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Initial synod talks focus on climate, priests and inculturation Comments 0

Thursday, October 10th, 2019

Climate change, water resources, inculturation and indigenous practices were among the topics discussed during the Amazon Synod’s Sunday afternoon session. A general summary of the topics discussed during the closed-door session has been published. Some of the discussions focused on ordaining married men. It was described as a “legitimate need” but one which “cannot affect Read more

Tags: 2019 Synod of Bishops on the Amazon, Environmental protection, Indigenous communities, Viri probati, young people
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Pope asks conservatives not to be bound by status quo Comments 0

Monday, October 7th, 2019

At the opening Mass of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon region on Sunday the Pope Francis appealed to conservatives not to be bound by the status quo. The synod’s purpose will be to discuss the future of the Church in the Amazon. These discussions will include the possibility of married priests. Most of Read more

Tags: Environmental protection, married priests, Pope Francis, Synod of Bishops for the Amazon region, Viri probati, Women's ministry
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Environmental protection should be in canon law Comments 0

Thursday, July 19th, 2018

Environmental protection is an issue the Vatican’s former top legal advisor says should be included in canon law. Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, says caring for the environment is “one of the most serious duties” for the faithful today. Christians should not only “not harm” but “improve” the Read more

Tags: Canon Law, Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, Environmental protection
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  • Richard Duthie Kieran, I really have to question that Christianity is "the greatest message in the world". Maybe the reason the delivery gets messed up is because it just isn't the greatest message in the world. Far from it, because that assumes we were born sick and with any considered, rational analysis done, it...

    The coming religion recession ·  July 6, 2020

  • Kieran I once read a line that makes more and more sense as years go buy. I can really empathise with Richard's journey. :"Christianity has the greatest message in the world but we really mess it up in getting it across." We create a huge theology out of the Genesis story without realising that evolution...

    The coming religion recession ·  July 6, 2020

  • Richard Duthie Thank you Kieran for your invitation. Rather than respond with anything, as is possible to do, I wanted to wait to see if anything said yes to me. And it might well not have. But it did. A bit after midnight last night I was struck with this one sentence and immediately wrote it down in case it...

    The coming religion recession ·  July 5, 2020

  • Sue Sallam The depiction of Jesus as black is almost as bad as depicting him as blond and blue eyed. As we don’t know what Jesus looked like, we should follow the genetic attributes of those who lived in the area at the time. Jesus’s earth parents were both Jewish. Thus a depiction of a non white Jesus...

    Black Jesus painting to go in one of UK’s oldest cathedrals ·  July 3, 2020

  • Kieran Many in the coming religious recession will be among the older generation not facing the risk of crowds. The time has come to hear the words of Pope Francis to listen to the voice of the younger generation and as I read the words of someone such as Richard Duthie who describes himself as "ex...

    The coming religion recession ·  July 1, 2020

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