Dear Brendan thank you for your article. There are indeed many a conundrum about how it has come to this.
Without doubt we are in a colonial mentality. And a theology of empire is implicit if not ov
This Gospel always is a puzzle to me. The people of Nazareth were speaking well of Jesus. Why does he go out of his way to rub them up the wrong way?
Can anyone enlighten me?
The first reading, from one of the latest writings of our Old Testament (some even date it into the second Christian century) is tinged with Platonism, especially in its emphasis on how the perishabl
Key Message:
Our kindness is never lost in Heaven!!
Homily:
Testimony: One of my friends, a woman of simple means, did her regular biweekly grocery shopping at Costc
Fr Ned, it could be worse -- we could all be Thomists.
The fake Leo XIV websites are increasingly rampant. Some are linked to Elon Musk and Tesla. Others draw on genuine statements of Leo XIV before
All very well said!
It remains only to question the line sold by Constantine after 312 CE - that he had seen the legend 'In Hoc Signo Vinces' ('In This Sign Conquer') under the Sign of the Cross, pr
Mary Lou McDonald is living in a deluded time-warp (with the grinning Adams at her elbow):
“Ten names that inspire generations.
“Ten stories that reverberate throughout the world.
“Ten brave
Leo XIV has never put a foot wrong. He has been happy to be a son of St Augustine, whereas many are restive under that yoke. People do not change at that age and we can expect him to continue in the p
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