
St. Francis de Sales and the Velveteen Rabbit
“Does it hurt?” asked the Rabbit. “Sometimes,” said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. “When you are Real you don’t mind being hurt.”

“Does it hurt?” asked the Rabbit. “Sometimes,” said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. “When you are Real you don’t mind being hurt.”

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Momentous news this morning—Pope Benedict XVI announced that he is resigning as of February 28, 2013. It’s the first time in nearly 600 years that

With the announcement of Pope Benedict XVI\’s resignation, this image was being shown on the ABC Special Reports. What struck me most, aside from

[A non Christian asked me unabashedly about Christianity in this way: “What’s in it for me?” More on that here. I wrote the following in response. My

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The short answer is yes. Non-Catholics and non-Christians can be saved. The Catechism of the Catholic Church sums it up this way: 1260 Every man

Hi folks! It\’s me Dabs! And this is my first post on Catholic Stand. Hope to post here regularly and get to know all of

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It may have been the howling wind whistling through the Smart Car. But it seemed almost as if Old Man Winter was hacking up a

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UPDATE: The quest has begun in earnest now with a series of posts called HOW TO FIND FAITH AT THE MOVIES. Please see: (1) THE FOOL’S QUEST