Tag: Pope Francis
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Pope Francis
Reading Time: 2 minutesI should have known this would happen, but I never considered it. And now it’s time to say good bye to Pope Francis.
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Guard Against Spiritual Contagion
Reading Time: 2 minutesDiego Fares SJ wrote an article in 2018 about ‘the spirit of fierceness‘. He said this spirit pervades all of human history. It has a certain dynamic–opposition against ‘the other’. I think Fares’s article is important because it provides tools to help us guard against spiritual contagion.
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Ecological Conversion: Think in a New Way
Reading Time: 8 minutesThis is a summary of the first lecture in a six-part series by Fr Peter Knox SJ on lent and ecological conversion. Fr Knox wants us to leave these lectures feeling empowered to make a significant contribution in caring for our common home.
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Cardinal Pell’s Delusions of Grandeur
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter Cardinal Pell passed away, I happened to watch a 1993 debate between Pell and Father Uren SJ. Also participating in the debate were Catholic lay people and priests on both sides of the debate. (The two sides sat in separate groups.) The debate was published by Church Militant Australia. Judging by…
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Neoconservatives Against the World
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe knew that this election was a contest between two deep state factions, but the most interesting thing in my opinion is the fact that both Trump and Clinton represent neoconservative influences. It was Bill Clinton who allowed the left-wing neocons to take control of the Democratic Party.[1] (Page 36, Location 465)…
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Religion and Politics in the Age of Trump
Reading Time: 2 minutesReligion and politics in the age of Trump have become more intertwined than usual. When someone asked Pope Francis if a good Catholic could vote for a man who wants to build a wall between Mexico and the United States, he answered that a person who wants to build walls rather than…
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Female Ordination as Strategy
Reading Time: 4 minutesI know there are Christian Churches that ordain women. At this time, the most I can say about them is that they represent a fundamental change in thinking. However, I believe female ordination as strategy is based on a dangerous misunderstanding of the reality behind male hierarchies. Female Ordination is a Vanity…