Tag: Pope Benedict XVI
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Why the Whole Law Hangs on Love: The Shema, the Ten Commandments, and the Greatest Commandment
How Jesus Christ reveals the unity of God’s Law through love of God and love of neighbor. By CatholicG33K | Scripture & Catholic Theology What connects the ancient Jewish prayer known as the Shema, the Ten Commandments given to Moses, the teaching of St. Gregory the Great, and Jesus’ words in Matthew 22:34–40? At first…
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Are All Religions Paths to God?
Francis, Leo XII, Leo XIII, and the Catholic Distinction We Keep Missing When Pope Francis said in Singapore in 2024 that “all religions are paths to God,” Catholics understandably began debating what exactly he meant. Some reacted as though Francis had formally declared every religion equally true and equally salvific. Others reacted in the opposite…
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Is Purgatory Real? Beyond the Myths
The biblical, historical, and Catholic case for purification after death. The small Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Prati, on the banks of the Tiber, houses a most curious collection of artifacts: sixteen pieces of cloth, paper, or wood, each claimed to bear the scorched signs of hands and fingerprints from souls in…