The Maronite Catholic Church recently concluded a 3-year synod. BEIRUT, Lebanon – The Maronite Catholic Church’s patriarchal synod is a "new Pentecost" for Maronites around the world, said an Australian Maronite bishop and synod participant. "We felt the need to come together to have a new spring and to have a church of new horizons…

Today’s Angelus, translation courtesy of Teresa Benedetta at the Papa Ratzinger Forum: Dear brothers and sisters! Today the solemnity of Corpus Domini is celebrated in Italy and other countries. In Rome, the high point of Corpus Domini was observed during the procession last Thursday. Corpus Domini is the solemn public feast of the Eucharist, the…

Nothing to see here. Keep walking…right on to Shamanism! Coming to a parish near you – if you’re near this parish: Join Father Michael to learn the primitive human spirituality of shamanism! Shamanism is not a religion or a cult. It is a spiritual methodology as old as humanity itself. So much of the Bible…

Also from the Times UK, a story about the divisions of the Anglican Church in..Zimbawe. Over slightly different issues than divide their brothers and sisters here. HE has used a combination of threats and patronage to keep military, police and party officials on his side as Zimbabwe descends into economic chaos. Now President Robert Mugabe…

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