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Pope Francis: Be God’s people, not God’s elite

December 1, 2020 CNA Daily News 2

Vatican City, Dec 1, 2020 / 05:00 am (CNA).- Catholics are called to be God’s people, not God’s elite, Pope Francis said in a video message Monday.

In the message to a virtual meeting of judges, released Nov. 30, the pope said that those w… […]

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A Catholic response to racism

June 29, 2020 Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers 80

“Sooner or later, all the people of the world will have to discover a way to live together in peace, and thereby transform this pending cosmic elegy into a creative psalm of brotherhood.”  The Reverend […]

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The Youth Synod: The next step in the Francis papacy

March 29, 2018 Thomas R. Ascik 29

The just-issued document for the upcoming youth synod emphasizes social justice, the empowerment of women, and changing the Church’s moral teachings. […]

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Peter Claver vs. Immanuel Kant

September 13, 2017 Bishop Robert Barron 6

The Church has three fundamental and mutually implicative tasks: to care for the poor, to worship God, and to evangelize. […]

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It’s a culture war, stupid

August 23, 2017 George Weigel 5

To reduce a human being to an object whose value is measured by “utility” is to destroy one of the building blocks of the democratic […]

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