In His work of creation, God called into existence pure spirits endowed with free will, intelligence, and power. As their Creator He desired that they enjoy a special relationship with Him and do His will—though not under compulsion but rather out of ...
Jesus tells us clearly and unequivocally: “if [a wife] divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery” (Mark 10:12). Both adulterous parties—the unfaithful spouse and her/his lover—commit a mortal sin and stand in dire need of repentance. Christ wants us ...
Last year my husband suffered a recurrence of colon cancer. He underwent serious surgery, including an anastomosis. They did not remove the tumor since it was inoperable. The doctor told us the cancer had spread to the liver, the peritoneum, and the ...
In the first article, we have spoken on what homosexuality is not, and criticized several false ideas that are, alas, widely circulated and propagated: homosexuality is not an hereditary condition, it has no roots in the genes; it is not ...
Christians must be people of hope. The Apostle Paul writes: “For in hope we were saved” (Rom 8:24). The ground of hope is faith. Pope Benedict XVI expresses this perfectly in his encyclical Spe salvi, when he states that “anyone who does ...