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The Two Gods
If we think wrongly about God, most everything else goes wrong. […]
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Theology in Practice is the spiritual testament of two Cistercian priests
Theology is, as the name suggests, the study of God. St. Anselm of Canterbury described the theological pursuits as Fides quaerens intellectum, or “faith seeking understanding”. We are called not just to love God, but […]
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Fort Worth bishop dismisses Carmelite mother superior in latest in Texas monastery-diocese dispute
The Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas. / Credit: Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity Discalced Carmelite Nuns
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 2, 2023 / 12:40 pm (CNA).
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The central Mystery of the Faith, the Source of Reality
Readings: • Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9 • Dan 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56 • 2 Cor 13:11-13 • Jn 3:16-18 The Trinity, the Catechism states, is “the central mystery of Christian faith and life” (CCC 234). […]
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Call to Synodality: Are we living through the 1970s again?
People fretting over the pros and cons of synodality should seek enlightenment in the story of “shared responsibility” half a century ago. History doesn’t literally repeat itself, but what happened then suggests why we need […]
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The Sacred Heart of Jesus leads us from misery to mercy
Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is so central to a healthy biblical spirituality that we don’t acknowledge this divine love only once a year; thanks to the apparitions of Our Lord to St. […]
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Nowhere Over the (Prideful) Rainbow
With June comes the Rainbow. You can’t miss it. In fact, you may not miss it. Despite how anyone feels about it, despite your religious views, despite your conservative affiliations, despite the tradition of sexual […]
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Dodgers pitcher denounces team’s decision to honor anti-Catholic group: ‘God cannot be mocked’
Dodger Stadium with downtown Los Angeles in the background. / Credit: Emma_Griffiths/Shutterstock
Washington D.C., May 31, 2023 / 15:45 pm (CNA).
A Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher became the latest Major League Baseball player to publicly condemn t… […]
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Extra, extra! News and views for May 31, 2023
Dismantled and Demolished – “The left’s cultural revolution continues unabated as the St. Junipero vandals receive excessive leniency from Democrat prosecutors.” The Unpunished St. Junipero Vandals Are America’s Communist ‘Blue Guards’ (The Federalist) Abandoning Religion […]
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The Visitation and the unborn: A post-Roe reflection
The Gospel for the Feast of the Visitation features the encounter of four people with each other: Elizabeth and her son John the Baptist, and Mary and her Son Jesus Christ. Approaching the first anniversary […]