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2023-03-07T11:39:47+08:00

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Can AIs Like ChatGPT Pose a Threat to the Catholic Faith?

Last updated on: March 7, 2023 at 11:39 am By Jocelyn Soriano

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What happens when you ask an AI like ChatGPT how it can possibly pose a threat to the Catholic faith? I tried to ask two AIs and their answers were both interesting and alarming. “What are the Ways AIs Can Threaten the Catholic Faith?” ChatGPT: As an AI language model, it is not within my programming to take a position that AI can threaten any religion, including the Catholic faith. The Catholic faith is based on belief in God and... Read more

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2023-03-07T11:40:49+08:00

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How Do You Live as a Catholic in a Godless World?

Last updated on: March 7, 2023 at 11:40 am By Jocelyn Soriano

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If you look at the declining number of Catholics in the Western world, you’d realize how our world is quickly turning into a godless one. The word “secular” no longer seems to be enough to describe how the future could look like. It could very well be like living in Babylon where proclaiming your faith risks being thrown into the lion’s den! How do you live your faith in a world that doesn’t believe in God? How do you raise... Read more

Family, Parenting and Religion

2023-03-07T11:41:25+08:00

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Why You Shouldn’t Leave the Catholic Church

Last updated on: March 7, 2023 at 11:41 am By Jocelyn Soriano

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If you are one of those people who is seriously thinking about leaving the Church, I pray that you may still find a reason to stay. I do not know the many reasons why you’re leaving. You may have thought about this for a long time. You may feel so hurt right now that you just want to quit. But if you could delay this action yet again, you may find yourself thankful later on that you didn’t leave the... Read more

Education and Religion

2023-03-07T11:41:56+08:00

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Why Do We Hold Back When We Pray to God?

Last updated on: March 7, 2023 at 11:41 am By Jocelyn Soriano

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“Is anything too hard for the Lord?” – Genesis 18:14 (GNT) Have you ever prayed for something less than what you truly desire? By this, I’m not referring to desires that are bad. We certainly shouldn’t pray for something that will cause us or other people to sin. I’m also not referring to those things that are merely for pleasure. I’m not saying we should pray for an excessive amount of money or other temporal goods. But what I mean... Read more

General Christian

2023-03-18T13:58:16+08:00

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3 Reasons Why Our Relationships Don’t End in Death

Last updated on: March 18, 2023 at 1:58 pm By Jocelyn Soriano

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The devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria in 2023 is a catastrophe that would shake every human being and remind us of our mortality. More than a week after it claimed the lives of more than 40,000 people as of the The New York Times update, rescuers say that voices are still being heard coming from possible survivors trapped under the rubble. For those people who are still looking for their loved ones, such voices are like beacons of... Read more

General Christian

2023-02-06T17:46:21+08:00

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Is Being Single Not Good Enough For Heaven?

Last updated on: February 6, 2023 at 5:46 pm By Jocelyn Soriano

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I was discussing consecrated virginity to my sister one morning when she suddenly asked me these questions: “Why do you want to go through the process of being a consecrated single? Would you not go to heaven if you didn’t do that?” I was surprised by the simplicity and the depth of those questions. Indeed, I may have acted as though my salvation depended on having a vocation! It’s as though single people are not considered good enough for heaven.... Read more

2025-01-17T14:04:36+08:00

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Where Is God When Disasters Happen?

Last updated on: January 17, 2025 at 2:04 pm By Jocelyn Soriano

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Whenever disasters like earthquakes, hurricanes and other calamities happen, people can’t help but ask the following questions: “How could God ever allow this to happen?” “Where was He when we needed Him the most?” “Is there even a God?” “If God is loving, how could He allow so much suffering?” And the temptation here is to quickly come to our own conclusions before we could think more clearly. Our emotions are so strong that we may not even want to... Read more

General Christian

2023-02-08T15:55:16+08:00

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Should Catholics Still Celebrate Valentine’s Day?

Last updated on: February 8, 2023 at 3:55 pm By Jocelyn Soriano

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Catholics used to celebrate the feast day of St. Valentine on February 14. He is after all the patron saint of lovers. It is thanks to him that the whole world now celebrates Valentine’s Day. However, after his feast was removed from the General Roman Calendar in 1969, Catholics are left in doubt about whether we should still celebrate this festive occasion. Should Christians still celebrate Valentine’s Day? History of Valentine’s Day The feast day of St. Valentine was first... Read more

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2023-02-06T17:48:48+08:00

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Why Must the Church Become Small?

Last updated on: February 6, 2023 at 5:48 pm By Jocelyn Soriano

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In a 1969 radio broadcast, Father Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) made the following prediction about the Church: “From the crisis of today the Church of tomorrow will emerge — a Church that has lost much. She will become small and will have to start afresh more or less from the beginning. She will no longer be able to inhabit many of the edifices she built in prosperity. As the number of her adherents diminishes, so it will lose many... Read more

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Education and Religion

2023-02-06T17:37:57+08:00

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How Do You Overcome the Sin of Envy?

Last updated on: February 6, 2023 at 5:37 pm By Jocelyn Soriano

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Hardly anyone wants to admit to being envious. While we may have all felt a tinge of it, we also felt it was something we needed to hide. Why? Because envy makes us feel insecure about ourselves. It affects our self-esteem and our sense of identity. When we are envious of someone, we feel a certain desire for something somebody else has, something we do not possess. It reminds us that someone is better or richer or more famous. It... Read more

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