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When it comes to happiness, there’s no app for that, pope tells teens

Vatican City (CNS) — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 02:56:10 +0000

By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Happiness “is not an ‘app’ that you can download on your phones nor will the latest update help you become free and great in loving,” Pope Francis told thousands of teenagers.echo $variable;

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Dad’s persistence brought his son back

Rowena Orejana — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 22:22:03 +0000

by ROWENA OREJANA Confession and a return to a state of grace was the only wish an Australian father had for his son, Andrew. Fr Andrew Grace spoke before Divine Mercy followers at St Joseph’s Takapuna in Auckland on February 22.The programme was part of the nine day Divine Mercy Congress of Oceania, from February

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Attitude a barrier in Reconciliation

Michael Otto — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 16:00:26 +0000

By Tony Molloy Thank you for discussing in your pages the sacrament of Reconciliation and its present disuse by the great majority of communicants. For everyone in the confessional queue, there must be 20 or 30 in the queue for Holy Communion. Are Catholics much holier than in earlier times, or is awareness of the

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Threat forecast for Confession

Michael Otto — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 21:25:49 +0000

by MICHAEL OTTO A leading canon lawyer has warned that it is only a matter of time before New Zealand’s legal protection of priest-penitent privilege comes under strong challenge. Good Shepherd College principal Msgr Brendan Daly issued this warning at the launch of his book Canon Law In Action at the St Columba Centre in

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