One issue that I have here - why do we just focus on Catholics. There are numerous pro-life Protestants yet we ignore them. Sure, their beliefs differ from ours, but as life is so important, should we not engage with them on this issue? Whether we do it unwittingly or not, we make Protestants believe that life is a "Catholic" issue and they are offended by it as a lot of them are as prolife as we are. Let us be ecumenical here - we are so much stronger together than apart.
As a Catholic priest, I speak to my own people as Protestant Ministers speak to theirs. I agree that Pro-Life issues are not limited to Catholic or Protestant, Christian or Jewish. These are HUMAN RIGHTS we are defending but the laity are better suited to bridge the divide between denominations as fellow citizens. No one is preventing YOU and others to reach out and build alliances with our brothers and sisters of other faiths.
Acton U 2013: Day 1 (with UPDATES)
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I am once again participating in Acton University. This is a wonderful few
days. There are swarms of people this year, I think last night the
announcer sai...
Nerves overcome
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The Apostolic Nuncio, five Bishops and some very learned clergy are present
at the ACCC conference here in Melbourne. I was getting increasingly
nervous ...
On "Life Sunday," The Barque Meets the Bikes
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...and, there, the "When Worlds Collide" shot everyone's been waiting for –
the Pope blessing a couple thousand Harley riders, who came with their
bikes f...
Reflections on today's Gospel: Wednesday, April 3.
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The tie-in in today's readings is sight.
Peter and John are walking towards the Temple in our First Reading, when
they stop to see the man begging. Before...
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One issue that I have here - why do we just focus on Catholics. There are numerous pro-life Protestants yet we ignore them. Sure, their beliefs differ from ours, but as life is so important, should we not engage with them on this issue? Whether we do it unwittingly or not, we make Protestants believe that life is a "Catholic" issue and they are offended by it as a lot of them are as prolife as we are. Let us be ecumenical here - we are so much stronger together than apart.
As a Catholic priest, I speak to my own people as Protestant Ministers speak to theirs. I agree that Pro-Life issues are not limited to Catholic or Protestant, Christian or Jewish. These are HUMAN RIGHTS we are defending but the laity are better suited to bridge the divide between denominations as fellow citizens. No one is preventing YOU and others to reach out and build alliances with our brothers and sisters of other faiths.
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