Faith
A devoted Catholic publicly defends his faith
In the Sunday, February 10, 2013 edition of the Des Moines Register, an “84-year old regular
churchgoing Catholic” incorrectly concludes that the Catholic Church’s ban on artificial contraception is at least partly responsible for poverty, hunger, and disease. On this faulty premise, he concludes that that the Church’s position is morally wrong.
St. Thomas Aquinas: “one of the two or three greatest men who ever lived”
I heard his name for the first time in 9th grade. My history teacher, Mrs. Askegaard, said, “OK, let’s have St. Thomas Aquinas next.” We were studying some of the great figures from the 12th and 13th centuries. When the teacher said “St. Thomas Aquinas,” I was stopped in my tracks. Who?
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Charles Anne was dying. The 23 year old seminarian suffered advanced pulmonary Tuberculosis in an era before antibiotics were discovered. In fact, Tuberculosis was not curable until 1946 when the antibiotic Streptomycin was invented. On the night he was convinced he was about to die, he did something very specific that saved his life.
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Atheist files discrimination lawsuit
In Florida , an atheist created a case against Easter and Passover Holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case against Christians and Jews and observances of their holy days. The argument was that it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized days …
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Mike Huckabee is getting hammered. The former Arkansas Governor blamed the shootings in Connecticut on the removal of God from the public square. Detractors responded angrily, stating that the shooter was mentally ill, that God had nothing to do with it …
Read MoreWhy God permits evil
Did God create evil? To get the answer, let’s turn to another church doctor, St. Thomas Aquinas, perhaps the greatest Christian philosopher ever (and my patron saint). He suggests that we need to distinguish between evils of fault and evils of penalty …
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By Tom Quiner God teased us. When Moses asked who are You, He responded: “I am what I am.” (Exodus 3:14) That tells us a lot, doesn’t it? Fourteen centuries later, Jesus asked His disciples, “Who do they say I am?” And they replied in Matthew 16:14 – 20: 14 “Some say John the Baptist; others…
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Our Lady of Guadalupe for atheists
I have many friends who are agnostic or even atheistic. The agnostic at least leaves the door open to the possibility of Mystery. The atheist doesn’t. I’d like to present a fascinating mystery for my readers who are atheists. The day was December 9th, 1531 …
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