Read to the approximately 500 participants at the conference, the letter notes the symbolic value of holding the meeting in Sarajevo and also notes that Pope Francis is simpatico with the goals and themes of the participants.
Theology
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
How Teilhard de Chardin’s hidden response to Vatican censure finally came to light
Teilhard’s Six Propositions were locked away until 2007 when they were discovered in the Jesuit archives in Rome.
Posted inFaith, News
Communion cannot be shared with friends like beer or cake, cardinal says
Communion is exclusively for Catholics in a state of grace and not something to be shared between friends, said Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze.
Posted inArt, Arts & Culture
Heavenly Bodies, from Michelangelo to Dolce & Gabbana
The highly visual culture of Catholicism is a natural influence for all manner of artists, fashion designers not exempted.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
“Writing is the way I fight”: Remembering James H. Cone
God bless you, James: author, teacher, wrestling partner, spiritual godfather, beloved friend.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Was Pope Francis right to tell a child his atheist dad may be in heaven?
Francis showed us how to risk simply embracing the hurting world. No explaining, just loving.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
We can find Christ in the relationships that demand the most from us
When someone “becomes our cross,” the Father is asking us to become their Christ.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
What age will you be in heaven? All of them.
You will be all your ages, for none of them was granted to you without purpose.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
What is the official church teaching on homosexuality? Responding to a commonly asked question
When it comes to gays and lesbians, the Gospel values of love, mercy and compassion are the building blocks of all church teaching.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
What is the real obstacle to faith? That God is too good to be true.
Who would make sunshine, flowers, rainbows, puppies and babies without expecting anything in return?