"Is gossip a sin? is it reason to go to Confession?"

Emailed to readers on Aug. 17, 2007BURNING QUESTION OF THE WEEK: "What is a Sacrament? How many are there?" By Paul Dion, STLFEATURED BLOG THIS WEEK: "THE BIBLE IS NOT A JIGSAW PUZZLE" - A Protestant corrects the way many evangelicals read the Bible"NUESTRO ARTICULOS EN ESPANOL:HE VENIDO A TRAER FUEGO A LA TIERRA, 8/16/07El Papa se solidariza con víctimas del terremoto en el Perú, 8/15/07New Age

"If the heart is not praying, the tongue is labouring in vain."

By Wally AridaEmailed to readers July 9, 2007Dear Friends:On Wednesday, August 15, Catholics all over the world will celebrate the Feast of the Assumption. To help us better understand the role of the Blessed Virgin Mary in our Christian lives, we begin this issue with an explanation of the "Doctrine of the Assumption." Then we have an article about "The Original Mary: Our Lady's Life Before the

Papal Infallibility: "It is God's infallibility at work in the Church, not man's"

Posted by Wallly AridaEmailed to subscribers on August 2, 2007 Dear Friends, This week we are happy to welcome Fr. Mike Manning, SVD and his new weekly column called "Catholic Q&A by Fr. Mike." Fr. Manning is a reknowned TV evangelist who is the host of Wordnet TV's "The Power of Love." His show airs every Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. on TBN. His debut article this week is titled "Is there any value

The Lord's Prayer and Sodom & Gomorrah

By Wally AridaEmailed July 26, 2007Dear Friends,St. Francis de Sales once said, "While those who give scandal are guilty of the spiritual equivalent of murder, those who allow scandals to destroy their faith are guilty of spiritual suicide." While he said this several centuries ago during some of the darkest days of the Catholic Church, it's still timely today in light of the recent settlements

"Reclaiming our Catholic identity in today's secular world"

Dear Friends,Please join us in welcoming Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Pomona, CA and St. George Catholic Church Church in Fontana, CA to the ParishWorld.net family. Soon their parishioners will be able to enjoy their own dynamic and vibrant ParishWorld community websites that will be their daily resource for evangelization, inspirational stories, universal Catholic news and local community

"The one, true church, the one that Jesus Himself founded"

Dear Friends,Last week, Pope Benedict loosened restrictions on the celebration of the Tridentine Mass. People were just begining to discuss why he would boost the Latin Mass when he made yet another announcement. This week he reaffirmed to the world that the Catholic Church is the one, true church, the one that Jesus Himself founded.As expected, this declaration flamed discussions regarding

"Red, White, Blue and Catholic too!"

By Wally AridaPosted July 5, 2007Dear Friends,Freedom, Catholic Deacons and Christian determination are our main story clusters in this edition.This week we celebrate our Independence Day as a nation. It's a great time to ask ourselves this week's Burning Question: "What is Freedom? What does it mean to us?" Surely, it's more than fireworks, parades and hotdogs. We ask you to reflect upon it and