Daily Archives: January 5, 2012

PASTORAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE YEAR OF FAITH

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Gertrude

VATICAN CITY, 5 JAN 2012 (VIS) – A communique was published today containing information about a “Note with pastoral recommendations for the Year of Faith” which, by order of the Holy Father, has been prepared by the Congregation for the … Continue reading →

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The Isle (Ostrov): A Film on Sin, Guilt and Forgiveness

Posted on January 5, 2012 by teresa

Everyone who has read Count Tolstoy’s Resurrection must know that Sin and Guilt have an existential meaning to us human beings. Those who like to explain sin and guilt away as scarecrow invented by the religion don’t really succeed in … Continue reading →

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MAN PREFERS JAIL TO STAY WITH MONKS

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

From lifeinitaly.com (ANSA) – Enna, January 3 – A criminal has fled a halfway house run by a particularly austere order of monks for the second time in just over a month, saying he prefers life in jail. “Prison’s better … Continue reading →

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Priests: Resolve to love the Laity

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

From Crisis Magazine by Deacon James Keating All Catholic educational and formational institutions bear part of the blame for the situation that Cardinal George so succinctly and honestly articulates above. Many Catholic universities, for example, wasted the last fifty years … Continue reading →

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