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Being Catholic is amazing, isn’t it? Even after almost 2,000 years, not much has changed…we’re still a sign of contradiction in the world and the Church is still the Rock. But sometimes it’s painfully clear that this earth is not our home and the culture isn’t exactly friendly to our faith. But have no fear! […]
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The Catholic Blogosphere has been on fire since Pope Francis promulgated his second encyclical, Laudato Si. The best thing that you can do is read it for yourself. When it comes to Church documents, it is much better to read the document yourself, rather than relying on the analysis of someone else. The worst thing
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The greatest sinners and opponents of the faith often make the greatest evangelists and saints. Think St. Paul, St, Augustine…the list goes on. Have you ever looked at a powerful voice of opposition to the Catholic faith and thought, “could you imagine what they could do for Christ if they converted?” Here are 10 conversions
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Pope Francis makes the best faces. This is not up for debate. All actors should look to him to learn how to properly form facial expressions. If one were to catalog all of his many delightful facial expressions, the whole world could not contain the books that would be written. Here are some of the
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There’s a patron saint for just about every profession, hobby, and craft out there and thank goodness there is! We could all use a little saintly help now and again, no matter what you love to do. Here are 8 patron saints for 8 things we all love. 1. The Internet – St. Isidore of
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When it comes the Catholic Church and science all we tend to hear about is the Galileo affair. St. John Paul II apologized for various aspects the Church’s handling of Galileo, but it is a lot more complicated than post-modern scientists like to let on. Galileo is a way for Rationalists to assault faith. It
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So you’re thinking of visiting the Vatican? Not so fast, my friend: 1. It’s crazy hard to find 2. And crazy hard to get to 3. It’s not like you can just walk right up to it 4. Let alone drive 5. The architecture is worthless 6. And thoroughly unimpressive 7. Seriously, who designed
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5. The term “Sacrament” in Latin is translated out of the Greek word Mysterion In the latin, the term means a promise (of Christ), it is a legal Roman term, helping solidify the idea that the Sacraments were a form of promise, just as Augustine defined Sacraments. However, mysterion, which the East retains, creates a
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For those who are sarcasm deaf, please turn up your hearing aides.
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Vatican II’s Decree on Ecumenism, Unitatis Redintegratio tell us about non-Catholic Christians, Nor should we forget that anything wrought by the grace of the Holy Spirit in the hearts of our separated brethren can be a help to our own edification. Whatever is truly Christian is never contrary to what genuinely belongs to the faith; indeed,
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One of the chief cries of abortion-on-demand supporters has been that of bodily autonomy—“my body my choice!” The soundbyte goes something like this, “a woman should be free to decide what to do with her own body.” Setting aside the highly dubious hidden premise that one is free to do whatever they want with their own
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There’s so many great things about the sisterhood. Without a doubt, they’re one of the most recognizable people on earth, and there are several great things about that. Here’s 20 cool things about nuns in habits! 1. Guys don’t mistake them for available singles and accidentally hit on them 2. In a
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Catholic schools get a bad rep in the media. Certain elements of pop culture *coughBUZZFEEDcough* describe it as something to be survived rather than appreciated. Granted, many Catholic schools do need reforming, but with Catholic Schools Week taking place next week, we should focus on the positive aspects of going to Catholic school. Here are
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1. Deacons have been in the Church since its very early days The first follower of Jesus to be martyred was a deacon, St. Stephen. He was an eloquent speaker and drew many people to Jesus. He was stoned to death, and right to the very end, proclaimed the good news of Jesus’ salvation. His
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Starting spring semester this week like me? This one is for you. Here’s ten dead giveaways you’re a Catholic college student. 1. You planned your spring schedule to easily accommodate March for Life: 2. The doodles next to your notebook look like this: 3. You procrastinate on masstimes: 4. The list of books you ordered for this
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Only twelve? Yes. For now. To paraphrase Chesterton, “Epic Pew posts, like morality, consist in drawing the line somewhere…” Here’s the short list. 1. “Once abolish the God, and the government becomes the God.” – Christendom in Dublin, 1933 Some things have become so obvious they need no additional commentary. 2. “He is a very shallow
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Philosophy is the handmaiden to theology. Good philosophy is essential to good theology, and to the Good life. Every man may be a philosopher by nature, but not everyone actually knows anything about philosophy beyond Monty Python (not a bad start, actually) and an introductory course they attended infrequently as a college freshman. One of
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If you’re a Catholic mother, this post is for you. There’s too much to choose from, so I sense a sequel. 10. When your daughter takes crayons to your Bible “No, THIS is your coloring book!” pointing to actual coloring book. 9. Your son loudly asking, “What that guy is doing up there?” pointing at
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The Church has very few official teachings on angels (CCC 328-336, 391-395). However, theologians have come to a consensus on certain topics relating to the angels. Most of these teachings come from St. Thomas Aquinas, as well as St. Bonaventure, and Dionysius. Below are some of the most mind-blowing things we know about angels. 1. They
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