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Dear Catholic clergy: Please say something.
Dear Catholic clergy, Please, say something about the Pennsylvania report at Mass. At every Mass. We need to hear you say something about it. We need to know you are paying attention, that this is not just business as usual. … Continue reading
The Best Option for Intellectual Women
I was very intrigued to learn, some years ago, that during medieval times, the convent was almost certainly the best available option for women who were intellectually gifted or ambitious. Women in religious life were often educated beyond the ordinary … Continue reading
So Much Internet: November Post-Synod Edition
As we all continue to process the events and documents of #Synod14, there are bunches of stuff to read: Kyle Cupp directly examines the issue of Power and control in the church: topics which are all too often either unspoken … Continue reading
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Tagged all soul's day, bishops, hope, lcwr, st elizabeth, synod14
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Synod 2014: Ecclesiology, Authority, Trust, and Fear as an Occasion of Sin
This portion of Francis’ opening remarks to the synod on the family instantly captured my attention: “I therefore ask you, please, have these attitudes of brothers in the Lord: speak with boldness and listen with humility. And do so with … Continue reading
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Tagged authority, bishops, humanae vitae, occasion of sin, pope, synod14, vatican 2
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Websurfers, Come Out! So much internet
Very, very terse roundup of things I’ve been reading whilst procrastinating on my thesis: Amazing pictures from the mass celebrated on the border of Nogales Beliefs can be unloving: if you follow only one link, follow this one. Excellent discussion … Continue reading
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Tagged bishops, godspell, greek, inter mirifica, marriage equality
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So much internet, so little time
Here’s a roundup of some good stuff I’ve read lately: – Why English majors make lousy fundamentalists calls out seven key elements of approaching scripture as literature, and how they shape interpretation. Here’s a snippet: An English major assumes that … Continue reading
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Tagged bishops, body, church and state, ecclesiology, elizabeth johnson, feminist, hermeneutics, practice
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Reform the Curia by Making it Diaconal?
Kurt Vorndran makes a very interesting suggestion in the comments section of a dotCommonweal blog post on reforming the Curia: …service in the Curia should be recognized as a diaconal ministry (which is what it is) and that those serving … Continue reading
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Tagged bishop of rome, bishops, curia, deacon, vatican
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Francis: the bishop and the flock
The bishop has to be among his people in three ways. In front of them, pointing the way; among them, keeping them together and preventing them from being scattered; and behind them, ensuring that no one is left behind, but … Continue reading
Christiansen on Francis on Synodality
As a result [of a Preliminary Note attached to Lumen Gentium by Paul VI], the Synod of Bishops has been a consultative, not a deliberative body, and its effectiveness depends on papal endorsement. . . . In mid-June, when [Francis] … Continue reading
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Tagged bishops, francis, Lumen Gentium, pope, synod
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The Tablet interprets the context, charter, and membership of this commission as a move that may have profound ecclesiological significance. I’d noticed, too, that the commission is made up almost exclusively of current or former bishops, and that more than … Continue reading
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