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Why Did Vatican II Declare Religious Freedom?

Rory Fox September 7, AD2026 4 Comments

Prior to Vatican II (1965) the Church was committed to religious tolerance. Vatican II changed the situation by declaring religious freedom. Since that development there

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Did Vatican II Change Doctrine About the Separation of Church and State?

Rory Fox February 11, AD2026 6 Comments

In 1864 Pope Pius IX rejected the view that: the Church ought to be separated from the State. (Syllabus of Errors 55) In 1965 Vatican

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Mass Suspensions: The Moral Order and Obedience

Paul Kniaz April 20, AD2020 7 Comments

How should we view Mass suspensions in light of the moral order and obedience? The virtue of obedience seems especially relevant now as we finish

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Catholics: What Should Our Political Stance Be?

David Roney April 10, AD2016 16 Comments

  The political divide in America seems to only get more polarized each year. Given the moral trajectory of our nation’s people and the “progress” away

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The Theology of Science-Fiction: IV — End-Times

Bob Kurland June 8, AD2015 23 Comments

    “Because science fiction primarily deals with the future, it must inevitably deal with the end of the world, and thus SF overlaps more

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