Christ did not rise from the dead to roam the cosmos. He rose from the dead to enter each human heart, to dwell there as a love that never dies, never diminishes.
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Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis to meet Putin for third time in July
The fact that they are meeting for a third time shows that Putin considers Pope Francis an influential player and moral authority on the global stage.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The best advice I can offer new priests
Yes, your life is focused on God but centered by the people God gives you to serve.
Posted inFaith, Politics & Society
Australian Cardinal Pell appeals child sex abuse convictions
Cardinal George Pell’s lawyers argued for more than five hours that the five verdicts against Pell were “unsafe and unsatisfactory” and should be overturned.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis to judges: ‘There is no justice when there is inequality’
In a speech to some 100 judges from north, central and south America, Pope Francis emphasized the crucial role of judges in protecting the social, economic and cultural rights of people.
Posted inFaith, News
Cardinal Pell set to appeal child sex convictions
The most senior Catholic found guilty of child sex abuse will ask an Australian appeals court on Wednesday to reverse convictions on charges of molesting two choirboys in a cathedral more than 20 years ago as hundreds of worshippers streamed from Masses.
Posted inFaith, News
Irish archbishop wants ‘show funerals’ for gang members to end
In the midst of a bitter gangland feud in the Irish capital, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin has moved to ensure that funerals of those killed are not used as overt shows of wealth or perceived influence.
Posted inFaith, News
Italy revokes permit for Steve Bannon’s Catholic institute
The Italian ministry for culture has revoked a license it granted to the Dignitatis Humanae Institute to manage a state-owned historic monument south of Rome, citing irregularities in the bidding process and a breach of contract.
Posted inFaith, News
Australian Catholic Church releases standards for child protection
The Australian Catholic Church has released its National Catholic Safeguarding Standards, more than 18 months after they were recommended by the country’s landmark Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse, in the latest chapter in the overhaul of how the church responds to clergy sexual abuse.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Pope Francis calls us to build bridges. Let’s start in our parishes.
We do not join with one another to be politically correct or to celebrate diversity. We do so because we believe that salvation is communal.