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How Come You Catholics believe the fairy tale called Purgatory?

How come you Catholics believe in the fairy tale called Purgatory? That word is not even in the Bible, and yet you Catholics say that God gets a kick out of torturing people before letting them into Heaven. The whole idea is just a medieval invention by the Vatican, designed to trick people into pay... (www.catholic365.com)

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The hashtag #LoveWins is being used online to express approval of the Supreme Court's recent ruling on marriage. Given the insulting rhetoric on both sides of this issue, it's hard to see victory or anything resembling God's law of love.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Followers follow, and those who don't follow aren't followers - To follow Jesus means to follow Jesus into society.

“Now, what happens if you eliminate anything from the Bible that offends your sensibility and crosses your will? If you pick and choose what you want to believe and reject the rest, how will you ever have a God who can contradict you? You won't! You'll have ...A God, essentially, of your own making,... (www.catholic365.com)

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Some time ago a friend of mine shared an article written by a mom who is an atheist about her young son’s journey to atheism. Like many parents, she meant to leave him a blank slate so that, without her interference, he could come to his own conclusions about the existence of God and the necessity o... (www.catholic365.com)

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Faith of Our Fathers: They Came For Our Pews- The Government Looking To Tax The Church

Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller , 14 January 1892 – 6 March 1984, was a German anti-Nazi, theologian, a Lutheran pastor, a and a decorated U-boat captain in the First World War. After the war he became a minister of religion and a relatively high profile opponent of the Nazis as they increasi... (www.catholic365.com)

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The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white Host.

"As a man must be born before he can begin to lead his physical life, so he must be born to lead a Divine Life. That birth occurs in the Sacrament of Baptism. To survive, he must be nourished by Divine Life; that is done in the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist.” - Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen: (1895 – ... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Bureau's Most Baffling Case

Well, it looks like I’m going to retire without ever solving my most puzzling case. My name is Wednesday, Flavius Wednesday. I’m a cop. I’ve been a detective with the R.B.I.—the Roman Bureau of Investigation—for over forty years. I’ve worked my entire career here at the Conspiracy Division of our Ju... (www.catholic365.com)

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Faith of Our Fathers: The Power To Tax Is The Power To Destroy

Beware the taxman cometh and we need to unite to stop this now. These are not my ideas. It is the idea that U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall expressed when he said, “The power to tax is the power to destroy.” This quotation comes from the words of Daniel Webster and those of John Marshall in the Su... (www.catholic365.com)

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Church is in Trouble - Part 2

A couple weeks ago I discussed the situation here in the Hartford Archdiocese and in my local parish. In a nutshell, we are struggling. Mass attendance has plummeted in recent decades, and as a result, donations also have plummeted. Which means many parishes and other Catholic operations are in real... (www.catholic365.com)

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Saints I Need - Now!

Thanks to my first grade teacher, Sister Celeste, and her dramatic stories about holy people, I developed an early fascination with the saints. Once I could read well enough, I devoured every saint book in our school library and dreamed of growing up to be a martyr. Over the years, I looked to the s... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Dark Moments of Grief

We all have those dark moments when the grief seems impossible. It is the huge boulder sitting on our shoulders. It is the falling into the well. It is not knowing where to turn to at our darkest moments. In those moments of grief, God seems so far away. We feel like we are grieving alone. No one ca... (www.catholic365.com)

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Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it, we would have no compassion for others.

My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust?” – C.S. Lewis: (1898 – 1963: Engli... (www.catholic365.com)

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Victory comes when you trust and rely on Jesus Christ!

Life in the world is full of problems of which people are desperate to find solutions. No matter what terrible situation we face in the world we can get solution through our Lord Jesus Christ. Only Jesus can fix any problems that are impossible for a mere human.... (www.catholic365.com)

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First they ignore it, then they laugh at it, then they say they knew it all along.

"We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of the siren, till she transforms us into beasts. " – Patrick Henry: (1736 – 1799: A Founding Father of the United States of America)... (www.catholic365.com)

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If you could, Would You?

If you could be told the date, time, place and method of your death, would you want to know? Would you want to know if you would face death alone or be held in the warm embrace of your family? Would this knowledge impact your life? Would you seek to change?... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Way, His Way

In the beginning of Christianity, was a lifestyle that was referred to as the Way. Following in the footsteps of Jesus, living by the instructions that He left, the apostles and their followers lived in a communal life. Communal Life.*... (www.catholic365.com)

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Why Using "Orphan Rescue" Sets Up Families to Fail

I have not published a post in over a month. I have been struggling with a few things. I have written posts, but have had to leave them be. Even now I know that this post may not be well received. It’s ok though, the receipt of my writing is not the intent, it is my obedience in writing it. I wish I... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Faith Of Our Fathers: The Catholic Church Today in America. A Mass Exodus In The Making or Not

David Brooks wrote in his New York Time Op. Editorial piece entitled, Faithful can’t win on Sex, but they can heal society, expressed the opinion that Christianity is on the decline in the United States. He even uses the quote,” The share of Americans who describe themselves as Christians and attend... (www.catholic365.com)

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Church in trouble? Then it's time to rejoice!

A couple months ago my Archbishop listed some sobering statistics in the archdiocesan newspaper. He compared the current activity here in the Hartford Archdiocese to what was happening back in 1967. Here are the stark facts: there are 68-percent fewer priests now than there were in 1967; 82-percent ... (www.catholic365.com)

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How to Put Mama Back Together

In my previous article I wrote about how I sometimes feel like an old tattered teddy bear, who's been tossed, toted and squished until the seams burst and the stuffing erupts. Unfortunately, unlike the teddy bear's frayed parts, my episodes of impatience and lost temper are anything but cute.... (www.catholic365.com)

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