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August 18, 2016

We have created our own fear of hell

Fr. Ron Rolheiser writes that there shouldn't be a fear of missing the chance for salvation.

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.

Published in Fr. Ron Rolheiser
May 18, 2016

To ignore the poor is to despise God, pope says at general audience

Pope Francis greets the crowd during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 18.

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

Published in Faith