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Mothers at the Vatican – their central role in the Church Comments 1

Thursday, May 18th, 2017

ROME – Mothers and women have always had a central role in the Catholic Church. The Virgin Mary is the ultimate example of its devotion to motherhood, to the point that one could say that every day is Mother’s Day in the Vatican. Pope Francis, following the legacy of the previous two pontiffs, has taken Read more

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  • Father_Ron This priest;s story might well be a basis for further thinking on the vexed issue of the difference between divorce and annulment in the Roman Catholic Church.The outcome here can be seen to be totally redemptive for the priest, but what about the family left behind? Does annulment make them a...

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  • Michael Edgar In New Zealand the government is planning to make the killing of unborn children easier. The local Catholic church hierarchy is guiding us on how to submit a protest voice but nothing has been said about prayer.

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  • Kieran Why stop at Harry Potter?The Lord of the Rings has its magicians and spells. And The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. What about The Never Ending Story with its Nothing as the Death of Imagination. There is a spell in the Harry Potter series that turns one’s greatest fear into something comic....

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  • David It is true that other institutions as well as the Catholic Church failed in their care of minors. This includes Governance and supervision roles of religious orders who ran many welfare homes like the one I was in. The churches ecclesiology was viewed in Kingdom terms with Jesus as a King to...

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