With the much-anticipated release of Pope Francis’s new encyclical “Fratelli Tutti” on Oct. 4, Catholic Christians would do well to revisit his critique of false realism and false nostalgia, and his call for the church to foster a political attitude of faithful and daring dreaming.
October 2020
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Suburban NY diocese files for bankruptcy amid abuse lawsuits
Jeff Anderson, a lawyer representing people who say they were abused by clergy in the Rockville Centre Diocese, slammed the bankruptcy filing as “strategic, cowardly and wholly self-serving.”
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Tomb of young Italian tech whiz opened for veneration
Before his death from leukemia in 2006, Acutis was an average teen with an above-average knack for computers. He put that knowledge to use by creating an online database of eucharistic miracles around the world.
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Russia’s Catholic Church warns against proposed curbs on clergy
Church officials’ concerns stem from draft amendments to Russia’s 1997 Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations, which would bar “clergy who receive religious education abroad” from ministering unless they obtain “recertification within a Russian religious organization” and “receive additional professional education.”
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Eight U.S. deacons are ordained in Rome
Hundreds of faithful were also present at the ordination Mass, which was more subdued than past years because of travel restrictions and limited seating due to the pandemic.
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Jeannie Gaffigan: My loved ones told me ‘real’ Catholics vote for Trump. Here’s my response.
Here is my confession: I am a real Catholic, and I am not going to vote for Donald J. Trump.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Interview: Assisi archbishop on the pope’s new encyclical and devotion to St. Francis
Domenico Sorrentino speaks to America about Pope Francis’ deep devotion to St. Francis of Assisi. The pope will sign his new encyclical, “Fratelli Tutti,” in Assisi on Saturday, Oct. 3.
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Mike Pompeo and Cardinal Parolin meet to discuss disagreements on China
Vatican officials did not appreciate Secretary Pompeo’s public pressure when a meeting was scheduled just two weeks later; some saw the move as political tactic during Donald Trump’s campaign for reelection.