No one escapes the suffering that sin brought into the world. And there are no comparisons to be made between the sorrows of one person and those of another. It wouldn’t be suffering if it did not strike each one of us at the core of our being.
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Posted inFaith, The Word
The theological landscape of Jesus
Like the light of the Mission Mountains, the full experience of Jesus’ salvation is a reality that cannot be captured in word or image, but must be entered and experienced to be understood.
Posted inFaith, News
In one of his last interviews, Cardinal Pell praised Pope Benedict as ‘one of the finest theologians of the last century’
In his interview with OSV News, Cardinal Pell said Pope Benedict XVI “was one of the finest theologians of the last century” and “the best theologian who was ever the pope.”
Posted inFaith, Speeches
Read: Pope Francis begins new catechesis on ‘the passion for evangelization’
In his Wednesday general audience, Pope Francis begins a new cycle of catechesis on apostolic zeal, “a vital dimension for the Church.”
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Australia’s Cardinal Pell dies suddenly at 81
A leading Australian Catholic and close advisor to Pope Francis, the cardinal had participated in the funeral of his friend, Pope Benedict XVI, just last week.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
How my faith has helped me face my own mortality
A Reflection for Wednesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time, by J.D. Long-García
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Cardinal who debated Pope Benedict in America magazine remembers ‘enriching’ exchanges
Looking back 22 years after their public, published differences, Cardinal Walter Kasper wrote that his “friendly debate” with then-Cardinal Ratzinger had always pleased him.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
Longing for someone to follow
A Reflection for Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
From 1936: Fulton Sheen on Catholicism, Communism and the need for intolerance
If the world is to be saved from the evils of communism, Archbishop Fulton Sheen argued, only the Catholic Church, with its intolerance for falsehood, is up to the task.
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Podcast: Did St. Paul really expect women to be submissive to men?
In this episode of “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Gloria digs into the sticky “household codes” that St. Paul outlines in the New Testament with historian Beth Allison Barr.