Recent Editorial

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  Creeping magisterial fundamentalism

  Apr 07, 2017

  Now, four years into the pontificate of Francis, only the traditionalist wing still uses the hermeneutics of “continuity and reform” versus “discontinuity and rupture” in interpreting Vatican II; Francis has never used it. But the damage is done, and not just in Rome or in the Vatican.

  
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  Plan for laypeople to lead parishes in Germany

  Mar 31, 2017

  Parish clustering is no answer to priest shortage. And so, German Cardinal Reinard Marx has announced plans to allow laypeople in his Archdiocese of Munich to lead parishes where there are no priests.

  
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  Outdated model for forming priests!

  Mar 31, 2017

  “Whenever Pope Francis has talked about the selection and training of Catholic priests, he has given every indication that he knows there are serious problems.”

  
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  Confusion in the Church

  Mar 24, 2017

  Some self-declared Catholic traditionalists have been complaining bitterly that there is much confusion and division within the Catholic Church.

  
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  Rise in populist leaders worries Vatican

  Mar 17, 2017

  Pope Francis and his closest allies continue to express their deep concern about the rise of populist political leaders around the world – those who appeal to people’s fear of foreigners and their desire to exclusively pursue isolationist self-interests.

  
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  Pope Francis has reconnected the Church with Vatican Il

  Mar 17, 2017

  Pope Francis has reconnected the Church with Vatican Il

  
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  Five hundred years after the Reformation: End the schism!

  Mar 10, 2017

  It was most gratifying that the Chairman of the Protestant Churches in Germany, Bishop Heinrich Bedford- Strohm and the President of the German Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, officially visited Pope Francis, in Rome, together on the occasion of the Reformation Jubilee.

  
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  Did primitive earthly life begin from 3.3 billion years ago?

  Mar 10, 2017

  An international team has found evidence of microfossils in the “Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt” on the coast of Hudson Bay in north-eastern Quebec in Canada.

  
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  Education is key to the renewal of sacred music

  Mar 10, 2017

  Pope Francis said that, while liturgical music has often struggled to live up to the quality and beauty the mystery of the Eucharist requires, we can promote its renewal by investing in a solid musical education for clergy and laity.

  
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  Pope Francis to South Sudan with the Anglican Primate Welby

  Mar 05, 2017

  A one day journey to South Sudan, without spending the night in the country ravaged by war.