Faith Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:54:43 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb We have created our own fear of hell /faith/columnists/item/22914-we-have-created-our-own-fear-of-hell /faith/columnists/item/22914-we-have-created-our-own-fear-of-hell

Hell is never a nasty surprise waiting for a basically happy person. Hell can only be the full-flowering of a pride and selfishness that have, through a long time, twisted a heart so thoroughly that it considers happiness as unhappiness and has an arrogant disdain for happy people. If you are essentially warm of heart this side of eternity, you need not fear a nasty surprise awaits you on the other side because somewhere along the line, you missed the boat and your life went terribly wrong.

]]> frronrolheiser@catholicregister.org (Fr. Ron Rolheiser) Fr. Ron Rolheiser Thu, 18 Aug 2016 14:17:08 -0400 To ignore the poor is to despise God, pope says at general audience /faith/item/22343-to-ignore-the-poor-is-to-despise-god-pope-says-at-general-audience /faith/item/22343-to-ignore-the-poor-is-to-despise-god-pope-says-at-general-audience

VATICAN CITY – How Christians treat the poor is the clearest demonstration of their relationship with God, Pope Francis insisted.

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