Tag: convictions
Belmont Abbey president slams contraception rule
By Franco Ordoñez Washington Correspondent Posted: Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 WASHINGTON The president of Belmont Abbey College joined religious leaders of different faiths who converged Thursday on Capitol Hill and charged the Obama administration with trying to violate their religious freedoms. William Thierfelder told a congressional oversight committee that his Catholic liberal arts college in… Read More ›
Faith
We too often forget that faith is a matter of questioning and struggle before it becomes one of certitude and peace. You have to doubt and reject everything else in order to believe firmly in Christ, and after you have begun to believe, your faith itself must be tested and purified. Christianity is not merely… Read More ›
Pope warns of ‘grave threat’ to religious freedom in US
Vatican City, Jan 19, 2012 / 12:00 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI warned today of a “grave threat” to religious liberty in the United States that requires American Catholics to respond with intelligence and courage. “It is imperative that the entire Catholic community in the United States come to realize the grave threats to… Read More ›
Keeping Our Minds Open to Alternatives
The dread of being open to the ideas of others generally comes from our hidden insecurity about our own convictions. We fear that we may be “converted” – or perverted – by a pernicious doctrine. On the other hand, if we are mature and objective in our open-mindedness, we may find that viewing things from… Read More ›
How Deep are Our Convictions?
Faced by the supercilious contempt of friends as well as the hatred of our avowed enemies, and wondering what there is in us to hate, we have considered ourselves and found ourselves quite decent, harmless and easygoing people who only ask to be left alone to make money and have a good time. The keystone… Read More ›