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Bible Readings Week 39

Posted on 6 December 2015 by Ron Conte

For this week: read 1 Timothy 1-5.

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Sacred Scripture on Chastity: The Epistles

Posted on 6 December 2015 by Ron Conte

Select verses from the Epistles of the New Testament which explicitly or implicitly teach us about the virtue of chastity, including chastity in marriage. [Romans] {1:25} And they exchanged the truth of God for a lie. And they worshipped and … Continue reading →

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The Indelible Characters given in Baptism, Confirmation, Orders

Posted on 5 December 2015 by Ron Conte

Three and only three of the Sacraments each imprints on the soul an indelible character, which is never removed. Neither great sin, nor great virtues, nor sincere prayer, nor apostasy, heresy, or schism, nor even condemnation to Hell can ever … Continue reading →

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What are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?

Posted on 4 December 2015 by Ron Conte

The so-called “four horsemen” are a figure in the Bible, representing four sets of terrible events at the start of the apocalypse, also termed the tribulation or the end times. The word “apocalypse” is Greek for “revelation”, which is also … Continue reading →

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Three Blessed Events prior to the End Times

Posted on 3 December 2015 by Ron Conte

1. The Warning is an event predicted at Garabandal, through the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary. I believe that this event is the same as the first secret of Medjugorje. The Warning is also called the Illumination of Consciences. … Continue reading →

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The USCCB on Marital Chastity

Posted on 2 December 2015 by Ron Conte

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) teaches that all sexual acts outside of marriage are gravely immoral, and that within marriage each and every sexual act must be unitive and procreative (open to life). The official Catechism of the … Continue reading →

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Pope Francis on Fundamentalist Catholics

Posted on 1 December 2015 by Ron Conte

Pope Francis, returning from his trip to Africa, spoke to journalists on the plane. “Fundamentalism is a sickness that is in all religions,” Francis said, as reported by the National Catholic Reporter’s Vatican correspondent, Joshua McElwee, and similarly by other … Continue reading →

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Passionate Kissing Prior to Marriage

Posted on 29 November 2015 by Ron Conte

Many moralists claim that ‘passionate’ kissing is always an objective mortal sin for any unmarried man and woman, regardless of intention or circumstances, even if the couple is engaged. But they allow that non-passionate kissing is moral. There are several … Continue reading →

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Bible Readings Week 38

Posted on 29 November 2015 by Ron Conte

For this week: read 1 Thess. 4-5 and 2 Thess 1-3.

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Formal or Actual Sin versus Material or Objective Sin

Posted on 29 November 2015 by Ron Conte

In Catholic moral theology, an act is a knowing choice of the human person. Some acts are interior; they are confined to the mind and will. Other acts are exterior, then involve some bodily action. But exterior acts are always … Continue reading →

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If lying isn’t always wrong, then nothing is always wrong

Posted on 29 November 2015 by Ron Conte

The assertion in the title — If lying isn’t always wrong, then nothing is always wrong — is predicated on two truths, two teachings of the Church. 1. Lying is intrinsically evil. Lying is in the category of intrinsically disordered … Continue reading →

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Contra Antonio Socci on the validity of Pope Francis

Posted on 29 November 2015 by Ron Conte

Excerpted from my book: In Defense of Pope Francis — Already some foolish Catholics are claiming that the election of Pope Francis was invalid, making his papacy invalid. Why would they say such a thing? The main motivation seems to … Continue reading →

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