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Home: Core Subjects: Catholic Religion: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Catholic Religion: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Faith and Freedom: In praise of religious liberty - Robert A. SiricoThe first American president put his finger on an important difference between the role of religion in the U.S. and that professed and practiced by the likes of the Taliban. In many parts of the world, religion inspires despotism, unending bloodshed, and war; but here, many faiths, each vigorous in its truth-claims, live at peace with each other and form the foundation of society. Read more... Faith and the Basic Instincts of the Saint - Deacon Douglas McManamanFaith is the virtue most commonly rewarded and praised by our Lord. Sometimes, as in the case of St. Mary Magdalene, he praised love, at others, humility. But such cases are rare. Almost always it was faith he rewarded and praised. Why was this? Read more... Faith and the Good News - Rev. Kenneth Baker, S.J.Since practically every article of the Nicene Creed — which we profess at Mass every Sunday — has been called into question and put in doubt in recent years by some theologians and intellectuals, I have thought it best to begin this series with a number of articles on the Creed. Let us start with the Catholic notion of faith. Read more... Faith in the Church - Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J.The Nicene Creed embodies our official profession of faith as Roman Catholics. The three major sections concern the Holy Trinity – Father, Son and Holy Spirit. In the final section we profess our faith in the Church, Baptism, resurrection of the dead and eternal life. Let us reflect on our faith in the Church. Read more... Faith seeking understanding - Father George W. RutlerWhen St. Philip asked our Lord to "show us the Father" (John 14:8), he was an example of what St. Anselm called "faith seeking understanding." Read more... Father and Son - Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J.The Creed that we pray at Mass every Sunday devotes more space to explaining the unique relationship of Jesus, the Son, to the Father, than it does to any other single item. Read more... Father Cantalamessa on Pruning - Father Raniero CantalamessaHere is a translation of a commentary by Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher to the Pontifical Household, on this Sunday's Gospel reading. Read more... Father Richard Neuhaus on the Iraqi Crisis - ZenitFather Neuhaus, would the just war principles of Catholic doctrine allow for military action against Iraq? Read more... Faustina Kowalska is a Gift of the Land of Poland to the Whole Church - ZENIT“With Faustina Kowalska, the great message of Divine Mercy penetrates the sufferings of the 20th century to reach the Christians of the new millennium,” John Paul II said this morning, when opening the solemn ceremony for the canonization of the Polish nun, in the presence of some 200,000 pilgrims. Read more... Feast of Christ the King - Fr. Douglas PankhurstMy dear friends: This Liturgical year began on the First Sunday of Advent, and it ends today with the Feast of Christ the King. During the Liturgical year, we re-live the life of Christ and try to immerse ourselves in the kingdom he came to establish. It is right, therefore, to ask yourselves at this end of the year: "Is Christ more king of my life now than a year ago?" Read more... Fidelity - Donald DeMarcoThe son of Lithuanian immigrants, Edward Krauciunas grew up in the Back of the Yards section of Chicago, which was well known for it knockdown-dragout toughness. Read more... Finding Faith - SIGRID UNDSETSigrid Undset, who won the Noble prize for literature in 1928, explains freedom and authority as they concern a person’s relationship with the Catholic Church. We have a basic mistrust for all authority that is of this world, and at the same time our human nature is subject to an incurable desire for authority. Read more... Finding God in the Details - Tim GrayBiblical narratives recount great events and people, and from these stories one is to learn — by both the good and the evil characters and their deeds — how to live according to God’s plan. Reading biblical narratives, however, takes much more work and skill than we modern readers are accustomed to exerting. Read more... First Communion and First Penance - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSRecently, I attended my grandson's First Holy Communion in another diocese. I was surprised to find that he did not make his First Penance yet. I thought that a child had to make First Penance before First Communion. Is it optional? Read more... Flying with Both Wings: Why Christians Need Philosophy - JOHN F. CROSBYLet us look at the striking opening line of Pope John Paul II’s latest encyclical, Fides et Ratio: “Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth.” Notice: not faith alone, but faith and reason. Read more... Following Mary's Advent Footsteps - Fr. Roger J. LandryEach year, on the fourth Sunday of Advent, the Church has us focus on the Blessed Virgin Mary. Read more... For All or For Many? - Edward SriOf all the changes in the new Mass translation, two words which will be used by the priest at the consecration have evoked the most questions. Those two words are "for many." Read more... Forgive Us . . . As We Forgive - Scott HahnThe “Our Father” is a prayer of limitless depth. Taken all at once, it can be overwhelming. So it’s good for us to take the time, as we have been doing, to meditate upon each of the prayer’s petitions individually. Read more... Forgiveness - Donald DeMarcoThe exalted nature of forgiveness is attested to by the fact that it presupposes a number of other virtues. Consider three virtues in particular: justice, clemency, and mercy. Read more... Forgiveness - Donald DeMarcoSo exalted is forgiveness that it has long been described as supernatural. "To err is human, but to forgive is divine." Or, to modify this timeless maxim slightly, "To err is human, but to forgive is superhuman." Read more... Forty Days of New Life - Marcellino D'AmbrosioIn the English language, the special season before Easter is called “Lent.” The word comes from the “lengthening” of daylight hours as we progress from the darkness of winter to the new light of spring. Read more... Forward from The End of the Modern World - Father Richard John NeuhausThis is not a book to read and then check off one's list of "must reading." It is an engagement with a great mind and great spirit who will settle for nothing less than a decision. Upon that decision many other decisions inexorably follow. Read more... Fourteen Easy Ways to Improve the Liturgy - Arlene Oost-Zinner and Jeffrey TuckerBoredom during the liturgy is something all Catholics have felt from time to time, and it’s never justifiable. Read more... Fourteen Questions About Heaven - Peter KreeftPeter Kreeft answers fourteen commonly asked questions about heaven. Read more... Fourth Sunday of Lent: Joy in the Cross - Father Francis FernandezJoy is essentially a Christian characteristic, and in this liturgical season the Church does not fail to remind us that it should be present at every moment of our lives. Read more... Pages: [<<] ... 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ... [>>] Related Categories:
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