12. nov. 2014 -
Bishop Coyne works the real world of the Internet. He doesn't have a staffer do it for him. He does it himself.
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12. nov. 2014 -
Bishop Coyne works the real world of the Internet. He doesn't have a staffer do it for him. He does it himself.
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Det er interessant, at de seneste tre paver har brugt udtrykket 'nyevangelisering' forskelligt om den katolske kirkes mest presserende opgave, skriver generalsekretær Jonas Adelin Jørgensen
Read More8. Nov. 2014 -
The sixty-year old friendly, astute and courageous Gallagher, whose motto is “Walk humbly with God”, has served in the Holy See’s missions in Tanzania, Uruguay, the Philippines, as Observer at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, and then as nuncio to Burundi, Guatemala and Australia, where he was at the time of his new appointment.
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30. okt. 2014 -
I consider myself as a new feminist philosopher in the line of Saint Pope John Paul II.
Read More30. okt. 2014 -
Francis has frequently spoken with near-disdain about theologians, seemingly complaining that they often hold the church back from being the merciful place of welcome and union that he wants it to be.
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The Pope and Palmer had been working together at the time on an historic joint agreement between evangelicals and Catholics.
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“Whenever I hear people say the Pope cannot do this, or the church cannot do this, or this will never happen, I always say nothing is impossible with God,” Father Martin said.
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The pope sees this as the start of a process. The first phase is over, and some will be disappointed that the synod pulled back on the language of welcome. But this was not the day the music died. The ideas and proposals launched at this synod will be coming back.
Read More18. okt. 2014 -
Among the temptations, he said, were those of a “hostile rigidity” that wanted to close the church inside the letter of the law, expressed today by so-called “traditionalists.” He also warned against a false charity by so-called “liberals and progressives,” as well as the risk of adapting too easily to the spirit of the world.
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When the synod reconvenes, it won't be quite the same. Some who participated in this year's meeting won't be back (I'm thinking of papal critic Cardinal Raymond Burke). And Francis will likely select new cardinals come February.
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For example, Marx noted that half of Catholic marriages in Germany are not sacramental because one of the partners is not baptized.
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It reminds me of the Second Vatican Council, the great Church council in the early 1960s, when so much change was happening. Once people realize what the Holy Spirit can do, it gives them a lot more trust and openness and freedom.
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The interest in a relatio, a relatively obscure document, does however point to another shift: people actually care about what a group of bishops is doing.
That itself, for many, may be a revolution.
Read More13. okt. 2014 -
Here, as elsewhere, the text said the church needs to use a “realistic language” that begins with listening to people, and can lead them to acknowledge the “beauty and truth of an unconditional opening to life.”
Read More11. okt. 2014 -
So that year between the two synods is crucial?
I think it is very crucial. In this period the bishops will have time to speak to their people.
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10. okt. 2014 -
“You can respond two ways,” Coccopalmerio said. “You could do nothing in order to respect the law, or you could act because it’s a case of necessity and urgency.”
Read More7. okt. 2014 -
They were not nostalgic about their own religious education, because they had an intuitive sense of its limitations. At times uncomfortable about the scope and nature of the change, they put their trust in God’s providence.
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