Just Exactly Where is the Church Anyway?
Over the past couple of days, we’ve been talking a bit about Hell and damnation. For Catholics, that very quickly brings us to the Church’s
June 23, 2026
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A bit more on Hell and related matters
A reader writes: Hi Mark, I shared your post with the reader’s remarks about Trump, Heaven and Hell, with my SSPX sister. Here is her
June 22, 2026
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June 20, 2026
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Hell, and Related Matters
It’s a perennial topic. The Church teaches and has always taught the possibility of Hell for any of us. The moods of humanity being forever
June 19, 2026
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The Sacrament of the Eucharist: Memorial and Presence in the Eucharistic Body of Christ
Before I became Catholic, I was taught in my old Evangelical group that, of course, the Catholic understanding of the Eucharist was so much hocus pocus and that the whole notion of the Host and the Cup actually being the Body and Blood of Christ was a lot of superstitious
Faith in Science
Christianity in general, and the Catholic faith in particular has no problem with the Sciences. But many people without faith love to talk about “science vs. faith”. They fancy the former is about what they “know” and the latter consists of bowing in blind obeisance to Authority. But, in fact,
The Sign Called Bartimaeus
A subtle and slender thread often connects the Old and New Testaments. For instance, Jeremiah 31:7-9 prophesies a great throng of returning exiles from Babylon about 70 years after the great catastrophe of Babylonian conquest which struck Israel in 587 BC. Promising that the Lord has not abandoned Israel, he
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About Mark Shea
Greetings! I’m Mark P. Shea, a Catholic author and blogger who’s also done a spot of podcasting and even acting here and there, as well as radio and TV work. My latest book, The Church’s Best-Kept Secret: A Primer on Catholic Social Teaching was published in September 2020 by New City Press. Other works include By What Authority?: An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition (Ignatius), Mary, Mother of the Son, This is My Body: An Evangelical Discovers the Real Presence (Christendom), and Making Senses Out of Scripture: Reading the Bible as the First Christians Did (Basilica), Salt and Light: The Commandments, the Beatitudes, and a Joyful Life (Servant), The Heart of Catholic Prayer: Rediscovering the Our Father and the Hail Mary (Our Sunday Visitor) and The Work of Mercy: Being the Hands and Heart of Christ (Servant).
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