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Collegiality, decentralisation and subsidiarity: Francis' dramatic push
Oct 17, 2014
Much has been said and written about the new wave of inclusiveness being promoted by the Bishop of Rome, with the ongoing Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family, currently underway in Rome, discussing some thorny issues regarding the family.
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Sacred Permission to be Human and the Tools to Handle Frustration
Oct 17, 2014
we have verses in the Psalms, in passages that we pray liturgically, where we ask God to bash the heads of the children of our enemies against a rock.
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Five people who helped give me some self-underst
Oct 10, 2014
Although I grew up in a loving, safe, and nurturing family and community, one of the dominant memories of my childhood and teenage years is that of being restless and somehow discontented.
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Rethinking the economy so that we can have life to the full
Oct 09, 2014
Were we ever meant to be unthinking cogs in the industrial machine? Until now, we have quietly watched how the underlying assumptions behind our economy often result in unsustainability and inequality.
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Fatherless at the Depth of our Being
Oct 01, 2014
Anthropologists tell us that father-hunger, a frustrated desire to be blessed by our own fathers, is one of the deepest hungers in the world today, especially among men.
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Francis lays down new template for pastoral leadership in universal Church
Oct 01, 2014
When news of the elevation of Msgr Julian Leow to Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur broke, it came as something of a surprise to many.
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On how we react to criticism and opposition
Sep 25, 2014
Have you ever noted how we spontaneously react to a perceived threat? Faced with a threat, our primal instincts tend to take over and we instantly freeze over and begin to shut all the doors opening to warmth, gentleness, and empathy inside us.
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Concerned people, scientists and Church join forces against climate change
Sep 25, 2014
Over 300,000 people rallied in New York on Sept 21, ahead of a United Nations climate change summit two days later. Dozens of other cities around the world held solidarity marches urging world leaders to do more to arrest climate change.
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Our timidity in the face of God’s abundance
Sep 19, 2014
My youth had both its strengths and its weaknesses. I grew up on a farm in the heart of the Canadian prairies, a second-generation immigrant.
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The Project
Sep 18, 2014
We live in era that demands to see overnight — if not instantly —results. Or rather, results we would like to expect.
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Sunday Reflection
Third Sunday of Easter: Witnesses
Today’s Gospel reading is an Easter account from the Gospel of Luke. It begins with the events that took place on the evening of Easter Sunday, after Jesus had appeared to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus.
