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U.S. Bishops Hold Fall General Meeting in BaltimoreAs the U.S. bishops were finishing their second day of business at their Nov. 13-16 fall general meeting in Baltimore, they allocated $335,000 for the next phases of a national study on the causes and context of sexual abuse of minors by members of
Faith in Focus
The season of Advent has a timeless liturgical spirituality of longing, redemption and grace and an interesting, somewhat convoluted history. The several strands of its development illustrate the way in which the whole liturgical year has evolved over many centuries in relationship to cosmic time, t
The WordFirst Sunday of Advent (C) Dec. 3, 2006
“But when these signs begin to happen, stand erect and raise your heads, because your redemption is at hand” (Luke 21:28)
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Brazilian Cardinal to Head Clergy CongregationPope Benedict XVI has named Cardinal Claudio Hummes of S o Paulo Brazil a Franciscan to be the new prefect of the Congregation for Clergy The 72-year-old Brazilian-born son of German immigrants Cardinal Hummes will succeed Cardinal Dar o Castrill
The WordThirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), Nov. 19, 2006
“But of that day and hour, no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father” (Mark 13:32)
Twenty-seven years after Pope John XXIII announced to the cardinals that he would call an ecumenical council, another pope announced that he would consult with world religious leaders to organize with them a special meeting of prayer for peace, in the city of Assisi. Pope John Paul II chose the same
The WordSecond Sunday of Easter (B), April 23, 2006
“With great power the apostles bore witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus” (Acts 4:33)
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Chicago Reports Criticize Handling of AbuseThe Archdiocese of Chicago released on March 20 two reports highly critical of its handling of sexual abuse by clerics. One report focuses on the handling of the cases of priests who were monitored but not immediately removed from ministry after abuse alleg
"Our daily Mass was at the center of all we did,” said one of the Christian activists who set out for an 11-day pilgrimage to Cuba during the Advent of 2005. It was undertaken as a prayerful protest of the treatment of prisoners held incommunicado at the Guantánamo military base. Those w
FaithVantage Point
We might think the battle for Christmas is over words. But the struggle is waged at a far deeper level of our lives.