Cardinal Edmund Szoka dies at 86

Detroit, Mich., Aug 22, 2014 / 12:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Cardinal Edmund Casimir Szoka, who had served as Archbishop of Detroit and president of the Vatican City State, died of natural causes at the age of 86 at the local Providence Park Hospital.“We mourn the loss of a dedicated shepherd. For sixty years, Cardinal Szoka gave himself totally to...

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Prayers urged as black mass organizer claims consecrated Host

The purported use of a consecrated Host at a planned satanic black mass at an Oklahoma City civic center would be a “terrible sacrilege” that requires a prayerful response, the local archbishop emphasized.Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City in an Aug. 4 message lamented that the city-run Civic Center Music Hall was selling tickets for the event...

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In Korea, Pope Francis to visit cemetery for aborted babies

Cemetery in Kkottongnae, South Korea. Credit: Andy Prima Kencana/www.andyprima.com. During his upcoming trip to South Korea, Pope Francis will pray for the unborn at the “Cemetery for Aborted Children” as part of his visit to the Kkottoghnae Home for the sick.Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi also noted in an Aug. 8 press conference that...

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Church of England’s Impending Ordination of Women Bishops Poses Ecumenical Challenge

The Pope and the archbishop of Canterbury emphasized areas where their churches can work together when they met last month, but progress towards future unity appears blocked. Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury joins a crowd of hundreds of Church of England women priests on the steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, prior to a special service...

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Another Satanic Mass ! Archbishop Coakley Asks Oklahoma City Civic Center to Reconsider Black Mass

OKLAHOMA CITY — Just a few months after a black mass reenactment was planned — and then canceled — at Harvard University, another has been scheduled to take place at the Oklahoma City Civic Center on Sept. 21, prompting calls for organizers to reconsider.Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City issued a statement July 1, saying that the archdiocese...

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Sex, Sex and More Sex, can one be free?

An old friend of mine could not understand how a human being can survive without sex. Considering i was undergoing my first process of initial conversion he said "I really want to change for good, but the problem is, i cannot stop sex" My words prove little help to him as in his heart he believed it was impossible to break free. Years into my...

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Pope Francis Announces He May Renounce the Papacy One Day: 6 Things to Know and Share

1) Where did Pope Francis make his remarks?In an interview with the Spanish-language newspaper La Vanguardia.2) How did the subject come up?The reporter asked Pope Francis about what he thought of Pope Benedict’s resignation, as follows:What do you think of the renunciation of Benedict XVI?Pope Benedict has made a very significant act. He has opened...

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Unpardonable Sins (sins against the Holy Spirit)

Aggie Mnene asked : Are there sins that cannot be pardoned?ANSWER: "but anyone who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven. This is a sin with eternal consequences." Mark 3:29.IMPLICATION: The above text are words of Christ on this subject, showing that there are "Unpardonable sins", which are sins against the Holy Spirit. Sometime ago...

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ITS THE WORK OF THE DEVIL

Many of us run from things we're responsible for, we attribute a lot to "the handwork of the devil" indeed sometimes Satan can turn at our accusations and scream "Oh Lord, I'm innocent"Like Eve we say " the serpent made me eat it" and like Adam we indirectly blame God sometimes "the woman, whom YOU GAVE ME, handed me some and I ate".If only we can learn to sincerely say "forgive me Lord, I have sinned, through my fault". Forgiveness and healing would've been easier.Let us not blame others for our faults. Let us own up whenever we make a mistake...

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LOVE; WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT IS NOT

Love is transformational, its intense heat is geared towards Change and Union. The force that comes from God BINDS; calls together, causes a "Communio" a "Koinonia" a "Communion" of persons with persons, of persons with God.This is what Love is: The giving of self, the 'loss' of an identity; the entire submission to another, the rediscovery and newness of identity in/with another.Love is not just possessing but being possessed. That One is possessed by another, and the other by the One; that in possessing they actually aren't possessive, but most...

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WITCHES AND WIZARDS; DO NOT PASS WITHOUT READING AND SHARING !

Sometimes i wonder what people think prayer is. Someone prays for 2 hours, and more than 90% of his/her words is directed TO SATAN "I come against you, i bind you, holy Ghost fire".I have not written to condemn it, i have only written to give something of a food for thought.1. Jesus said "Pray thus 'Our Father'" and inferring from this, ALL our prayers are to be directed HEAVENWARD not to HELL.2. When you talk to the devil, God is no longer in the picture.3. The devil is not interested whether you have accidents or not, so casting him from the...

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Freedom and Fear; breaking free from sin

One of the things that eat deep into our hearts is FEAR. We are scared of very many things; even things that do not exist. One of the major obstacles to the spiritual life is this vice's second face:Cowardice.So many Christians are afraid of changing their lives, they do not know what life will be like if they were to live without being attached to certain things, including sins.At one time in our lives, the Holy Spirit offers us a chance to run away from the bondage of sin, but due to this crippling fear of the "Unknown" we choose to remain in...

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LOVERS WILL ALWAYS LIE, THIS IS WHY !

Now that you are alive, you have friends for whom you live, friends who you consider soul mates. You have family for whom you live, who have shared your life; in whose life you share as well.You, like every normal human being crave company. WE all want to be loved, we crave to love even more. We want to be valued, we also want to pour our lives on someone or on people. The Love we experience here is very powerful, so much so that in marriage its act of consummation (Conjugal Union) gives life to another Living person.However, in the midst of all...

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Pope Francis: 'Person of the Year'

2013-12-11 Vatican Radio Pope Francis has been named Time Magazine's ‘Person of the Year’ for 2013. He is the third Roman Pontiff to receive this honour after John XXIII in 1962 and John Paul II in 1994. The Head of the Holy See’s Press Office, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, issued the following statement: “The decision didn’t come as...

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Pope Francis: Friday homily focuses on scandal of preaching

Pope Francis celebrated Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae residence in the Vatican this Friday morning, focusing his remarks on the attitude of some Christians who seem to be “allergic” to preachers and overly critical of those who proclaim the Gospel, suggesting that they are often afraid of letting the Holy Spirit into their...

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Communion of Saints; Praying through Mary

Praying through Mary is not expressly written in the Bible, it is rather an outcome of a mature understanding of the "Communion of Saints". We the Church believe, as taught by St Paul, that "we are one body, one Spirit in Christ". To the mind of the Church, this has a certain literalness in terms of religious actions. So that when you do good, the...

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