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Magister’s return
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awelborn
He’s been silent for a couple of weeks, but today Sandro Magister is back – no real news, but more of a summary of the Benedict papacy so far. The gist? Benedict wants the Church to be leaven, salt, seed and light, and is interested in encounter and dialogue with the world, from a standpoint…
An ancient way
By
awelborn
In a Coptic monastery, the distant past is very close at hand: The Rev. Maximous Elantony was one of those men drawn to the desert in search of a relationship with God. But he could hardly believe it when he recently helped to discover some of the earliest physical evidence of Christians who made that…
Altarclasts
By
awelborn
An odd attack in Decatur, Alabama – during Mass A page from the church’s website about their new icon Some wonder if this article, in Saturday’s Decatur paper, inspired the attack. The attackers look mighty jovial in those mug shots…
The discussion
By
awelborn
A bit on the discussion at the synod today Monsignor Pierre Antoine Paulo, bishop of Haiti, said that "under certain conditions" the Catholic Church allowed communion to be taken by people who were technically in a state of sin. "We have to ask ourselves whether in particular cases, as already happens for certain sinners, it…
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