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Military Contract Chaplains Barred From Celebrating Mass Because of...
Because of the government shutdown, some priests who contract with the Armed Services to provide pastoral care for the troops have been threatened with arrest if they try to celebrate the Sacraments...
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25 Changes The Media Would Make To The Catholic Church
Go with me for a moment, deep into your imagination, and try to imagine what the Catholic Church would look like if the secular media was in charge of it… 25 Changes The Media Would Make To The...
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Texas Catholic Bishops’ Statement on Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
From the Texas Bishops, released on the Diocese of Austin’s website: The Texas Catholic Conference issued the following statement on Feb. 27 on the Federal District Court ruling on same-sex marriage:...
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Supreme Court Upholds Prayer at Government Meetings
With all the bad news on the religious freedom front, it is nice to get some good news. The Supreme Court has upheld the right of local officials to open town council meetings with prayer, ruling that...
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Is Smoking Marijuana a Victim-less Crime?
Some say that smoking marijuana or doing other drugs is a victim-less crime. Yet, there are millions of direct and indirect victims of the drug-trade. Issues include addiction, broken families,...
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Were Early Christians Socialists?
“All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their property and possessions and divide them among all according to each one’s need.” (Acts 2:44-45) Is this passage...
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Why Marriage is so Very Important In Culture & Civil Society
Humanum is an international interreligious colloquium on the complementarity of man and woman, hosted at the Vatican. As part of the gathering, they released some AMAZING videos. The sixth (and...
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Illegal Immigration and the Catholic Church
Q – What is the Catholic Church’s stance on hiring of illegal immigrants? A- Wow, you just opened up a big can o’ worms, didn’t you? Thanks for the question. Please bear with me as I set the...
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How To Vote As A Catholic!
It took authentic courage for this priest to say what he does in the video below. This is because many Catholics in our country vote according to political leaning, before they vote as Catholics and...
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Violence, Sesame Street, and Jesus
I grew up in the most diverse neighborhood and school I have ever experienced. In fact, I sometimes say my childhood makes Sesame Street look homogeneous. The neighbors behind us were Vietnamese, one...
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6 Must-See Videos You Probably Missed
Humanum was an international interreligious colloquium, held in 2014, on the complementarity of man and woman, hosted at the Vatican. There were 14 different religions and 23 countries represented by...
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Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship
Fr. Charlie Banks On Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship The Challenge As we strive to be faithful citizens of the United States of America and participate in the election process, we face...
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The United States, my Home by Heart
On June 15, 2012, the Secretary of Homeland Security announced that certain individuals who came to the United States as children and met several guidelines could request consideration for deferred...
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