What is this "formalized blessing"? -- some ordinary Irish priests give a blessing to same-sex couples when asked and did so before Fiducia supplicans. No one thinks it is sacramental. It is simply a
Joe, thank you for sharing John XXIII’s opening address at the beginning of the Council. I have put it in my archive.
I always thought that his words— this will not be precise— “the hopes and
Joe, this, below, is what Fr. James Martin has to say about Leo’s return flight comments.
To answer questions I've been getting about the Holy Father's comments on blessing same-sex couples today
He seems to have given another airline interview, unless it is an AI deepfake, in which he makes a string of unfortunate remarks about "homosexual couples" and gives a minimalist interpretation of his
What is a famous quote about black and white photography?
When you photograph people in colour, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in Black and white, you photograph their so
Holding on to structural authority at any cost and reproducing the same tired old patriarchal arguments to justify it. People want leadership based on the good news of the gospels - love God, love you
Thank you for the challenge :
"Here are three questions worth pondering by us all, bishops, priests and laity:
1) Who will be the true shepherds in the coming years?
2) How will those shepherds carry
Pope Leo's goodness burst forth in your contrasting of him with Donald Trump.
In a good painting there is a mastery between light and darkness. Dark shades on a canvas allow the brightness of the co
As a man with an Engineering degree, and a man who though unworthy, has been given the gift of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Faith, I fully accept the definition of Papal Infallibility, as pro
Key Message:
Jesus walks with us and longing to stay with us!!
Homily:
Testimony: "In one of the manager's conferences in our office, there was a manager with an exc
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