The Catholic Church’s Best-Kept Secret
The Catholic Church has a big secret. It is so powerful, challenging, and relevant, that if every bishop, priest, religious […]
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Church Church Teaching Mary Question & Answer Shackleton
Do we have to believe in Marian apparitions?
Do Jesus, Mary and saints really appear to people? My parish priest says he does not believe so. Paragraph 67
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Church Teaching Question & Answer Sacraments Shackleton
Can Deacons Anoint the Sick?
During a healing service at a parish in a South African diocese, the deacon invited and anointed those present with the sacred oil of the sick. This was distressing because the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the Code of Canon Law expressly forbid anyone but a valid priest or bishop from anointing in this way?
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No, Catholics Don’t ‘Worship’ Statues
It is a common accusation directed at Catholics: The idea that we ‘worship’ or ‘pray to’ statues. Prof Michael Ogunu
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Church Church Teaching Marriage
New prefect affirms natural truth about marriage, condemns polarisation
By Justin McLellan, CNS – The Catholic Church must take great care to avoid rites or blessings that suggest marriage
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Does the Church still believe in Purgatory?
Question: My whole life I believed that the Catholic Church teaches the existence of purgatory. But I have heard from
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Can Apostolic Succession be Traced?
Question: The Church teaches that bishops and priests are the successors of the apostles. Can this line really be traced
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Church Church Teaching Death Magliano
‘Thou shall not kill’–not even a murderer
“Anyone who inflicts a permanent injury on his or her neighbour shall receive the same in return: fracture for
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What is the Queenship of Mary?
Question: Mary is Queen of heaven and earth, but more importantly, mother of our King and Lord Jesus. That makes
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