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September 12, 2013
I have returned to chilly Scotland from a week in sunny Italy, and — oh! — the contrast. The only improvement to my way of life is my electric coffee machine. In Italy I had recourse only to a metal object that sat on the stove and grudgingly spurted a quarter cup of coffee into its upper storey and to local café-bars, where one raises eyebrows if one requests milk in one’s coffee after noon. In Scotland I can glug whole mugs of milky coffee at any hour of the day with ease and impunity.
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) Sept. 22 (Amos 8:4-7; Psalm 113; 1 Timothy 2:1-7; Luke 16:1-13) People are an expendable commodity. Unbridled profit should be one’s guiding principle. If this sounds heartless and shocking it should because it is — but it expresses the underlying mentality of too many people and it helps to fuel our institutions.
“I have come to set the Earth on fire and how I wish it were already blazing... Do you think that I have come to establish peace on Earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. From now on a household of five will be divided, three against two and two against three.”
VATICAN CITY - A veteran diplomat, the Vatican's new secretary of state, plans to put the church's vast global diplomatic network into high gear as champions for peace.
TORONTO - Pro-life activist Linda Gibbons was given a tongue lashing on top of the maximum six-month sentence for her latest conviction for taking her peaceful protest to a Toronto abortion clinic.
September 13, 2013
TORONTO - Embracing diversity within the Catholic Church will lead towards a world where the presence of God is felt in greater proportions, said Cardinal Baselios Cleemis.
OTTAWA - The Catholic Civil Rights League has joined LifeCanada in an appeal for a national day of fasting and prayer to stop euthanasia in Canada.
One evening this past summer, I walked down a set of dark stairs into a candlelit basement. I was with a group of 20 young adults. Eastern icons of Jesus on the cross were placed around the room, representing for me the sacred history of God’s interactions with His people.
TORONTO - Ryerson Catholics has launched a monthly Tuesday Talk series with a theme inspired by Pope Francis.
TGIF — Thank God it’s Friday! I’m sure we can all relate to having a rough week at work and being excited when Friday makes its weekly visit. Time to get together with friends at a pub for a pint. Guinness, anyone?
TORONTO - Catholic Christian Outreach has arrived at Toronto’s Ryerson University, introducing itself to students with the CCO’s Discovery Faith Study.
VATICAN CITY - People who judge and criticize others are hypocrites and cowards who are unable to face their own defects, Pope Francis said.
VATICAN CITY - Picking up the telephone and calling people out of the blue is no big deal for Pope Francis, according to a Vatican official.
September 14, 2013
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis' Sept. 11 meeting with Dominican Father Gustavo Gutierrez was an informal one, held in the in the pope's residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, and not listed on his official schedule. Yet the news that Pope Francis had received the 85-year old Peruvian priest, who is widely considered the father of liberation theology, has excited interest far beyond the Vatican's walls.
TORONTO - Lino Rulli wants to be the patron saint of kissing — after all, he says he’s so good at it. He’s also good at being The Catholic Guy, the radio host known to champion the faith with wit and humour on Sirius XM Satellite Radio’s Catholic channel.
OTTAWA - A Quebec organization founded by the Canadian bishops more than 50 years ago to censor films will be re-examining its mission under a new CEO.
TORONTO - The only published diary of a high-ranking Holy See official from the Second World War will soon be available in English.
September 15, 2013
BEIRUT - The misery experienced by Mariam and husband, Ephrem, and their three young children is just one example of hundreds of thousands of Christians in the Middle East, displaced by wars in which they are not participating.
Hamilton’s Good Shepherd Centre is converting a once vacant Pentecostal church into a support centre for young mothers in need.
OTTAWA - The Institute of Marriage and Family Canada (IMFC) has released a new study revealing Quebeckers have differing preferences on child care than the rest of Canadians.