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Could the Institution of the Parish Councils Be an Indication That Vatican II Teaches That the Church Should Be Like Democracy?

The concept of parish councils being established in dioceses was first declared in 1965 by the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II). Does this mean that the Church has a democratic setting? Not at all. Let us first look at the main reasons for the institution of the parish councils. The parish councils are mainly responsible …

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Does the Pope’s Infallibility Mean That Everything He Says Is Right?

The first Vatican council in 1869-70 in its Pastor aeternus decree declared that the Pope is infallible when he speaks “ex cathedra” meaning, “from the papal throne” on matters of faith and morals. This declaration does not cover all grounds; it was made with regards to the faith and morals of the Church. What does …

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Angels in Holy Scripture

Attendants at God’s throne It is as messengers that they most often figure in the Bible, but “messenger” expresses neither their essential nature nor their essential function, which is that of attendants upon God’s throne in that court of heaven of which Daniel has left us a vivid picture: I beheld as thrones were placed, …

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Ten Reasons Why There is Nothing More Important than the Holy Mass

1. Take part in Jesus’ world-changing sacrifice at Calvary. In a mysterious way, the eternal God “makes present” a two-thousand year old event which is the turning-point of human history:  when the greatest evil ever done (killing of God) was turned around by Jesus into the greatest good action—a sacrificial death followed by his resurrection, which …

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