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Advent week four: Christ’s coming in history, mystery and majesty

Dec 23, 2018

As we journey through Advent each year, we encounter a threefold sense of Christ’s coming: in history, in mystery and in majesty.
Vatican urges action and solidarity at COP 24 climate talks

Dec 22, 2018

The Holy See made an urgent call for “ambition, action and true solidarity” at the COP 24 climate talks currently underway in Katowice, Poland.
Advent week three: Answering the call to joy

Dec 16, 2018

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
‘I shall say it again: Rejoice!’

Dec 16, 2018

What I love about the Advent season is that it captures the mixed reality of our lives. Our moments of joy and sorrow are often closely woven together
Advent week two: Four ways to be more attentive this Advent

Dec 09, 2018

“Be watchful!” and “Be alert!” are two traditional spiritual commands often heard by Catholics during the Advent season in preparation for the birth of Christ at Christmas.
Advent is the remedy to our spiritual crisis

Dec 09, 2018

Real faith grows when we have the humility and the honesty to profess what we really believe, to speak what we really know, and to stand before God and one another as we really are.
The Loveliest Lullaby — Silent Night

Dec 02, 2018

Consider the catastrophe. A performance is expected, everything is set, anticipation runs high and then your organ breaks down on Christmas Eve.
Advent week one — A new beginning

Dec 02, 2018

When the verses from Chapter 33 of the Book of Jeremiah are read as the first reading on the First Sunday of Advent this year, I will hear them in a new way.
Dignity of the human person and ethical issues in genetics: A Catholic perspective

Nov 21, 2018

I recall, some years ago, receiving a phone call from a distraught couple. They had been married for many years but were not able to conceive a child
Most people in a majority of countries believe that the death penalty is wrong

Nov 17, 2018

While it is impossible to conduct a global survey, evidence suggests that most people in a majority of countries believe that the death penalty is wrong, with this view particularly strong among Christians.