Key Message:
God always prepares us for facing the challenges of our lives!!
Homily:
During the Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus our Almighty Father beautifully dec
Given that from 1968 support for Humanae Vitae was the decisive litmus test for becoming a Catholic bishop, why does anyone think there is any mystery regarding the 'invisibility' of Catholic social t
Brendan said back then that clergy and laity were “living in two different worlds and speaking two very different, mutually incomprehensible languages”.
A thought-provoking observation.
I wonde
"In 30 years everything seemed to have changed while, for the most part, things have more or less remained the same."
If the things that have remained the same are simply a series of episcopal NOs -
“In the chirograph dedicated to the collaboration between the curial dicasteries and the Secretariat of the Synod, Pope Francis recalls that the constitution on the Roman Curia Praedicate Evangelium
I would guess that the 'canonical' refers to 18, h of the Synthesis Report: 'Based on the understanding of the People of God as the active subject of the mission of evangelisation, we suggest legislat
‘the need to update some canonical norms’ ??
If this does not include those ‘norms’ that deprive parish pastoral councils of all autonomy and continuity, and buttress clericalism - and make p
Jesus transformed the meaning of sacrifice by making himself the sacrificial gift. Far from elevating ritual and sacrament above charitable action he insisted that actual service of others - especiall
This sounds a bit waffly and innocuous, but may actually be very significant. The theological underpinnings of various 'hot button' issues around sexuality and gender are under-scrutinised, at least a
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