From his position, His Holiness Pope Francis overlooks the news of the world, both its joys and its sorrows... If we follow what he says in several contexts, two things become evident: that he is always praying for people, especially those afflicted by injustice and neglect, and then, his urgent call for the work of ...
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Persisting Objections
I am following the feedback that is reaching us regarding the rejection of the document issued by the Roman Catholic Church, in which it is allowing the blessing of same-sex couples, as well as responses to this rejection. The explanatory document, in which Rome reaffirmed its stance on this blessing, was pointed out to me ...
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There are several things that leapt out at me upon reading the recent document in which Rome allowed the blessing of same-sex couples. I will mention three of them now. The first is to separate the blessing from the work of the Church Sacraments. The second is to separate it from God, given that the ...
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Who will be welcoming Pope Francis tomorrow in “the land of Abraham”? The torn apart, plundered, red Iraq…, the door of which most Christians have slammed behind them, what will this visit say to it, and to them? The optimistic statistics estimate the number of the remaining Christians, today in Iraq, at around two hundred ...
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