Pastoral Care Of Couples Who Are Cohabiting

Below is a copy of the pastoral letter from Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan regarding couples that are cohabiting. It dates back all the way to April 2011, so its not news, but it is still interesting reading.

Dangers Of Pretentiousness

A priest was due to be honoured at his retirement dinner after 25 years of service in the parish. A leading politician, and a member of the parish, was the self-appointed representative to make the presentation and give a little speech during the retirement dinner.

Satan's Silent Efficiency

"Roughly as many persons are aborted annually as were killed in all six years of World War II, combatants and noncombatants combined. But because soldiers aren't marching, tanks aren't rolling and cities aren't burning, few of us notice."

Read the blog, by John Borra, that was linked to this cartoon, here

Sacramental Mistaken Identity

I have just read this post on Patrick Madrid’s Blog. It is really good and I just had to share it.

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Defend Proper Marriage

In a recent letter to his flock, Archbishop John Nienstedt of St Paul and Minneapolis wrote of the duty incumbent upon Christians to defend the proper definition of marriage. The Archbishop also included this prayer in his letter:

Give Nuns The Pill

Remember my recent post about intellectuals falling into the stupidity trap. Well here we go again. You should make sure you are sitting down: “The Catholic Church should supply nuns with the oral contraceptive pill to reduce their higher risk of ovarian and uterine cancer, Australian researchers say.”[i]

God Particle Myth

Yesterday news broke about the fact that scientist may now have discovered the “God Particle”. Watching Sky News and reading other reports, I frequently came across the term “God Particle”.

Does God Exist?

Watch this video produced by New Moment New Ideas Company TV commercial for the Government of the Republic of Macedonia, Ministry of Education and Science. It is part of a social campaign aimed at promoting education. Religion is knowledge, too. Bring religion back to school.

Cut It Off And Throw It Away

“If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.”[1]

Archbishop Urges Non-Believing Catholics To Leave Church

Three cheers for the Archbishop of Dublin. Hip, hip, hooray!

Diarmuid Martin, the Archbishop of Dublin, has urged non-believing Catholics to have the maturity to leave the Church in an RTE documentary, ‘Would You Believe it’? Read at source, or below:

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