Whisked Away by the Vatican
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: He was a familiar figure to the skinny shoeshine boys who work along the oceanfront promenade here. Wearing black track pants and a baseball cap pulled low over his balding head, they say, he would stroll along in the ...
Vatican orders Sydney Archdiocese to reopen abuse inquiry
THE Vatican has asked the Catholic archdiocese of Sydney to review an investigation conducted under previous archbishop Cardinal George Pell, which criticised the credibility of two alleged victims of church child sex abuse. The Royal Commission into ...
Roma (in retrospect)
The water is good in Rome. It’s not just good, it’s fucking excellent. There are all these brass water spigots dotted around the city that are constantly spouting out water straight from the millenia- old aqueduct of the ancient Romans. I might even say that the street (aqueduct) water of Rome rival ...
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Colloque international “ Les Chemins de l’Amour” Rome, 3 octobre 2014, 14h - 20h A l'occasion du Synode extraordinaire des évêques catholiques sur la famille, des nombreux groupes catholiques LGBT se sont réunis pour organiser un colloque international sur la pastorale pour les personnes, et les fam ...
Rome….what can you say
No matter how many times you visit rome its love. So full of history culture…gelati.. had a great day here exploring. Certainly a lot more people here than 4 years ago…but at the height of the GFC nobody was travelling I guess. Most of the key roads are car free so easy to get around. Love our Hotel ...
Rest in Peace, Father Gavin
Father Carney Gavin died on August 21, according to a brief death notice in the Boston Globe this morning. (Oddly, it's in the print edition only.) Carney was a once familiar type that is now rare. A learned, scholarly Boston-Irish priest, warm and gregarious and well-connected in academia, to royal ...
Pope Francis, ISIS, and the Last Crusade
genomega1: Pope Francis, ISIS, and the Last Crusade Originally posted on The Counter Jihad Report: By Christopher Dickey: Is the Pontiff of Peace advocating war? No, but the self-proclaimed “Caliph” Ibrahim wants his fight to be a true holy war on both sides, and his strategy seems to be succeeding. ...
We do indeed need to show joy as Catholics…
We do indeed need to show joy as Catholics. My motto — “Be happily and uncomplicatedly Catholic.” Michael J. Sheehan, Archbishop of Santa Fe ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Too Much, Too Little (The suggestion for this issue is from my g ...
