What Is the Secular Franciscan Order?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
September 4, 2024
Even though I have long known that there are Franciscan sisters, brothers, and priests, a friend recently told me about a group that is completely new to me: the Secular Franciscan Order.
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Discerning Supernatural Phenomena
Pat McCloskey, OFM
August 22, 2024
In May, it was reported that the Vatican had released new guidelines for judging reports about Marian apparitions. What’s the whole story here? In fact, those guidelines address much more than such reports. The May 17, 2024, document from the ...
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Curious Detail Supports Jesus’ Resurrection
Pat McCloskey, OFM
June 25, 2024
I realize that the New Testament Gospels differ on some details about the women who found Jesus’ tomb empty on Easter Sunday morning.
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The Bible and Social Media
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 23, 2024
What does the Bible say about our use of social media?
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Why Closed Communion?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
April 22, 2024
I am in the process of becoming a Catholic but am having difficulty accepting closed Communion.
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Does Pope Francis Believe in Hell?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
March 25, 2024
During a recent interview, Pope Francis raised the possibility that no one is in hell. Really? If so, doesn’t that mean, “Anything goes”? In his January 20 “Letter from Rome” for La Croix International’s e-newsletter, Robert Mickens wrote that the ...
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Admitting Gross Historical Injustices
Pat McCloskey, OFM
February 23, 2024
Call it tribalism, but I’ve always cast a skeptical eye on the Dominicans ever since I learned about their role in the Inquisition. Do you have any advice for thinking about historical misdeeds?
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