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Did Hans Urs von Balthasar teach that everyone will certainly be saved?
Whatever Balthasar’s position is, and whether or not it is correct, it isn’t universalism. […]
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Advent and the Four Last Things
Editor’s note: The following homily was preached by the Reverend Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Ph.D., S.T.D., First Sunday of Advent (December 1, 2019), at the Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan. Today we begin a […]
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A terrorist’s suicide and the matter of hell
The death of terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi raises some important questions about Islamic beliefs, as well as about the motivations of terrorists. Terrorist leaders claim that their actions are perfectly in accord with the […]
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The “bad news” that helps us embrace the Good News
“Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake; some shall live forever, others shall be an everlasting horror and disgrace.” —Daniel 12:2, from the First Reading for the Thirty-third Sunday […]
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Hell and Pope Francis
Let’s hope the lesson regarding Mr Scalfari has finally been learned so we don’t see further international headlines recounting this or that alleged contradiction by […]
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The “Skeleton Movie”
Coco is the first Pixar film to take on matters of the afterlife—including death, Heaven, quasi-purgatory, and the communion of saints—and it is entertaining and heartwarming […]
Essay
Focusing again on the Four Last Things
Our Christian goal ought to be nothing short of Heaven – not escaping Hell by the skin of our teeth, nor being resigned to “doing […]