Tuesday, April 12, 2016
We Need More Priests
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We need more priests. Several studies have been published over the past four decades, and the statistics in one of those reports indica...
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Can (May) Women Preach?
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Articles in the March 1, 2016, issue of L’Osservatore Romano , generally regarded as a semi-official Vatican newspaper, raised again the qu...
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
The Church's Paradigm Shift In Our Time
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We must be wary of mixing religion and science. On the one hand, the seventeenth century conflict between Pope Paul V/Pope Urban VIII and G...
Friday, March 4, 2016
Praying For Priestly Vocations
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I believe in praying for vocations to the priesthood. After all, according to the Gospel accounts of Matthew and Luke, Jesus said, “The...
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Communal Absolution and the Mercy of God
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The Year of Mercy is underway, and among Pope Francis’ hopes for this Jubilee Year is “placing the Sacrament of Reconciliation at the cente...
Monday, December 21, 2015
Pope Francis' 2015 Pre-Christmas Address to the Curia
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Despite his not feeling well (he acknowledged that he has been suffering from a cold), Pope Francis addressed the staff of his Curia on Mon...
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
A Kairos Moment for Reformation and Celebration
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We cannot know how long we will have Pope Francis with us (I fear for his life) but we can be sure that this moment in Church history is a ...
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