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Indian Archbishop blesses Catholic COVID-19 centre
Aug 22, 2020
The first Catholic medical facility in India fully equipped to serve COVID-19 patients has been inaugurated in Bengaluru in Karnataka state.
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‘Pope-less’ economy: Castel Gandolfo forced to change course
Aug 22, 2020
Milvia Monachesi, who was elected mayor of Castel Gandolfo in 2012, said “for a moment” in 2013, “I thought I was the luckiest mayor in the world: I would have two popes.”
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Accountability, responsibility and the blame game
Aug 22, 2020
Accountability is a necessary part but only one part of responding to a crisis. Any complete response includes four elements: accountability, reflection, responsibility and praise or blame. Not only the presence but the order between these elements is important.
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Every religion has its truth?
Aug 22, 2020
Christians proclaim Christ as “the Way, the Truth and the Life”. But how should we look at other religious traditions? “What is truth?” Pilate asked Jesus (Jn 18:38).
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Indonesian artist brings Catholics closer to God
Aug 22, 2020
Antonius Nugroho Adi Prabowo spent the whole month of February last year crafting statues of Jesus, Mother Mary and St Joseph with Central Javanese characteristics: light brown skin tone and traditional clothes.
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The search for the Indian face of Jesus
Aug 22, 2020
In a two-part series, Christian artist Jyoti Sahi reflects on the place of art in the process of “inculturation” in the Indian Church:
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Pornography and the Sacred
Aug 22, 2020
The ancient Greeks had gods and goddesses for everything, including a goddess of Shame called Aidos. Shame for them meant much more than it normally means to us.
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Paraguayan police officer reads Bible passage, saves woman from suicide
Aug 22, 2020
A police officer in Paraguay saved the life of a woman this month by talking to her and reading Scripture as she contemplated suicide.
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Eucharist processed through torn-up downtown of Wisconsin’s capital
Aug 22, 2020
Two-and-a-half months after violent rioters wreaked havoc on State Street in downtown Madison, Wisconsin, smashing in windows and looting 75 stores, a different kind of gathering took place.
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The ‘Third Society of Jesus’: Jesuits from Vatican II to the present
Aug 22, 2020
Looking at the more than four centuries of the history of the Society of Jesus, we are all used to talking about the “first” or “ancient” Society of Jesus (from the time of its foundation in the 16th century to its suppression in 1773) and the “second” or “new” Society (from its restoration in 1814 to the present day).
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.