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By Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D., Breitbart- Bishop Michael F. Olson said the former cardinal’s alleged crimes have caused such damage “to the integrity of the hierarchy and mission of the Church” that his immediate laicization should be “strongly deliberated.” Such a move would aid “reconciliation and healing in the light of the justice and merciful redemption as won by Christ and promised to all who are alienated by the corruption of sin.” The Texas bishop also said that Church leaders who knew of the former cardinal’s “alleged crimes and sexual misconduct and did nothing” must be held “accountable for their refusal to act thereby enabling others to be hurt.”

Catholic Answers Staff - Most Catholics are familiar with the term mortal sin. Mortal sins deprive the soul of grace. They are serious transgressions of God's law, done freely and deliberately with a clear understanding of what they are. Their result is to deny a soul entrance to heaven.

By Msgr. Charles Pope -  The earth supplies what we need, but that does not preclude human sinfulness or other factors from allowing hunger to continue. Consider that hunger in the modern world is often caused by things such as war, local corruption that prevents food from reaching the poor, poor infrastructure (e.g., roads, landing strips) to bring food in, greed, and hoarding.

By Douglas D. Dewey, The Catholic Thing - What exactly is Christian Community and why should we form it? Christian Community flows from our imitation of three persons perfectly in love with each other: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. When the whole world looks like the Holy Trinity, we will have fulfilled the great commission to make disciples of it... God did not place us alone in this world but in the presence of others, starting with our families, working outwards, then – as He commanded us – loving our neighbors as ourselves.