A Synod on Women?
Following last month’s Synod of Bishops on Youth, suggestions have been made that the next synod might be dedicated to […]
Editorials 2018
Church
Prayer for the World Day of the Poor
Prayer for the World Day of the Poor
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Church Eucharist
Pope: Eucharist Creates the Communion the World Needs
Even in societies increasingly marked by divisions and prejudice, Catholics gather every Sunday “in the Lord’s name and acknowledge that they are brothers and sisters,” Pope Francis said.
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Charity Christian Living Christian Mission
Why We Can’t be Silent to Cries of Poor
World Day of the Poor was first proposed in 2016 in Pope Francis’ apostolic letter for the Year of Mercy, Misericordia et misera, which calls on the faithful to “make a serious examination of conscience, to see if we are truly capable of hearing the cry of the poor”.
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Church Eucharist Fr John Allen Green
33rd Sunday of the Year Reflection
There is a mystic moment that waits for each one of us; finds us; encounters and enfolds us. It is a moment in the cracks between the “now” and “then” that I impose on the memories of my awareness.
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Church
Pope: God Wants Quiet Humility, Not Showy Altruism
While all Christians are called to help those in need, they must fight against the temptation of boasting about their
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Church Priests
Vincentian Father Ignatius Ou, Rest in Peace
Bishop Vincent Zungu and the Port Elizabeth deanery celebrated the funeral Mass of 95-year-old Vincentian Father Ignatius Ou. Fr Ou
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Pope to Journalists: Counter Resignation, Evil with Ethics, Passion
Break through every “wall” of gloom and resignation and help the world realize people need to take care of
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Church Prayer
Centering Prayer Founder, Thomas Keating, Dies at 95
A funeral Mass was celebrated in Massachussetson November 5 for Trappist Father Thomas Keating, a leading figure in the centering prayer movement that got its start in the 1970s.
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