’50 Shades of Grey’ is a con

The word ‘romance’ suggests mystery and excitement. It is a positive word. The makers of ’50 Shades of Grey’ sully the word. They suggest that pain and human degradation is romantic. Do they really believe that?

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Does the Catholic Church really hate sex?

The Catholic Church believes that sexual intimacy should be reserved for marriage between one man and one woman. Even more, the Church teaches that artificial contraception is…

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Why I’m Catholic

Bread and wine consecrated by a Catholic priest becomes Christ, not in a symbolic sense but in reality.

The Church teaches that Christ’s Body, Soul, and Divinity are fully present in the Eucharist and provides our soul with the spiritual nourishment that draws us toward sainthood and salvation.

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Where in the heck did Catholics come up with purgatory?

As a convert to Catholicism, I once embraced a Protestant theology that suggested a ‘once-for-all atonement.’ I certainly am no theologian, but my understanding of Catholic teaching on purgatory is, in fact, based on sacred scripture, which I will touch on momentarily.

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Redemptive suffering

Why does God allow suffering?

This is the question men of faith and faithless men have asked down through the ages. A Quiner’s Diner reader wrote and told me she is going through the Catholic Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA).

She was trying to come to grips with this question. Some non-Catholic Christian evangelists promote a philosophy that financial well-being is the will of God for man. This is known as the prosperity gospel.

Catholic thinking, on the other hand, embraces the notion that suffering can be redemptive, that it is even sometimes necessary for the salvation of souls…

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Why it is challenging for a practicing Catholic to vote Democrat

The Democratic Party has turned its back on the little guy.

It didn’t use to be so. The Democratic Party for much of the 20th century stood up for the dignity of man. Because of their support for the rights of laborers, minorities, and women, they attracted the Catholic vote.

At its core, Catholicism embraces human dignity as intrinsic. We’re born with dignity. Our worth is defined by God, not our neighbor, nor a political party, nor the government.

Even more, Catholicism believes dignity is intrinsic at conception…

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The contagious mass psychosis of October 13th, 1917

“The universe is governed by scientific laws. These laws must hold without exception.”

So what are we to make of this miracle of the sun?

The phenomenon was first observed on October 13th, 1917 in Fatima, Portugal. According to published reports, somewhere from 30,000 to 100,00 were present to witness this event.

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