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“Let us make man in our image,” God says in the book of Genesis (1:26), using a curious plural that seems out of place in the scriptures of a monotheistic faith. Indeed every other reference in the early Creation story…

Catholics take for granted the notion of speaking of God as a Trinity. From our earliest days of training in the Faith, we are taught to make the Sign of the Cross — the most basic prayer any Catholic learns…

At first I thought Father Gary Meier’s recent article at HuffPo, where he comes out as a gay Catholic priest, was just the usual narcissistic twaddle: damaging and scandalous, certainly, but forgivable enough for someone who’s been taught to think…

Many are ready to give a polite nod of some sort to Jesus of Nazareth.  Most honor him as a great moral teacher.  Many even confess him as Savior.  But the Incarnation of the Eternal God?  Second person of the…

Fatima and the Theology of the Body: Part II

by Christopher West May 23, 2013

In honor of Mary, I’ve chosen to focus my columns this month on what I consider an intriguing connection between the messages of Fatima and John Paul II’s Theology of the Body (TOB). In the previous column, I explained how…

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Holiness Now

by Fr. Ed Broom May 23, 2013

The primary purpose of man on earth is to know God, love God, and serve God in this short life so as to be happy with him forever in heaven. This is a clear and unequivocal truth taught in the…

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CE Forum : Did the Consecration of Russia Take Place or Not?

by CE Editor May 23, 2013

Welcome to the Catholic Exchange Forum! CE readers always keep the combox very lively, and that gave us the idea to start a once-a-week Forum specifically for you, the reader, to discuss and debate particular tough questions related to the…

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Fatima and the Theology of the Body: Part I

by Christopher West May 22, 2013

May is a month that Catholics traditionally devote to honoring the Blessed Mother. One of my favorite Marian memorials falls in the middle of the month, May 13, when we honor Mary under her title “Our Lady of Fatima.” I’m…

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What Is Emotional Chastity?

by Lisa Cotter May 22, 2013

Maybe you’ve heard the term thrown around at your Newman Center. Maybe you read about it in your bible study. Maybe someone used it as their reason for breaking up with you. Emotional chastity, emotional purity, emotional integrity, emotional virtue,…

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Mary Is Venerated in the Bible!

by Stephen Beale May 22, 2013

Don’t ever let a Protestant skeptic tell you veneration of Mary is unbiblical.
Anyone who takes the truth of the Incarnation seriously must accept Mary as the Mother of God, a title which demands some degree of honor to the…

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