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Is There a ‘Hierarchy of Love’? 

April 24, 2025
In January, Vice President JD Vance was in the news regarding his interpretation of St. Augustine of Hippo’s expression ordo amoris (order of love or hierarchy of love).
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The Bible and Homosexuality

June 11, 2020
I am very confused about homosexuality. I know it’s a sin, but I don’t understand why society condemns this so much as compared to other sins.
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Individual Successors for Apostles?

June 5, 2020
According to Acts 1:26, Matthias was selected to replace Judas, bringing the number of apostles back to 12. I know that the pope, the bishop of Rome, is considered the successor of Peter. Were the other apostles replaced upon their ...
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‘Where There Is Darkness, Light’

June 1, 2020
What is your take on situations where Catholics drop their faith and die without receiving the sacraments? Can you say anything to ease my mind?
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The Cowl Doesn’t Make the Monk

June 1, 2020
Who decreed that all clergy and the majority of the many orders of brothers and sisters must wear black?
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‘Catholics Seem Obsessed with Mary’

June 1, 2020
I am an evangelical Christian who is seriously considering conversion to Catholicism. Why do Catholics seem obsessed with Mary?
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Is Agnosticism a Sin?

May 31, 2020
I know that being an atheist is looked down upon, but I want to know if being an agnostic is a sin.
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