Prayerful Alternatives to Doomscrolling
Laura DeMaria
February 27, AD2026
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Eliminate the habit of doomscrolling by replacing it with practices that bring you closer to God.
The Sin of the Century is the “Loss of the Sense of Sin”
Gene M. Van Son
October 6, AD2025
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Pope Pious XI saw it back in the early 1900s. And Pope St. John Paul II saw it still in 1985 – the loss of
Conscience: The Echo of God’s Voice
Dennis Dillon
February 21, AD2025
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Conscience, that still small voice within us, is the compass guiding our moral journey through life. It resonates with God’s truth and goodness, much like
What God Cannot Do, and You Can
Guy McClung
June 27, AD2024
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When God made you, when He made the new, unique, human person that you are, an ensouled body, an embodied soul, He made everything that
The Day God Awakened My Conscience!
Richard Auciello
July 10, AD2023
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Over the years, an old friend has taught me about living closer to Christ. A quote from sacred scripture best explains the lessons I learned
Interrupting Scrupulosity
Mary Ennis Meo
February 17, AD2023
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The teaching of Christian morality ought to foster dignity, confidence, and contentment. Knowledge of the Commandments, the Gospel, Church doctrine, and natural law can help
The Christian Attitude Toward Personal Rights
JP Nunez
July 12, AD2022
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These days, everybody wants their rights. In fact, everyone seems obsessed with getting what is rightfully theirs. This admittedly natural and understandable desire pops up
A Poorly Formed Conscience: the Real Devil’s Playground
Gene M. Van Son
February 10, AD2022
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I came of age during the cultural changes of the 1960s. Even though my Catholic upbringing had taught me that sex outside of marriage was
Education and Formation of Conscience
Charlette Mills
July 27, AD2021
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I like to do things my own way – who doesn’t? All the way back to Adam and Eve we’ve all been the same. Most
How to Keep the Devil Out of Your Head
Ray Sullivan
March 16, AD2020
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If the devil is the prime tempter, then keeping the devil out of your head is an important step to avoiding sin. Here are some
Did Mitt Romney Make the Wrong Decision?
David Roney
February 7, AD2020
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Mitt Romney’s recent vote to convict President Donald Trump following the impeachment trial in the Senate created a huge uproar among politicos, but particularly Republicans,
Does Really God Meet You Where You Are?
Loreto Xavier
January 30, AD2020
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“God meets you where you are at” is an insidious spiritual fallacy of our modern times. it is a platitude amenable to various personal interpretations
The Reasonableness of Catholicism
Rob Marco
June 3, AD2019
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In my alternative-universe idea of who I might be in another life, I have always said I should have been an accountant. Predictable, stable, no
On Conscience and Refraining from Communion
Rob Marco
March 31, AD2019
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When we are faced with temptation, we often act as though we fall into it through weakness, and indeed many times that is the case.
An Examination of Conscience for Lent
Marty Dybicz
March 6, AD2019
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This examination of conscience is offered in time for Lent, the season of penitence that begins on Ash Wednesday, March 6th in the year of
A Church Crisis Viewed Through Richard III
Paul Kniaz
September 12, AD2018
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How do we as Catholics approach sinners guilty of things like pedophilia or homosexual acts with consenting or non-consenting adults? Do we think of
Conscience Rights: Sounding the Warning
Stephanie H. To
May 2, AD2016
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The last several years have seen a dramatic attack on respect for individual conscience when one’s conscience is based upon theistic principles. The attacks upon
Conscience and Catechism
Ray Sullivan
April 28, AD2016
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The Catechism of the Holy Catholic Church I recently had two very enlightening conversations on the subject of conscience: one with a teenage girl at
Religious Freedom When Government Determines Conscience
Bob Drury
March 23, AD2016
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The Freedom of Moral Law Many years ago in a local branch of the Chicago Public Library, I came across Cautionary Tales for Children by
True Liberty and Unjust Civil Laws
Bob Drury
September 30, AD2015
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The dominant progressive view of human history is that of an evolution of liberty, with the current acme of that evolution in western democracies. This
Blessed Cardinal Newman and the Conscience
Michael Lane
May 28, AD2014
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Moral relativism bothers me for numerous reasons, but the greatest annoyance I have is relativism’s consistent use of illogical reasoning and justification. Besides selfishness, relativism’s
