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Is There a ‘Hierarchy of Love’? 

April 24, 2025
In January, Vice President JD Vance was in the news regarding his interpretation of St. Augustine of Hippo’s expression ordo amoris (order of love or hierarchy of love).
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What Is the Secular Franciscan Order? 

September 4, 2024
Even though I have long known that there are Franciscan sisters, brothers, and priests, a friend recently told me about a group that is completely new to me: the Secular Franciscan Order.
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Discerning Supernatural Phenomena 

August 22, 2024
In May, it was reported that the Vatican had released new guidelines for judging reports about Marian apparitions. What’s the whole story here? 
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Curious Detail Supports Jesus’ Resurrection 

June 25, 2024
I realize that the New Testament Gospels differ on some details about the women who found Jesus’ tomb empty on Easter Sunday morning.
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The Bible and Social Media

May 23, 2024
What does the Bible say about our use of social media? 
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Why Closed Communion?

April 22, 2024
I am in the process of becoming a Catholic but am having difficulty accepting closed Communion.
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Does Pope Francis Believe in Hell?

March 25, 2024
During a recent interview, Pope Francis raised the possibility that no one is in hell. Really? If so, doesn’t that mean, “Anything goes”?  In his January 20 “Letter from Rome” for La Croix International’s e-newsletter, Robert Mickens wrote that the ...
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