Recent Editorial
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COP26: To highlight efforts against climate crisis
Jun 19, 2021
The Holy See Press Office held a press conference on Thursday June 17 to announce the Faith and Science: Towards COP26 meeting, which will take place on October 4.
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Australian Bishops identify priorities for Episcopal Conference
Jun 19, 2021
The Catholic Church of Australia has identified three priorities the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference must pursue: Formation, Becoming More Missionary and Promoting Collegiality. The priorities emerged from the ACBC Plenary Assembly, held virtually from May 6-13 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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A Church in constant need of reform
Jun 12, 2021
Although Pope Francis remained silent on abuse during the first year of his pontificate, he accelerated the institutional response to the crisis in 2014. He has been even more determined to do so since 2018 and, in February 2019, held an extraordinary summit in the Vatican.
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Bring Jesus to a world where the thirst for God is less and less
Jun 12, 2021
The Church cannot be content with just “the usual little group [that] meets to celebrate the Eucharist. The procession with the Blessed Sacrament – a hallmark of the feast of Corpus Domini, yet one that, for the moment, we cannot celebrate – reminds us that we are called to go out and bring Jesus to others. We need to enlarge our hearts. We need to break out of our tiny self-enclosed space and enter the large room, the vast expanse of wonder and adoration,” said Pope Francis.
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The earth is sitting in a wheelchair!
Jun 05, 2021
Pope Francis met climate activist Michael Haddad during his General Audience June 2 with pilgrims in the Vatican’s San Damaso Courtyard.
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The cedar connected the Earth 10,000 years ago
Jun 05, 2021
Climate activist Michael Haddad brought two gifts for Pope Francis. The first was the branch of a cedar tree, a symbol of his homeland, Lebanon, a country which Pope St John Paul II called “a message.”
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The most important global project since Vatican II
May 28, 2021
In the ninth year of his pontificate, Pope Francis launched an ambitious threeyear worldwide “synodal process” (2021-2023). It will culminate in October 2023 in Rome with the XVI ordinary general assembly of the Synod of Bishops.
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Stop indulging Israel
May 28, 2021
Donald Trump’s America-first foreign policy was a policy of snubbing allies, coddling dictators and turning the State Department into an agent of the US arms industry.
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A good shepherd who can unite Hong Kong Catholics
May 22, 2021
This is excellent news indeed: Fr Stephen Chow Sauyan, provincial of the Chinese Province of the Society of Jesus, is the new bishop of Hong Kong.
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Francis’ new ministry of catechist may help shrink the clergy-laity gap
May 22, 2021
Pope Francis on May 11 promulgated Antiquum Ministerium, creating a formal, installed (instituted) ministry of catechist
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Sunday Reflection
God hears our lamentations
Jesus had not just won the fascination of His audience and disciples, but also the respect of the people for the way He pitted himself against Jewish Orthodoxy.
