Rebecca Shaw
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Rethinking how we respond to grief
Clichés meant to make sense of the senseless often backfire, leaving grieving people questioning whether they were ever truly okay.
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Finding truth and holiness outside the Catholic Church
Holiness is not a closed door. The Church’s relationship with the modern world changed when it began to see the “fullness of religious life” through a broader lens. In Nostra aetate the Church to find common ground with Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam.
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Seeking. Skepticism. Sanctuary.
Moses Mendelssohn observed that we can never fully know another person’s interior beliefs – and often can’t be certain of our own. The article draws on that insight to ask how parishes can make space for faith at every stage of certainty and doubt.
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