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DECLARATION ON THE RELATION OF THE CHURCH TO NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS NOSTRA AETATE PROCLAIMED BY HIS HOLINESS POPE PAUL VI ON OCTOBER 28, 1965 Read More …
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by Elena Maria VidalOn November 1 the Church commemorates the “cloud of witnesses” (Hebrews 12:1), both hidden and renowned, who have ascended the mountain of perfection to their heavenly home. Read More …
An Excerpt from the Catechism of the Catholic Church on Heaven, Hell and PurgatoryThe Christian who unites his own death to that of Jesus views it as a step towards him and an entrance into everlasting life. When the Church for the last time speaks Christ's words of pardon and absolution over the dying Christian, seals him for the last time with a strengthening anointing, and gives him Christ in viaticum as nourishment for the journey, she speaks with gentle assurance: Read More …
by Julie MusselmanNovember 1st starts off the month with the Feast of All Saints followed by November 2, the feast of All Souls. Besides these two days, the Church, in her wisdom, gives us the entire month of November to remember our deceased loved ones. Read More …
In three controversial Wednesday Audiences, Pope John Paul II pointed out that the essential characteristic of heaven, hell or purgatory is that they are states of being of a spirit (angel/demon) or human soul, rather than places, as commonly perceived and represented in human language. This language of place is, according to the Pope, inadequate to describe the realities involved, since it is tied to the temporal order in which this world and we exist. In this he is applying the philosophical categories used by the Church in her theology and saying what St. Thomas Aquinas said long before him. Read More …
