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Belief in God is more than Believing God Exists
These days people often use the phrase “believe in X” to mean, basically, “believe that X is real” or “believe that X exists.” That’s one reason I sometimes find it helpful to use “believe on Jesus Christ,” when explaining the gospel to people, rather than “believe in Jesus Christ”: it is one thing to believe…
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In Whom Is His Trust?
Today, the Vatican Information Service reports: Benedict XVI today made a pastoral visit to Loreto, Italy, where he entrusted to the Blessed Virgin – venerated in the famous Marian shrine there – two impending ecclesial events: the Synod of Bishops on new evangelisation which is to run from 7 to 28 October, and the Year…