Root and branch reform: Lay lead Catholic synods
In January 2020 the Catholic journalist Joanna Moorhead called for a synod that began with women rather than one that ended with them — or excluded them altogether. In retrospect…
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The word basileia that we translate as “kingdom of God” can also be translated simply creation. That creation is the kingdom/queendom of God.
From Matt Fox, July 11, 2021 How readily we can forget that nature is a temple (or mosque) and that the divine dwells therein! How, as Biblical scholar Krister Stendahl…
The Second 50 Years for Vatican II: Discuss, Truly Hear, Learn From and Be Led By the Margins, and Then Do Healthy Bodies Do – Move!
“public discussion, if it truly makes room for everyone and does not manipulate or conceal information, is a constant stimulus to a better grasp of the truth.” – Fratelli Tutti…
Faith, Economy, Ecology, Transformation Working Group: Call to Integrate Faith, Ecology and the Global Economy
https://faitheconomyecology.wordpress.com Faith, Economy, Ecology is a collaborative of faith-based organizations and individuals who believe that humanity is being called to radically change its interactions with each other and Earth. We…
Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture
From Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture by Tema Okun, dRworks. Updated Spring 2021 to include the first three paragraphs of attributionI dedicate this piece to the late Kenneth Jones, a long-time colleague, mentor,…
Reliance on decision-making by top-down appointees, like bishops, rather than elected representatives, is at odds with the democratic ideal to which the modern world aspires
By John Warhurst | Australia, in La Croix, June 2021 Democracy is a modern ideal, still fighting for acceptance in some parts of the world. It has had to be…
Change always starts with confusion: cherished interpretations must dissolve to make way for the new
Visualizing our portal into the future by Jennifer Wilson, Global Sisters Report, NCRonline.org, Jul 2, 2021 (Unsplash/Daniele Levis Pelusi) daniele-levis-pelusi-YQrUzrsRNes-unsplash c.jpg “We can’t be creative if we refuse to be confused.…
Do humans see ourselves as part of nature? Or as its masters? Or plunderers?
Matt Fox, June 30, 2021 True spirituality begins where the Bible begins—with the universe, with creation, with all that exists. Not with the human alone but within a larger context. …
