8. 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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31. okt. 2014 -
Biskopen har den 31. oktober 2014 underskrevet Overordnede retningslinjer for registrering av medlemmer av Oslo katolske bispedømme som grunnlag for offentlige tilskudd.
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30. okt. 2014 -
I consider myself as a new feminist philosopher in the line of Saint Pope John Paul II.
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30. 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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29. okt. 2014 -
The Pope and Palmer had been working together at the time on an historic joint agreement between evangelicals and Catholics.
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26. okt. 2014 -
P Lombardi giver udtryk for sin overbevisning om at den kommende refleksion i lokalkirkerne kommer til at blive "dybtgående, effektiv, virkelig velformuleret" og præget af "en meget bred fælles proces" med henblik på synoden i oktober 2015.
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25. okt. 2014 -
"But Francis does not want to be a pastoral autocrat in the way that previous popes have been philosophical or theological dictators"
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24. okt. 2014 -
Oversat fra italiensk af Hanne Gregersen og Erling Tiedemann
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24. okt. 2014 -
“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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22. okt. 2014 -
Även många katoliker ser kyrkan genom massmedierapporteringen som gärna använder partibeteckningar för att definiera den. Med dessa kan inte användas här
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21. okt. 2014 -
"Den katolske kirke i Norge kan ikke forklare hvordan Bryn har havnet i medlemregisteret."
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21. okt. 2014 -
- I denne de siste års massive vekst, som har strukket Kirkens ressurser til det ytterste, innser jeg at det kan ha forekommet svikt i våre rutiner, der enkeltpersoner feilaktig har vært registrert som medlem i Den katolske kirke.
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21. okt. 2014 -
"Vi ønsker naturligvis at våre rutiner skal være i overensstemmelse med norsk lov, og vil samarbeide med myndighetene for å sikre dette."
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20. okt. 2014 -
So where does that leave Francis’ papacy? And the church?
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20. okt. 2014 -
Pope Francis has more or less unleashed a torrent of openness among the world's bishops. Topics that were previously taboo were spoken about freely. Here are some important roundups in the wake of the conclusion of the first session of the Synod on the Family.
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19. okt. 2014 -
Most of us live in the gap between who we are and who we are called to be; being a Catholic isn’t an all-or-nothing proposition.
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19. okt. 2014 -
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.
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19. okt. 2014 -
But in the end one person makes the decisions, and in this case it’s the Pope. At one point during his concluding speech to the bishops he said, playfully, “I am here and I’m the pope!”
Or as we say in the Jesuits, when it comes to the superior it’s: “You discern, we discern, but I decide.”
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18. 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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18. okt. 2014 -
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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