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Tag:christianity, islam, westDinesh D’Souza has been criticized by both sides of the cultural divide on his views in his book, The Enemy at Home. His arguments have been accused as being too simplistic.
However, I’ve recently read an article by Fr. Piero Gheddo, a PIME missionary. His article titled, “Challenge of Islam is above all, cultural, […]

Tag:children, gift, lifeFr. Frank Pavone, wrote about people being persons and not products and to view children as gifts. Cultured, courteous people never ask for gifts nor destroy gifts that are given. Unfortunately, this is exactly what many people do to the gift of children - some of us destroy the gift while in the […]

Tag:obama, osama, politicsA few nights ago while having our family dinner, my teenage son and wife were commenting on Barack Obama and his meteoric rise in politics. I had at that time commented that Obama rhymes with Osama (bin Laden). This got my mind wandering for a while and I realised that these two men […]

Tag:anglican, catholic, unityI used to disregard as wishful thinking, the reunification of the schismatic church’s with the Catholic Church. I must confess that I’ll probably be humbled by the Holy Spirit if He has it His way, soon. I used to think that human pride will make the unity Jesus prayed for an impossible dream. […]

Tag:chaste, girls, sexualityThe Catholic Church has been teaching for millenia to be modest in dress and to be chaste throughout our life. The Church has known of the harm caused by such destructive behaviours and has been unwavering. Unfortunately not all her own members and not a few of her priests too have shunned away […]

Tag:catcholic, islam, loveLast week Chuck Colson wrote of Loving Your Enemies and how the Koran doesn’t have the equivalent of the Biblical requirement to forgive and reconcile with those who wrong us.
The foundation of Islamic life is on the Five Pillars of Islam which are:

Belief in the Oneness of God and that Mohammad was his […]

Tag:breach, movie, reviewBreach is the movie portrayal of the expose of FBI agent Robert Hanssen who was a spy for Russia.
The movie review by the USCCB is available here.
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Tag:depression, health, mentalJean Varnier, the founder of L’Arche Community, also the author of Seeing Beyond Depression, says that the key to handling depression is to recognize human frailty.
The L’Arche Community provides group houses and spiritual support for developmentally disabled people. It has 120 communities in 30 countries.
Varnier states that depression is a not a […]

Tag:india, nun, poorIn the likeness of Mother Theresa of Calcutta comes another nun who has been working with the poorest of the poor in various parts of India for the last 40 years.
Sister Cyril Mooney, of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, will be conferred one of the highest civilian awards by the Indian […]

Tag:anointed, gospel, respectYesterday’s Scripture readings were loaded with several lessons. The aspect of forgiveness was commented on yesterday and today I wish to expand on the other lesson - respect for God’s anointed ones.
Who are the anointed people? In 1 Sam. 26:2,7-9,12-13,22-23, it’s obvious that the anointed one was Saul. Hence people in authority generally […]