If the Church is supposed to withdraw from the world, then her liturgy must do the same, pointing us to heavenly realities that abide forever.
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This pope’s defense of scripture’s inerrancy is more relevant today than it was 100 years ago
One hundred years ago today, a pope immortalized the saint who said, ‘Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ’
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When arrogant ‘reformers’ tinker with the sacraments, disaster befalls the faithful
The liturgical reformers of the 1960s thoroughly altered every sacrament and sacramental, every office of prayer and penance, everything connected with divine worship. How has it turned out?
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Faith is a gift from God we should not take for granted
'Faith cometh by hearing," says St. Paul, 'and hearing by the preaching of Christ.'
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Remembering St. Louis IX, one of the world’s best and holiest rulers
God exalted on Earth a Christian king who used his authority to promote the Faith, our greatest good here below, and to care for His people, including the poor and the imprisoned.
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The Devil traps countless Christians with this common tool. How to avoid getting caught
With what might seem like a never-ending flow of bad news, it can be altogether too easy for Christians to fall prey to this snare.
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These condemned criminals accepted ‘inadmissible’ death penalty and became saints
Bishop Athanasius Schneider calls to mind some of the saints who earned their salvation through humble acceptance of the death penalty.
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Why Vatican II cannot simply be forgotten, but must be remembered with shame and repentance
Vatican II must be remembered as a moment in which the hierarchy of the Church, to varying degrees, surrendered to a more subtle (and therefore more dangerous) form of worldliness.
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Why priest is wrong in describing Communion on tongue as Gnostic and Calvinistic
'One barely knows where to begin taking apart such a tangled web of misinformation and fantasy'
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Even if you can’t be a monk, you can still benefit from monastic life. Here’s how
Those who are married or who don't enter religious life can still become Benedictine oblates and reap spiritual riches.
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