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This Insights eNewsletter was sent to subscribers on January 19, 2024.

eNewsletter Subject: Pray for Christian unity

There are only two sacraments that Christ said we must receive to be saved: Baptism and the Eucharist. Thus we might consider these the two primary sacraments to which all others are subordinated. But subjectively speaking, we all have our “favorite” sacraments and it is worth considering which ones have most clearly revealed God’s love to us. Jeff Mirus asks: What sacrament means the most to you?

Meanwhile in South America, two bishops have been successively appointed to a diocese, each quickly resigning before he could be installed. Phil Lawler asks what’s going on: Lightning strikes twice in an Argentine diocese. Phil also reflects on the foolish long-term planning of population control advocates, because The world must be peopled.

If you’d like to learn about two all-time classic religious films, check out our clip from Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast in which James Majewski, Nathan Douglas and I name what are, in our opinion, the two best movies on the Vatican Film List.

The Church asks us to pray in a special way for two different intentions in the coming days. We have already begun the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which reminds us not to let our love be cooled by indifferentism or triumphalism. Today is the March for Life, but Monday is the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children (USA).

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