There-is-something-on-your-forehead Wednesday
There is a whole other Ash Wednesday tradition different to the conspicuous cross-on-the-forehead.
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There is a whole other Ash Wednesday tradition different to the conspicuous cross-on-the-forehead.
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Ordaining women introduces the tender strength of Mary, the Mother, into the Holy Orders that so desperately need this tender strength to work against the clericalism where criminal abuse was widespread and extraordinary efforts were made to keep the crimes hidden.
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A few days after apologising for slapping a woman’s hand, Pope Francis met with the woman after a general audience.
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At a time when two popes are presented as disagreeing, the movie, The Two Popes, comes as a parable about living together as friends in a polarised church and world.
Ecological sin is an action or omission against God, against others, the community and the environment.
It is a sin against future generations and manifests itself in acts and habits of pollution and destruction of the environmental harmony, transgressions against the principles of interdependence and the breaking of solidarity networks among creatures and against the virtue of justice.
Last week, Pope Francis met with members of the Congregation for Divine Worship (CDW). On May 8 this year, the Congregation for Divine Worship is 50 years old. After the centralising of liturgical power by Popes John-Paul II and Benedict XVI, Pope Francis has returned to the vision of Vatican II where, for example, authority
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THE HANDS when not engaged should be held joined palm to palm before, but not resting against, the breast; the fingers extended and close together, pointing slightly upwards; right thumb over left; elbows touching the sides of the body. (Ritual Notes, 9th Edition, 1946) There was a discussion about hands and crossing thumbs on the
In the month of September, and concluding on the feast of St Francis on October 4, many people focus on creation. A great starting resource for Christians and people of goodwill is the encyclical of Pope Francis, Laudato Si’. For Christians, creation is not merely an academic discussion about evolution or not – it is
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