Focus
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Thirsting for water in the Year of Mercy
Jan 21, 2016
Countless sad stories can be told about the great numbers of people in large parts of the contemporary world who thirst anxiously for safe water to drink.
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The spiritual meaning of the gift of water
Jan 21, 2016
Water is necessary for life. We cannot live without it, physically or spiritually.
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Food for Thought
Jan 21, 2016
In an August 2015 radio interview about the corporal works of mercy, Msgr. John Kennedy, an official at the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, spoke of the significance of water in Scripture, particularly how it applies to giving water to the thirsty -– even in modern times.
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Oil falls below 30 dollars a barrel as world’s oligarchies tremble
Jan 21, 2016
For the first time since April 2004, this morning the price of oil fell below 30 dollars a barrel.
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Children’s most touching letters to Francis to be published in a book
Jan 21, 2016
Children’s most touching letters to Francis to be published in a book.
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Pope to release new book for children
Jan 21, 2016
Pope Francis is set to release a new children’s book in February, entitled Love before the World.
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The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Jan 14, 2016
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is an international Christian ecumenical observance kept annually between 18 January and 25 January.
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The path to living mercifully
Jan 14, 2016
Hunger as a byproduct of war and conflict all too often helps to drive individuals and families out of their homelands and into unfamiliar, unfriendly territories where they rediscover themselves as homeless, lost refugees.
Sunday Reflection
Our lives should reflect the Spirit
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Philip Tay, OCD