Recent Editorial
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Financial commitment to climate change
Jun 26, 2015
Financial commitment is also a sign of personal or political commitment (“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” Matthew 6:21).
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Priests needed: As Church growth explodes worldwide, parishes can't keep up
Jun 17, 2015
The global Catholic population is growing – so quickly, in fact, that priest and parish numbers cannot keep up, says a new study on trends in the worldwide Church.
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Encyclical will spur climate change debate
Jun 17, 2015
Francis’s encyclical has already brought charges from prominent Catholics that the Church should stay out of the science.
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Pope Francis pays for 120 of Rome's poor to visit Shroud of Turin
Jun 11, 2015
In his latest act of papal charity, Pope Francis has donated funds for two busloads of homeless and sick pilgrims to visit the Shroud of Turin. They will stay in two charitable centers that offer shelter to the homeless during the winter.
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The pilgrim church revived under Francis
Jun 11, 2015
It was a bold, even audacious, assertion by then-Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio in an intervention to fellow cardinals during the week preceding the conclave that elected him Pope.
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In need of hope
Jun 11, 2015
From the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Francis has given particular attention to “the peripheries” of the world. Bosnia-Herzegovina, with its capital city Sarajevo, is one of those peripheries.
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Five things to look for in the encyclical on environment
Jun 04, 2015
Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment is being translated into multiple languages and will be published probably in June. Here are five things to look for in the new encyclical.
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Anglican Church head pays visit to China
Jun 04, 2015
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby met with a top Chinese political advisor as the head of the Anglican Church began a subdued visit to China amid the worst persecution against Christians there in a generation.
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Climate of change: The Catholic Church’s dance with science
Jun 04, 2015
From Galileo to genetics, the Roman Catholic Church has danced with science, sometimes in a high-tension tango but more often in a supportive waltz. Pope Francis is about to introduce a new twist: global warming.
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Pioneering Asian theologian in biblical ethics dies at 46
May 27, 2015
A young theologian and priest with a global reputation as a rising pioneer in the field of theological ethics died suddenly Tuesday, just months before he was to host a first-of-its-kind conference bringing together ethicists across Asia.
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.