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How to criticize the Church so it helps, and so you don’t go to Hell
- By Valletta
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
- 1 Replies
I listen carefully to the message and try my best to understand it. I have disagreed with many stated policies.“Many Catholics find themselves between two bad options: Silencing or Skewering”
Most practicing Catholics can admit they have struggled with particular decisions or statements coming from Church authorities, or with the perceived priorities of the hierarchy that might seem out-of-step with the life of the faithful “on the ground.”
Loving the Church doesn’t mean being blind to the way she’s in need of reform. Nor does it mean ignoring them. But loving the Church doesn’t mean a kind of destructive criticism either, feeding bitterness, resentment, or rebellion.
So the question becomes clear: how can Catholics of good will, desiring holiness and wishing to see the Church become more holy, engage?
This week some continuing studies gave me occasion to revisit a classic, Cardinal Yves Congar’s “True and False Reform in the Church.”
The book remains unusually relevant.
Written in 1950 and influential for many Council Fathers, including Pope St. John XXIII, the text illuminates the spirit of reform leading into Vatican II, and the perennial question of how the Church discerns and grows. Above all, it offers principles for pursuing reform in a way that actually strengthens the Church’s fidelity to her mission.
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How to criticize the Church so it helps, and so you don’t go to Hell
“Many Catholics find themselves between two bad options: Silencing or Skewering”www.pillarcatholic.com
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'Unconscionable': Jailed pregnant women giving birth in cells, report claims
- By Michie
Advocates are calling for action after dozens of pregnant women or their families alleged in a new report that jails in the United States have subjected them to severe mistreatment or medical neglect, including women who gave birth on dirty cell floors.
Bloomberg Law and NBC News published the findings after a year-longinvestigation involving interviews with over 60 people, including a dozen previously incarcerated women.
After reviewing federal civil rights lawsuits from 2017 to 2024, the reporters found at least 54 pregnant women or their families alleged to have been subjected to severe mistreatment or medical neglect. Many of the pregnant women who have made allegations about mistreatment had been locked up for "petty crimes," the report states.
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Bloomberg Law and NBC News published the findings after a year-longinvestigation involving interviews with over 60 people, including a dozen previously incarcerated women.
After reviewing federal civil rights lawsuits from 2017 to 2024, the reporters found at least 54 pregnant women or their families alleged to have been subjected to severe mistreatment or medical neglect. Many of the pregnant women who have made allegations about mistreatment had been locked up for "petty crimes," the report states.
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'Unconscionable': Jailed pregnant women giving birth in cells, report claims
Advocates are calling for action after dozens of pregnant women or their families alleged in a new report that jails in the United States have subjected them to severe mistreatment or medical
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- By Apple Sky
- Conspiracy Theories
- 2047 Replies
The problem with Nietzsche is that he states his statement “There is no facts, only interpretations” as a fact to prove that facts do not exist.
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Afghan national charged with first-degree murder for National Guard attack
- By Michie
The 29-year-old Afghan national arrested in connection with Wednesday's shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., was charged with first-degree murder on Friday, following the death of 20-year-old National Guard Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom.
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who immigrated to the U.S. in 2021 and recently settled in Bellingham, Washington, with his wife and five children, was upgraded from initial assault charges following Beckstrom's death, authorities said.
Beckstrom, a West Virginia National Guard member deployed to the capital for security operations, succumbed to her injuries late Thursday at a local hospital, President Donald Trump confirmed in a statement.
The second victim, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, remains in critical but stable condition at George Washington University Hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery.
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Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who immigrated to the U.S. in 2021 and recently settled in Bellingham, Washington, with his wife and five children, was upgraded from initial assault charges following Beckstrom's death, authorities said.
Beckstrom, a West Virginia National Guard member deployed to the capital for security operations, succumbed to her injuries late Thursday at a local hospital, President Donald Trump confirmed in a statement.
The second victim, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, remains in critical but stable condition at George Washington University Hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery.
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Afghan national charged with first-degree murder for National Guard attack
The 29-year-old Afghan national arrested in connection with Wednesday s shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D C , was charged with first-degree murder on Friday, following the death
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anyone know anything about Gematria?
- By Benaiah468
- MILLENNIALS (1981 to 1998)
- 118 Replies
Lord Jesus is the Sun of Righteousness
The word shemesh, meaning sun, has a gematria of 640, while the numerology of the name Jesus in Greek is 888.
shemesh (sun)
שֶׁמֶשׁ
21. שׂ שׁ Shin/Sin 300
13. מ Mem 40
21. שׂ שׁ Shin/Sin 300
Σ 640
The first appearance of the number 888 in Ф is preceded by the number 640!
The 640th prime number is 4751
The 4751st digit in π, starting with the first decimal place, is 888!
This is the first time that the number 888 appears in π.
The word shemesh, meaning sun, has a gematria of 640, while the numerology of the name Jesus in Greek is 888.
shemesh (sun)
שֶׁמֶשׁ
21. שׂ שׁ Shin/Sin 300
13. מ Mem 40
21. שׂ שׁ Shin/Sin 300
Σ 640
The first appearance of the number 888 in Ф is preceded by the number 640!
The 640th prime number is 4751
The 4751st digit in π, starting with the first decimal place, is 888!
This is the first time that the number 888 appears in π.
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