Virginia bishop denounces ‘unjust and morally wrong’ in vitro fertilization
Bishop Michael Burbidge called on public officials to promote life-affirming fertility treatments instead.
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Articles tagged Pastoral Letter
Archbishop Aguer: Spiritual joy is not a naive happiness that downplays the reality of evil
I do not deny that evangelical joy is a value that integrates the Christian conception of life, but it is also undeniable that calamities exist. I cannot imagine Our Lord Jesus Christ with a perpetual smile.
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Colorado archbishop condemns drug use, ‘disastrous’ marijuana legalization in new pastoral letter
‘We say ‘no’ to drugs so that we may fully say ‘yes’ to our vocation to love,’ Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver wrote, decrying drug use as both ‘unloving’ and ‘immoral.’
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FULL TEXT: Bishop Strickland on the importance of learning to engage in redemptive suffering
'Christ is our example of how to suffer, and He will teach us as we unite our sufferings to His. He promises that His grace is sufficient and available to all.'
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Bishop Strickland: Human value comes from being made in God’s image and likeness
On this episode of The Bishop Strickland Show, Bishop Joseph Strickland offers commentary on his fourth pastoral letter, which deals with the value of the human person made in God’s image and likeness, and the consequences of denying this value.
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Bishop Strickland: Sexual activity outside of marriage is always gravely sinful
'This basic truth of morality – that human sexuality is ordered towards a lifelong, mutually exclusive union open to the gift of new life – must be recovered for the sake of humanity.'
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Bishop Strickland on same-sex ‘blessings’: God does not and cannot bless sin
'We must be loving but clear, therefore, that those who carry the burden of same-sex attraction must not act upon these inclinations because such activities are contrary to the biological and God-given identity of the individual,' Bishop Joseph Strickland wrote.
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Bishop Strickland: Salvation is only mediated through the Church established by Christ
On this week's episode of The Bishop Strickland Show, Bishop Joseph Strickland continues his commentary on his second pastoral letter.
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Bishop Strickland reaffirms the true purpose of marriage, the priesthood in new pastoral letter
Bishop Strickland explains in a new letter that humanity has neither the right nor the ability to redefine marriage or the priesthood, both of which are sacraments instituted by God.
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Bishop Strickland: Christ established the one true Church, and He is the only way to salvation
On this week's episode of The Bishop Strickland Show, Bishop Joseph Strickland discusses his second pastoral letter, which was released earlier this month.
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