You post the best photos of any site regarding the Church...but all these pix of monks and nuns and priests, canons and friars in traditional habits and soutanes gives ordinary Catholics who nearly gave up, much hope.
But on a sad note though. As wonderful as these pix are, can you imagine HOW much MORE there would have been to see of all this wonderful expression of Catholicity some 50-60-70 etc. years ago as compared to now? Itboggles the mind how much more there once was. Yet, we should be happy for what it left, and hope the tide begins to turn back very soon.
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J.P. Sonnen is an author, history docent, educator and travel writer. His graduate degrees are from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome, Italy.
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You post the best photos of any site regarding the Church...but all these pix of monks and nuns and priests, canons and friars in traditional habits and soutanes gives ordinary Catholics who nearly gave up, much hope.
But on a sad note though. As wonderful as these pix are, can you imagine HOW much MORE there would have been to see of all this wonderful expression of Catholicity some 50-60-70 etc. years ago as compared to now? Itboggles the mind how much more there once was.
Yet, we should be happy for what it left, and hope the tide begins to turn back very soon.
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