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Martin Mallon
Tuesday Ireland blogger
Give
Baptism priority over Denominations
Interestingly, all the members of the Taize Community, which is made up of
different denominations, are, according to Löser, permitted by the local
bishop, since 1973, to receive communion in the Catholic Church. This is
ecumenism, a real sign of unity and hopefully a sign of more unity in the
future
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Vatican II & Renewal
(1)
16
Documents of Vatican II
Assn Catholic
Priests Ireland
Bp Pat Power
Bp Geoff Robinson
Bruce Duncan
Catalyst for Renewal
Catholica
Catholics for Ministry
Catholics for Renewal
STANDUP4VATICAN2
The Swag
VII - Voice of the Church
We Are Church
Excellent
articles on Mission
Hugh McMahon SSC
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Before leaving for Brazil, Pope
prayed for Mary's protection
.....for himself ....and for the World Youth Day participants.... and all
youth
And he
carried his briefcase onto the plane!
Pope
seeks Catholic rebirth in land of samba
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Taize
website
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Meetings on every continent, music, prayers,
books, pilgrimages
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Martin recommends this article:
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"Sergio,
did you sneak in?" Argentine Rabbi recounts meeting
with Francis
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Intensify
drug trade war, South Africa told
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USA
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The
fourth American-born saint? Father Emil Kapaun
c.f. Obama
honours the valour of Fr Emil Kapaun
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Boat people, asylum seekers
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Anglican bishop to Australian Prime Minister:
Jesus
weeps at your asylum seeker policy
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Hunger strike by thousands of California
inmates - protesting at most unjust practices of US prison system
....especially years, even decades of solitary confinement
Update
- Day 15 Lest we forget" ...
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Vatican
II Reflection 158
Preserving cultures, despite "the good life"
John
W - Blog - July 23
Photo report of last night at 2013
Hong Kong Book Fair
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Today
Pope Francis is due to travel to Brazil and stay there until July 29.
Let's pray each day this week for Francis' safety and that his
presence at World Youth Day
will give the Church and the world a much-needed injection of
compassion
see: Blog - July 22, below
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Pope
Francis: True humility or a humble brag?
We don't yet have Francis' true words in a papal
document, as Lumen Fidei is clearly still part of Benedict's papacy. So
Francis is still marked by this split, willing to sign his name where
Benedict's was clearly meant to be, but also lowering himself before two
women imprisoned in Italy, a Muslim and a Catholic, to wash their feet
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To go with
a cup of Lipton or Twinings tea:
How
poverty wages for tea pickers fuel India's trade in child slavery:
Millions of (Brits) drink a cup of Assam tea each day, but
it comes at a terrible price. Plantation workers on 12p an hour are easy
prey for traffickers who lure away their daughters to India's cities. Now
pressure is growing on big tea brands to safeguard better pay
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From NCR
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Msgr.
Wilfrid Paradis, expert at Vatican II, dies at 91 (check the lovely
comments)
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US-Australia-Afghanistan
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US
drone strikes guided from Australia
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Australia
puts bounty on boat people smugglers
PNG
move proves Australia is not special
- see comment from John Ward:
I am as a 78 Australian man deeply ashamed
that we have come to this low level
PNG
policy places politics over principle
How
Labor lost its moral edge It is a solution
that shames us
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(Can be viewed only in Australia)
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ABC TV: Whatever
happened to the charismatics?
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Joseph
Girzone, author of the Joshua series, has posted more
installments
of the beautiful children's story he is weaving, centred on
"ugly" Albert
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Interactive
Bible Quiz - Ruth
Based on the actual words of the Bible.
How many times you can get 3/3 ?!
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Questions
from a Ewe
Divergent Priorities
Some tough comments and questions for Cardinal Timothy Dolan
re Church abuse
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Vatican
II Reflection 157
Our modern world is experiencing a convergence of ideas,
cultures and customs
John
W - Blog - July 22
May Pope's
presence at World Youth Day give the world a much-needed injection of care
and compassion for the poor
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Darlene Starrs - Canada
Sunday blogger When the Rubber Meets the Road.
Ireland Papal Nuncio Charles Brown denying common Eucharist
to an Ecumenical Gathering that is celebrating 50 years is absolutely
incomprehensible and offensive.
c.f. Ireland
interfaith gathering denied permission for shared Communion service
and Anniversary of Communion on the Moon, July 20, 1969
(re common Eucharist)
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Pope
Francis:
Thank
you Holy Spirit
Inspiring photos:
Engagements
of Pope Francis
Many
thanks for checking
this website each day
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John W Drug
Mules An issue affecting almost every country in the world, with
a real life story of a Tanzanian mule now in a Hong Kong prison. Article
names and shames some important people in Tanzania, including a prominent
politician Iddi Azan. Hopefully this article
will discourage people from being mules
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Good refugee story where they are few and far
between:
Time out with Connie Maina
CONNIE Maina has endured heartbreaking loss, ostracism, brutality, and
the upheaval of leaving her African homeland to live in Australia. But
through it all,
her faith in God has been unshakeable
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Counting
prison blessings in Missouri in light of California hunger strike
(NCR)
- see comment by Carrie Sides: These men and
women are put in these windowless concrete cells with 24/7 illumination,
with NO human contact.
Strike
Day 13 update California bishops' statement
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Gavin
Pretor-Pinney: Cloudy
with a chance of joy
As he shares charming photos of nature's finest aerial architecture,
Pretor-Pinney calls for us all to take a step off the digital treadmill,
lie back and admire the beauty in the sky above
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Church renewal
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Hundreds
Pack (US) Unitarian Church To Hear Reformist (Austrian) Catholic Priest
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Zimmerman case: US
black priest's reflection
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This
week's smile: Fr Norton's Sunday golf
story
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Vatican
II Reflection 156
The growth of a universal
culture ....and where it is leading us
John
W - Blog - July 21
More on drug mules |
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Fr Harry
Winter OMI - blogger from (the
moon) the USA
Anniversary of Communion on the Moon, July 20, 1969
The first food and drink consumed on the moon, was a Communion celebration by
Presbyterian astronaut Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Jr., July 20, 1969. Many
Catholics and Eastern Orthodox are still surprised that an elder in a supposedly
non-liturgical denomination did this |
Bishop
Geoff Robinson
and Bishop Bill Morris:
Petition to Pope Francis
to stop sexual abuse
and to reform Church
- & calling for a new
Ecumenical Council !
(John W has signed petition)
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Please
encourage more people to see 1-10
re Bishop Bill Morris:
1:
Judge's conclusions
2: Canon lawyer's report
3: Radio interview with judge
4: "The Age" file of letters
5:
Summary re Rome
6:
Frank Brennan's update
7: ABC radio Fr Frank Brennan
8. Update from Frank Brennan
9. Vatileaks & Bp Bill Morris
10: Tablet letter - Frank Brennan
After
reading 1-10, check the "Pravda" report of CNA
Google "Morris" at top of this page for many articles re
Bishop BM, the most recent being talk of March 26, 2013: Reclaiming
the Spirit of Vatican II
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| First
Communion on the Moon
YouTube: Buzz
Aldrin's Communion on the Moon
Lots more info at Google:
"Communion on the moon"
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How
Buzz Aldrin's communion on the moon was hushed up (Guardian)
"I poured the wine into the chalice our church had given me. In
the one-sixth gravity of the moon the wine curled slowly and gracefully up
the side of the cup. It was interesting to think that the very first
liquid ever poured on the moon, and the first food eaten there, were
communion elements."
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Asylum Seekers - Australia
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Australia
shuts door on asylum seekers
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Day
12 update re hunger strike by thousands of California prisoners.
Authorities using illegal tactics, a sign of their moral bankruptcy.
California bishops' statement.
See menu of previous days for much more info, below
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A
Pope with only one Master
“It has not been easy, there were many ‘masters’ of the Pope
here
and they have been in their positions for a very long time.”
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USA
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Detroit
becomes largest US city to file for bankruptcy |
George
Zimmerman in the Bizzaro world of US gun laws
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www.v1catholic
?
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Fr
Ray Blake's Blog
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Vatican
II Reflection 155
70% of working mothers would stay at home if
they could afford to do so
John
W - Blog - July 20
I had never heard
of Communion on the Moon
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Solitary
confinement should be banned in most cases, UN expert says
Segregation, isolation, separation, cellular, lockdown,
Supermax, the hole, Secure Housing Unit… whatever the name, solitary
confinement should be banned by States as a punishment or extortion
technique
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Liturgy
- New Translation
1998
ICEL Sacramentary
Misguided Missal
The new translation
Ghastly process/result
Ron
Schmit: 1962
Mass a condemnation of Vatican II
PrayTell
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Spirituality
Sacred
Space
Daily prayer online.
Available in 19 languages
Jackie
Evancho - To
Believe
Pray-as-you-go.org
Daily prayer with
beautiful music
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Day
11 update re the hunger strike Strikers have been punished ...and
....unbelievable: Governor Jerry Brown has been
completely silent on the strike that has gained international news
attention. He remains mired in multiple scandals in the California prison
system. Brown will be taking a European vacation, visiting among other
places, Dachau concentration camp in Germany.
Family members and loved ones of the strikers are outraged
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Governor
Jerry Brown - Australian readers will immediately think "Tony
Abbot"!
Compelling
video report on hunger strike, with background re hunger strikes, and
much info re current hunger strike at Pelican Bay Prison in California
(where prisoners have been in solitary confinement for up to 28 years!) +
info re law suit to put an end to solitary confinement
Jerry
Brown’s George Wallace Moment on Prisons (with comment from jw)
The
Prison Industry in the United States: Big Business or a New Form of
Slavery?
Torture: The Use of
Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons
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Colombian
Priest Sells Mercedes Inspired By Pope Francis' Message
Check the linked video report which has the words
"I'm now riding a donkey but I used to have a Mercedes"! (this
article added to this
file)
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India
school lunch poisoning A disturbing report about corruption
hurting the poor
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Comment from Karl
re
"Same-sex
marriage" - two elephants in the men's room
John, You have completely disregarded same sex FEMALE SEXUALITY
as though homosexuality is Male ONLY.
Reply: article has now been updated
to include
"Can Lesbians Also Change In Sexual
Orientation" (by Francis MacNutt) |
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Pope
Francis' three types of intelligence
Giving a lead on controversial issues requires three sorts of
intelligence: rational, emotional and symbolic. In this respect the Pope
was exemplary. He went out to the island to mourn the dead and console the
living. And in so doing he stated the priority for others
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Vatican
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Ex-Vatican
bank officials broke anti-money laundering laws
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World
Youth Day
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Day
3 WYD - Columban Mission Experience Chile 2013
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Church
Renewal
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Outspoken
Austrian priest's first presentation in USA
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Pope
Francis
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The
weak and vulnerable are 'masterpieces of God’s creation'
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Vatican
II Reflection 154
In China there are more than one million abortions every month
(..most of them girls...)
John
W - Blog - July 19
A day at the office...on behalf of prisoners
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| Mandela's
95th Birthday
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Many African inmates in HK
will today be observing this day by prayer and fasting
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for June 2013
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- essential reading for anyone interested in China's Christian
history
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The authorized biography
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Mandela
never gave up on South Africa's freedom or his own
Because some of the very few allies that the African National
Congress had were Communists, almost all of Europe and the United States
denounced the African National Congress as a Communist organization and
refused to help them in their fight against Apartheid. Mandela was
subsequently arrested in late 1962, convicted, and sentenced to life in
prison without parole
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Pope
Francis uses Ford instead of BMW/Mercedes etc
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Daniel
Daring
Thursday blogger Reflection on
June 21 Sunday readings:
Hospitality
Today this ancient virtue seems to be in decline. Strangers are treated
with rudeness, wanderers and beggars are considered as pests of society,
and the majority of us prefer to meet God in the chapel or church rather
than in our homes by entertaining a stranger.
The startling example of our xenophobic attitude is the story of 433
Afghan asylum-seekers rescued from the sinking Indonesian ferry, KM
Palapa, by the Norwegian cargo ship, MV
Tampa, on August 26, 2001
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World
Youth Day
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Cost
concerns loom for pope's Brazil trip
Reader: Maybe
this will provide an opportunity to re-think the rationale for WYD given
the fact that it grew exponentially from a one day gathering in Rome back
in JP II's time and developed as part of the travelling celebrity pope
show
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China's
handicapped children little or no education opportunities
China is home to at least 83 million people with disabilities, 40% of whom
are illiterate. About 28% of children with disabilities are not receiving
the basic education they are legally entitled to, having been barred from
enrolling in mainstream schools until they show an "ability to
adapt"
c.f. 2008 ...the little centre I used to have in
Zhaoqing (4 hours from HK). About a dozen of our children were
handicapped. See this
photo (front row, boy on left cannot walk, boy
in middle in red 90% blind...had never been to school till our centre
opened when he was aged 11). Photos
of all students. Like hundreds of other unofficial (and even official) schools for poor children throughout China, our centre was
closed down by the authorities. See this
report and this
one. May the day be not far away when such schools are allowed to
re-open and be supported by the government
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Egypt
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Appeal
for peace after sudden increase in attacks on Christians
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"Same-sex
marriage"
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The
Intellectual Origins of Same-Sex Marriage
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Day
10 update of hunger strike by some 30,000 prisoners in California
California
prison hunger strike is call for justice
(really excellent article from The Guardian)
Q: anyone know of a
statement on this injustice by US bishops?
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July
- Month
of the Precious Blood of Jesus
In Hong Kong: Precious
Blood Hospital, Precious
Blood Kindergarten,
Precious Blood Primary School
(3 branches),
Precious Blood Secondary School, Precious
Blood Children's Village
In the USA: Precious
Blood Church (Ohio),
Church
of the Most Precious Blood (New York)
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The Economy
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Thought for the day:
the market,
any market, is finite...and cannot grow indefinitely.
Growth is finite ....and cannot be expected to keep increasing
indefinitely
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Vatican
II Reflection 152
God is happy when people get
married
John
W - Blog - July 18
Mandela Day |
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Chris McDonnell
Wednesday UK blogger
The Bread is
Broken
For many years in our Parish, at weekday masses when smaller numbers were
present, we gathered round the altar at Communion time. We shared the Sign
of Peace with each other and each of us with the celebrant as we stood
round him at the altar. That has now unfortunately been stopped and an
action that had significance has been lost
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Vatican II - Renewal (2)
Hans
Küng:
Letter
to bishops
Revolution
to stop authoritarianism
Fr Joseph Ratzinger:
Writings
on Vat II
(link
gone...anyone able to find it?)
Robert
Mickens:
Vatican Implosion
Nicholas Lash:
Vatican II:
Of Happy Memory - and Hope?
Robert
McNally:
Crisis & Criticism in the Church
Priests
9 Masses a day
- need to ordain married men
The
evil of compulsory celibacy
Link
between compulsory celibacy and sexual abuse
Why
are women not being
ordained to priesthood?
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Warning: bandage your head before watching this
YouTube from Hong Kong
of 5 year old Tsung-Tsung playing the piano .....because.....your jaw will
drop in amazement!
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Fr Dan Donovan
posting at Catholica:
New
Translation has made a mess of Eucharistic Prayer III (part
one)
The "new translation" of Eucharistic
Prayer III is peppered with errors of
English syntax and grammar which undermine its linguistic meaning and
literary impact. The poor grammatical structure and quaint language
detract from the narrative style as the assembly share before God
those mighty deeds by which God
has restored all things in Christ
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Ireland
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80
year old Jesuit Resigns Priestly Ministry to Stand in Solidarity
with Marginalised of Church
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Woman
sentenced after demanding stricter penalty for men who raped her
11-year-old daughter. |
China
crackdown on anti-corruption campaigners (see comment by
"John Hu")
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Update,
Day 9 of hunger strike by nearly 30,000 prisoners in California,
protesting at terrible conditions in US prisons, especially in solitary
cells. The tiny cells have
no windows, and no access to fresh air or sunlight. The United Nations
condemns the use of solitary confinement for more than 15 days as torture,
but many US inmates are in solitary for years, even decades |
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Finding
Beauty and Grace in Prisons
Prisons are not normally associated with beauty or grace,
but prison chaplain, Good Samaritan Sister Mary O’Shannassy, says she
often experiences both those things in the people with whom she ministers
– the same people that society shuns and would sooner forget. “It’s
very much the God in them meeting the God in me,” Mary says.
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WYD July 22-29
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Video summary of Pope Francis' schedule for Brazil
....includes time with AIDS patients and prisoners
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From St. Beuno's
Outreach, Wales:
Reflections
on the readings of this coming Sunday, July 21.
The familiar Gospel story of Jesus’ visit to Martha and Mary, cautions me,
in my earnest desire to serve God, to find the balance between activity and prayerful
stillness
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Clergy
call for calm after Zimmerman verdict
Clergy encouraged residents to remain peaceful, with the Rev. Jesse
Jackson saying any violence would shift the sympathy from Martin to
Zimmerman. He said "the American legal system has once again failed
justice”
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| Australia
Church abuse |
Australia
bishop: Early handling of sex abuse allegations was 'fairly bumbling' |
| US
Church Abuse |
Catholic
Church lobbies to avert sex abuse lawsuits |
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Smoking gun Who killed the plan for cigarettes to be sold only
in plain packets? How did it happen? The public was overwhelmingly in
favour. The evidence that plain packaging will discourage young people
from smoking is powerful. It fell victim to a lobbying campaign that was
anything but plainly packaged
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Vatican
II Reflection 151
"An honorable courtship" - still
possible in 2013?
See the interesting article: "Courtship
and the Honorable Man" (by a married
woman)
John
W - Blog - July 17
A powerful book that has helped many people get off drugs: Chasing
the Dragon |
