Free Kindle book on Healthy Eating

Posted on 30 April 2017 by Ron Conte

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My book Healthy Eating versus Mortality, in Kindle format only, will be free from May 1 to May 5, 2017 (Pacific time). Please take advantage of this offer. I’ve also made my novel, Actress slash Criminal, free during the same … Continue reading →

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Schismatics are not permitted to receive holy Communion

Posted on 29 April 2017 by Ron Conte

Catholics may faithfully disagree with the Roman Pontiff to a fairly wide extent: * When may a Catholic disagree with Pope Francis? * To what extent may we resist or disagree with the Pope? * Ten Ways to Respond When … Continue reading →

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Catholic Eschatology: World War 3

Posted on 28 April 2017 by Ron Conte

Based on my interpretation of the Bible, especially the books of Daniel and of Revelation, I believe that the tribulation (the end times) begins with a major world war: World War 3. But this war is not a war between … Continue reading →

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Can a Popular Idea also be Heresy?

Posted on 27 April 2017 by Ron Conte

What does Sacred Scripture say? [Exodus] {23:2} You shall not follow the crowd in doing evil. Neither shall you go astray in judgment, by agreeing with the majority opinion, apart from the truth. [Luke] {6:26} Woe to you when men … Continue reading →

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Against Modern Heresies: Biblical Inerrancy

Posted on 25 April 2017 by Ron Conte

It is a well-established formal dogma in the Church that the Bible (Sacred Scripture) is entirely without error. Everything that the Bible asserts as true is certainly true, in the sense, to the extent, and in the way, that the … Continue reading →

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I’m asking for your prayers

Posted on 25 April 2017 by Ron Conte

I continue to have problems with back pain (sciatica). I ask for your prayers. Please remember me when you are praying at Mass, or praying the Rosary or the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Thanks to everyone who has already been praying … Continue reading →

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Catholic Discussions of Marital Sexual Ethics

Posted on 23 April 2017 by Ron Conte

In various online Catholic forums, the topic of marital sexual ethics is often discussed. I’ve been involved in many such discussions in the past, and I’ve read many similar discussions, in which I’ve not participated. I’m writing this post to … Continue reading →

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Roman Catholic Teaching on Intrinsically Evil Acts

Posted on 21 April 2017 by Ron Conte

1: The Three Fonts of Morality A human act is a knowing choice made by a human person. Every human act is an exercise of free will, making a choice based on knowledge in the intellect. Each choice is an … Continue reading →

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Reliable Teaching on Contraception outside Marriage

Posted on 20 April 2017 by Ron Conte

Judie Brown at EWTN — She points out that the use of any form of contraception is immoral, and, when contraception is used in sex outside of marriage, there are two wrongs: contraception and extra-marital sex. Fr. Richard Hogan at … Continue reading →

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Are all human persons descended from Noah?

Posted on 20 April 2017 by Ron Conte

Short answer: No. The Church does not teach that all human persons are descended from Noah and his family. The idea that we must all be descendants of Noah is based on the false assumption that the Noah story is … Continue reading →

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Against Modern Heresies: Adam and Eve

Posted on 19 April 2017 by Ron Conte

The Church teaches infallibly in any of three ways: (1) Papal Infallibility, (2) Conciliar Infallibility, (3) ordinary and universal Magisterium. Infallible teachings are required to be believed by every Catholic with divine and catholic faith, that is, with the full … Continue reading →

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What’s next from Pope Francis?

Posted on 17 April 2017 by Ron Conte

There was no Warning this past Good Friday, but we are still on-track for a severe schism. Pope Francis is not going to submit himself to the conservative Catholic subculture, as if that culture were Lord and God. Pope Francis … Continue reading →

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