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VeryTas wrote: ↑Sun Mar 08, 2026 11:35 pm How does God give life to "all" things? Do we wrongly limit what we call life to biology?

Are there living things that do not have life from God?

The thing about the yearly confession is not that there's a recommendation to confess only once per year; it's the bare minimum and since it's a precept of the Church, you commit objective mortal sin by not fulfilling it.

Obi-Wan Kenobi wrote: ↑Fri Feb 13, 2026 11:08 amWhy?

Exactly. Even Chesterton's apologists can't really come up with good reasons why his cause should be considered. He wrote some good books. That's really it.

Riverboat wrote: ↑Tue Feb 10, 2026 9:50 am Now how about GK Chesterton?

No

Well yes but Jesse Romero had said Corapi had reconciled with SOLT.

Edited: Jesse Romero was quoted as having said that Corapi had reconciled with his religious order (that is SOLT).

A priest who used to be the associate pastor at my church told a few of us about this. We asked him, how is this not a scandal in the church? To which he replied, "it is a scandal... but one quelled by money". What a shame. You want an example of the lengths the Church in Germany is willi...

According to online postings by Jesse Romero, yes, he's reconciled to the Church and is living out his life in a monastery, and doing penance. I hope it's true but I don't see why SOLT wouldn't announce it if it were, Corapi is a public figure. Also see the update at the end of this: Update as of A...

There are eight Beatitudes, that is why there are 8 points on the Maltese cross

I had an Ave Maria bumper sticker on my old car and a Spanish speaker thought it was Spanish (and then reeled off a Hail Mary in Spanish) so I've always thought the Spanish Hail Mary started with Ave Maria. Did it change at some point?

In French it's Je vous salue Marie "I hail thee Mary"

Jack3 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 16, 2026 5:45 am in exodus
Could they perform miracles too?

Sorcery

Or perhaps they were simply magicians, like those of today.

Sounds cynical to me, like something a certain trad Anglican would say

I think the article from the Catholic Encyclopedia is very helpful on this topic. One of the reasons the Church was so strict about this in the middle ages (far more than it is today) was to unite the peoples of Christendom under the banner of Christ and His Church.

So, under the natural law, you cannot marry your ancestors but you can marry cousins,amirite? What about siblings then? I think that's answered above. Siblings are not related in the direct line so unions between them are not forbidden by the natural law. If they were then the propagation of the hu...

While this makes the case that incest is risky or that non-incestuous marriages are better, it does not establish them as absolute evil under the natural law. Because they are not an absolute evil under the natural law. If they were then how did Cain, Seth, etc. have families? I think only unions t...

If this is something that is going to be a pattern, you can always go to your priest and ask for a dispensation. He might have other advice too.

Jack3 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 18, 2025 11:00 pm Once PED (stomachosus thomistarum?) had posted a quote saying those who die on original sin alone can't simply go to heaven.

Correct, they cannot.

ETA: but this doesn't tell us anything much about whether all unbaptized infants die in Original Sin.

In this particular case, Australian law is only a reiteration of the policies of Facebook and X, both platforms had long forbid accounts for anyone under 16. Facebook allows accounts for children as young as 13 and has had this policy for at least a decade. X has a similar policy but I don't know h...

I did observe, when I was in Russia some years ago, that the observance of religion by the people was open and apparently devout. I did visit a Catholic church in St Petersburg. Although a bit worn around the edges, perhaps due to age, it was apparently as active and observant as any parish I've se...

The White Mass isn't a novelty but the Clown Mass definitely is (or was, it seems barely to exist now), because clown ministry is itself a novelty. And I don't think the Clown Mass can be grouped together with Blue, White, or Red Masses since none of those involve the liturgical ministers dressing u...

Doom seems to be more or less correct; you can read the actual bill here: https://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/travaux-par ... -43-2.html