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Bishop Pierre Claverie of Algeria: Patron for the dialogue of cultures
… Claverie and the other Algerian bishops felt betrayed, arguing that the negotiations lent legitimacy to forces butchering anyone who stood up for a non-Islamist state. They also …
Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year C
T, he commentator on sacred scripture suggests that we ought to make the readings or at least the passage from the first reading today, from the book of the Prophet Isaiah, a part of our prayer every morning. God is saying to us, "See I am doing something new, even now it comes to light, can you not see it?" Isaiah was trying to get the people who were being kept in that terrible captivity in…
Papal preacher exalts non-violence, connects Nietzsche to Holocaust
… XVI during the weekly retreat he offers for the pope and senior Vatican officials each Lent. His subject was the promise of the Beatitudes in the New Testament: “Blessed are the meek, …
First Sunday of Lent
… returning nonviolence with violence, returning love for hatred. Now as we begin the season of Lent. We are faced with that same question that Jesus faced. Will we follow the way of God, the … second lesson today, the word of God is present within each of us. During this of season of Lent, we take extra time in our prayers to listen to that word of God within our own spirit, … world, but also into the larger world in which we live. We commit ourselves in this season of Lent to listen to that word of God within us, so that we can find the courage to follow that word …
Papal Preacher 'comes home' to Catholic charismatics in New Jersey
… responsible for leading retreats for the pope and senior Vatican officials during Advent and Lent, as well as delivering the Good Friday homily in St. Peter’s Basilica. The rest of the time, … Spirit will touch somebody here,” he said at one point. “Maybe later tonight, maybe during Lent, but this could be a life-changing moment for someone here right now.” Cantalamessa is such …
Positive energy from deacons and wives of Region One
… as a means of showing support. The Catholic girl hopes that her Muslim friend will go through Lent with her next year as a way of deepening their ties. On the strength of this experience, she …
Is this what they told us we were going there to do?
… when standing at the foot of the cross as Jesus died, a sword pierced Mary’s heart. This Lent I heard that same kind of pain a hundred times from other women who are also watching …