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Sex scandal in Italy; Appreciating Cardinal Lustiger; Latin Mass update; and a Polish radio priest
… cardinal should resign himself." Gelmini said he has no intention of stepping down, adding, "Mine is not a religious institution, but a lay one." Gelmini has said that he does not have …
It's time to vote in pursuit of our own best interests
… tapped into her archives. This column first appeared Aug. 12, 2003. ] … I … asked a friend of mine what effect he thought the war in Iraq would have on upcoming elections. He paused only so …
The road that leads to life (The Sermon on the Mount, 5th and last part)
… with him. In his concluding parable, he says: "Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise person who built her house on rock. The rain fell, the … did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock. And everyone who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who built his house on sand. The rain fell, the …
CTSA: Lutheran finds \"incoherence\" in Catholic teaching on ministry, ecumenism
… I’m a semi-Catholic theologian. I’m not external to your church, and you’re not external to mine.” Root also noted that Vatican II’s Decree on Ecumenism stated that there is a defectus of …
Walking With Sorrow
… people died in Baghdad. "Collateral damage," to use the phrase of one former parishioner of mine. The massacre in Iraq goes on. So do preparations for future massacres. Another round of …
The road isn't easy
… prayer for guidance and light. My mind turned to Rev. Lawrence Martin Jenco -- a neighbor of mine in Berkeley in 1989. He had come to lodge right next door after being blown about like a …
Sobrino's notification: a sign of things to come
… founders and prophets. Christology is, to this way of thinking, the "canary in the coal mine" for the impact of religious relativism on Catholic doctrine. Once the decision is made that …
Papal preacher exalts non-violence, connects Nietzsche to Holocaust
… to Luke 19:27, in which Jesus tells a parable about a king who says, ‘As for those enemies of mine who did not want me as their king, bring them here and slay them before me.’ A recent …
Ita, Maura, Dorothy and Jean
… be so staunch as to favor the reasonable thing in a sea of their tears and loneliness? Not mine, dear friend, not mine." A few weeks before her death, she wrote of her efforts and her spiritual journey. "The …
Henri Nouwen's Spirituality of Peace
… His most moving gesture: his confiding that he wanted to connect his work at L'Arche with mine for peace. Henri, it must be mentioned, built an opus of peace work in his own right. His …
A weekend with Nobel Peace Laureates
… for my forthcoming Doubleday book, Transfiguration . Besides reconnecting with these heroes of mine, I got to meet Jose Ramos Horta, Prime Minister of East Timor; President Oscar Arias of …