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An Argument For a Celibate Priesthood
in area: Commentary
It's not often that the secular media get anything right about the meat of Catholic theology. Father Robert Barron gives us a splendidly reasoned exception with his argument for priestly celibacy, pub...
Three Questions About the Eucharist You Wanted to Ask
in area: Features
Every Catholic making a First Communion learns that the Eucharist is the Body and Blood of Christ, that he is really present (a concept descriptively called the Real Presence), and that the host and w...
Religion and Magic
in area: Commentary
Science writer Brian Clegg recently wrote in his blog* that religious thinking is often "magical" thinking. He gave several examples from the Judeo-Christian tradition, including this one from the Chu...
Three Things I've Learned About Marriage
in area: Features
What I Have Learned About Catholic Marriage by Being a Married Catholic Last month, my husband and I celebrated our tenth wedding anniversary.  We married three weeks after I graduated from univ...
Can You Be Catholic and Deny the Faith?
in area: Features
Over at Catholic Answers Forums, there is a threat entitled, "Can You Be Christian and Deny the Trinity?" Mannyfit75, who started the thread, wrote, "IMO, I do not think a Christian who denies the Tri...
Dreams of the Blessed Virgin Mary Bring Hindu Couple Home
in area: In the News
From the Catholic News Service comes the story of a Hindu couple who converted to Catholicism in only a few months' time after the wife was led there by a series of dreams of the Blessed Virgin Mary. ...
Anointing of the Sick and Last Rites
in area: Ordered to Teach
Anointing of the Sick is the least well-understood of the seven sacraments recognized by the Catholic Church, at least among laypeople. What is it? Is it the same as Extreme Unction? What are Last Rit...
What is Defrocking?
in area: Ordered to Teach
When a Roman Catholic priest has "gone rogue" or committed heinous crimes, he may be "defrocked." In the latest round of of media outcry over sex abuse by priests, the Vatican has been criticized fo...