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Daily Archives: 6 June 2013
Grooming
This month’s VIRTUS training material reviewed the clever, demonic, and crushing role of silence in the crisis of sex abuse and its cover-up. Especially striking was this description of grooming: I have heard perpetrators euphemistically refer to the “relationship” they … Continue reading
Pope Francis and Others on Tobit
Liam noted this link to Pope Francis preaching on Tobit, which is embedded in the daily Roman Lectionary these days. From the Holy Father: Two just people who live dramatic situations. The first is blinded despite his performing good works, … Continue reading
Ecclesia de Eucharistia 3
John Paul II presents the Eucharist as “the sacrament of the paschal mystery.” It’s a New Testament-based idea, the connection of Christ’s Passion with the sacramental life, the inclusion of the Old Testament notions of sacrifice and priesthood: 3. The … Continue reading
Call A Council For The Cover-Up?
I noticed this news piece first in CathNews Australia yesterday. I wasn’t going to blog about it. RNS linked to this Yahoo! News piece, citing a proposal from Bishop Geoffrey Robinson, who headed up the Church’s response team Down Under. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Bishop Geoffrey Robinson, cover-up scandal, Vatican III
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Pacem In Terris 112-113: Need for Disarmament
Few listen, but three popes have said it: 112. Hence justice, right reason, and the recognition of (human) dignity cry out insistently for a cessation to the arms race. The stock-piles of armaments which have been built up in various countries … Continue reading
Catholic Sensibility 