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The Gospel Rather than Caesar
The Gospel Rather than Caesar
The Fifth Decade of Catholic Reform
We commemorate the fifth century of the Reformation on October 31, 2017. Martin Luther posted his ninety-five theses on that date in 1517. The consequences of that challenge and …
NEXT SYNOD LIKELY TO FOCUS ON ORDAINING MARRIED MEN
NEXT SYNOD LIKELY TO FOCUS ON ORDAINING MARRIED MEN
SENIOR CRUX CONTRIBUTOR
August 12, 2016
Crux https://cruxnow.com/analysis/2016/08/12/
In response to acute priest shortages around the world, Pope Francis may well decide that his next Synod of Bishops should …
Francis institutes commission to study female deacons, appointing gender-balanced membership
Pope Francis has created a commission to study the possibility of allowing women to serve as deacons in the
Catholic church, following up on a promise made last May in what could be an historic move towards ending
the global …
Top Ten Takeaways from “Amoris Laetitia”
Top Ten Takeaways from “Amoris Laetitia”
America Magazine Apr 8 2016 – 6:00am | James Martin, S.J.
Pope Francis’s groundbreaking new document “Amoris Laetitia”(“The Joy of Love”) asks the church to meet people where they are, …
Pope Francis’ First Three Years
Mercy, globetrotting and our global home: recapping Francis’ third year as pope
NCR Staff | Mar. 12, 2016 NCR Today
Pope Francis begins Sunday his fourth year as leader of the global Roman Catholic church. NCR wanted to mark the …
OMG! A journal of Religion and Culture
OMG! A JOURNAL OF RELIGION AND CULTURE
We are a group of ordinary-but-imaginative Catholics, launching a new quarterly called OMG!, an outpost in cyberspace where great encounters can happen.
We want to establish a forum that will draw the attention …
REMARRIAGE IN THE CHURCH: PASTORAL SOLUTIONS
OMG!
A Journal of Religion and Culture …………………. July 1, 2015
REMARRIAGE IN THE CHURCH: PASTORAL SOLUTIONS
A statement by the board members of the Association for the Rights of Catholics in the Church (ARCC)…
A vast number of U.S. …
Students’ synod questionnaire meets with surprisingly wide response
Students’ synod questionnaire meets with surprisingly wide response
Christa Pongratz-Lippitt | Aug. 24, 2015 National Catholic Reporter
Synod on the Family
Deeply disappointed by the complicated language and low level of distribution of the official Vatican questionnaire issued before the …
African theologians, bishops cry out for more expansive synod discussions
African theologians, bishops cry out for more expansive synod discussions
Joshua J. McElwee | Aug. 11, 2015
Synod on the Family
NAIROBI, Kenya
A number of prominent theologians and bishops from across the African continent have sharply called for more…
Thomas Doyle meets the Pontifical Commission on sex abuse
Published on National Catholic Reporter (http://ncronline.org)
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Dominican Fr. Thomas Doyle meets with members of pontifical commission on sex abuse
Tom Roberts | Jul. 23, 2015
One of the most severe critics of the church’s handling of the sex abuse …