The crowd confused the symbol with the reality
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Father James Martin: Why you should pray to Pedro Arrupe
The Jesuits invite you to pray to Father Arrupe, and if any favors are received, to document them and send them to us.
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Birth of an encyclical: Priest documents preparation of ‘Humanae Vitae’
Documents in the Vatican Secret Archives and the archives of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith prove it was a “myth” that Blessed Paul VI largely set out on his own in writing “Humanae Vitae,” the 1968 encyclical on married love and the regulation of births.
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Pope attends funeral of Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, an advocate for religious outreach
Pope Francis attended the funeral Mass and presided over the final commendation of Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, the French cardinal who led the Vatican’s outreach to other religions and who had announced to the world his election as pope five years ago.
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Jesuit General: Pedro Arrupe’s cause for canonization underway
Jesuit leaders announce that the sainthood cause of Father Pedro Arrupe, S.J. has formally started.
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Can’t tell where God is calling you? Follow your wounds.
Much as I hate to admit it, the Good Lord does not spread his map before us.
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
Thomas Merton’s “The Seven Storey Mountain”: America’s 1948 Review
Thomas Merton’s classic memoir was published 70 years ago.
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When “Catholic guilt” gets in the way of Catholic faith
Taken to the extreme, ‘Catholic guilt’ can become an obsessive-compulsive disorder, also known as scrupulosity.
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Sisters mark anniversary of cornfield chapel symbolizing pipeline protest
The religious order said approval of the pipeline violated the sisters’ right to practice their faith under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and they asked that it be rerouted.
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For deaf Catholics, a gesture from Pope Francis meant the world
With a smile on his face and his right arm raised in the air, Francis placed his two middle fingers in his palms and signed “I love you.”