Month: July 2015

What lies deepest inside authentic faith is the truth that God is the object of all human desire, no matter how earthy and unholy that desire might seem at times. This implies that everything we desire is contained in God. We see this expressed in the Psalms, which tell us that God is the object…

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Every summer I look forward to making elderflower cordial. Elderflower is best picked on a sunny day, but we had so many dull and drizzly days last month that I had little opportunity to pick any. As soon as the sun peeped out from behind the clouds, I legged it out of the house with…

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One of the members of the Vatican Medjugorje Commission has condemned recent media reports claiming that Rome intended to reject as not supernatural the alleged visions associated with the Herzegovinan town. Italian media outlets had reported that the Vatican Commission had met on June 24 and decided to rule that the alleged visions, which have…

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The Israeli government must take urgent action against the perpetrators of an arson attack on a Catholic church if it is to ensure interreligious peace and the safety of Israel’s Christian minority, according to European parliamentarians. György Hölvényi and Jan Olbrycht, co-chairs of the EPP Group’s Working Group on Interreligious Dialogue, issued their statement in…

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Australian Cardinal George Pell has provided full passport details to disprove allegations that have been made against him. Paul Lyons, a 55-year-old survivor of sexual abuse by Robert Best, a member of the Christian Brothers has claimed that in 1969 Dr Pell, who was then a young priest, heard him pleading for help some weeks…

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