The Church encourages us to prepare ourselves for the hour of death. Every action of yours, every thought should be those of one who expects to die before the day is out. Death would have no great terrors for you if you had a quiet conscience. . . . Then why not keep clear of sin...
Sheen once famously wrote that there were not more than 100 people in the United States who hated the Catholic Church but that there were 100 million who hated what they thought was the Catholic Church. He went on to say that “If we Catholics believed all of the untruths and lies which...
Hence, David Pack is telling any who think about it that he and his group has not and will not lead what I have called "The Final Phase of the Work" (here is a related YouTube video titled The Final Phase of the Work; the written article has also been translated into Spanish: La ...
The Pope is, then, “the Bishop of the Catholic Church,” her teacher, the vicar (agent, deputy) of Christ on earth. He is the interpreter of the Christian Tradition. When he speaks for the whole Church (ex cathedra), the Holy Spirit does not permit him to err. He is, therefore, ...
It might also interest you to know, that the primary interest of Charlemagne (the first Holy Roman Emperor) was to drive the invader Germanics (the ancestors of most Albino Europeans) back to the East. As to their relationship with the Catholic Church - they used it.What interest then, ...
What was the purpose of the Pantheon? In part, the Pantheon was meantto appease the godsbecause the destruction of the previous buildings in its place was seen as a sign that the gods were unhappy. In the niches would have originally stood statues of various gods, and deified emperors. ...
The lumberjack pauses to think, and scratches his beard again. “I don’t suppose it really matters much. It’s just gonna be you and me.” We hope these jokes for adults added a bit of fun to your day. Life’s too short to take everything too seriously, right? Whether it’s a...
masterpiece wedding cakes for a gay couple because doing so would violatehisbelief that marriage is between a man and a woman. His refusal was a slap in the face to the gay couple; their love was unworthy. Here’s the problem: does the baker’s religion also condone demeaning other ...
When she died in 1884, Smith’s obituary noted that her towering reputation crossed racial lines: “Among the people of Washington, white and colored, she was respected highly.” She was buried in the cemetery of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Lancaster. As a final sign of...
but also a lack of hygiene as washing does not take priority over drinking (with all the health consequences this entails). While many development agencies have struggled to bring water to the countryside, this is one problem that has yet to be resolved. It is hoped a new World Bank-funded...