The Reality of Hell and Divine Mercy Sunday: ‘Enter Through the Narrow Gate’
COMMENTARY: Hell exists not despite God’s love but precisely because of it.
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We Desire That All Be Saved — But Only in the Way God Desires It
‘In hope, the Church prays for all men to be saved. She longs to be united with Christ, her Bridegroom, in the glory of heaven’ (CCC 1821).
Being Precise About Catholic Church Teaching on Hell
COMMENTARY: The three most recent popes — St. John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis — have taken the optimistic view.
Hell Is Real (Jan. 27)
Pope Francis recently called on the international community to ban surrogate pregnancy. His words are a welcome source of support for pro-life advocates in Michigan, which is about to become ‘one of the most surrogacy-friendly jurisdictions in the world.’ That’s what Genevieve Marnon, legislative director of Right to Life of Michigan, told the Register. Genevieve joins us today. But first, we turn to another topic Pope Francis recently talked about, and one that most of us don’t like to think about: the reality of Hell. Father Jeffery Kirby joins us now.
The Theology of Evil and Eternity: Nefarious, Screwtape and World Wars
COMMENTARY: Different demons for different times, but with a strangely similar message.
Hell Is Being Alone, Absolutely and Forever
‘To die in mortal sin … means remaining separated from God forever by our own free choice. This state of definitive self-exclusion … is called hell.’ (CCC 1033)
These Saints Had Visions of Heaven and Hell and Revealed What They Saw
During their lifetimes, some saints were given a peek into the happiness of heaven and the horrors of hell.
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time – There Is a Hell
SCRIPTURES & ART: Heaven will always be heaven and hell will always be hell because one place is full of love and the other devoid of it.
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time – The Number of the Saved
If you were the only person in the whole world in the whole of human history whom God needed to redeem, he would have sent his only-begotten Son.
Don’t Wait to Cram for Your ‘Final Exam’
“Each man receives his eternal retribution in his immortal soul at the very moment of his death, in a particular judgment that refers his life to Christ: either entrance into the blessedness of heaven — through a purification or immediately — or immediate and everlasting damnation.” (CCC 1022)
