via the Washington Post: A note from Karen Attiah, Global Opinions editor I received this column from Jamal Khashoggi’s translator and assistant the day after Jamal was reported missing in Istanbul. The Post held off publishing it because we hoped Jamal would come back to us so that he and I could edit it together.… Read More Jamal Khashoggi’s Last Column: The Arab World Needs Free Expression
Pope Francis: “Let us go forward with courage on the path to holiness!”
Pope Francis: “God can fill our hearts with his love and help us continue our journey together towards the land of freedom and life.”
via Vatican News: Jesus is radical. He gives all and he asks all: he gives a love that is total and asks for an undivided heart…. Jesus is not content with a “percentage of love”: we cannot love him twenty or fifty or sixty percent. It is either all or nothing. Dear brothers and sisters,… Read More Pope Francis: Jesus is Radical, Giving All and Asking All
In article that quotes Millennial writer Meghan Clark and guest writer Susan Reynolds, Heidi Schlumpf writes: In an age of Trump and given the serious issues facing the country and the world, theologians are seeing the urgency of doing public theology, a term coined by Lutheran theologian Martin Marty in the 1970s. But given the… Read More The Challenges and Urgency of Doing Public Theology in 2018
Pope Francis: “In our daily lives we experience the tenderness of God who lovingly saves us from our sins, fears and anxieties.”
via Vatican News: Cardinal Marc Ouellet writes to “his fellow brother”, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, responding to his accusations according to his own personal knowledge and documents in the archive of the Congregation for Bishops, and asks him to return to full communion with the Successor of Peter. Here are some highlights: Your current position… Read More Card. Ouellet: Vigano’s “Political Maneuver” against Pope is Deplorable, Blasphemous, Unjustified
