in his vocation to protect Eve and the Garden, Satan (Hebrew: adversary, one who plots against) treacherously enticed Eve to rebel against God (Gen 3:1-24;…
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Prayers Answered: A Padre Pio Miracle
From Aleteia Paul Walsh was 17-years-old when the car he was driving hit a tree on Chester Pike in suburban Piladelphia on an icy December night in 1983. One doctor described his head injuries as the equivalent of dropping an egg on a cement sidewalk. Not only was his skull shattered, every bone in his…
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The Paradoxical Connection Between Love and Law
By Msgr. Charles Pope from the Archdiocese of Washington In the gospel today, Jesus cuts right across the modern Western tendency to oppose love and law, and law and joy. Though we oppose them, Jesus joins all three concepts and summons us to a new attitude. Let’s take a look. I. Connections – Jesus says, As the Father loves…
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Stealth Arianism: The Pervasive Heresy of Our Times
From Roman Catholic Man By Father Richard Heilman SOMETHING UNHOLY IS STIRRING For the past two years I have been confiding to close friends my own growing sense that something is happening, that something unholy is stirring. I have spoken with others who have admitted the same suspicion. The way I have tried to describe…
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The Battle Over the Sexes: Catholic Perspectives on the Gender Debate
From Catholic World Report Quia parvus error in principio magnus est in fine. (“A small error at the outset can lead to great errors in the final conclusions.”) – St. Thomas Aquinas, De Ente et Essentia By now, most people have heard the common saying, “Men are from Mars, women are from Venus,” popularized by the…
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Admonish the Sinner – A Reflection on the First Spiritual Work of Mercy
From the Diocese of Washington I wrote last week asking, Whatever happened to the spiritual works of mercy? I also indicated an intent to write on each of them. Here is the first installment: Admonishing the Sinner. The word “admonish” comes from the Latin verb monere meaning to warn, advise, or alert someone to a threat or danger. As such,…