Author: Peter Albion
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Webinar: Pope Leo and Just War Theory
When: Thursday, 11 June at 7 pmWhere: Zoom, details by registration Pope Leo XIV and Just War Theory in the Catholic Tradition How should Catholics think about war, peace, and moral responsibility in an age of global conflict and human suffering? This webinar will explore Pope Leo’s contribution to Catholic social thought and the development…
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Towards a Spirituality of Synodality
Concerned Lay Catholics (Canada) is offering an online event about the spirituality of synodality.
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More thoughts about war
Pope Leo has been a critic of the USA-Israel war on Iran. The article linked here shows how he stands firmly in the tradition of Popes over the past 50 years.
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Just war?
Catholics in the USA could be forgiven if they are confused by the apparent conflict between their President and ‘their’ Pope. It must be especially troubling for the more conservative among them. Over recent decades they stood firmly behind two conservative Popes, John Paul II and Benedict, but found Francis sufficiently confronting that many rejected…
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“I don’t know what God is”
When I read this piece, I don’t know what God is. But the search keeps me grounded and feeling alive, by Karen Rinaldi in The Guardian recently it spoke to me sufficiently that I posted a link on our parish Facebook page. A few days later I received an email message from our priest saying…
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Not what I imagined or hoped
I approached Eugene Stockton’s pieces in ARCVoice 97 (Jun 2025) with interest and hope. Three ‘articles’ appeared in that issue with the rest to follow in subsequent issues. Part 1, Times are a-Changing, seemed to strike the right notes, acknowledging that the world had changed and our church must change in response. The observation that “the…