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Catholicism and Taiwan: A model of growing together

Catholicism and Taiwan: A model of growing together

by: Ronald Rozario - UCANews in Activities,

On July 18 last year, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen attended the installation ceremony of Archbishop Thomas Chung An-zu of Taipei in the nation’s capital. President Tsai delivered a speech where she hailed the Church’s century-long presence as having been vital for the development of Taiwan. "Over the past few decades, the Church has helped Taiwan society in so many ways and at so many levels that it is impossible to describe them in a few words or a few days," Tsai said.

Doctrine: At the Service of the Pastoral Mission of the Church

Doctrine: At the Service of the Pastoral Mission of the Church

by: Thomas P. Rausch, SJ - La Civiltà Cattolica in Articles,

Saint Vincent of Lerins posed the following question in the fifth century: “Can there be progress in the religion of the Church of Christ?” Today, we can phrase the question in the following way: How is the precious deposit of faith guarded and transmitted through time? How can we speak of a “development of doctrine?”

The Triumph of Good over Evil

The Triumph of Good over Evil

by: Ron Rolheiser, OMI in Activities,

A colleague once challenged Pierre Teilhard de Chardin with this question. You believe that good will ultimately triumph over evil; well, what if we blow up the world with an atomic bomb, what happens to goodness then? Teilhard answered this way...

A vibrant life of faith can help achieve well-being

A vibrant life of faith can help achieve well-being

by: Myron Pereira, Mumbai - UCA News in Activities,

For one whole year, 2020, a single anxious thought dominated the minds of all people in all the nations of the world: how to escape the clutches of Covid-19. It was a rare occasion when all humankind focused on just one issue. Today, Feb. 11, is the World Day of the Sick. It reminds us that while illness and injury may be part of our lives, we owe it to ourselves and to those we love to appreciate the gift of health and wellness.

Faith shows the way forward, says Biden

Faith shows the way forward, says Biden

by: Ruth Gledhill - The Tablet in Activities,

President Joe Biden has spoken of the central role faith plays for him in showing a way through dark times. And he has pledged to confront and defeat white supremacy and domestic terrorism. Speaking at the annual National Prayer Breakfast, he said: “For so many in our nation, this is a dark, dark time. So where do we turn? Faith. 

Our Unconscious Search for God

Our Unconscious Search for God

by: Ron Rolheiser, OMI in Articles,

How do we search for God? It is easy to misunderstand what that means. We are forever searching for God, though mostly without knowing it. Usually, we think of our search for God as a conscious religious search, as something we do out of a spiritual side of ourselves.

News Briefing: Britain and Ireland

News Briefing: Britain and Ireland

by: Liz Dodd- The Tablet in Activities,

Cardinal Vincent Nichols called on Catholics to pray for the 100,000 people in Britain who have died with coronavirus, their families and communities. Cardinal Nichols described the milestone as “a day of great sadness all over the land”.

God cannot Tell a Lie

God cannot Tell a Lie

by: Ron Rolheiser, OMI in Articles,

Lying is the most pernicious of evils, the most dangerous of sins, the worst of blasphemes, and the one sin that can be unforgivable. Perhaps we need to be reminded of that today, given our present culture where we are in danger of losing the very idea of reality and truth. Nothing is more dangerous.

Thinking Latinly

Thinking Latinly

by: Cathleen Kaveny - LA Croix International in Activities,

Reginald Foster OCD, the celebrated Latinist who died in December, committed one act of civil disobedience in the course of his duties for the Vatican.Tasked with making the official Latin version of a text written in Italian or Polish by Pope John Paul II, Reggie came across a phrase referring to Latin as a "dead" language.

Sixteen Centuries of St. Jerome

Sixteen Centuries of St. Jerome

by: Dominik Markl, SJ - La Civiltà Cattolica in Articles,

Jerome has been one of the most influential Bible scholars in the history of Christianity. He was the first to translate most of the biblical texts into Latin, and his translation, known as the Vulgate, was commonly accepted as authoritative in the Christian West for more than a millennium.