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Martin Mallon
Tuesday Ireland blogger
Why pray for our faithful dead and not just the dead?
Is the Catholic Church condemned by our liturgy; is it Christian?
May the Divine
assistance remain always with us, and may the souls of the faithful
departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace, Amen.
???
c.f. Julian
of Norwich: Reflections on Selected Texts by Austin
Cooper OMI
(whole book free on line at this link)
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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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Click to enlarge this amazing photo of Copacaban
beach!
- from ABC
report |
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World Youth Day
Reflection
re John W's mixed feelings about WYD - by a HK reader
Living
paradox: A pilgrim's reflections on World Youth Day 2013
Francis
again presses the Gnostic-Pelagain buttons
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For
the first time, Francis contradicts Benedict
Benedict: 1962 Mass anywhere, anytime
Francis to one group using 1962 Mass: rarely and
only with special permission
(c.f. comment
by Anthony Ruff OSB)
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A new scheme by which employers cheat
employees:
Pre-paid Visa card instead of salary.
See this
video re McDonald's misuse of such a card in USA
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Path
for Romero’s beatification cleared.
During his trip to Brazil in 2007, Cardinal Ratzinger said very clearly
that he thought Romero was worthy of beatification
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Australia: The annual National Charismatic
Retreat for priests, deacons, religious and associates will be held at
Newman College, University of Melbourne, January 5-10/11, 2014. Retreat
Director: Bishop Colin Campbell,
Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand.
More info from Sr Dot Buckland osf: debuckland@hotmail.com
Bookings: Margaret Trainor - margtrainor@bigpond.com
Facebook: National
Charismatic Priests, Religious, Deacons & Associates Retreats
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Michael
Rossmann SJ
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A
Catholic Experience of Ramadan (Ramadan
ends on Aug 8 with Eid)
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File of previous articles
on this hunger strike
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Thousands of US prisoners on hunger
strike
- supported
by California bishops
Day
22 Update Torture solitary cells costing
US$11 billion a year
For such torture: Shame
USA! Shame Governor Brown! Shame, shame, shame!
Between 1980 and 2005, California built one
university ....and 22 prisons
The
Prison Industry in the United States: Big Business or a New Form of
Slavery?
An
'America' editor goes inside an abandoned Guantánamo Bay prison
at this link: http://new.americamagazine.org/issue/guant%C3%A1namo-prayers
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Vatican
II Reflection 165
Words from 50 years ago,
repeated by Pope Francis at World Youth Day
John
W - Blog - July 30
OK, ok, I've got to admit it: World Youth Day has done a lot of good!
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TASMAD
(blogger from Australia)
A
Vatican II question for 15-year olds!
As a teacher of Religious Education, I once posed this question to my
students:
Did Vatican II move the Church forward or backwards?
Justify your reasoning
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Huffington Post
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Most
Religious Countries And Most Atheist Countries
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The
Central African Republic is all but lawless, with just 200 police to
guard 4.6m people from rebel gangs who attack women, kill men and recruit
children at will. The town's Catholic bishop said
Kaga-Bandoro's 26,000 population were trapped in a state of terror.
...utterly abandoned by the international community, allowing the Seleka
to commit war crimes against civilians with impunity
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New sex abuse crisis in Scotland
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Priest
claims he was abused by older cleric,
and church is punishing him for
speaking out
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(click to enlarge)
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Million-selling
reformed killer Tony Anthony exposed as serial fantasist
Star
speaker for Evangelical Alliance exposed
after online campaign by critics
raises alarm
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India (click to
enlarge)
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Admit
it. You love cheap clothes. And you don't care about child slave labour.
Despite a series of revelations for the Observer about
the brutal conditions in garment factories, companies, western consumers
and India are still complicit in turning a blind eye
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File of previous articles
on this hunger strike
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Thousands of US prisoners on hunger
strike
- supported
by California bishops
Day
21 Update
For such torture: Shame
USA! Shame Governor Brown! Shame, shame, shame!
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Interactive
Bible Quiz - One Samuel
Based on the actual words of the Bible.
How many times you can get 3/3 ?!
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William
Wilberforce died 180 years ago today
- after leading a successful campaign to abolish the slave trade.
"Africa, your sufferings have been the theme that has arrested and
engaged my heart. Your sufferings no tongue can express, no language
impart" - w.w.
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Vatican
II Reflection 164
Literature and the
arts are of great importance in the life of the Church
John
W - Blog - July 29
Photos of
yesterday's gatherings at St Paul's, Yau Ma Tei
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World Youth
Day
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Weather
and World Youth Day Storms in Spain, Rain in Brazil
....
2015
WYD in Krakow? (Europe again?? ....what about
Africa, Asia??)
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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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Darlene Starrs -
Sunday blogger (from Canada, now in
Ireland)
Some No Nonsense About How We Become A Saint
Deciding who is or is not a saint, is a decision rendered by God.
I am baffled as to how anyone, even a pope, thinks they have any
"authority" to declare someone a saint
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Low
Fertility Rates – Just a Phase? ("demography
is everyone's business"):
Thirty years ago only a small fraction of the world’s
population lived in the few countries with fertility rates substantially
below the “replacement level” – normally set at 2.1 children
per woman for populations with low mortality conditions. Fast forward
to 2013, with roughly 60 percent of the world’s population living in
countries with such below-replacement fertility rates
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File of previous articles
on this hunger strike
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Thousands of US prisoners on hunger
strike
- supported
by California bishops
Day
20 Update More than 1,000 clergy
and other religious leaders in California and across the country have come
together in signing a letter to Gov. Jerry Brown asking him to honor the
reasonable core demands of California prisoners in Security Housing Units
— some of whom have now faced decades in indefinite solitary confinement.
For such torture: Shame
USA! Shame Governor Brown! Shame, shame, shame!
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Ugandans
honour Australian aid worker Irene Gleeson, who died of cancer aged 68.
Wikipedia - Irene
a Christian missionary IreneGleesonFoundation.com
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Australia
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Website of Catholic
Chinese Community Melbourne
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This
week's smile: A: 1/F or G/F ?
B:
Texts from husbands to wives
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Vatican
II Reflection 163
Tourism and sport - the good
side
John
W - Blog - July 28
Mixed feelings
about World Youth Day
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Chris McDonnel
Wednesday UK blogger
A
place apart
We should take great care with our own ‘holy places’, be
they public within our community or within the privacy of our own homes. The
image, the crucifix, the icon, the candle that help locate such a place, become
tokens of our presence where we can listen to the Lord and enter into his peace
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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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The
Record (Perth)
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L’Arche
has been led by ‘beautiful, gentle hand of God,’ says Vanier
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Church renewal
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Schüller
in Philadelphia: 'Where has obedience got us?'
(and see comments)
"Our priests today are like little bishops," he said. "They
drive up, get out of the car, wave, offer Mass, hear confessions, get back
in the car, wave, give a blessing and are off to the next parish."
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Thousands of California prisoners on hunger
strike - supported
by California bishops
Letter
from doctor who worked in Pelican Bay Prison - torture described
medically
Strong
support letter from Germany - time of crisis, Governor Brown on
holidays
My
article in HK Ming Pao newspaper
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Church
groups condemn Rudd's PNG policy
"asylum seekers are human beings, not the
means to win votes or the way to punish and deter people smugglers".
PNG
solution at odds with international law
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From St. Beuno's
Outreach, Wales:
Reflections
on the readings of this coming Sunday, the 17th Sunday of the Year.
Helping us to pray on the theme of this Sunday's readings: prayer!
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George Mobiot: New
airports really needed? (with lessons for other countries?)
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Australia
Church abuse
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Video:
victim of paedophile priest testifies
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| Frank Brennan SJ
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Eddie
Mabo's legacy
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Vatican
II Reflection 159
Two famous French scientists: Louis
Pasteur and Teilhard de Chardin
John
W - Blog - July 24
Is Pope's
"superstar" status a good thing? (comments
welcome)
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