| May 18th, 2008 As Christians, this may be the most important question we can ask. Certainly St. Paul thought so. He once declared that if Christ did not rise from the dead, then our faith is in vain. ... |
| May 18th, 2008 I'm happy to assure you that the Catholic Church has never taught that unbaptized babies go to hell. In fact, such a belief was explicitly rejected by Pope Pius VI in 1794, in response to ... |
| May 18th, 2008 If for example, John Smith were my best friend and a strong believer in reincarnation, would we accept him? I mean, would we accept his belief that he will be incarnated, or will we simply shut down his beliefs and say he is destined to heaven or hell? Thanks for your question.First and foremost, the question of what happens to us after death leads us into a place of mystery. We don't have a photograph or a road map. The most basic ... |
| May 18th, 2008 The earliest Scriptural reference to prayers for the dead comes in the second book of Maccabees. The books of Maccabees were among the latest written books found in the Old Testament. They recount the struggle ... |
| May 18th, 2008 It's no surprise that you find you can't get a straight answer from anyone on this question, because everything about life after death is basically a mystery. We don't have a blueprint, a map or ... |
| May 18th, 2008 No, I don't think there was a backdoor agreement between the fishermen and the bishops over the whole fish on Friday thing.Since about the second century of Christianity, Christians abstained from meat on Friday as ... |
| May 18th, 2008 From the quality and concern of your question, I would judge that you are a conscientious and compassionate person of faith.I wish that there were an easy and equally straightforward way to answer your question, ... |
| May 18th, 2008 To answer your question I have to provide a little history.Up until 1965, Mass was celebrated everywhere in the Catholic church in Latin according to the "rite" (order or ritual or worship) determined at ... |
| May 18th, 2008 "Lectio" is the Latin word for reading. In Catholic language a lector is a reader and a lectionary is the book of scripture readings. So the Latin "Lectio Divina" translates into English as "Divine", "holy" ... |
| May 18th, 2008 A good place to begin is with your own diocesan newspaper. Most dioceses publish a weekly or monthly newspaper and these often contain excellent movie reviews or an evaluation of current films with respect to ... |
