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Week of prayer for unity in Christ
As we enter into the week of praying together it is an opportunity for Indian leaders to break new grounds and let the Spirit blow fresh air into our communitarian lives. As the Parishes across
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Interpreting the social dimension of the Gospel
After a hiatus of 25 years the BISA program is being revived. BISA VIII in Bangkok was postponed from November 2011 to January 2012 owing to the floods there. The FABC’s Office of Human
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Remembering ‘Justice’
A seminarian I taught recently asked me to name the most influential document on church social teaching since the Second Vatican Council. He was surprised by my unhesitating and vigorous response:
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Church has a mission to transform society
Not all social change is acceptable to the person of faith. But social transformation in the direction of the values of the Kingdom is a faith commitment. As Pope Paul VI wrote: “At the heart of
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