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The regrets we can live with
Jun 20, 2014
In her recent book, The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd presents us with a deeply conflicted heroine, Sarah, a highly sensitive woman who grows up the daughter of a slave-owner and a child of privilege.
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The need for a greater sensitivity for human life
Jun 19, 2014
Recent events have thrust death and human tragedy into our awareness. The death of more than 300 miners in Turkey was in the news in May.
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Wearied in our patience
Jun 13, 2014
Thirty years ago, before the airline hijackings of September 11, 2001, before the shoe-bomber and others like him, it was simpler to travel by air.
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Francis shakes up Vatican financial system; sends message to universal church
Jun 12, 2014
In a blow to the old guard at the Vatican, the Bishop of Rome has sacked the entire board of the Vatican’s Financial Information Authority (AIF) and replaced them with a panel of international financial experts.
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Our gaze upon this city
Jun 05, 2014
Jesus, it seems, had mixed feelings towards the world. He loved the world, laid down his life for it, and challenged us to love the world, even as he criticized it harshly and stated clearly that it was opposed to him.
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As polar ice caps melt, concern over rising sea levels mount
Jun 05, 2014
A study by the UK Met Office and Newcastle University has looked at how climate change could result in extreme bursts of rain during summer.
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Dag Hammarskjold on sexuality and desire
May 29, 2014
The lusts of the flesh reveal the loneliness of the soul.
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Why Francis’ visit to the Holy Land was so different
May 29, 2014
Pope Francis’ visit to Jordan, Palestine and Israel has been markedly different from his predecessors in more ways than one.
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Mother’s Day
May 23, 2014
There’s an old adage that offers a wise counsel, even as it leaves us powerless to heed its advice: Pick your parents wisely!
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Irony behind attack on the two nuns in Seremban
May 23, 2014
The attack on two nuns of the Infant Jesus religious order outside the Church of the Visitation shocked many.
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Sunday Reflection
Penitence; Do it now!
Stay Awake! “Watch and pray constantly; Make ready the way of the Lord; Blameless when Jesus comes; Arise Jerusalem these are some of the words that we hear during the season of Advent.
