Topic: Spirituality
“Emulate Romero and remember the poor”
March 26, 2015 · By Cardinal Vincent Nichols
The Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, urged Christians to emulate Oscar Romero by making the cries of the poor central to their prayers during an ecumenical homily at St Martin in the Fields in London on 21 March.: Excepts from Cardinal Nichols’ homily: On 23rd May, in the city of San Salvador, Oscar Romero […]
Read More...Pope: Church must rid itself of the scourge of child sexual abuse.
March 24, 2015 · By Vatican Radio
Pope Francis has sent a letter to the Presidents of Episcopal Conferences and Superiors of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life to ask for their complete co-operation with the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, in order to insure that everything possible is done to rid the Church of “the scourge” […]
Read More...Boys Town founder Fr. Flanagan warned Irish Church about abuse
June 17, 2014 ·
Father Edward Flanagan, founder of “Boys Town” made famous by the Spencer Tracy movie, was a lone voice in condemning Ireland’s industrial schools back in the 1940s – and he was viciously castigated by church and government for doing so.
Read More...SRI LANKA : Slamming the arrest of a priest and an activist, Church calls for their immediate release
April 7, 2014 ·
By Melani Manel Perera Colombo (AsiaNews via CNUA) “We condemn this unlawful arrest. We call upon the government, which boasts about securing the rights of oppressed people, to release them immediately and show that the freedom it speaks about actually exists,” said the Christian Solidarity Movement (CSM) in a statement released at a press conference […]
Read More...Christians form human shield around church
April 7, 2014 ·
Christians form human shield around church in ‘China’s Jerusalem’ after demolition threat Christians have flocked to defend a church in eastern China after Communist Party officials claimed it was an “illegal construction” and announced plans to demolish it Thousands of Chinese Christians have mounted an extraordinary, round-the-clock defence of a church in a city known […]
Read More...Internet beats church moral teaching
February 10, 2014 ·
MANILA — Young Filipinos are becoming more sexually adventurous as the traditionally powerful Roman Catholic Church loses its influence to the Internet and smart phones, according to a study released on Thursday. A survey of more than 19,000 Filipinos aged 15-24 last year found premarital sex was on the rise, with an increasing number of […]
Read More...Pastoral Exhortation of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines
January 30, 2014 ·
The Joy of the Gospel and the Church of the Poor As the new Year of the Laity unfolds, we recall Pope Francis’ compelling invitation to the joy of the Gospel and the joy of Evangelization1. We are invited to turn away from our sadness, our discouragement, and our despair at the manner in which […]
Read More...Pastoral letter urges fight against 'social scandal'
January 30, 2014 ·
Joe Torres, Manila · Philippines · January 28, 2014 Philippine bishops called on the country’s Catholics to fight the “economy of exclusion” and not to only blame the government for the endemic poverty that plagues the country. “We need to understand our role in it, our personal responsibility for it in our individual lives and shared cultures,” […]
Read More...Philomena Lee's tragic tale
January 29, 2014 ·
Philomena Lee, the subject of an Oscar-nominated film, launches project to help find children who were forcibly adopted DAVID MCKITTRICK Friday 24 January 2014 Philomena Lee, a slight, soft-spoken Irishwoman in her 80s who walks with the aid of a stick, returned to Dublin today to spearhead the latest in a long series of campaigns […]
Read More...THE LIVING AND THE DEAD
November 4, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen In the Philippines, death is accepted as a part of living, to be coped with as inevitable, postponed if possible; grief is short lived but memories are for life. The cemetery on All Saints’ Day is a thriving celebration of life and family. On November 1st, there are gatherings around the […]
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