21. nov. 2015 -
Catholics value our tradition of welcoming the stranger. We know what it is like to be strangers, unwelcome in this land. In 1855, for example, Chicago elected an anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic mayor. Near the end of the 19th century, some Chicagoans joined groups such as the American Protective Association, a secret society whose members promised never to hire Catholics who simply wanted to feed their families. This is our history, but it need not repeat itself.
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6. aprill 2015 -
While the Synod Office in Rome prepared documentation for the consultation, it became clear that a more accessible approach was needed. To that end, we developed the following five questions to capture the synod’s major and essential concerns:
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26. jan. 2015 -
"It’s true that three of the paragraphs [about divorce and gay people] did not get two-thirds majority support, but they got more than a majority. That’s what’s new. That’s the story."
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12. nov. 2014 -
In an interview on Sunday, Cardinal Francis George, outgoing archbishop of Chicago, expressed puzzlement over Pope Francis, and asked, "[W]hat does he want us [bishops] to do?
This morning, Pope Francis, by coincidence or Providence, answered.
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26. sept. 2014 -
"This opposition does not accept Francis’ election and seeks to squeeze him into the comfortable framework of polarization between liberals and conservatives, an ideology-oriented framework which has helped many build prestigious ecclesiastical careers and is wrong"
- Fr. Antonio Spadaro
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21. sept. 2014 -
While the outrage to the H.H.S. decision was understandable, in the long run threats and condemnations have a limited impact
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