By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Selfishness only brings sadness and bitterness, while stepping outside of oneself to evangelise is the ultimate “pick me up” and source of joy, Pope Francis said. “Let’s live the Gospel with humility and courage. Give witness to the newness, hope and joy that the Lord brings to [...]
Watching porn is a moral choice
From Wade Seale, Cape Town: The recent awarding of a licence to TopTV to broadcast three adult-content channels refers. I have often wondered about feminist groups and others who say that pornography is an abuse of women. Certainly, where women (and others) are forced to participate in the production of pornography against their will, there [...]
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Worse than other sins
Before he was elected to the papacy, Pope Francis made a most startling statement: corruption, he said, is worse than any other sin because it hardens the heart against shame, repentance and conversion. “Situations of sin and the state of corruption are two distinct realities, even if they are intimately linked to one another,” he [...]
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What does the peace greeting mean?
Last month we reflected on how God’s ways differ from ours by examining the life of Jesus. In this article, I will try to show how we can bridge the gap between God’s ways and our idea of things by surrendering ourselves to God in all situations. Let’s start with Abraham, our father in faith. [...]
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How can we explain the Spanish Inquisition?
My blood ran cold to see on television some of the devilishly sadistic instruments of torture applied by Christians on Christians during the Spanish Inquisition? How can the Church possibly defend this iniquity? P Evans
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The Holy Spirit in the family
The United Nations International Day of Families 2013 is an annual commemoration conveniently celebrated worldwide in whatever way on May 15. This year the official theme is “Advancing Social Integration and Intergenerational Solidarity”. That’s quite a mouthful, so I simplify it here by calling it “Keeping families together across the generations” — because that is [...]
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