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Articles:Church Teaching on Relics - REV. CHARLES MANGANSome people think the Catholic Church abandoned her teaching on relics after Vatican II. However, a quick glance at the Code of Canon Law, published by authority of Pope John Paul II in 1983, reveals that the Church very much considers sacred relics to be important and significant in the life of the Church (cf. canons 1281-89). Just what are relics and what meaning do they have for disciples of Jesus Christ? Read more... Communion and Church Teaching - Grace MacKinnonDear Grace, If you do not agree with some of the Church’s teachings, but you receive Communion on Sundays, are you sinning? Read more... Confirmation - CHARLES M. MANGANJust what are the effects of Confirmation? It is difficult to imagine a better summary than that given in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Read more... Confirmation - Catholic EncyclopediaConfirmation is a sacrament in which the Holy Ghost is given to those already baptized in order to make them strong and perfect Christians and soldiers of Jesus Christ. Read more... Cooking For Christ - Florence P. BergerThe doctrine of the mystical body unites all Christians to their Master, and one with the other in God's kingdom here on earth. As the branches have their source in the vine, so with Christ we have been bound together for growth and fruition. Read more... Cost of Loving God - Father John A. Hardon, S.J.We are strange creatures. We can be so inconsistent. Take the matter of buying and selling. Read more... Courage and Martyrdom - Donald DeMarcoMartyrdom is the supreme witness given to the truth of faith. It means bearing witness to the faith even unto death. The very etymology of the word (martyros in Greek) means witness. The martyr accepts this death with courage as a witness to the faith and to the presence of the kingdom of God. Read more... Courage in Scandal - George WeigelAn interview with George Weigel followed by an excerpt from his new book "The Courage to Be Catholic: Crisis, Reform, and the Future of the Church". "In the first months of 2002, the Catholic Church in the United States entered the greatest crisis in its history. When Lent began on February 13, the penitential ashes imposed that day on millions of Catholics felt leaden. Something had gone desperately wrong. Something was broken. Something had to be fixed." Read more... Cranky in Life, Saintly in Death - JOHN BENTLEY MAYSJohn Paul frankly described Pius as “much loved, but also hated and slandered.” Why? Read more... Crime and Punishment - JAMES HITCHCOCKIn the nineteenth century the therapeutic approach to crime was an aspect of genuine moral progress, forcing society to be more compassionate because it was more aware of the realities of criminal behavior, distinguishing for example between a brutal thug and a starving young mother. But this compassionate effort at understanding has become debased to the point where it is nothing less than a denial of human freedom and moral responsibility. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... [>>] Related Categories:
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