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Mitch Finley

http://mitchandkathyfinley.com
Mitch Finley is the author of 30+ books on Roman Catholic theological topics and spirituality, all written to appeal to both non-academic and academic readers. Mitch holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from Santa Clara University and an M.A. in Theology from Marquette University. He and Kathy Finley have been married since 1974 and are the parents of three grown sons. To learn more, visit his website.
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Ask A Catholic: The Church Isn’t Meeting My Needs. Should I Leave?

It's not going to happen overnight, but change it will if and when it's God's will. However, leaving the church rather than sticking around to help it change helps change happen not at all.
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Ask A Catholic: Do Sacraments Work?

When you ask if “sacraments work,” I presume you want to know if the Catholic Church's seven sacraments (Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation, Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, Matrimony, Holy Orders) are real or mere “symbols.”
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Ask A Catholic: Does God Change?

Does God change? It's possible that what you're asking has to do with whether God's “mind” can be changed by human prayer.
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Ask A Catholic: Catholic Diocese of Spokane’s newly unemployed Catholic School workers

A friend who is a member of the Roman Catholic Church in the Spokane Diocese works as a lay para educator at a Catholic elementary school in Spokane. Now of course she is unemployed.
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Ask A Catholic: Predestination

in Christian theology the term “predestination” refers to a belief that God either does or does not want all to be “saved.”
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Ask A Catholic: Holy Water

Holy water is ordinary water that has had a blessing recited over it, usually by a priest.
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Ask A Catholic: Is Mary Co-Redemptive?

The origins of this idea go back to as early as the second century A.D., and down through history various popes and theologians have encouraged adoption of the belief that Mary is “Co-Redemptrix.”
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