Daily Archives: 19 May 2021

Pamplona Eve

Posted on 19 May 2021 by catholicsensibility

It was five hundred years ago a cannonball knocked a rowdy soldier-of-fortune off his life’s course and into sainthood. Naturally, the Jesuit founder has a holy year of sorts starting on the 20th of this month. During this year themed … Continue reading →

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Populorum Progressio 13: The Present Need

Posted on 19 May 2021 by catholicsensibility

Pope Paul VI suggests that the impulse of the Church’s concern is divine friendship, the impulse handed to us from the Lord: to witness, to save, to serve. 13. In the present day, however, individual and group effort within these … Continue reading →

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Mask Maturity

Posted on 19 May 2021 by catholicsensibility

Apparently, our corporate masters’ spies thought I would be enchanted by facebook posts discussing masks. Pretty sure I annoyed a few people who were celebrating their freedom from facial coverings. My pastor mentioned he heard from a parishioner who was … Continue reading →

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Fratelli Tutti 176: Social and Political Charity

Posted on 19 May 2021 by catholicsensibility

This paragraph and the nine that follow are gathered under the heading, “Social and Political Charity.” The three subtopics include “The politics we need” (177-179), “Political love” (180-182), and “Effective love” (183-185). Does that seem like a progression of sorts? … Continue reading →

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