Focus
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How a 'culture of distraction' is keeping millennials from marrying
Oct 21, 2015
Consumerism. A culture of distraction. Fear of commitment. These are some of the factors driving today’s young people away from marriage, said a theologian reflecting on the words of Pope Francis in the U.S.
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Walking in communion and friendship with others
Oct 20, 2015
The bonds uniting the Church's greatly diverse members are important for a simple reason that often is overlooked: The Church's people need these bond
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Obedience is response to God's love, not a condition for it
Oct 20, 2015
Obedience to God's commandments must be the response to his limitless love, but it is not a condition for his love and for the salvation he offers through Jesus, Pope Francis said.
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What will the Synod’s final document look like?
Oct 18, 2015
As the second week of the synod draws to a close, it remains to be seen what the final product from the global meeting of bishops will be.
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At synod, Cardinal Marx openly promotes Communion for divorced-and-remarried
Oct 17, 2015
After years of both direct and indirect remarks on the subject, German Cardinal Reinhard Marx issued his most direct statement yet in favor of offering Communion to the divorced-and-remarried.
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Francis: “Beware, slander and envy are the Devil’s work”
Oct 15, 2015
Seeking out the bad in those who do good, envy and slander, setting traps in order to ruin someone: the source of all this is not God, it is the Devil
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No rest for a weary Pope
Oct 15, 2015
Pope Francis returned to Rome on Sept 28 after the longest, and perhaps most challenging, foreign journey of his pontificate.
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Paving the way for Bangladeshis to work in Malaysia!
Oct 15, 2015
A potential agreement between the governments of Bangladesh and Malaysia
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Church has the obligation to find a pastoral way out
Oct 15, 2015
Although the pastoral care of the divorced and re-married Catholics cannot be naively limited to the reception of the sacrament of the Eucharist alone
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The creation of a new canonical-juridical category of the “unjustly abandoned” Catholics
Oct 15, 2015
One of the important distinctions made thus far in this Synodal process with regard to re-married Catholics.
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.