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Articles:Bringing our fallen-away relations back to Church during Advent - Rev. John HorganEach Christmas, our churches are thronged with people who come to pray before the Manger, join in the singing of carols, and feel the warmth of the Saviour's love. Some of these men and women are not Catholic; others do not practice the Faith regularly. Read more... Buddhism - Fr. John Hardon, S.J.Apologists of Buddhism describe it as the richest, broadest and most lasting of Aryan religions. Yet the name itself is of recent origin and refers to the vast system of teachings that trace their ancestry to the Indian sage, Gautama or the Buddha, who lived and died about the fifth century before the Christian era. Read more... Burke's efforts lead to biggest Catholic ordination class in decades - Tim Townsend (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)Once or twice a year, each student at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary will drop by Archbishop Raymond Burke's residence in the Central West End at 4:30 p.m. Read more... Calumny and detraction - Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J.It is possible to injure another's good name either by telling lies about that person or by revealing hidden faults which should not be revealed. Read more... Can Anyone Say “Forever”? - Fr. Peter M.J. StravinskasOnce a man has been ordained a priest, he can never again really be a layman. He has been “ontologically” changed, that is, changed at the very core of his being, just as in Baptism and Confirmation. The priest, therefore, is not simply a “marked man” because he wears a Roman collar; he is “marked” in a profoundly spiritual way — touching his very soul. Read more... Can Catholics Bear ‘Body Art’? - Pia de SolenniMany good Catholic young people bear on their bodies the trendy markings of their times: tattoos, body piercings and other forms of "body art." Should the Church pretend not to notice the displays — or should Catholic adults try to steer young people away from these now-ubiquitous expressions? Read more... Can prayer really heal? - Ylva Van BuurenTwelve years ago Nancie Nicholson's two-year-old nephew, Kyle, began having problems with his balance. It took doctors a month to figure out what was wrong: Tests showed a rare form of cancer in one of his adrenal glands. Read more... Catechesis of fasting - Adam A. J. DeVillePope John Paul has called on us to build a holier Church, and in his 1995 letter Orientale Lumen, exhorted Latin Catholics in particular to learn from their Eastern brethren so that the Church can again breathe with both lungs. From the East, then, source of the rising Son, may we receive the gift of fasting as just such a practice that unites, purifies, and strengthens us as the one Body of Christ. Read more... Catholic Classics - NICK BAGILEOFather Cameron has written an intelligible and timely introduction to fourteen Catholic classics on spirituality. In an age that is fast becoming de-Christianized, Cameron’s book reminds us that in the lives and writings of the saints, we have reliable guides to a complete and holy life even in the most secular of times. Read more... Catholic Crackdown: China Trade's First Fruits - Kevin Michael GraceCongress approved permanent normal trade relations with communist China in September. If free-trade rhetoric had proven true, this should have been followed by greater civil liberty. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... [>>] Related Categories:
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