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    In 1992, Pope John Paul II authorized a new Catechism of the Catholic Church, a 700 page comprehensive explanation of the teachings of the Church. Since then , a smaller version for youth was published. This series will try to explain various teachings of the Catechism in a simple way that hopefully will be easily understood ....

    Language immersion in Colombia raised many questions: from the mundane (is this fabric softener or laundry detergent?) to the philosophical (what does the subjunctive say about cultural differences) to the urgent (is this the right dosage of medicine???). Reposted from The Jesuit Post....

    In 1992, Pope John Paul II authorized a new Catechism of the Catholic Church, a 700 page comprehensive explanation of the teachings of the Church. Since then , a smaller version for youth was published. This series will try to explain various teachings of the Catechism in a simple way that hopefully will be easily understood ....

    An important point made by Pope Francis in Laudato Si is that each of us needs to become involved in the effort to take up the fight against environmental destruction. But does this personal effort make any difference?...

    On July 16, 1991, I slipped on some wet grass during a water balloon fight. It was the day before my ninth birthday, a quarter-century ago. Reposted from The Jesuit Post....

    The main thing that struck me as I watched Stranger Things was the centrality of relationships. Reposted from The Jesuit Post....

    What is of fundamental importance in navigating between different cultures is to try to find God in both....

    Grammar is about the last topic I would expect to trend on Twitter. And yet, when Matthew Anderson, a BBC editor, tweeted a picture from Mark Forsyth's book The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase, it received tens of thousands of likes and retweets. Reposted from The Jesuit Post....

    Jesus spent 30 of those years in an obscure village in Palestine and lived , , , in an ordinary family doing carpentry work when He grew up. He spent only the last three years of His life . . . teaching, preaching, curing many sick people and finally dying on a cross as if He was a common criminal. How can we explain those 30 years of a hidden life while devoting only three years to what is known as the public life of Jesus?...

    What happens when the poor are lifted up and become powerful? Does this mean that they too will eventually be put down?" Or, when the poor become rich? Will they too eventually be sent "away empty?"...

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