Thank you, Brendan, for highlighting South America. I wish to add that Cardinal Cipriani has since apologized to Pope Francis for leaving before the closure of the conference in Aparecida.
As for the Amazonian Synod,I am afraid Brendan Hoban was right. He said Querida Amazonia could have a same fate as Humanae Vitae (see his article published on 28th Feb). Really?
Well, while the Vatica
To be honest I found this extremely hard going - much harder than it needed to be, given Francis’s own far greater clarity. ‘Heal the wounds’ sums up both style and and substance and points imme
My former colleague, the archbishop of Luxemburg, sounds even grimmer: https://cruxnow.com/church-in-europe/2020/09/cardinal-predicts-church-europe-will-be-weaker-after-pandemic/?fbclid=IwAR1p8UPPN-iL
Greetings and blessings from South Africa
I just want to offer a BIG and grateful THANKS for all you do and provide for us. I have been using your resources for a few years and want to thank you again
This is an obvious gaffe, and symptomatic of the Vatican's cultivated out-of-touchness on all gender issues,
I wondered how the NRSV translates "brothers dwelling together in unity". This is how they
The reading Matthew 18:15-20 needs the context of what immediately precedes it: lose one sheep out of 100? Do everything in your power to seek out and find that sheep.
It might seem Jesus is recommen
I think some in the Vatican have got the message that the reaction to the title will not be good.
The defence pleads that "Fratelli" can also mean siblings and the advice is to translate it as "Broth
Anne and Soline, there may still be time to kick up a racket to ensure that the usual anglophone publishers (Veritas, CTS, Redemptorist Publications etc and Vatican Documents) use an inclusive title.
Why no mention of Mass stipends as a part of local priests' income, and stipends (or generous gifts) for funerals, marriages and baptisms. Priests need to come clean abut their total income and not ju
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September 9 2020Thank you, Brendan, for highlighting South America. I wish to add that Cardinal Cipriani has since apologized to Pope Francis for leaving before the closure of the conference in Aparecida.
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September 7 2020Greetings and blessings from South Africa I just want to offer a BIG and grateful THANKS for all you do and provide for us. I have been using your resources for a few years and want to thank you again
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September 5 2020I think some in the Vatican have got the message that the reaction to the title will not be good. The defence pleads that "Fratelli" can also mean siblings and the advice is to translate it as "Broth
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September 5 2020Anne and Soline, there may still be time to kick up a racket to ensure that the usual anglophone publishers (Veritas, CTS, Redemptorist Publications etc and Vatican Documents) use an inclusive title.
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September 4 2020Why no mention of Mass stipends as a part of local priests' income, and stipends (or generous gifts) for funerals, marriages and baptisms. Priests need to come clean abut their total income and not ju
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