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G. K. Chesterton: It’s Not Gay, and It’s Not Marriage

by Dale Ahlquist April 9, 2013

One of the pressing issues of Chesterton’s time was “birth control.” He not only objected to the idea, he objected to the very term because it meant the opposite of what it said. It meant no birth and no control.…

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Divine Mercy

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. April 5, 2013

Several years ago, the Catholic Church designated the Sunday after Easter as “Divine Mercy Sunday.”  That raises two very important questions — what exactly is “mercy” anyway, and what does it have to do with the Easter season?
Mercy is…

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We Are All Immortals

by Stephen Beale April 4, 2013

The resurrection confirms that Jesus is, as He claimed, truly not of this world.
Put in human terms, He comes from another world—although, it might be more accurate to say that God contains heaven, rather than the other way around.…

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No Surer Bet

by Ken Connor April 3, 2013

This past Sunday, Christians around the world celebrated Easter as a memorial of Christ’s resurrection.  If Christians are correct about what happened on the first Easter morning, then the resurrection is the single most important event in human history.  Jesus…

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Scripture Speaks: Setting Our Minds on Heaven

by Gayle Somers March 31, 2013

Gospel (Read Jn 20:1-9)
On Palm Sunday, the narrative of our Lord’s Passion ended with these words:  “The women who had come from Galilee with Him followed behind, and when they had seen the tomb and the way in which…

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Did Jesus Really Go to Hell?

by Stephen Beale March 29, 2013

Buried in the middle of the Apostles’ Creed is a profound mystery of the Christian faith, the affirmation that Christ ‘descended into hell.’
This clause explains where Christ in the three days between the crucifixion and the resurrection.
But this…

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Choosing Freedom: Pope Francis and Social Justice

by Alejandro Chafuen March 27, 2013

Having spent most of his life in Buenos Aires, Pope Francis has given proof that he can rise above his environment. As his compatriot Bishop Alberto Bochatey remarked, “he is a man of few words.” I lived half of my…

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You’d Be Surprised: What It’s Really Like to be a Priest in Training

by Seminarians From the Archdiocese of Mobile March 25, 2013

The following video was produced by actual seminarians from the Archdiocese of Mobile for the Archdiocesan Catholic Youth Conference February 22-24, 2013.…

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The Story Has Just Begun

by Russell Shaw March 22, 2013

The surprising election of Pope Francis plainly was no surprise to the people who really counted: the cardinals, that is, who swiftly chose him on the first full day and fifth ballot of the conclave. While not a speed record,…

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Finding St. Francis

by Stephen Beale March 21, 2013

St. Francis of Assisi today is often thought of in revolutionary, avant-garde images: the merchant’s son who stripped naked in public to renounce his worldly possessions and attachments, the mystic who preached to the birds, the friar who embraced lepers,…

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