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What Is Christianity For Anyway?
Stanley Fish, in a recent New York Times column, tackles those he calls the “schoolyard atheists” who insist that religion is either irrelevant or harmful – and in either case, false. He does this in...
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Does Belief in God Cause War?
I just saw an ad for a bumper sticker proclaiming: “Atheists don’t start wars.” In our local newspaper, a recent letter to the editor stated: “Nonbelievers are the most politically defiled people in...
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Year of Faith
October 11, 2012 – November 24, 2013 Pope Benedict XVI has declared a Year of Faith, to begin on October 11, the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of Vatican Council II. But what do we mean by...
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Year of Faith (3)
EUCHARISTIC FAITH: Saying Amen to What We Are in Christ At Mass, when we go forward at communion time to receive the host and drink from the cup, we hear the words, “Body of Christ,” and we respond,...
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Benedict XVI
In his Angelus message of February 17, Pope Benedict XVI expressed his trust in God: The decision I have made, after much prayer, is the fruit of a serene trust in God’s will and a deep love of...
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Faith and Critical Thinking
Year of Faith (4th Reflection) As an eager reader of James Gill’s column in the New Orleans Times-Picayune, I was shocked and disappointed last month to read (in his essay titled “Science Education Act...
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On the Sovereignty of God
Wisdom from Dietrich Bonhoeffer: I believe that God both can and will bring good out of evil. For that purpose he needs [people] who make the best use of everything. I believe God will give us all the...
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