Focus

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  Sacred Permission to be Human and the Tools to Handle Frustration

  Oct 17, 2014

  we have verses in the Psalms, in passages that we pray liturgically, where we ask God to bash the heads of the children of our enemies against a rock.

  

• Food for Thought

  Oct 10, 2014

  In a 1993 pastoral letter, the Catholic bishops of Kentucky offered seven tips.

  

• Supporting the interchurch family

  Oct 10, 2014

  Mr J was a pillar of the Catholic community.

  

• Gifts and challenges of interchurch marriages

  Oct 10, 2014

  An extraordinary general session of the world Synod of Bishops are meeting Oct. 5-19, 2014 at the Vatican.

  

• New syariah bylaw worries religious minorities in Aceh

  Oct 10, 2014

  Members of minority communities in Indonesia’s Aceh province say they are worried about how non-Muslims will be treated after its parliament passed a sharia-based law that stipulates tough new punishments — including caning — for offences, including adultery and drinking.

  
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  Five people who helped give me some self-underst

  Oct 10, 2014

  Although I grew up in a loving, safe, and nurturing family and community, one of the dominant memories of my childhood and teenage years is that of being restless and somehow discontented.

  
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  Philippine cardinal hopes synod debate goes beyond Communion question

  Oct 10, 2014

  The separation of married couples is a huge issue in the Philippines and other parts of Asia, not because of divorce but because poverty pushes couples to separate in search of jobs abroad, said Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila.

  

• The Council of Trent did not condemn second marriages in Venice

  Oct 10, 2014

  La Civilta Cattolica has waited until the eve of the synod to break the silence that it had maintained until now on the most controversial question: whether or not to allow second weddings after a failed marriage.

  
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  First female appointed to Vatican Congregation says women have much to offer Church

  Oct 10, 2014

  The first woman ever to be appointed a member of a Vatican congregation explains that “women still have much to give to the Church with their personal charisma.”

  

• Food for Thought

  Oct 01, 2014

  The Holy Family is a tough act to follow. We can’t compete with a holy child, a perfect mother and father when we live in a world of extremes.