Two perspectives on the recently concluded Synod [Roman Phase]

The first link connects to an article by Fr. Tom Magill, of the Diocese of Motherwell. The second connects to an interview given by a Polish Archbishop who attended the Synodal meeting in Rome.   https://openhousescotland.co.uk/news/a-synodal-church-in-mission-04-11-2023     https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2023/11/13/will-the-synod-transmit-faith-or-unbelief-an-interview-with-archbishop-stanislaw-gadecki/ 

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Remembrance?

Remembrance Sunday is back. We remember many things on that day: the sacrifice and heroism of so many, the untold suffering of so many others, the senseless cruelty “justified” by ideological dogma, the stories of compassion which emerged despite the hatred engulfing nations. Yet the fratricidal hatred is also back....

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Homily On Death, 05.11.23

As we approach the end of the Church’s year, we are invited to contemplate the last things: death, judgment, purgatory, heaven and hell. For life passes quickly and we have not here a lasting city. We were born for higher things, for life with God. This life has been entrusted...

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