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| Absence of truth in the ‘new atheism’ 29 August, 2010 |
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A kind of aggressive and intolerant secularism seems to be rising in many countries even though significant majorities of people in those countries profess to believe in a religion. [More] |
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| Faith, reason lead us to God, the source of both 22 August, 2010 |
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Did you know that a Belgian Catholic priest (Lemaître) provided the mathematical model which paved the way for the Big Bang theory of the Universe? [More] |
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| The dignity of human beings 15 August, 2010 |
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The dignity of the human person is based on the teaching of Sacred Scripture that “humans are created ‘to the image of God’, are capable of knowing and loving their Creator,” (GS 12). [More] |
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| ‘Task of Church’ to shine the light of Christ on the world 8 August, 2010 |
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“The People of God believes that it is led by the Lord's Spirit, Who fills the earth. Motivated by this faith, it labours to decipher authentic signs of God's presence and purpose in the happenings, needs and desires in which this People has a part along with other men and women of our age. For faith throws a new light on everything, manifests God's design for man's total vocation, and thus directs the mind to solutions which are fully human” (GS 11). [More] |
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| Scripture in the life of the Church 1 August, 2010 |
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“The Church has always venerated the divine Scriptures just as she venerates the body of the Lord, since, especially in the sacred liturgy, she unceasingly receives and offers to the faithful the bread of life from the table both of God’s word and of Christ’s body” (Dei Verbum 21). [More] |
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| Christianity – it’s not a private faith 25 July, 2010 |
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EACH believer has his or her own personal experience of faith in Jesus, of prayer, of justice, of liturgy but personal does not equate with private. [More] |
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| Challenged to see the world in the light of Christ 18 July, 2010 |
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Gaudium et Spes (The Joys and Hopes), is properly titled The Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the World was promulgated on December 7, 1965 one day before the closing of the Second Vatican Council. [More] |
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| Faith remains fresh 11 July, 2010 |
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“Christ the Lord in whom the full revelation of the supreme God is brought to completion (Cor. 1:20; 3:13; 4:6), commissioned the Apostles to preach to all people that Gospel which is the source of all saving truth and moral teaching” (DV 7). [More] |
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| Handing on Revelation 4 July, 2010 |
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As we saw in the last section revelation is God revealing himself and inviting us into God’s own life. God invites us into communion with the communion of the Holy Trinity so that we might be transformed. [More] |
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| Dei Verbum – the Divine Revelation 27 June, 2010 |
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Dei Verbum, the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, was promulgated by Paul VI on November 18, 1965. [More] |
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| English richer, more poetic in new Mass translation 20 June, 2010 |
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As many readers would know the English-speaking world is soon to receive a new translation of the Latin or Roman Rite Mass. [More] |
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| Traditional Latin Mass 13 June, 2010 |
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The traditional Latin Mass is the Mass which has been handed down through the ages and preserved by the Church and authorised by its highest authority. [More] |
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