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The quiet virus that drains family and group life
Petty talk and gossip slips into families and groups with speed and stealth, hardening hearts and sapping the energy that keeps people together.
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The Church — a test of Christ’s compassion
Compassion takes shape in ordinary human lives, in small acts of presence that make divine love something people can touch.
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The synod that forgot what it heard
When a process omits its own findings, listening begins to look like selective hearing, and discernment begins to look manufactured.
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Stories of suffering need more than outrage
Personal stories keep policy human, but they can hide trade-offs, breed self-righteousness and blind us to the imperfection of every system.
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Is the Church’s case against gay sex biblical?
Genesis 19 is ambiguous, the Gospels are silent on homosexuality, and the wider Bible ties Sodom to hostility toward guests.
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Eucharist is a verb before it’s a noun
Celebration, not just consecration, sits at the center of this theologian’s rethinking of what happens at Mass. A priest’s authority to act “in the person of Christ” is inseparable from acting in the person of the whole Church.
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The sari that speaks
Choosing Indian dress over European habits, Mother Teresa modeled a form of inculturation the Church would only later embrace. The modest garment worn by street cleaners became a worldwide emblem of compassion, poverty and spiritual commitment.
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How low can regular Mass attendance go?
The Math every Western diocese needs to learn; Catholic schools are full — Parish churches are empty! Is the clerical view, Church attendance, the only metric?
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The real presence that walks out the church doors
Encountering Christ at the altar is meant to send believers toward the poor and marginalised in daily life.
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The quiet satire behind Ireland’s gift to Donald Trump
Exploring the monastic tale of the Navigatio exposes a sharp theological counterweight to territorial conquest and personal ambition.
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