Break the Seal of Confession or Rot in Jail!

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Court orders Catholic Priest to Violate his Sacred Vow If a decision of the Louisiana Supreme Court holds, the Seal of Confession will soon be a thing of the past. The doors will be open for all priests to be called before tribunals to testify about what they heard from their penitents. … Read more

Vietnam Sees a Wave of Adult Conversions

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In Vietnam, the emptiness brought by atheistic communism is producing effects similar to those in China by attracting many souls to the Catholic Church. In Ho Chi Minh City, the former Saigon and the country’s largest city, 680,000 of its 9 million inhabitants are Catholic and their numbers are growing to the … Read more

Cardinal Zen Exhorts the Chinese to Heroically Confront Communism

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After the communist government in Beijing threatened to take away the freedom of Hong Kong, Joseph Cardinal Zen Ze-kiun, the city’s Bishop Emeritus, reacted the way Catholics would like to see their bishops react in the face of blatant anti-Christianity. Indeed, addressing the communist government on the radio, the cardinal said: “You … Read more

Fencing with Piketty

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Fencing with Piketty 2

As I sat down to read Thomas Piketty’s bestselling book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, I must admit I was not well disposed toward the book. Here is a voluminous 700-page tome written by a Frenchman that has garnered scathing reviews from the conservative press and glowing praise from liberal economists. What … Read more

A “Pastoral of Mercy” or Ambiguity Regarding Sin?

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A “Pastoral of Mercy” or Ambiguity Regarding Sin? 2

Some months ago, the Vatican sent Bishops’ Conferences around the world a questionnaire with several questions of a moral nature. Tragic Loss of the Sense of Sin The result could only be the one expected: the world’s bishops responded that young people marry less and less and live in concubinage; that the … Read more

Vietnamese Leader Repudiates Socialism, Joins Catholic Church

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Vietnamese Leader Repudiates Socialism, Joins Catholic Church 2

In a book that caused a sensation, titled Journal d’un lâche [A Coward’s Diary], Tô Hai, a “founding father” of Vietnamese communism and famous composer in that country announced he had left the Communist Party, reported the site “Le Salon Beige”. On May 28, 2014 he described on his blog with a … Read more

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What Does Saint Thomas Say About Immigration?

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What Does Saint Thomas Say About Immigration?

In looking at the debate over immigration, it is almost automatically assumed that the Church’s position is one of unconditional charity toward those who enter the nation, legally or illegally. However, is this the case? What does the Bible say about immigration? What do Church doctors and theologians say? Above all, what … Read more