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 Is There a “Mere Christianity”? Kenneth D. Whitehead • 12/1/1995 https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/is-there-a-mere-christianity No-fault divorce is bad enough, but no-fault abortion was simply unimaginable a generation ago. Abortion was rejected with horror by all the Christian centuries prior to our own, as it was rejected with horror by ancient Israel.  It was only legalized for the first time in modern times (in 1920) by the ruthless totalitarian regime which emerged from the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.  We can see what kind of regime our own society has come to resemble by legalizing abortion. Over the past two decades abortion has been legalized, at least in some degree, in most of the countries of the formerly Christian West. No more striking example of a radical departure from basic Christianity can be cited or even imagined. Last year more than a million-and-a-half other American women had their babies killed prior to birth for reasons often tri...

  Religion Without Morality? https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/religion-without-morality Religion Without Morality?https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/religion-without-morality A commonplace criticism of religion in general and Catholicism in particular is its insistence on morality. No few modern people object to the connection between religion and morality, which they consider “judgmental,” perhaps even “hypocritical.” Let’s consider that criticism more closely. Yes, it’s true that Christianity in general as well as Judaism links religion and morality. We should be aware, however, what an enormous step forward that was in the understanding of what religion is and the purification of the concept of religion. There are people who think all religion is mythology. Let’s pull that thread a little and compare Christianity with, say, Greek mythology. One way they obviously differ is that Christianity is monotheistic, whereas Greek mythology was polythei...

  Heresy, Schism & Apostasy canonlaw | EWTN https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/answers/heresy-schism-and-apostasy-24761

  Provinces of the Roman Empire – Digital Maps of the Ancient World https://images.app.goo.gl/z9nmkDScJSNg1mrf7

  Yoga: Homage to False gods https://kuzaapp.com/2021-2-9-yoga-homage-to-false-gods/ At the going down of the Sun, the Lotus flower fades, engulfing itself in the murky marshy waters. At the crack of dawn, something magical and invigorating happens as the morning mist clears away. The lotus superbly blossoms again, rising high above the muddy waters and its large round leaves floating on water untainted by dirt. Its petaled shaped coloured cup is flaunting all the majestic grandeur that is hidden underneath. And it does this again and again and again every day, symbolizing reincarnation in Hinduism and other eastern religions. The pink lotus (regarded as the supreme lotus) is the National flower of India. Lotus flower is used by Hindus in the worship of their countless gods. Most Hindu gods are depicted either sitting or holding a Lotus flower. For instance, they portray the goddess Lakshmi (the goddess of wealth and fortune worshipped during Diwali) standing on a lotus while hol...

    AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB MUST-READ The bestselling author and entrepreneur investigates what would happen if a new financial world order took hold, one in which global elites own everything and you own nothing--and yet you are somehow happy. When Carol Roth first heard that one of the World Economic Forum's predictions for 2030 was "You will own nothing, and be happy," she thought it was an outlandish fantasy. Then, she researched it. What she found was  hat a number of businesses, governments, and global elites share a vision of a future that sounds utopian: Everyone will have everything they need, and no one will own anything. From declines in home and vehicle ownership to global inflation and government spending, many of the trends of modern life reveal that a new world that is emerging--one in which Western citizens, by choice or by circumstance, increasingly do not own possessions or accumulate wealth. It's the perfect e...

  Risking the Questions podcast: Engaging the world and traditions beyond the monastery https://www.ncronline.org/node/289466

  Gospel in Art: The birth of John the Baptist is announced by Gabriel https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51342

Who are the Martyrs of Compiegne? : On July 17 the Church commemorates 16 French religious sisters who died at the hands of the French Revolution, hastening the end of its Reign of Terror.

Pope Francis declares French Martyrs of Compiègne saints via equipollent canonization : Mother Teresa of Saint Augustine and her 15 companions, who were guillotined in Paris as they sang hymns of praise, can immediately be venerated worldwide as saints in the Catholic Church.

  For sisters experiencing completion, Advent is a call for hope, 'light in darkness' https://www.globalsistersreport.org/node/289341

  Becoming Catholic https://fiercelycatholic.com/catholic/becoming-catholic

  Pope challenges bankers to invest in hope, not speculation and war https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51322

  Will the Son of Man Find Faith on the Earth? https://www.wordonfire.org/videos/sermons/will-the-son-of-man-find-faith-on-the-earth/

  Jubilee Films for Pilgrims of Hope: 'Silence' - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2024-12/jubilee-films-hope-greg-apparcel-review-silence.html

  Lay ‘episcopal delegate’ added to Eucharistic Prayer in Belgian province https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/female-episcopal-delegate-added-to

  We Are Not All Children of God https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/children-god?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare

  The Urgency of Infant Baptism https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-urgency-of-infant-baptism?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare