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Perhaps this is an under-reported story in the English-speaking world… An Italian website writes…”With a letter written personally to Cardinal William J. Levada, Benedict XVI has ordered the congregation for the doctrine of the faith to examine whether the Neocatechumenal Masses are or are not in keeping with the liturgical teaching and practice of the [...]

An article in US Catholic  raises the question of competing visions of Catholic Social Teaching as reflected in approaches to the national budget. Another article on Faith and Public Life  raises the question of priorities in terms of energy expended on various issue related to budgets and church teachings. See also an earlier post from [...]

Now here’s a question! With all the attention paid to the recent winners of the mega-lottery one piece caught my eye. “If you won what would you do?’ It prompted this question for visitors to famvin. If Vincent were given $1,000 to by a wealthy benefactor, what would he have done? How much of it would [...]

Half of Australians seeking help for homelessness are under 25 and almost twenty per cent are under 10, according to new research by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The report, Specialist Homelessness Services Collection: first results, also reveals that over 90,000 people were assisted by specialist homelessness agencies in the July to September [...]

John Allen describes  a recently released document… “The 32-page document is designed as a vade-mecum, or practical handbook, for business leaders trying to integrate their faith with their work. It was presented on March 30 by Cardinal Peter Turkson, a Ghanian who serves as president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, at an assembly [...]

National Catholic Educational Association Recognizes SCNs Each year the Secondary Department at NCEA (National Catholic Educational Association) recognizes religious Congregations with ties to Catholic education for particular milestones or anniversaries. SCNs Mary Angela Shaughnessy, Camille Panich, and Mary Elizabeth Miller attended a Dinner on Wednesday evening, April 11, during which the SCN Congregation was honored [...]

“In our search for this Louise we find very contradictory signs of her identity. We are able to view sketches that present us with the image of a sad widow, a complex mystic and a forward looking, bold advocate on behalf of the dignity of those who were oppressed. We can examine the profile of [...]

In a video ”To the least of my brothers” Mt 25,40 Father Pedro OpekaCM  says… “When I arrived I could not shut my eyes to utter destitution. I saw a 1,000 children struggling for survival among the animals in the garbage dump … I was dumbstruck. … I said to myself ,  ”Here I could not just talk. [...]

DR. Michael Thio, President General,  visited Hong Kong (Special  Administrative Region of China) on 23- 24 March 2012 and met up with  Maurice Yeung, President, Central  Council, SSVP Hong Kong (Special  Administrative Region of China), and  members of his Central Council. The  President General held wide-ranging  talks with the members covering their  varied services to the [...]

The New England Province reports that Fr. Peter Goldbach, CM, the oldest living CM,  fell and is under observation in a  local hospital. At 100 years of age he was recently featured in a video telling how he discovered that his vocation began 101 years ago with his mother who wanted a a son who [...]