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    Brittany to mock Crucifixion on "Will & Grace"

    This has probably already been posted, but I don't have time to search around atm. Here is a link to the story on Fox. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,183370,00.html
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    Things Catholics are Asked About (Free Online Book)

    http://mafg.home.isp-direct.com/cquescvr.htm THINGS CATHOLICS ARE ASKED ABOUT MARTIN J. SCOTT, S.J. Imprimi Potest: Laurence J. Kelly, S.J. Prapositus Prov. Marylandia Neo-Eboracensis Nihil Obstat: Arthur J. Scanlan, S.T.D. Censor Librorum Imprimatur: + Patrick Cardinal Hayes...
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    Body, Mind, Spirit: Tapping the Healing Power Within You

    Is anyone familiar with this book? It was recommended in a book on Saint's words of wisdom, in the section on healing.
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    Has anyone heard of or seen this miracle?

    St. Januarius Januarius was a bishop in Italy during Diocletian's persecution in the fourth century. While visiting imprisoned deacons, he was arrested, and later martyred. His blood was preserved, and dried. Every yeart since 1389, on his feast day, and on the Satuday before the first Sunday...
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    Communist Agent, code number AA-1025, in Vatican?

    Is anyone familiar with this story? Is it's real purpose to undermine Vatican II? The Confessions of a Communist Agent On The Attempt to Destroy the Roman Catholic Church from Within. This agent had no name, only a code number AA-1025 given by the Russian Secret Police, meaning the...
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    good-for-nothing refuse

    What does this mean? Is this just a condemnation of making idol, or also of wasting "spare time" making art or something all togther different? The Book of Wisdom Chapter 13 10 But doomed are they, and in dead things are their hopes, who termed gods things made by human hands: Gold...
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    Is Man Dichotomous or Trichotomous?

    Dichotomous - Body and Soul Trichotomous - Body, Soul, and Spirit Other
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    Do you name the livestock you're going to send to the butcher?

    Before freaking out, if you eat hamburgers or hot dogs, it came from the butcher. :P I guess a better question would be, does anyone here raise their own livestock and butcher it? My cousins who do, don't name the critters they are going to eat, which seems like an interesting approach. :)
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    Confused by Cardinal Ratzinger Statement. Did He Really Say This?

    What did he mean, if he did? ----------------- "Eucharistic devotion such as is noted in the silent visit by the devout in church must not be thought of as a conversation with God. This would assume that God was present there locally and in a confined way. To justify such an assertion...
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    The "Table" \ Altar Hasn't Always Been In The Church?

    How was Mass done before with just a high altar? There would be no place to put anything, on some.
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    A day will come...

    "A day will come when the civilized world will deny its God, when the Church will doubt as Peter doubted. She will be tempted to believe that man has become God, that His Son is merely a symbol, a philosophy held by so many others, and in the churches Christians will search in vain for...
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    Catholic, because he's an attorney and a vigilante

    Frank Miller, writer of Daredevil, for part of the series said "I figured Daredevil must be Catholic because only a Catholic could be both an attorney and a vigilante." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Miller What do you think he meant by that? He also penned Sin City, which seemed to...
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    Can Altar Rails Be Used In N.O. Mass?

    Can Altar Rails Be Used In N.O. Mass or is it actually prohibited?
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    What would happen if the indult requirement for the TLM was removed?

    What all do you think would happen? Would there be more and less spiritual groups? Would names be called back an forth? Or would things just move along smoothly with some parishes having N.O. and others having TLM?
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    Post Your Tips For Saving $$$

    If you do a cash advance on a credit card and don't pay the whole balance off at the end of the month, tell them you want all of your payment going toward the cash advance and you will save the extra charges on the advanced dollars over the next few months. Just write it on the bill and in...
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    "Jesus in Everyone" - What does it mean?

    "Jesus in Everyone" How do you see that statement? Is it figurative, meaning that when we help anyone we are actually helping Jesus? Do you see it as literal, as each person really having Christ in them? or some other way?
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    How Much Time Does Your Priest Allow For The Sign Of Peace?

    Less than 30 seconds 30-60 Seconds 60-120 Seconds Other
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    Bishop Fulton Sheen on "The Church Channel"

    Typically they have protestant preachers on, so I was surprised to see Bishop Fulton Sheen in their line up. It's on now on channel 371 on DirecTV.
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    Someone will bring this up.

    We might as well be ready to respond when they do. It looks like it made a magazine cover. Hopefully, it's not true. Is this a reputable news source? The Archdiocese of New York is looking into explosive allegations that a top priest who publicly railed against our "sex-saturated society"...