How Music Can Call Back Ex-Catholics
Music in churches should be “beautiful and magnificent”, but also hospitable and accessible to everyone, according to an expert in liturgy.
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Church Liturgy
Church Church History
Ok, What’s the Big Deal with Vatican II and How Does it Affect us Today?
The Second Vatican Council continues to have an enduring impact on the Catholic Church and on the papacy of Pope Francis, according to the Vatican’s top diplomat, Cardinal Pietro Parolin
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Pope Francis
Pope Concerned by US move to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
On the day that that U.S. President Donald Trump planned to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Pope Francis
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Church Women and the Church
Get the Fight for Women and Children Right
Campaigns like the 16 Days of No Violence and #MeToo are good for telling the story of abuse and raising awareness — but there is an urgent need to go beyond words and put in place effective action, such as funding shelters, argues Colleen Constable.
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Priests
Sermon on the Screen: Priest plays himself in ‘Lady Bird’
Part of a voice-over in the trailer for “Lady Bird” – playing over scenes from the movie and in between dialogue – comes from a homily delivered to Catholic high school students attending a school Mass in the beginning of the movie.
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Christian Mission Religious Life Saints
The Vagabond of God
By Didier Rance – The life and work of John Bradburne, the Vagabond of God , who was killed in 1979 in what is now Zimbabwe, had a powerful impact on me. I came to him late, indeed, after I had been working for more than 30 years studying the Catholic martyrs of our time.
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Jesus Mass Pope Francis
What Happens at Mass? A Joy in Being Saved
If people really understood that participating at Mass is witnessing Christ’s suffering, death and resurrection, then maybe they would stop taking pictures, talking, making comments and acting as if it were some kind of show, Pope Francis said.
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Church
Forgotten Catholics: Single People in the Church
In many parishes there are as many single people, widowed, divorced, never-married, than married couples – it may a Church blind spot
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Christian Living Pope Francis
Prepare for Today As if It Were the Last Day
Acts of charity and kindness make a person’s faith shine in this world and help ensure that it will shine forever in the afterlife, Pope Francis said.
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