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the rainbow: God`s covenant of love…for all!
Traditional scripture readings sometimes nudge your mind beyond traditional interpretations. Hubby and I began our Sunday with Religion and Ethics Newsweekly on PBS; a favorite weekly show. Today,...
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a legal dance around prostitution in canada
On March 26th, the Ontario Court of Appeal struck down a ban on brothels. The judges ruled that prostitutes should be allowed to legally take their trade indoors and pay staff to support them. How the...
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Life for the Roma in France
This is a very special guest post, written by a dear friend in Paris, France. Mary Harvan Gorgette is a lay minister for social-justice and intercultural issues in a 5-parish area of the Diocese of...
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human trafficking is closer than you think
In this week’s Prairie Messenger, James Buchok of Winnipeg has written an eye-opening article about human trafficking in our own back-yard. We tend to think this is mostly a third-world problem, but...
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BBC News – Tax havens: Super-rich ‘hiding’ at least $21tn
A global super-rich elite had at least $21 trillion (£13tn) hidden in secret tax havens by the end of 2010, according to a major study. The figure is equivalent to the size of the US and Japanese...
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cardinal turkson connects social doctrine to new evangelization in africa
Today’s Africa proof the old evangelization worked. Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson, head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, delivered the Martin Royakers Lecture on September 26 at the...
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tithing time
An article in The Tablet reports the following challenge by the Bishop of Portsmouth to the Catholics in his diocese, “I would like to invite every Catholic to consider tithing, that is donating 10 per...
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a Marianist experience of global vocation realities
This is a photo of the World Council of the Marianist Family (WCMF) taken at last November’s meeting in Rome. The members represent the leadership teams from the four different vocations in the...
View Articlelove of law vs law of love
“To do your will, O my God, is my delight, and your law is within my heart.” Psalm 40 When I was growing up, being a catholic meant following all the laws of the church. These laws were presented as...
View Articleof good and evil
The problem of evil remains one of faith’s greatest mysteries. If God is so loving, why, OH WHY does so much evil exist? Why do bad things happen to good people? Why do horrible people reap benefits...
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