LCWR president talks church authority, dialogue
Q and A: Obeying church authority involves listening to God from many sources, says the president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.
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'Ultimate obedience' to God, sister tells religious heads
Speaking to global women religious, a theologian says they owe "ultimate obedience" to God, founded in the needs of the poor.
Global sisters explore models of effective leadership
Mercy Sister Mary Patricia Garvin opened day three of a global gathering of women religious leaders here exploring the gathering’s theme of effective service leadership.
In a talk entitled “Graced Companionship: A Metaphor for Religious Leadership Today,” Garvin used Jesus at the primary model for leadership. She called him a graced companion “par excellance!”
Servant, feminine leadership focus of global sisters' gathering
Sisters' Meeting: How should a Catholic leader use power? Should they ever admit weakness? And what role can feminine imagery play in such considerations?
Pope Francis to meet privately with international sisters
Sisters from around the world are gathered in Rome and say a meeting scheduled with Pope Francis is a "sign of hope."
Jesuit expert aims to decriminalize the word 'jihadist'
"There is no contradiction between jihad and democracy," said Jesuit Fr. Paolo Dall'Oglio at a conference on Syria.
Kidnapped bishops raise fears of Syrian nightmare
Rome on Tuesday reacted with alarm to the kidnapping of two Orthodox bishops in Syria, fearing it may mark the beginning of the nightmare scenario: that Syria will become the next Iraq, meaning the next Middle Eastern country where Christians emerge as primary victims of the chaos following the disintegration of a police state.
A Vatican spokesman called the kidnappings "a dramatic confirmation of the tragic situation in which the Syrian people and its Christian community are living."
Old friend calls Francis a 'person of dialogue'
Q and A: "I think all the various sectors of the church will be able to dialogue with him," says Jesuit Fr. Humberto Miguel Yáñez.
Famed Roman SJ calls Francis 'profoundly Jesuit' pope
One of Rome’s best known members of the Society of Jesus, and certainly one of the most wired in terms of Vatican contacts, said yesterday that for those with eyes to see, Francis cannot help but seem a “profoundly Jesuit” pope.
Jesuit Fr. Gianfranco Ghirlanda, a distinguished canon lawyer and former rector of the Jesuit-run Gregorian University, spoke April 19 as part of a panel discussing Francis’ papacy at the one-month mark. The event was sponsored by the “Alberto Hurtado Center for Faith and Culture” at the Gregorian.
Does Francis face a risk of Vatican backlash?
John Allen in Rome: At least one Vatican official wonders what will happen to their system if people think the pope is boosting his own popularity at their expense?
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May 10-23, 2013
- Illinois parish's ESL program welcomes all
- A different Mary assumes the stage
- A question few seem to consider when the US wages war afar
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