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Why Doesn’t the Pope Do Something about "Bad" Bishops?
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| Heresy from the pulpit, do-it-yourself liturgies, pro-abortion politicians honored by Catholic institutions, bankruptcy—in any other organization, the person in charge would be reading the classifieds. But removing a bishop isn’t like firing a CEO; it’s more like removing a father’s custody of his children. |
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By Fr. Robert Johansen
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Hospitality Is Biblical—and Not Optional
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| The first Christians “devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship. . . . Day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in the homes, they partook of food with glad and generous hearts” (Acts 2:42, 46). That doesn’t sound like modern American Catholicism—it sounds better. |
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By Emily Cook
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My Big Fat Greek Welcome
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| Hospitality in the ancient world. |
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My Hospitality Conversion
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| What is unique about Catholic hospitality, and how can we incorporate it into our lives? When this Southern belle became Catholic, she rejected much of the traditional hospitality she grew up with. But over the years she learned that hospitality doesn't require white-gloved servants. The key ingredients are good conversation and a little TLC. |
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By Ruth Lasseter
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New World Hospitality
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| Hospitality in colonial times. |
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Old World Hospitality
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| Benedictine hospitality. |
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Philosophy 101 Taught by Pope John Paul II
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| Fides et Ratio, our late pope's encyclical on faith and reason, shows the importance of philosophy for our times. His first lesson is that every person is by nature a philosopher – meaning that we all want to know why we are here and what we should do. We've outlined four other key points from the document here. |
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By Christopher Kaczor
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They Just Won't Go Away
Ancient Heresies in Post-Modern Dress |
| With strange names like Arianism, Nestorianism, Monophysitism, Donatism, and Pelagianism, the ancient heresies don’t seem to have much to do with us today. But these perennial threats to the faithful are alive and well and closer than you think. Here’s how to recognize them in their modern guises. |
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By Kenneth D. Whitehead
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What Is Heresy?
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| A definition of heresy. |
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More Ancient Heresies
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| A description of four more ancient heresies. |
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