The question that really concerns us, the question that really oppresses is, is why it is necessary for us in particular to practice the Christian Faith in its totality; why, when there are so many other ways that lead to heaven and salvation, it should be required of us to bear a day after day...
by Mark Minardi | Source It has been said that much of the sexual ethic of the Catholic Church can be found in the natural law. That is, it can be arrived at by reason alone, without reliance on God revealing things that we could not know on our own accord. If you want...
VATICAN CITY, JUL 6, 2007 (VIS) – Today in the Vatican, the Holy Father received in private audience Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins C.M.F., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, and authorized the promulgation of decrees concerning the following causes: MIRACLES - Blessed Gaetano Errico, Italian priest and founder of the Congregation...
VATICAN CITY, JUL 6, 2007 (VIS) – Tomorrow, Saturday July 7, the Vatican Information service will transmit a special service for the publication of the Apostolic Letter “Motu Proprio data” of His Holiness Benedict XVI, “Summorum Pontificum,” concerning the use of the pre-1970 Roman liturgy. The document will be accompanied by an explanatory Letter...
In the ethical statements of the New Testament there is a tension which looks as if it cannot be resolved: the tension between grace and ethos, between total forgiveness and just as total a demand on man, between the complete endowment of man, who gets everything thrown at him because he can achieve nothing,...
VATICAN CITY, JUL 4, 2007 (VIS) – St. Basil, defined in Byzantine liturgical texts as a “light of the Church,” was the subject of the Holy Father’s catechesis during today’s general audience. The audience, attended by 12,000 people, was held in the Vatican Basilica then continued in the Paul VI Hall. St. Basil,...
