What are the arguments against giving Holy Communion to divorced Catholics who are remarried outside the Church? I have heard that the Eastern Church permits this practice. Same-sex marriage is being approved on a vast scale in many … [Read more...]
The Sacramentality of Human Love according to St. John Paul II
December 2, 2014 by Most Rev. Jean Laffitte
Vatican City, November 17, 2014 Dear Friends, It is my distinct honor and personal pleasure to be with you at this important Colloquium on the complementarity of man and woman, and to share with this august assembly the perspective of … [Read more...]
Should homilies offer systematic instruction?
June 2013 Editorial
June 21, 2013 by Fr. Kenneth Baker, SJ
...there has been, in my view, a serious neglect of instruction of the faithful in the fundamentals of the Catholic faith in a systematic way in most of our parishes. Recently a priest friend asked me, “How can we teach the faith during S … [Read more...]
The sacrament of baptism as a participation in the death of Christ
To be baptized in Christ is to be baptized into his death as well as his Resurrection.
April 1, 2011 by Owen Vyner
The Easter season is ultimately a time for rebirth, expressed most dramatically at the Easter Vigil by the life-giving waters of baptism. To impart new life, however, baptism must destroy the old life of sin and our fallen aversions to … [Read more...]
How to be a good confessor
Editorial, April 2011
April 1, 2011 by Fr. Kenneth Baker, SJ
God became man in Jesus Christ to save us from our sins. To accomplish that until his Second Coming, he established his Church with the power of the keys and animated her with the gift of the Holy Spirit. The new life of grace that he … [Read more...]
The meaning of sacrament
Editorial, April 2010
April 1, 2010 by Fr. Kenneth Baker, SJ
In October 2008 I covered the Roman Synod of Bishops for HPR. My report and summary of the synod appeared in the February 2009 issue. At a special press conference during the synod it was announced that the German publishing company, … [Read more...]
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