Flashes
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God present in Creation?
A grandfather’s reaction to a Noah’s Ark storybook sparks reflection on how faith explains floods, sin, and suffering.
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What’s a Cathedral for?
Understanding a cathedral without grasping worship is like admiring an airport without understanding flight or its purpose.
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A lesson for Donald Trump from the Hills of Cyprus
A personal travel reflection turns political, naming leaders who treat faith as a boundary rather than a bridge between people.
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The hard part — implementing Synodality
Approving a document was the easy. What happens next depends on whether laity, bishops and priests actually change how decisions get made.
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Rewriting the narrative: elders as bearers of grace and wisdom
Families worldwide face growing strain caring for aging parents as urban life and shifting traditions erode older support systems.
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Enchantment
Psychology’s obsession with proof can quietly crowd out enchantment, the very thing that gives ordinary days their depth and colour.
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Craving certainty in an uncertain world
Pope Francis’s insistence that the Church belongs to everyone challenges legalistic approaches that quietly draw lines and exceptions.
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Birthing our own theology
From Anne Boleyn’s forbidden reading to Gisèle Pelicot’s quiet faith, real theology often begins far outside church walls.
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A God who lays down his bow
Ancient warrior imagery gets reworked into a symbol of divine peace, reframing a violent flood story into one about lasting mercy.
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The overlooked contradiction in Vatican II’s baptism rules
Church teaching lets women baptize in emergencies, raising an uncomfortable question about why that logic stops short of the priesthood.
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