Faith

Lies obstruct relationships, love, Pope Francis says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 10:34:17 -0500

VATICAN – Lying or being inauthentic is seriously wrong because it hinders or harms human relationships, Pope Francis said.

'Every Christian vocation is spousal', just like marriage, Pope says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 13:34:57 -0400

VATICAN – The Sixth Commandment's mandate against adultery is a call to fidelity that applies not only to married couples, but to all Christians called to love others through their vocation, Pope Francis said.

Charles Lewis: Alabama needs to fight for Ten Commandments

clewis@catholicregister.org (Charles Lewis) — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:11:43 -0400

The State of Alabama has had a controversial relationship with the Ten Commandments. Not so much its teachings but its physical representation.

Oklahoma Supreme Court rules Ten Commandments monument must go

Mon, 06 Jul 2015 13:00:00 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma Supreme Court ordered a Ten Commandments monument removed from the state Capitol grounds June 30, three years after its installation sparked a religious feud.

Revised religious ed curriculum approved

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Wed, 20 May 2015 11:30:00 -0400

For the first time in 20 years six- and seven-year-olds are getting new religion textbooks, their teachers are getting new lesson plans and parents are getting new ways of helping kids in religion class.

The weak before God will receive the power

fr_scott@catholicregister.org (Fr. Scott Lewis, S.J) — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 06:30:00 -0500

Third Sunday of Lent (Year B) March 8 (Exodus 20:1-17; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 1:18, 22-25; John 2:13-25)

The Ten Commandments are often viewed as obsolete and out of touch with the modern world. They are unfortunately treated as if they were the 10 suggestions rather than commandments. Even those who use them as weapons in the culture wars of our times are sometimes hard-pressed to name all of them.

Exodus: Gods and Kings

Thu, 11 Dec 2014 17:01:00 -0500

NEW YORK - Time was when the biblical extravaganza was a Hollywood staple.

The cross is the door to the new temple

fr_scott@catholicregister.org (Fr. Scott Lewis, S.J) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:59:43 -0500

Third Sunday of Lent (Year B) March 11 (Exodus 20:1-17; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 1:18, 22-25; John 2:13-25)

Are the Ten Commandments old-fashioned or obsolete? There are those who think so. Cynics have sometimes called them the 10 suggestions or have mused on what would happen if archeologists discovered a tablet with numbers 11 through 20 inscribed on them. But they are as valid today as ever.