Word: pastorale
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Going back in time - and indeed some of the cases cited in the Los Angeles archdiocese go back to the first half of the 20th century - it would seem the Vatican does share some responsibility for the way that its clergy are trained, hired and transferred, as well as for...
Colombians began to rent houses in Bissau in 2004, declaring themselves exporters of fish or cashew nuts, while in reality coordinating industrial-sized shipment and storage of cocaine from Latin America. One afternoon, an undercover detective drives me around Bissau to point out the mansions where the Colombians live. Erected...
Of course, beyond the doctrinal front, plenty has changed these past two years for the Bavarian prelate and Vatican insider. He has become a world leader and has been learning lessons in tempering his ideas with public relations, having given controversial speeches and been confronted with fiery inter-faith conflict...
It’s a well-known fact that everyone has favorite publications that they don’t admit reading, guilty pleasures ranging from Playboy to “Ice by Ice: The Vanilla Ice Story in His Own Words.”The flip side of this secret...
'Oppression is sin and cannot be compromised with. It must be overcome. God takes sides with the oppressed.' PASTORAL LETTER written by Zimbabwe's powerful Catholic Bishops' Conference, which condemned President Robert Mugabe's government as 'racist, corrupt and lawless'