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Campanile, Façade and Tympanum – Parts of a Church – Part II
By J. John Basil
The exterior parts of a church fulfill an important objective of designating the church as a public space of worship, and to prepare the worshipper. Definitions of prominent exterior parts of a church are provided, along with their origin.
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Stephanus Antonious
By Stephen Clark
A couple of years ago my dad surprised me with a story I had not heard. It was about my Baptism. Apparently I was Baptised in Latin, so strictly speaking my name is not Stephen Anthony but Stephanus Antonious. It has a nice Gladitorial ring to it ; which explains a lot.
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Shrines of Italy: Church of Blessed Mark of Aviano
By Christopher McCarthy
Shrines of Italy: Church of Blessed Mark of Aviano
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Crisis of Leadership
By Stephen Clark
Padre Pio gave this advice to a family with young children: – ‘Take care, not so much of their scientific as of their moral education… As you educate their minds with good studies, assure the education of their hearts, along with that of our holy religion; one without the other causes a mortal wound to the human heart.’
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A Long View on The Orans Posture
By Frances Paquette Rossi
A personal account of how the Church has moved from allowing very little use of gesture in the liturgy, to encouraging its use after Vatican II.
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POPE CLEMENT III AND THE THIRD CRUSADE
By Debra Booton McCoy
The kind, but sickly Pope Clement III inherited the inevitable Third Crusade from his predecessor, Pope Gregory VIII. He also had to handle the continuing arguing between the Holy Roman Empire and the Norman kingdom of southern Italy. He died before he saw the end of that current Crusade.
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Joe Biden; The Pro-Abortion President
By John Roskoski
President Joe Biden has made a "last-ditch" effort to make abortion a central campaign issue. He is misrepresenting the legislative process to promise an extensive overreach of his authority and to try to combat the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
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Shrines of Italy: Parish of San Quirino
By Christopher McCarthy
Shrines of Italy: Parish of San Quirino
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Personhood and Humanity
By John Roskoski
The pro-abortion adherents have tried to propose a philosophical-sounding argument which separates human life from human personhood. It is an empty and flawed argument, more of a stalling tactic to prolong the issue of abortion and try to give their arguments validity.
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Good Samaritans in the Gospel according to St. Luke
By Thomas J. McIntyre
A short excursus on the Samaritan leper in the Gospel according to St. Luke and connections between his story and parable of the Good Samaritan, found only in Luke as well.
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"Show Yourself to the Priest": Reflections on the Readings for the Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
By Thomas J. McIntyre
Therefore, if you are in need of healing and cleansing from sin, “Go and show yourself to a priest” in the sacrament of Reconciliation. Don’t shout from the road. Be not afraid to draw close to the merciful Heart of Our LORD, pierced and broken on the Cross. Thank Our LORD for all His mercies and gifts. Be like the one leper, not the other nine.
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Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, "il Papa Buono"
By J. John Basil
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli became Pope John XXIII on October 28, 1958 and convened the Second Vatican Council in October 1962. Vatican II had profound progressive impacts on the Catholic Church. St. Pope John XXIII is still affectionately known in Italy as “iL Papa Buono” (“the Good Pope”).
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Columbus Day: The Case for Its Celebration
By The Catholic Philadelphian
Catholics should be proud to celebrate Columbus. Let's never forget the true history behind the annual observation of him discovering the "Indes" and in turn inspired many famous explorers to continue to explore The New World that we know today.
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Shrines of Italy: Parish of Saint George
By Christopher McCarthy
Shrines of Italy: Parish of Saint George
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Return To Holiness
By Stephen Clark
After the assassination of Martin Luther King, at a meeting while the people were still in shock, a chap gave a speech where he first stated that ‘our leader is not dead’ and then that ‘Martin Luther King was not the leader of the civil rights movement’. The crowd groaned thinking it would become a leadership struggle amongst opportunists and the whole thing would fall apart.
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If Yom Kippur Were a River
By Frances Paquette Rossi
Yom Kippur, the autumn fast, is practiced by Jews today, but also had a Christian counterpart in Ember Days.
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Have you read “the Vulgate” translated by St. Jerome?
By J. John Basil
St. Jerome, a Doctor of the Western Church, translated the Bible from Hebrew and Greek into Latin making the work accessible to the ancient Romans. This translation is called “the Vulgate”.
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