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Home: Core Subjects: Catholic Religion: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Catholic Religion: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Eucharistic Fasting: Preparation and Penance - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSRecently someone told me that a person is supposed to fast one hour before receiving Holy Communion. I honestly have never heard that before. Can you clear up this matter for me? Read more... Eulogies Foster Unreal Expectations - JAMES HITCHCOCKThe main problem with eulogies is that they have to be unreservedly positive — no one wants to hear anything critical about the deceased. Read more... Europe's Return to the Fathers - Father John SawardThe Fathers of the Church are the Fathers of Europe. In the first millennium, they gave our continent its Christian birth; at the dawn of the third Millennium, they can aid its re-birth. Read more... Euthanasia and Extraordinary Care - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSWould you please give an explanation of what the Church says about all forms of ordinary and extraordinary care which are required to be given in the case of patients in persistent vegetative states. Also, how the circumstances of the family come into play, that is financial resources, medical, age etc. Read more... Every day, Mother's Day - Father George RutlerThe best mothers teach us about our other mothers: the Blessed One who makes her Son our brother, and the Mystical One, into which we were baptized. Read more... Everyone is looking for Christ - Father George RutlerAfter our Lord healed the mother of St. Peter, the apostles told him: "Everyone is looking for you" (Mark 1:37). Read more... Evidence favors Shroud of Turin as real thing - Mary Jo AndersonHistoric exhibition closes; carbon-14 confirms relics of St. Luke. Read more... Evolution Theory and Faith - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSRecently, the Holy Father made a statement concerning evolution, and seemed to accept the theory. Please comment on that and how should we understand the creation account of Genesis and evolution? Read more... Examination of Conscience for Children - unknownExamination of Conscience on the Theological Virtues - Fr. John Hardon, S.J.Father Hardon provides practical norms for making our daily examination of conscience. Read more... Excommunication: A Call to Grace - Fr. William SaundersIn January, I read in a Catholic magazine that seven women were excommunicated for trying to be ordained as priests. When is a person excommunicated and can he/she be forgiven? Read more... Exorcisms On the Rise - Paul BurnellIn a world where Satanists appear on prime-time TV, neo-pagan religions gather vast followings and tarot card readings are available in the newspapers, experts say it’s no surprise that the number of exorcisms worldwide is rising. Read more... Explaining an Annulment - FATHER WILLIAM SAUNDERSA Protestant friend of mine had a question about annulments, and after my explanation, said, “Sounds like Catholic divorce.” Read more... Exploring the Beauty of the Mass - Fr. William SaundersA person I know has left the Catholic Church and joined a non-denominational Church. One of her reasons is that every worship service is different, while at Mass we always do that same things. What is a good way to respond to her? Why is the Mass the way it is? Read more... Exposing Relativism: Three Stories - J. BUDZISZEWSKIThe three stories here effectively blow the whistle on relativism, exposing the self-deception and inconsistency which accompany that widely held position. Read more... 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?" 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