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January 2013
What Does Catholic Mean? A History of the Word “Catholic” By Steve Ray As a Protestant, I went to an Evangelical church that changed an important and historical word in the Apostles Creed. Instead of the “holy, catholic Church,” we were the “holy, Christian church.” At the time, I thought nothing of it. There was [...]
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(Thanks for all your comments below. Everyone loves hearing them on the bus!) Today was a marvelous day of adventure, prayer, friendship, and learning the Bible. We did not want to kill our poor pilgrims who are still a bit weary from jet lag and travel so we took in three important Rosary sites and [...]
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Thought you would be interested to read this commentary by Bishop Finn, Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, on his–and many other Catholics’–concern about the editorial content of “The National Catholic Reporter”. This paper is published in Kansas City and continues to promulgate stances that are not consistent with Catholic teaching. He issued this statement on [...]
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(NOTE: Family, Friends and all of who share this pilgrimage by video, please leave a comment below and I will read them on the bus each day. This is a great way for you all to share the experience together.) Today our group arrived at the airport in Tel Aviv. They were full of joy [...]
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Before you say “a book” ask yourself what the book says the New Testament is.
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From my good friend Dr. Ed Peters, Canon Lawyer at his site http://www.canonlawblog.wordpress.com. I am not expressing my own opinion here, simply relaying Dr. Peter’s assessment. An appropriate response to Gov. Cuomo’s latest abortion push by Dr. Edward Peters Two years ago I engaged in an extensive public discussion about whether New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, [...]
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Jesse is in Florida on a short vacation with his wife Anna and their six delightful children (our grandchildren). He writes: We stopped at a well attended visitor spot here in the Everglades. Just behind our van was a big pond. I checked it out and saw no danger, but I stayed close to the [...]
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My dad died a few months ago. Mom misses Dad and was discouraged about Mark 12:25 which her paraphrased Living Bible improperly rendered “will no be married” in heaven. I wrote the following to comfort my Mom. Giving talks in Steubenville Ohio and stayed up until 2:00 AM doing a bit of work on this. [...]
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What is the history of Baptists? Can they trace their roots back to the 1st century? Many ”fundamentalist” Baptists believe they can. Are they correct? There is a booklet that is very popular among this fundamentalist crowd. It is entitled “The Trail of Blood”. The booklet claims that Catholics persecuted the true Christians — the Baptists — leaving [...]
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Announcement: Franciscan University Announces Convert, Author to Address Importance of Year of Faith Steve Ray on How Catholics Can Re-Evangelize Our World STEUBENVILLE, OH—Catholics are called during this Year of Faith to delve deeply into the roots of their faith, where they will encounter the Risen Christ. Author Steve Ray will speak on how Catholics [...]
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In a small town paper but should be on page one of the New York Times (which will never happen!)
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Yad Vashem Controversy An inscription at Yad Vashem states that Pius XII‘s record during the Holocaust was controversial, and that he negotiated a concordat with the Nazis, maintained Vatican neutrality during the war and, formerly stated that he took no initiatives to save Jews. In 1985, Pietro Palazzini was honored by the museum, where he [...]
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I know it is a difficult time for many with unemployment at an all time high. My friend Andrew Jones is head of the Catholic department at the world’s best Bible software company – Logos. He is looking for a few good people to work with him. Positions open include: Spanish-language Marketing Specialist National Software [...]
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What a hypocrite, twisting the truth and reality like a rubber nose. Blind, foolish and destroying our country.
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