Focus

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  Three faiths pray for peace in the Holy Land

  Jun 13, 2014

  Representatives of Judaism, Christianity and Islam said prayers from their respective religious communities at Sunday’s historic “Invocation for Peace” at the Vatican, praying for peace in the Holy Land and throughout the Middle East.

  

• Food for thought

  Jun 05, 2014

  Some of us may find a little more time in our schedules for volunteer work at our parish or elsewhere in our community.

  

• Volunteer work as a form of prayer

  Jun 05, 2014

  Ever since I moved to Washington a couple of years ago, I’ve been repeatedly hearing the name of a particular woman in the area.

  

• Parish volunteer’s sacrifice comes with benefits

  Jun 05, 2014

  People do indeed give something up when they assume an active role in a parish ministry. Undoubtedly, in the eyes of some, this element of sacrifice is the downside of serving as a parish volunteer.

  

• Justice still eludes Indonesian torture victims

  Jun 05, 2014

  In the turbulent final years of Suharto’s reign as strongman of Indonesia, Mugiyanto – like many in the country, he goes by only one name – took shelter in what he thought was a “safe house”.

  
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  Our gaze upon this city

  Jun 05, 2014

  Jesus, it seems, had mixed feelings towards the world. He loved the world, laid down his life for it, and challenged us to love the world, even as he criticized it harshly and stated clearly that it was opposed to him.

  
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  Catholic Church celebrates its’ birthday on Pentecost Sunday

  Jun 05, 2014

  The Catholic Church celebrates its birthday on Pentecost Sunday

  
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  Pentecost marks ‘life-changing power of God’s presence’

  Jun 05, 2014

  The church’s celebration of Pentecost highlights the “life-changing power of God’s presence” believers receive through the Holy Spirit, said Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl.

  

• Fr Peter Bretaudeau returns to France

  May 29, 2014

  Fr Peter Bretaudeau, MEP who served for 57 yearts in Malaysia has decided to go back to France to continue his missionary life among the French people.

  

• Vatican concerned over increasing Asian priests in West

  May 29, 2014

  A Vatican official has expressed concern over the increasing number of priests from Asian and African dioceses working in Western dioceses, while their own native dioceses were still short of priests.