Focus
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Traditional young Catholics in Belgium contest synod survey
Sep 17, 2022
A group of traditional-minded young Catholics in Belgium has protested against the country’s national synthesis of the synodal process, saying that certain issues such as the ordination of women go way too far and are against Church teaching.
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Doctor-politician awarded Fulbright scholarship
Sep 17, 2022
A medical doctor by profession, co-founder and former vice president of Parti MUDA, and budding politician, Dr Thanussha Francis Xavier (pic) adds another feather to her illustrious cap — receiving a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue post-graduate studies at Columbia University, New York.
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Retired New Orleans archbishop approaches 90 with no signs of slowing down
Sep 17, 2022
Retired Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes of New Orleans, pic, will turn 90 in December, but the bike rack on his car at Notre Dame Seminary proclaims, in a fittingly understated way, that God isn’t finished with him yet.
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Cardinal William Goh vows to promote ‘religious harmony’
Sep 10, 2022
Cardinal William Goh of Singapore, one of the 20 new cardinals formally created by Pope Francis on August 27, vowed to promote “religious harmony” in Asia.
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New cardinal and clergy chief: ‘My role is to encourage priests’
Sep 10, 2022
A new cardinal and the Vatican’s prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy said his role is to encourage priests and help them live lives based on the Word of God.
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Cardinal Gracias launches book to mark 50 years of priesthood
Sep 10, 2022
Cardinal Oswald Gracias of India launched his autobiography during an event in the Vatican on August 30, to mark his golden jubilee as a priest and his silver jubilee as a bishop.
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Channelling emotions, feelings and stories through music
Sep 10, 2022
To write music is to understand how music works and to try and do it yourself. Award-winning music composer (see below for her accolades), Jolene Khor’s interest to create music sparked when she was asked to enter a piano composition competition at the age of 10.
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In Asia, the synod gives voice to Catholics on the margins
Aug 26, 2022
As the diocesan phase of the synod ended on August 15, America touched base with a few well-informed sources for insight into how the synod has gone so far in Asia.
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Explaining the tension between Nicaragua and the Catholic Church
Aug 19, 2022
Earlier this month, Nicaragua shuttered seven radio stations belonging to the Catholic Church and launched an investigation into the bishop of Matagalpa, Rolando Álvarez, accusing him of inciting violent actors “to carry out acts of hate against the population.”
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Connection alone is not enough to communicate
Aug 19, 2022
Paolo Ruffini, the Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, addresses this year's SIGNIS World Congress in Seoul, recalling that "the only way to respond to the challenge of technology is not to think of it as an idol."
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.