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Readings for the Memorial of Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Reading 1 Acts 5:34-42 A Pharisee in the Sanhedrin named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, respected by all the people, stood up, ordered the Apostles to be put outside for a short time, and said to the Sanhedrin, “Fellow children of…
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As the Catholic Church’s cardinals prepare to elect a new pope, they must be wary of “elegant speeches” that hide a subtle cruelty toward the poor and vulnerable, said the Vatican’s former doctrinal chief. Celebrating a memorial Mass for Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica May 1, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández,…
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St. Athanasius, also known as Athanasius the Great and Athanasius the Confessor, was a bishop and doctor of the church. He is called the “Father of Orthodoxy,” the “Pillar of the Church” and “Champion of Christ’s Divinity.” Athanasius became one of the most dedicated opponents of the heresy of Arianism. Much of his life was…
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Two decades ago, Christian Smith and Melinda Denton discovered that nearly all US teens, regardless of their religious upbringing, shared a common belief system. They named this religion “Moralistic Therapeutic Deism,” which they summarized into the following tenets: A God exists who created and orders the world and watches over human life on earth. [Deism]…
We live in an age when laity, clergy, and religious are seeking holy guides. These confusing and dark days have left countless people discouraged. I repeatedly have conversations with friends in the clergy and the laity who are in search of a spiritual director but cannot seem to find one. Kevin Wells has sought to…
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Reading 1 Acts 5:27-33 When the court officers had brought the Apostles in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, the high priest questioned them, “We gave you strict orders did we not, to stop teaching in that name. Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and want to bring this man’s blood upon…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The conclave to elect a new pope, scheduled to begin May 7, is governed by two texts: a rule book and a prayer book. The rule book is the apostolic constitution, “Universi Dominici Gregis” (“Shepherd of the Lord’s Whole Flock”), which was issued by St. John Paul II in 1996 and…
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Marculf is also known as Marcoul. He was born at Bayeux, Gaul, at noble parents. He was ordained when he was thirty, and did missionary work at Coutances. Desirous of living as a hermit, he was granted land by king Childebert at Nanteuil. He attracted numerous disciples, and built a monastery, of which he was…
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In 1949 the Englishman George Orwell wrote a book titled 1984. It was about life in a totalitarian state—one that held total control over peoples’ lives. Orwell invented terms used in the book that resonate today: Big Brother, doublethink, thoughtcrime, Newspeak. Today the term Orwellian is used to describe official deception, secret surveillance, and manipulation…
As the provocative title is meant to imply, this is a book about God’s existence. Fortunately, it stops at “…for God” because what Patrick Flynn wrote is meant to be so much more. In The Best Argument for God, Flynn seeks to present a holistic, general-reader, academ-ish account of classical theism, which is the view…