It is sad that there are what you might call professional Catholics who make a living on their Catholicism, but in whom the spring of faith flows only faintly, in a few scattered drops. We must really make an effort to change this.
A civilization inspired by a consumerist, anti-birth mentality is not and cannot ever be a civilization of love.
In the name of tolerance, tolerance is being abolished; this is a real threat we face.
No one is forced to be a Christian. But no one should be forced to live according to the "new religion" as though it alone were definitive and obligatory for all mankind.
To live without faith, without a patrimony to defend, without a steady struggle for truth – that is not living, but existing.
An unusually good entry on the Catholic Herald entitled "Why Catholics should defend indulgences" gives a good account on indulgences.
It is a very good explanation on why they are a good that should not only be defended but promoted, and shows that it is entirely in line with Christian apostolic tradition.
Distinctions Matter
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