Focus

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  In surrendering to God’s will, not ours, comfort awaits

  Apr 29, 2015

  A “paradox” is defined as reasoning drawn from ac,ceptable premises that leads to conclusions that don’t seem to make sense. The conclusions can seem to be absurd or self-contradictory, but on closer examination, may well be true.

  
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  Gender sensitization for seminaries, pastoral ministry programmes

  Apr 29, 2015

  Dr Astrid Lobo Gajiwala , Sr Lilly Frances, Marcia D’Cunha, the Women’s Commission of the CBCI, and the Indian bishops are to be congratulated for developing a truly outstanding road map for creating gender equality in our Church and in society.

  
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  In India, a truly outstanding road map for creating gender equality

  Apr 29, 2015

  The 2010 document by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) on gender policy has the ambitious goal of integrating gender justice into societal structures at every level of the Indian Church, from the parish to the Bishops’ Conference itself.

  

• Food for Thought

  Apr 22, 2015

  Long before he became pontiff, Pope Francis seemed to have a special devotion to Mary.

  
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  Reconciling two ways of seeing Mary

  Apr 22, 2015

  I once heard someone describe the Virgin Mary as the “culmination of evolution.”

  
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  Viewing the humanity in Mary as a woman of her time

  Apr 22, 2015

  A few years ago, a survey was conducted around the world of parents of young children. The survey asked these parents what qualities they would like their children to have when they grew up.

  

• Religious leaders taking significant action

  Apr 22, 2015

  In places like the Himalayas, religious leaders are already taking significant action to address climate change, said Dekila Chungyalpa, a visiting fellow at the School of Forestry and Environmental Science.

  

• US Congress slow to confront climate change

  Apr 22, 2015

  The US Congress has been sluggish in confronting climate change.

  
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  The next papal encyclical on the environment will matter

  Apr 22, 2015

  As anticipation builds in progressive Catholic circles about the forthcoming papal encyclical on the environment.

  

• Food for Thought

  Apr 15, 2015

  In one of the first interviews he granted after becoming pontiff in 2013, Pope Francis addressed a worry many have: doubt. People may feel afraid to talk about it, but it might be something that can help us on the path of faith.