by John Freund, CM | Aug 13, 2009 | Church
The Vatican site has 7 webcams installed at various points in Rome. It makes it possible to take a virtual tour without leaving your chair. There are, however, a number of other ways to make a virtual visit to places in Rome. The basilica of St Paul’s Outside...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 29, 2009 | Church, Justice and Peace
“If you want to cultivate peace, protect the creation” is the theme chosen by Benedict XVI for his Message for the 43rd World Day of Peace, which will be celebrated on 1 January 2010. “The theme”, says a communique made public today, “aims to raise awareness about the...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 21, 2009 | Church, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
By joining the Catholics Confront Global Poverty initiative of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Relief Services, you are helping to mobilize the power of our Catholic faith – our opposition to injustice, our vision of a just and peaceful...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 11, 2009 | Church, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Education for Justice has produced a very useful map or outline of the pope’s recent encyclical. Caritas in Veritate (pdf). See also John Allen’s shorter list of the some of the key points…Pope proposes a Christ humanism… Benedict says the...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 7, 2009 | Church
“Love — caritas — is an extraordinary force which leads people to opt for courageous and generous engagement in the field of justice and peace… Caritas in veritate” is the principle around which the Church’s social doctrine turns, a principle...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 19, 2009 | Church
“This Year, meant to deepen the commitment of all priests to interior renewal for the sake of a more forceful and incisive witness to the Gospel in today’s world, will conclude on the same Solemnity in 2010…. In his time the Curé of Ars was able to...
