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Canada and the Olympics

March 01, 2010

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A RESPONSE TO THE MURPHY REPORT

March 01, 2010

Jesuit theologian's response to Murphy report

Theologian Gerry O'Hanlon SJ's article written in the wake of the
Murphy report has attracted media attention after its publication in this
month's Furrow magazine. Referring to Archbishop Diarmuid Martin's
statement that now was "without doubt a time of deep crisis for the
Dublin Archdiocese", the former Provincial of the Jesuits in
Ireland says that "We are at a watershed in Irish Catholicism, with
repercussions for Catholicism worldwide". He also believes that the
clerical abuse scandal points to a deeper crisis within the Catholic
Church. Looking back to the 1960's and the hopes of Vatican II, he
critiques the Church's power structure that has excluded women in
particular and the laity in general. And in pointing a way forward, he
suggests a national assembly to address the findings of the Murphy
report. Read the full aticle below.


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Mary Ward and the Papacy:What We Can Learn Today

March 01, 2010

"In December 2009 Pope Benedict XVI formally promulgated a Decree recognising the ‘heroic virtue' demonstrated by Mary Ward, conferring on her the title ‘Venerable' and setting in motion her cause for canonisation. This judgement reverses that of Pope Urban VIII who condemned her as a ‘heretic, schismatic and rebel to Holy Church' and her sisters as ‘poisonous growths in the Church of God [which] must be torn up from the roots lest they spread themselves further'."

(opening paragraph of "Mary Ward: Then and now" by  Gemma Simmonds CJ in new catholic times sensus fidelium 15th February 2010.)


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Holy Words Holy Wars

March 01, 2010


Today we bring you the conclusion to Robert Blair Kaiser's lengthy analysis of the Crusades and the concept of "Holy War". Can any war be classed as "holy"?

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A God For All Seasons
Sister Joan Chittister O.S.B. and Fr. Pat Fitzpatrick C.S.Sp.

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