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October 04, 2023

Pope’s new eco-manifesto slams climate sceptics and urges dramatic action to combat climate change

October 04, 2023

ROME – Warning that “the world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point,” Pope Francis on Wednesday released a new document urging dramatic action to combat climate change ahead of the U.N. COP28 summit scheduled for Nov. 30-Dec. 12 in Dubai. The new document, titled Laudate Deum, or “Praise God”,

‘The assumption must be faced that Pope Francis is consciously breaking with the Church’s tradition’

October 04, 2023

We can’t say we weren’t warned. On World Youth day in Rio de Janeiro in 2013, Pope Francis, excited by the crowds of young people, adopted something of the energetic creativity of the teenagers he was surrounded by and exhorted them to make a mess: “I want to tell you something. What is it that I

The makings of a ‘CarMelkite’: How life as a Carmelite nun helped me better savour Eastern Catholic liturgies

October 04, 2023

In a world where distractions are ever-present and self-aggrandisement is mistaken as confidence, there comes a time in everyone’s life during which one asks oneself either of these three questions: “Am I fulfilling my life purpose?” “Is there something more I should be doing to draw closer to God?” “Based on what I’m doing now,