Is heaven a physical place? Is God vengeful? These are some of the questions Father Kenneth Doyle takes on in this edition of “Question Corner.”
Question Corner: No heaven?/A vengeful God?
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Commentary
Way beyond the New Atheist nonsense
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Filed Under: Commentary, The Catholic Difference
The Bible teaches that God impressed his intelligibility onto the world through creation by the Word.
This vacation, listen for God
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Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom
When we have all the time in the world – namely on vacation – we seem to make even less time for God. May I make a couple of simple prayer suggestions for the summer (or, for that matter, any time).
Kathy Griffin and the vanishing of argument
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Filed Under: Commentary, Word on Fire
when there is no truth, there can be no argument, for argument depends upon a shared appeal to certain epistemic and ethical values.
Question Corner: Cellphones revisited/ Priest in mortal sin
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Father Doyle answers questions about cellphone use in church and the validity of sacraments performed by priests in a state of mortal sin.
Amen: On a humble man, and famous last words
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Filed Under: Amen, Commentary, Urban Vicariate, Vocations
As a priest, Monsignor Bastress was in fact enlisted to act “in persona Christi” – in the person of Christ – throughout various aspects of his ministry.
A myth of neutrality
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Filed Under: Commentary, Respect Life
Is human life a gift to be revered, or something to be discarded when it seems unproductive or inconvenient to others? There is still time for all of us to help choose the answer.
Here comes the bridesmaid
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Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church
God doesn’t care whether we’re immaculately dressed in fancy clothes or wearing an old bathrobe with sausage grease on the sleeve.
A brother priest shares his thoughts on Bishop Newman
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Bishop Newman’s episcopal model was “To live is Christ.” These few words speak volumes about him as a person. He was a priest and bishop who was loved by everyone who met him.
Refresh yourself – spiritually, too
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Filed Under: Behind the Headlines, Blog, Commentary
If it’s good to dust off the cobwebs in our home, it’s even better to sweep clean your heart and soul.
Reading the signs of the times
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We need strong communities of faith. But they should refresh us and arm us to go out and remind others of our more excellent way.
Going fishing
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Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church
What do I do to inspire others to become fishers of men? Do I ever convey that joy, that excitement, in being a follower of Christ that someone would stop to ask me about Jesus?
