In the last month, I’ve been hit with four smishing scams. These scams are perpetrated via text message rather than email but they’re just as threatening as conventional phishing scams. Here’s how to spot them, and what you can do to protect yourself from becoming the next victim.
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March 29
"I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors' defects-not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues."
-Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
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Russell Crowe as Father Gabriele Amorth in The Pope's Exorcist. (Courtesy of Sony Pictures Publicity)
The International Association of Exorcists (IAE) has released a statement criticizing the soon-to-be released Russel Crowe movie entitled, The Pope’s Exorcist, for what appears to be an inaccurate depiction of the Church, the priestly Father Gabriele Amorth, and exorcism in general.
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March 28
“If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.”
-St. Augustine
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March 27
“You must remember to love people and use things, rather than to love things and use people.”
-Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
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March 26
“Fasting is a medicine.”
-St. John Chrysostom
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March 25
“We do not become perfect by the multiplication of exercises, penances, and austerities, but rather by the purity of love with which we do them.”
-St. Francis de Sales
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by Kathleen Beckman
As the universal Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Annunciation on March 25, we are liturgically led to ponder the gift, beauty, and mission of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Her yes to God’s plan for the Incarnation was intimately personal to Mary and infinitely universal to the Church.
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March 24
"Our only desire and our one choice should be this: I want and I choose what better leads to God's deepening life in me."
-St. Ignatius Loyola
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We recently received an email from a reader who marveled at the beauty of Henna tattoos. She’s right! They’re magnificent works of art! What are they and what do they mean?
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