Author Archives: Ron Conte

Weaknesses in the Supreme Court HHS mandate decision

Posted on 30 June 2014 by Ron Conte

Pro-life advocates and many conservative Christians are hailing today’s SCOTUS decision in the Hobby Lobby case as a great win for the pro-life cause. But it’s a very qualified limited victory, for several reasons. 1. The scope of the decision … Continue reading →

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The Transfiguration of Jesus Christ – Matthew 17 and Mark 9

Posted on 29 June 2014 by Ron Conte

Difficult Bible Passages Jesus took three Apostles (Peter, James, John) aside from the other Apostles and disciples, on to a high mountain. He then was miraculously transfigured before their eyes. This event was for the purpose of teaching the Church … Continue reading →

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Gay Marriage versus Religious Freedom

Posted on 23 June 2014 by Ron Conte

In a pluralistic society, where intelligent and caring persons disagree on important controversies of politics, society, and religion, tolerance should prevail. When Christians or Catholics have a majority of the votes, we should not compel the rest of the citizenry … Continue reading →

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Contraception in Cases of Rape — Catholic moral theology

Posted on 20 June 2014 by Ron Conte

All contraceptive acts (e.g. taking a birth control pill), and all contracepted sexual acts (e.g. choosing to engage in sexual acts not inherently ordered toward procreation) are intrinsically evil because they are the deliberate choice of an act that is … Continue reading →

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Unitive and Procreative Nature of Intercourse

Posted on 17 June 2014 by Ron Conte

That teaching, often set forth by the magisterium, is founded upon the inseparable connection, willed by God and unable to be broken by man on his own initiative, between the two meanings of the conjugal act: the unitive meaning and … Continue reading →

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Difficult Bible Passages – John 8:25 – The Beginning

Posted on 16 June 2014 by Ron Conte

Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End of all things. For all things were created through Him and for Him. [Revelation] {1:8} “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says … Continue reading →

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The Role of Iraq and Iran in the coming World War

Posted on 13 June 2014 by Ron Conte

For many years, in my writings on eschatology, I’ve been warning the faithful that a World War is approaching. This is no ordinary war; it is the first affliction of the tribulation, the first horseman and first seal: World War … Continue reading →

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Modesty versus Immodesty in Catholic Teaching

Posted on 12 June 2014 by Ron Conte

Modesty Modesty can refer to self-restraint in every area of life. Saint Thomas Aquinas: “Augustine says (De Morib. Eccl. xxi): ‘In both Testaments the temperate man finds confirmation of the rule forbidding him to love the things of this life, … Continue reading →

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Modesty within Catholic Christian Marriage

Posted on 12 June 2014 by Ron Conte

[Sirach] {7:21} Do not choose to depart from a good and understanding wife, whom you have been allotted in the fear of the Lord. For the grace of her modesty is above gold. A wife should be modest even before … Continue reading →

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Kelly Bowring versus Pope Francis

Posted on 6 June 2014 by Ron Conte

Obstinate Doubt According to Canon law and the teaching of the Catechism of the Catholic Church: “Heresy is the obstinate post-baptismal denial of some truth which must be believed with divine and catholic faith, or it is likewise an obstinate … Continue reading →

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Listening to the Providence of God

Posted on 5 June 2014 by Ron Conte

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The faithful Catholic is guided by faith and reason, not faith alone, not reason alone. The faithful Catholic is guided by the teachings of Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture and the Magisterium — by all three, not by any one … Continue reading →

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A Michigan woman is facing excommunication ….

Posted on 2 June 2014 by Ron Conte

So reads the news story here: Michigan Woman Risks Excommunication to Be Ordained Catholic Priest But as every faithful and well-informed Roman Catholic should know, this woman is not “facing” or “risking” excommunication. She is automatically excommunicated by her choices. … Continue reading →

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