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April 9, 2017
JUST OUT: Who Are You? What is Your Faith? America’s 21st Century Alt-Right and Catholic Social Doctrine
Exploring the question of the Executive Orders titled Protecting the Nation from the lens of Sacred Scripture and the teachings and praxis of the Catholic Church, in Who Are You? What is Your Faith? America’s 21st Century Alt-Right and Catholic Social Doctrine, Bartolo-Abela elucidates how race is the key sociopolitical ordering factor at play in the […]

Published on April 09, 2017 04:30
March 29, 2017
Early review of Who Are You? What is Your Faith? – 2
Another pre-publication review of the forthcoming release Who Are You? What is Your Faith? America’s 21st Century Alt-Right and Catholic Social Doctrine. Please click on this link to read the review.Filed under: Catholic Social Doctrine, God the Father Tagged: America, Book Reviews, Books, Catholic Social Doctrine

Published on March 29, 2017 00:41
March 28, 2017
Early review of Who Are You? What is Your Faith? – 1
Pre-publication review of the book Who Are You? What is Your Faith? America’s 21st Century Alt-Right and Catholic Social Doctrine. Click here to read the review. The book will be released in early April in paperback and ebook editions.Filed under: Catholic Social Doctrine, God the Father Tagged: America, Book Reviews, Books, Catholic Social Doctrine

Published on March 28, 2017 05:44
March 19, 2017
Catholic Social Doctrine on migrants and refugees – 4
Pope Francis on migrants and refugees. The current Vicar of Christ, Pope Francis, in an hermeneutic of continuity with his predecessors, while maintaining an eye on migration as the sign of our times, has been no less forthright about the need for Christians and Catholics to open their hearts to the brethren – baptized or […]

Published on March 19, 2017 14:36
Catholic Social Doctrine on migrants and refugees – 3
Pope Benedict XVI on voluntary and forced migration. Speaking at length about the difficult situations faced by migrants and refugees, Pope Benedict XVI (2007) elaborated that “Shortly after the birth of Jesus, Joseph was forced to leave for Egypt by night, taking the child and his mother with him, in order to flee the persecution […]

Published on March 19, 2017 14:30
Catholic Social Doctrine on migrants and refugees – 2
Migrants and Refugees in the Social Doctrine of the Church An irregular legal status cannot allow the migrant to lose his dignity, since he is endowed with inalienable rights, which can neither be violated nor ignored. Saint John Paul II.[1] As part of the aforementioned set of fundamental human rights willed by the divine fiat, the Church has […]

Published on March 19, 2017 14:24
Catholic Social Doctrine on migrants and refugees – 1
Human Persons in Christianity and Catholic Social Doctrine The new law of love embraces the entire human family and knows no limits, since the proclamation of the salvation wrought by Christ extends to the ends of the earth. Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.[1] The human person was proclaimed by God the Creator in Sacred Scripture as […]

Published on March 19, 2017 14:13
February 16, 2017
February 3, 2017
Christianity is not what you are trying to make it out to be
“Arrest him/her!” “Attention Patriots!” “Demand action!” “Fascists!” These are just a tiny fraction of the calls coming out of the mouths of many Christians – in particular, nationalist-minded White Christians and Catholics – in the United States of America at present; a nation that used to pride itself on the greatness of its heart and […]

Published on February 03, 2017 02:19
February 1, 2017
Communion for the divorced-and-remarried is against God’s law
There are some who are disturbing you and wish to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach [to you] a gospel other than the one that we preached to you, let that one be accursed! As we have said before and now I say again, if […]

Published on February 01, 2017 05:01