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[ 13 November 2019 ] Take Off the Veil, Sister faith and spirituality
[ 3 November 2019 ] Saint Gemma Galgani. Diary faith and spirituality
[ 24 October 2019 ] Brother Roger’s last letter faith and spirituality
[ 24 October 2019 ] Act of trust (Blessed Rupert Majer sj) faith and spirituality
[ 24 October 2019 ] Guidelines for Evaluating Reiki as an Alternative Therapy faith and spirituality
[ 15 October 2019 ] Sperm donation makes procreation a business where children are bought and sold faith and spirituality
[ 14 October 2019 ] Questions of Power and Rights in Surrogacy faith and spirituality

Take Off the Veil, Sister

“I call on you, my Muslim sister, to take off the veil. This is an honest call… Its intention is not to defile you, nor to encourage you to [moral] lassitude. I call on you […]

Saint Gemma Galgani. Diary

– Today I believed I was free from that ugly beast, but on the contrary it has called me much. I wanted to sleep, but it began with such blows, that I thought I would […]

A few weeks before he was killed, fr. Roger Schutz, prior of the ecumenical community of Taizé, had started preparing this letter that, although unfinished, is a text full of inspiration: “I leave you peace; […]

Act of trust (Blessed Rupert Majer sj)

Lord, let happen whatever you will; and as you will, so will I walk; help me only to know your will! Lord, whenever you will, then is the time; today and always …Lord, whatever you […]

Guidelines for Evaluating Reiki as an Alternative Therapy

Committee on Doctrine United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (March 25, 2009) 1. From time to time questions have been raised about various alternative therapies that are often available in the United States. Bishops are […]

Sperm donation makes procreation a business where children are bought and sold

The burgeoning fertility industry treats procreation like a business and human beings like products. The Washington Post recently featured the story of Danielle Rizzo, a gay woman who conceived two children by purchasing sperm from […]

Questions of Power and Rights in Surrogacy

Questions of Power and Rights in Surrogacy: Is it acceptable for gay men to exploit surrogate mothers facing poverty, racism, eugenic forces and misogyny? I am a lesbian. In my political activism over more than […]

Only for today – Pope John XXIIII

1 ) Only for today, I will seek to live the livelong day positively without wishing to solve the problems of my life all at once. 2) Only for today, I will take the greatest […]

Saint Gemma Galgani. Life

Beyond the appearances there is an extraordinary Saint: a mystic in continuous and affectionate dialogue with Jesus; a contemplative saint who prays simply like a child and deeply like a theologian. She withdraws the most […]

The war that we all dread and fear happens (Mother Teresa letter to Bush and Saddam)

In 2001, in a climate of fear similar to what we are experiencing, Mother Teresa wrote a letter. No one answered. The letter remained relevant even today, in a world that’s path now winds of […]