Focus
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From Evasion to Conversion: How Pope Francis Sees the Sex-Abuse Crisis
Feb 12, 2019
Pope Lowers Expectations for Next Month’s Sex Abuse Summit — the Associated Press headline may not have been heart-lifting, but it was fair.
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A Dubai wall with 25,000 images of Jesus
Jan 19, 2019
While many would search online for wallpapers and images of Jesus Christ on special occasions like Christmas, this Indian expat has one of the largest collections of Christ’s images on the wall of his Dubai accommodation.
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East and West Malaysia encouraged to work together
Jan 18, 2019
One theme that became a centrepiece of discussions at the Malaysian Catholic Clergy Assembly, and one that has become more and more in focus even within the Conference, is the phenomenon of the movement of our Catholic people from Sarawak and Sabah to Peninsular Malaysia.
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Healthcare institutions are not to be run as a business, protect the person, not the profits
Jan 18, 2019
No to corporate mentality in Catholic health care facilities. No to treating life as “a private property”. No to the achievements of medicine and biotechnology that manipulate human existence.
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My top ten books in spirituality for 2019
Jan 12, 2019
This year I restricted myself to focusing only on books that dealt explicitly with spirituality, notwithstanding some very fine novels and books on social commentary that I read in 2018.
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Validating the experience of grief and the struggle with depression
Jan 12, 2019
This reflection is dedicated to my friends who are grieving and my patients who are suffering from depression.
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Was this Michigan grandfather on a mission from God?
Jan 12, 2019
Irving “Francis” Houle was a Michigan father of five known for his holy life. He appeared to bear the stigmata, a physical manifestation of the wounds
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Our Universal Church
Jan 06, 2019
The Feast of the Epiphany is a perfect time to reflect on a universality of faith.
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What do we know about the Magi?
Jan 06, 2019
The Magi’s mission was ordained by God was proved by the divine warning about Herod, the Roman-appointed king of the Jews, who had told the Magi to let him know where this newborn king could be found.
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Twelve questions to ask yourself in 2019
Jan 06, 2019
At this time of year, it seems everyone is planning to transform their life by establishing new habits, and as Christians, we often try to do the same in our spiritual lives.
Sunday Reflection
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion: Between Heaven and Earth
And they raised Him up on a cross. He was between heaven and earth. On the ground, yet raised up to the sky. He was with His People, with Us, but He was also with His Father.
