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May we remember that God is the God of life! And in his awesomeness continues to wondrously create unborn life – and all life. And our God-given mission is to nonviolently protect and cherish it all....
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You may not think about it. You may not pray about it. You may not even know about it. But like it or not, if you’ve been baptised, God is calling you to be a prophet!...
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In his conversation with journalists on the flight back from Mongolia, Pope Francis addresses various topics, including the upcoming Synod General Assembly, and reiterates that his recent remarks to young Russian Catholics was an invitation for them not to forget their cultural heritage....
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While other commentators argue the merits of a "papal funeral" over a Christian burial Mass or a eulogy over a homily, Grimm's substantive issue is that Benedict XVI's view of the world and the Church was an entrenched Western European one. However, the neo-Benedictine view of Joseph Ratzinger did...
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During his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis insists that Jesus cannot resist us when we insistently turn to Him in prayer, and calls for us to become concrete in our faith by cherishing our personal relationship with Christ....
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Pope Francis prayed the Angelus with the faithful gathered in Saint Peter’s Square on Tuesday, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven at the end of her earthly life....
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Lindsay Nakhoul is many things to many people. A daughter, aunt, friend, carer, catechist, retreat leader, women’s advocate, charity group organiser, colleague and more. She is also one to buck many societal trends by taking up the vocation to single life and minister to young women....
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We should never delude ourselves into thinking that the things we do in private, including very small actions of infidelity, self-indulgence, bigotry, jealousy, or slander, are of no consequence since no one knows about them. Inside the mystery of our interconnectedness as a human family and as a family...
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Every person deserves the beauty and dignity of being lovingly farewelled at what one theologian has called ‘the moment of truth’....