Tag: virtues

Stained glass of the Ten Commandments from St. Joseph Church in Wapakoneta, Ohio (CC BY-SA 4.0 Nheyob on Wikimedia)

Did the Pope Say the Commandments are Relative?

This question came up so I wrote about it on Patheos. Simple answer: no! The Pope did not say the Ten Commandments are relative. Complicated answer: let’s look at how an issue in translation and assuming the worst might lead […]

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Monserrat Medina with her Deloitte Partners (from Religión en Libertad)

From Founding a Startup to Deloitte to the Convent

I translated an amazing story from Spanish on Patheos: Montserrat Medina Martínez was an up-and-coming woman in Spanish business. Despite being only 36, she has gone from success to success professionally. With a scholarship from Stanford, she created a Silicon Valley startup that […]

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hand with no wedding ring (John Moore – CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 www.flickr.com/photos/johnm2205/2588225548)

Amoris Laetitia: A Complete Guide for Chapter VIII on Communion

I wrote a lot on Amoris Laetitia. Rather than copying each article here from Patheos, I decided to copy my guide that links to all my articles. Ever since Amoris Laetitia came out, there has been confusion about how to interpret chapter […]

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Pope Francis during the Canonization of Junipero Serra (Fr. Lawrence Lew, OP CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/paullew/21651761466/)

The Pope Didn’t Deny the Immaculate Conception

Pope Francis has affirmed the Immaculate Conception many times but one line he said was misinterpreted to argue the opposite. I respond with my regular clarity. It’s crazy what gets spread online today. One website was posting that Pope Francis […]

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Pope Francis wearing Rainbow Cross (from Vatican News – Fair use as the article is about the cross)

Pope Francis Wearing a Rainbow Cross? It Isn’t What You Think✝️

Some people seem to want to just find something wrong with Pope Francis. I wrote about one example: This week Pope Francis wore a cross that had multiple colors on it that appear somewhat like a rainbow. Several traditional-minded Catholics […]

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