Focus
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Better investment in renewable sources
Nov 13, 2015
In advance, Cardinal Turkson also offered brief comments and took questions at a press conference at the Jesuit Santa Clara University, located 40 miles south of San Francisco.
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Role of the tech industry in climate change
Nov 13, 2015
Asked about the role of Silicon Valley in the global conversation about climate change, Cardinal Turkson said that area has become “an icon for technological growth and development.”
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Need to move away from the use of fossil fuels
Nov 13, 2015
Ten years ago, a Hindu, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, a professor of atmospheric and climate sciences at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California-San Diego was asked by Pope John Paul II to join the Ponti?cal Academy of Sciences.
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Is Francis becoming the new prisoner of the Vatican?
Nov 11, 2015
The business of interpreting the Holy Father has become a full-time job for some commentators, and it is hard to see who, apart from them, benefits.
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Is the Church rich? It depends
Nov 10, 2015
The Pope has recently said some things about money and the Church, which are of interest.
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The dumbing down of the Angelus confirms RTE’s anti-Catholicism
Nov 10, 2015
So RTE, Ireland’s national broadcaster is to scrap the Angelus after 53 years and substitute it with videos that will reach out to people of all faiths and none.
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Ordination of married men would cause other major changes within the church
Nov 09, 2015
The question of the theology of ordination to the priesthood just isn't going to go away.
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Is this the future of marriage prep in the Church?
Nov 09, 2015
Father Michael Delcambre looked at his congregation on Sunday and realized he had what other pastors might call an unusual sight: He counted 10 newly married couples sitting right there in the pews, and they were regulars.
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Vatican II’s legacy of interfaith relations
Nov 06, 2015
The Catholic Church celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council declaration, Nostra Aetate, on Oct 28.
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Synod document highlights epikaia
Nov 06, 2015
As a priest ordained in 1970, I can only say, “The Vatican — finally — has come full circle.
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.