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“I come again to ask… transubstantiation. What is a good, somewhat understandable, treatment of same. Article length would be good. I currently live in the
I love this. A guy who has never read the Bible and who doesn’t believe decides to give it a crack in about the best
A) What Could it Hurt? followed shortly thereafter by B) HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW???!!! The irresponsible stupidity of the entire MAGA cult–every last
Two years ago, the Mainstream Media (MSM) gathered in a special conclave in Rome to discuss the disastrous election to the Papacy of Ratzinger the Enforcer, God’s Rottweiler, the hardliner, inflexible, rigid, etc. blah blah. Some of us suggested to our television screens that the Talking Heads might want to
On July 10, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released “Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine on the Church”, a document stating the absolutely-not-new fact that, yes, the Church does believe it is the Church Christ founded and that other Christian bodies are right
It is a strange fact of the Christian life that one of the surest marks of God’s favor is trouble. In the scene just preceding Luke’s account of the temptation of Christ we have seen one of the most overt revelations of Jesus’ true identity. The heavens are torn open,
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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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