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Home: Core Subjects: Catholic Religion: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Catholic Religion: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Living a Virtuous Life - Part 1 - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSI keep hearing about the importance of virtue and being virtuous, but no one explains what virtue is. Why don’t you do a column about this? Read more... Living Lent - Canadian Conference of Catholic BishopsWhat does Lent mean today? How do we keep it? What can our family do? Read more... Living Simply - Rev. Thomas G. MorrowIn every age, when the Church has pursued reform, the reformers have gotten back to a life of profound poverty. Read more... Looking forward to the Messiah - Father George W. RutlerFor quite a while, the Richard III Society was easily passed off as one of those eccentricities like the Flat Earth Society. Read more... Lost in Translation - Anthony EsolenNow that we finally have the Novus Ordo translated into English, it’s time to look at the other mistranslations that plague us Anglophones in the Church. Read more... Love the Sinner, Not the Sin - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSHaving reviewed last week the Church’s condemnation of the practice of homosexuality, we now turn more specifically to the person. As the moral adage goes, “Condemn the sin, but not the sinner.” Read more... Maker of Heaven and Earth - Kenneth Baker, S.J.At the conclusion of the first part of the Creed we profess our belief that God the Father is the “maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen”. Read more... Making "Sense" Out of Scripture: - EDWARD SRIUnderstanding the four senses of Scripture will provide you with an interpretive key for unlocking many spiritual treasures in the Word of God. Read more... Making a Good Confession - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSI have heard the priests of my parish encouraging us to go to confession during Lent. I admit I have not been to confession in years because I am not sure I know how to go to confession. With all the changes that occurred in the '60s, would you please review how to go to confession? Read more... Making Christmas Come Alive - Fr. Roger LandryIn 1223, St. Francis of Assisi inaugurated a pious practice that in places today has become so common that many think that it always existed. Read more... Marriage in the Church - Fr. William SaundersDo Catholics have to be married in the Catholic Church? Read more... Marriage Outside the Church - FATHER WILLIAM SAUNDERSMy daughter and her fiance are planning to be married in a Protestant Church. Read more... Marriage Without Children - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSMy friend and I were having a discussion over whether a person who cannot have children can get married in the Catholic Church. What does the Church teach on this? Read more... Mary as Mediatrix - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSWhy is Mary referred to as the "mediatrix?" Read more... Mary's Assumption - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSPlease explain our Catholic belief in the Assumption of the Blessed Mother. Read more... Mary's Conception in Sacred Scripture and Tradition - Fr. William SaundersMany people, especially non-Catholics, think that the term "Immaculate Conception" refers to Mary conceiving Jesus. My Protestant friend was surprised when I told her that it is about Mary being free of original sin. She then said, "Where is that in the Bible?" Read more... Mary's Virginity During Jesus' Birth - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSThe Pro-Life Memorial which was dedicated on June 26 in Emmitsburg, Md., portraying Our Lady laying on a bed of straw after having delivered baby Jesus is not in line with the teaching of our Roman Catholic faith. Our Lady was a virgin before, during and after the birth of Jesus. Mary's holy body was totally intact during the birth of Jesus. Please respond. Read more... Mary, the Mother of God - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSI was visiting an inner-city church one day and in the vestibule some graffiti was written on the wall which said, "Catholics, God has no mother," obviously referring to Mary's title as "Mother of God." How does one respond to such an objections? Read more... Mass for the Dead - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSMy elderly mother always has Masses offered for deceased relatives on the anniversary of their deaths. Where did this practice come from and is it important? Read more... Mass Intentions - Fr. William SaundersWhat does it mean to have a Mass "offered" for someone? Read more... Mass of the Pre-Sanctified - Fr. William SaundersWhat is the Mass of the Pre-sanctified? Read more... Masturbation: Mortal Sin? - Grace MacKinnonDear Grace: What is the Catholic Church's teaching on masturbation? Is it viewed as a mortal sin or as a venial sin? Could it prevent us from getting into heaven? Read more... Meditation Notes on the O Antiphons - Fr. Roger J. LandryThe “O Antiphons” refer to the seven antiphons that are recited (or chanted) preceding the Magnificat during Vespers of the Liturgy of the Hours. They cover the special period of Advent preparation known as the Octave before Christmas, Dec. 17-23, with Dec. 24 being Christmas Eve and Vespers for that evening being for the Christmas Vigil. Read more... Memory and Reconciliation - International Theological CommissionThe following are extracts from Memory and Reconciliation: The Church and the Faults of the Past, published by the international Theological Commission in December 1999. President of the Commission is Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. Read more... Memory and Reconciliation: The Church and the Faults of the Past - INTERNATIONAL THEOLOGICAL COMMISSIONThis document, presented on March 7, 2000 was prepared by the International Theological Commission under Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's editorial direction. The document is designed as an explanation of the appeal for pardon which Pope John Paul II will make on March 12. Read more... Pages: [<<] ... 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ... [>>] Related Categories:
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