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Lent is about doing stuff and learning to not do stuff

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Lent is about doing stuff and learning to not do stuff

Lent is here so early that I haven’t even finished my Christmas chocolate yet! But what is it all about? A homily by Fr Stephen Wang for the First Sunday of Lent.

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Francis’s bold message to abortion survivors: come and be freed

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Francis’s bold message to abortion survivors: come and be freed

Pope Francis yesterday sent media and commentators into a tailspin after calling for all priests to be granted the faculty to absolve the sin of abortion during the Year of Mercy (see Crux). The bold gesture, […]

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The merciful heart of a priest

Filed in Spirituality by on August 25, 2015 1 Comment
The merciful heart of a priest

A beautiful sermon by Fr Francesco Donega, about Christ’s mercy and the merciful heart of one of his priests: Fr Tony Sacré, whose Requiem took place on Monday: Two or three days before his death […]

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