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Does it matter what you believe?

Does it matter what you believe? Or do you just have to be a “good” person? Can you still call yourself a Catholic or a Christian if you don’t actually believe the doctrine that defines what those mean? Fr. Barron opines and discusses what it means to be a “good” or “loving” person (video below). [...]

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How is Prayer Answered?

So often we feel like our prayers go unanswered. Like God must be ignoring them. But maybe we’re the ones doing the ignoring? Unfortunately, we are too often close-minded about what an answered prayer should look like that we end up missing the answer all together. God is everywhere, yet somehow we miss Him. The [...]

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On to Something Big

Have you ever gotten an answer to a question that just led to more questions? And then you got answers to those questions only to have yet more questions? That can be terribly frustrating. And it can end up causing you to feel like maybe it’s impossible to know much of anything for sure. Or [...]

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The Question Confronting the Church Today

“The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message.” – Pope John Paul II And the place we need to start is with [...]

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Young-Earth Creationists’ Explanation of Dinosaur Extinction

Seriously though… All fun aside – realizing that some world views out there, I think, too quickly deny reason because of their faith – please don’t forget that faith and reason work together. :-) And that true faith, rather than contradicting reason, actually strengthens reason. When we forget that, we end up at two extremes, either [...]

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What the Church means by Purgatory

Catholics get a bad rap for thinking we somehow “merit” or “earn” our own sanctification (and salvation) through “works” that we do. But that’s a misunderstanding of what the Catholic Church actually teaches. Our sanctification (our being made holy) happens only by the Grace of God. But it does require a response on our part. [...]

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Tired of being harassed by your stupid parents?

Some good advice to pass along to any teens you know. But kids, do be patient with your stupid parents, they tend to get astonishingly smarter as you grow older.

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Let nothing disturb you, including the freaky supernatural stuff

In this exclusive sneak peak of CATHOLICISM, find out about St. Theresa’s “Interior Castle” and where to find your very own castle. Fr. Barron also shares some excellent thoughts on the place of all those “freaky supernatural elements” of our faith and on the scientific reductionism that doesn’t get them. Worth a watch (video below)! [...]

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The dead and the antiquated

“So far as a man may be proud of a religion rooted in humility, I am very proud of my religion; I am especially proud of those parts of it that are most commonly called superstition. I am proud of being fettered by antiquated dogmas and enslaved by dead creeds (as my journalistic friends repeat [...]

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Do You Celebrate the Founding of Your Family?

Marriage serves two primary purposes. It is for both “the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring” [CCC 1601]. Yet, when we celebrate our wedding (marriage) anniversaries, we normally emphasize one of those things more than the other by turning it into a night or weekend away from the kids. In [...]

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15 Tips for Going away to College

Well, it’s that time of year again. Those “kids” are all grown up and taking that next big step out into the world – college. And many of them will be leaving home for the first time to go away to school and take on the challenge all by themselves. Here are this year’s updated [...]

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