“As I wrote in my initial letter, I cannot undo the grievous wrongs that Bishop Davis has done, nor take away the pain of his victims, but I can do my best to ensure that this diocese continues to tell the truth and seek healing and reconciliation for those who have been harmed.”
What do you do when you’re a thriving resort town with plenty of faithful people and no place to build all the churches you need? You build together, of course, in one spot, offering one model of architectural and communal integrity. That’s what Vail, Colo., based Vail Interfaith Chapel has done as it has sought to serve the spiritual needs of its residents.
It has been a busy week at the Cafe’s Facebook page because for the first time in months, posts are importing properly. We’re using new tools to import posts and monitor page traffic, and will be posting new guidelines on what we expect from commenters and those who post content to our wall. Our biggest question to readers, as we formulate these guidelines, is what do you find disruptive? Read on for more from our Facebook space.
Some of this year’s 9/11 memorial services seemed to strive to take anti-Islamic rhetoric head-on.
In advance of an impending papal visit to the UK, international Catholic pub The Tablet offers a helpful compare-and-contrast essay that thinks through Rowan Williams and Pope Benedict XVI. Meanwhile, let’s remember 1982, if we can: conflict in The Falklands, World Cup action, and … oh yeah, Pope John Paul II is greeted in England like a rock star.
I believe in thee, O Lord, the Father, the Word, and the Spirit, one only true God. I believe that all things were created by thy Almighty power and love: That all have been restored, by the goodness and mercy exhibited in the person of thy Word, the Lord Jesus Christ; who for us men, and for our salvation, was made flesh, conceived and born, did suffer, and was crucified, descended into the place of departed spirits,