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“A synodal church is a listening church … in which each one has something to learn.”

Pope Francis rsquo Address at Commemorative Ceremony for the 50th Anniversary of the Synod of Bishops October 17 2015 Working translation prepared by Fr Thomas Rosica CSB English language media attach Holy See Press Office Your Beatitudes Eminences Excellencies Brothers and Sisters As t

In the winter 2014 edition of Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits in his article quot Mind and Heart Toward an Ignatian Spirituality of Study quot Nicholas Austin S J asks quot I s it possible to see study as a spiritual experience Because of what Ignatius has taught us in the Rules f

Archbishop Cupich recounted how the pope called him over during a break in the proceedings to chat. “He just looked so refreshed, calm, at peace,” Cupich said. “That, I think, is the attitude that we should all have."

 Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami cut to the chase about halfway through his Oct. 8 keynote at a Respect Life celebration sponsored by the Diocese of Evansville."The story of the Holy Family is instructive," said Archbishop Wenski, who devoted his remarks to migration and immigrat

While "a few problems" are grabbing media headlines, members of the Synod of Bishops on the family are highlighting the good things happening in the Catholic Church and identifying programs they think should be done better, said Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles.

He recalled that “one of the participants said he felt like one of the three kings, he’s going to go back home by a different way. And I think that is true for all of us.” Cupich believes the synod will have been a success if this indeed has been the impact on participants.

The multitude on the Mall should be a reminder to the nation that it has come a good distance in its journey toward equality and unity and should serve as an inspiration for traveling the rest of the way.

"The Temple Mount has come to symbolize a national focal point in which the fate of the whole Jewish sovereignty of the Land of Israel is to be decided." A parallel process has occurred for Muslims over the past 20 years, and the compound has become first and foremost a symbol of nationalism, with the Al-Aqsa mosque coming to define Palestinian identity as Arabs.

We need to pray so as not to be infected by the "virus" of hypocrisy, a self-righteous attitude that seduces with lies that lurk in the shadows. Pope Francis was referring to the words of Jesus in the Gospel, during his homily on Friday at Mass at the Casa Santa Marta.Hypocrisy does not ha

On Oct. 5 California became the fifth state to allow assisted suicide, after Gov. Jerry Brown signed State Assembly Bill ABx2-15 into law.

The global community is facing crucial turning points on issues that cannot be solved by a single nation.

Annabelle Moseley has authored nine books including several poetry chapbooks two full-length poetry collections and a young adult fantasy novel Her most recent book is a double volume of poetry A Ship to Hold the World and The Marionette rsquo s Ascent nbsp Wiseblood Books 2014 Among other d

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Non-state actors, Secretary of State Kerry said, “are now the principal persecutors and preventers of religious tolerance and practice. Most prominent, and most harmful, obviously, has been the rise of international terrorist groups such as Daesh, al-Qaida, al-Shabaab, Boko Haram. And all have been guilty of vicious acts of unprovoked violence.”

The state of the family in the United States will be judged by how we join together as many families to heal those families who suffer silently as the least among us.

The contraction and displacement of Christians has been driven by the well-founded threat of genocide after a number of well-publicized and brutal attacks conducted by Islamic State militants and other extremists groups like Africa’s notorious Boko Haram.

Because God is love, justice and compassion come together in God. God’s compassion is the fundamental revealed truth, which is not opposed to other revealed truths.