Daily Archives: 24 January 2006

Deus Caritas Est: Maximus the Confessor and John Wesley

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We await tomorrow’s release of Pope Benedict’s first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est. I assume that the initial reactions to Benedict’s meditation on love will be predictable – those predisposed to respond to papal documents with reverence and awe will discover … Continue reading →

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Day 7 – The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

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Ecumenism rests on the conviction that there is one church whose members are deeply related to one another thanks to what God has done in Jesus Christ-no matter how strange we may seem to one another. The ecumenical task, to … Continue reading →

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New Monasteries

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A brief Zenit piece on monastery foundation in the Third World. The tropics hold little geographical interest for me, as you might guess, but my wife and I are on the mailing and donor list for Tautra, nearing completion of … Continue reading →

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