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Usa

What is the purpose of the 1776 Declaration of Independence and the 1787 Bill of Rights in the good old golden Usa if people are apparently unfree to go about their daily business when visiting the Usa?

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Nato

What is the point of Nato membership if there are still moral hazards around the territory of the Ukraine? Where does a Parish like yours stand on these moral hazard issues?

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Ghosts & Spectres

Ghosts - how do they arise? Do they have material extension or are they visible only to some, or what is the nature of their exterior formalities? Do pray tell.

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Ballots

Given that the decision about the next pope will be made by a free vote in a free secret ballot, is there any sign yet of who might have the casting vote for the next dicastery consistory, and whether a kingmaker has emerged yet?

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Animal Rites

When is it permissible for a Christian Minister to conduct funeral services for deceased domestic pets of Christian Families?

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CIA

What is the point of all these natural vaccines if it can be shown that the Covid virus does not come from animals and instead is a manufactured man-made virus that was then leaked from a lab in China? Any idea of a Christian Response to such a theory?

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Breitlings

If Breitling Angels ever did once again appear to mere men, would their question be, "Men of Galilee why are you looking up to heaven?" (Acts 1) or would their question to modernes rather be something like, "Men of Galilee why are you looking at your iphones?" Why the obsession with technology among modernes?

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Hades?

Why does the Apostles Creed we say at Sunday Mass spell out the idea that Christ went to Hell after his death, and is this rather Hades the land of the undead or is it Hell the place of punishment proper? And if he did go to Hell to free the dead, why did the Just go to Hell and Hades in the first place up to the Descent of Christ into Hell?

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The Things Above

Could you explain as briefly as you can for an Indiana what the words of St Paul in the Letter to the Colossians actually mean, where in Ch 3:17 he speaks of "seeking the things that are from above, not the things of earth" - what does he mean by this sort of saying?

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Virus

What is the reasoning behind the Government's new restrictions under the umbrella of Plan B - Is there a Christian Response to all of this tinkering around with social health issues?

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Easterners

Having heard of an Eastern Church Wedding in your parish, I was wondering what are the differences between the western weddings and the eastern weddings in terms of the Solemnities and Rites of either and whether there is some attempt to bring the two styles together, something we might benefit from down here in Cardiff Wales GB?

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Humanitas

Does God really will the destruction of the human race?

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Cc

Are there any incipient signs at present of a Reorientation of Directionality for the next pontificate, anything in the offing?

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Germanicum

What is the point of the Synodal Way here in the Ecclesia Germanica if all it leads to is confusion in the Church and chiefly among the rank and file?

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Minorities?

Fr dear Fr: Why is it so apparent that the Catholic Church, and especially the new orthodox types of the Tim and Tay kind, seem to have a negative vision of the role of gay young people in the Church - are there any signs of progress?

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10

Should a Catholic Government Minister offer a moral compass to a civil government in the framing of decisions of the Downing Street Cabinet?

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Matthew 25

What do the following phrases mean in the Parable from Jesus of the Ten Bridesmaids -

- "Our lamps" are "going out"?

- "You had better go into the town and buy some more oil for yourselves." What does the church teach us about these lines from this Parable?

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Creator or Sustainer?

When the Church in the Creeds says that we believe in God the Creator, does this mean a sort of once and for all Creator of the world and the cosmos and the universe once and once only, like the Big Bang Theory, or does this mean something else?

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We 3

With Christmas quickly approaching, what is your private take as a private philosopher on the 3 Magi, the 3 Wise men as Astrologers, being one of the First Groups to recognize the baby Jesus as the King of the Jews - What does it means for subjects such as Astrology?

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Why go on?

If Christ has redeemed us from death and sin, then how is it that we keep on sinning?

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