Did Pope Pius XII invent the dogma of the Assumption or, rather, did he define what God had already revealed to his Church and put into words what the Church had long held as part of her undying belief?
Doctrine
Pray for the Dead
On the Commemoration of All The Faithful Departed, the Church reminds Christians everywhere of the importance of praying for the souls of the dead.
Who Am I To Judge?
Any person of deep faith who listens to the pulse of American culture soon notices a number of dangerous defects and ailments connected to religion and, especially, morality. One of those cultural ills is the “Who am I to judge?” phenomenon.
My Flesh is Real Food, My Blood is Real Drink
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life. As the sacrament of the body and blood of Christ itself, it is the very heart of the Church from Whom the Church draws all her energy, all her life.
Arianism: Heresy Ancient Yet New
Although most of Jesus’ contemporaries either did not recognize his divinity or rejected it, the demons were well aware of the fact that he was God. Today, we find a similar situation: there’s no shortage of people who are either ignorant of who Jesus is, or reject his divinity outright.