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… I thought I would post this piece I wrote long ago: The final Marian dogma—the Assumption—was promulgated in 1950. But like all doctrinal developments
For years, the “prolife” MAGA cult has tried to silence all criticism of the GOP crime syndicate by saying, “We can’t get distracted by lesser
Here is yet another moment in which an atheist makes clear that he is just a fundamentalist: The old wheeze about “We just believe in
The Creed concludes with, “We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.” The life of the world to come began for each of us on the day we were baptized. It comes with a bit more fullness each and every time
When it comes to evangelism, there’s one commandment of Christ most of us obey: “Go and tell no one” (Mark 1:44). That’s because we think evangelism is a lecture, and we’re no lecturers. After all, evangelists are always portrayed as stump orators proclaiming something called the Good News to silent,
Recently, Pope Benedict XVI asked Muslim leaders to do something that many in the West have been clamoring for Muslim leaders to do: make it very publicly clear that the kind of violence so prominent in the Islamic world is to be condemned and repudiated. One person to respond to
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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