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Does Pope Francis Believe in Hell?

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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God’s Kingdom: What Is It?

Does kingdom of God refer to a place, a church, a new culture based on the beatitudes, or any situation in which the presence of Jesus is experienced?
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Wearing a Tau Cross 

Am I allowed to wear a Tau cross? Can I wear it with knots? Because I have not taken the same vows, I’m not sure if it’s proper for me to wear the knots. 
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Salvation for Extraterrestrials?  

Did Jesus visit them also and die again on the cross to free them from sin? I don’t know what we should believe about UFOs and life on other planets.
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Jews and the Death Penalty

The Jewish leaders brought Jesus before Pilate because they said their law would not allow them to put anyone to death. However, earlier in the same Gospel, they were planning to stone a woman caught in adultery. Wasn’t this a ...
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Celebrating the Mass in Latin 

The other day at Mass, someone told me that the pope has said that priests can no longer celebrate Mass in Latin. Is that true?
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What Is Purgatory?  

Who goes there? How can we help them? 
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