Recent Editorial
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Understanding Amoris Laetitia may take years: Cardinal Schonborn
Jun 10, 2017
Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna (pic) said that he is not worried by conflicting intepretations of Amoris Laetitia, because it will take years for the Church to absorb the proper understanding of the papal document.
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President Trump’s decision to withdraw from Paris climate change accord a ‘disaster’
Jun 10, 2017
Pope Francis and his senior advisers were “clearly disappointed” by President Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris agreement on climate change “and had hoped this would not have happened,” Vatican sources told America.
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God is no warlord claiming victory with enemies’ blood
Jun 02, 2017
'God does not like to be loved the way a warlord would like, dragging his people to victory, debasing them in the blood of his enemies,' Pope Francis said
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Egypt mourns more Christian victims: Caught between anger and prayer, citizens cry out for security
Jun 02, 2017
The testimony of a survivor: "They asked us to proclaim the Muslim faith. We refused. Then they opened fire. " Protests mount across the nation accusing authorities and the government of [timid] fight against terrorism. Muslims and Christians queue to donate blood.
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Gentlemanly Trump at the Vatican
Jun 02, 2017
There is probably no classier operation on earth than the Holy See’s diplomatic apparatus. And that certainly extends to the way its officials welcome
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Ideological fanatics divide the Christian community, Pope says
May 26, 2017
Christians who turn doctrine into ideology commit a grave mistake that upsets souls and divides the Church, Pope Francis said.
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A theology in dialogue
May 26, 2017
Henri-Jeromme Gagey, a former dean at the Catholic Institute of Paris, believes that in responding to the current “anthropological revolution", theology needs to display “clinical responsibility”.
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Ahok is innocent and Indonesia needs him
May 26, 2017
The recent sentencing of Ahok, the Christian Chinese-Indonesian Governor of Jakarta, to two years in jail for blasphemy, is not a small thing. Jakarta alone has a population of roughly ten million people.
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Two child Saints
May 19, 2017
History was made at the shrine of Fatima at 10.30am on May 13, when Pope Francis declared that Francisco Marto and his sister Jacinta are saints.
Sunday Reflection
Jesus did not turn away from His mission
Today, Palm or Passion Sunday, is the first day of Holy Week, the high point of the Church’s year, climaxing in the Easter Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday.