An Ecumenical Ministry in the Parish of St Patrick's Catholic Church In San Diego USA

米国サンディエゴの聖パトリックカトリック教会教区におけるエキュメニカル宣教

Monday, March 18, 2024

Thousands of churches will likely close down. What happens to all that real estate?

8 in 10 Americans say religion is losing influence in public life
Pew Research Center: A new survey finds that 80% of U.S. adults say religion’s role in American life is shrinking — a percentage that’s as high as it’s ever been in our surveys. Most Americans who say religion’s influence is shrinking are not happy about it.
Pew Research Center: 5 facts about religion and Americans’ views of Donald Trump

 

Thousands of churches will likely close down. What happens to all that real estate?
Religion News Service: A new book called “Gone for Good” looks at the ways that churches could be reused for the public good in the future.

 

Congregations seek ways to turn empty convents into new ministries
National Catholic Reporter: In April, the first residents will begin moving into 100 units of affordable housing in a sustainable building that replaced two dormitories and a classroom. The land still belongs to the Holy Names sisters, but the apartments are a project of Mercy Housing, one of the nation’s largest affordable housing organizations.

 

Fasting at school? More Muslim students in the US are getting support during Ramadan
Associated Press: While Muslim students remain a rarity in many U.S. school districts, they are a major presence in some communities, prompting public schools to be more attentive to their needs during the holy month of Ramadan when dawn-to-sundown fasting is a duty of Islam.

 

Germans thought they were immune to nationalism after confronting their Nazi past. They were wrong*
Time: Many Germans believed their country had developed an immunity to nationalism and assertions of racial superiority after confronting the horrors of its Nazi past through education and laws to outlaw persecution.

Friday, March 15, 2024

“Suffering has the power to transform us to be like Christ…”

Bad Therapy addresses the question: “Why are our kids so messed up?”

By Kale Zelden on Mar 15, 2024 12:45 am
Abigail Shrier does not care about conventional wisdom, nor what the gatekeepers of polite opinion think of her. Shrier is an independent journalist, and a regular contributor at the Wall Street Journal. She holds an [...]
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Controversial Sister Lucía Caram and Religión Digital team meet with Pope Francis

By Catholic News Agency on Mar 14, 2024 05:10 pm
Dominican Sister Lucía Caram on the television program “Cuentos Chinos” (“Tall Tales”) in Spain. / Credit: Mediaset ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 14, 2024 / 18:00 pm (CNA). Yesterday Pope Francis received the controversial nun Sister Lucía Caram and te... [...]
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“I like to do things that inspire people to dig a bit deeper.”

By Kathy Schiffer on Mar 14, 2024 02:41 pm
“I always say, ‘I hope God’s a movie fan!’” Mark Wahlberg’s humor was evident in our recent conversation about his career, his family and his faith, and about his latest film, Arthur the King. “I [...]
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A Biblical path for Lent

By Dr. R. Jared Staudt on Mar 14, 2024 04:00 am
During Lent, we focus on prayer, fasting and almsgiving in order to repent and turn our lives back to God. The 40 days of this holy season invite us to unite ourselves to Jesus’s own [...]
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Friendship in Christ: A conversation about chastity and same-sex attraction

By Rob Marco on Mar 13, 2024 09:04 pm
I met Paul Darrow in July 2018 at a Courage conference, having been invited by a friend to attend. As a married man and father, it was a little peculiar why I was there, since [...]
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Analysis: The ever-changing College of Cardinals

By Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency on Mar 13, 2024 03:30 pm
The College of Cardinals celebrates Mass on March 12, 2013, before entering the Sistine Chapel for the papal conclave. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno/CNA Vatican City, Mar 13, 2024 / 12:30 pm (CNA). The most recent change in the College of Cardinals t... [...]
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Say the word, Mr. President, and tell the truth about abortion

By Susan Ciancio on Mar 13, 2024 01:23 pm
Euphemisms are often used in polite society to make distasteful words more palatable. But sometimes they are spoken to hide the truth. Nowhere was this more evident than in President Joe Biden’s State of the [...]
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The good news is that the bad news isn’t all the news there is

By George Weigel on Mar 13, 2024 04:00 am
In the course of an insightful essay on Vladimir Putin’s challenge to civilization, Italian historian Roberto de Mattei, observed that, amidst the general decline of the West, “the Church…. appears as a wasteland.” That certainly [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, March 13, 2024

By CWR Staff on Mar 13, 2024 03:00 am
African American Vikings – “Last month, Google’s generative AI tool Gemini made headlines after users reported that its depiction of historical figures was inaccurate.” Our Disturbing AI Future: Google Gemini Said What About Hitler? (Intellectual [...]
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Thoughts on culture, nationality, and other fraught topics

By James Kalb on Mar 12, 2024 11:01 pm
Traditional aspects of identity can be difficult to make sense of. Economic and technological developments put their functions in question. Who cares about inherited connections when contract, bureaucracy, and technical training seem more to the [...]
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Coptic Orthodox Church confirms dialogue with Catholic Church suspended over same-sex blessings

By Catholic News Agency on Mar 12, 2024 03:40 pm
In a speech during a meeting with Pope Tawadros II, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, and other Coptic Orthodox representatives on May 11, 2023, Pope Francis announced that the Coptic Orthodox martyrs killed by ISIS in 2015 w... [...]
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Is the Catholic Church going out of business?

By Fr. Brian A. Graebe on Mar 12, 2024 03:35 pm
A pivotal scene in last year’s critically acclaimed film BlackBerry shows the company’s executives, who had dominated the smartphone market for the better part of a decade, watch as Steve Jobs unveils the first iPhone. [...]
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Book offers truth and hope for those trapped by transgenderism

By Paul Senz on Mar 11, 2024 01:54 pm
Pope Francis recently said that gender ideology is “the ugliest danger” we face today, because it “erases differences”, and “erasing differences erases humanity”. Indeed, gender ideology has rapidly swept into the mainstream in Western societies, [...]
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What to expect at the 2024 Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis

By Catholic News Agency on Mar 11, 2024 06:00 am
An estimated 24,000 people participated in Eucharistic adoration at the SEEK24 conference in St. Louis on Jan. 3, 2024. / Credit: FOCUS CNA Staff, Mar 11, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). The 2024 National Eucharistic Congress, taking place July 17–... [...]
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Scrutinizing

By Amy Welborn on Mar 10, 2024 07:00 pm
This is a fairly niche subject, but my earlier post brought it to mind, so I think I’ll write about it. I also think it might shed some light on the never-ending Current Discussions in the [...]
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Camino Croatia: A medieval pilgrimage route restored

By Catholic News Agency on Mar 10, 2024 06:30 pm
Female pilgrim on Camino Portuges de la Costa, Portugal, August 2021. / Photo credit: Confraternity of St. James - Croatia Dubrovnik, Croatia, Mar 10, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Since the Middle Ages, a great number of ancient roads throughout Euro... [...]
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Two SCOTUS cases will address the legal status of the human fetus

By Russell Shaw on Mar 10, 2024 05:23 pm
Come right down to it, the argument is simple to the point of being self-evident: a human embryo is either a human person or well along in the process of becoming one. In either case, [...]
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Vatican: Pope Francis’ ‘white flag’ remark a call for negotiations, not Ukraine’s surrender

By Catholic News Agency on Mar 09, 2024 05:34 pm
Pope Francis presides over a penitential service at St. Pius V Parish in Rome on March 8, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 9, 2024 / 18:34 pm (CNA). The Vatican on Saturday said Pope Francis did not mean to sugge... [...]
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Fiducia supplicans, ecumenical collapse, and the Coptic Orthodox Church

By Christopher R. Altieri on Mar 09, 2024 11:42 am
It’s fair to say he should have seen it coming. “He” in that sentence is Pope Francis. The thing that was coming, well, it came on Friday: a caustic statement from the Coptic Orthodox Church [...]
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Argentine President Milei: Abortion is aggravated homicide

By Catholic News Agency on Mar 09, 2024 10:00 am
Argentine President Javier Milei is pictured here during an audience with Pope Francis on Feb. 12, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 9, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). The president of Argentina, Javier Mi... [...]
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That famous Bible verse and the journey from darkness to light

By Carl E. Olson on Mar 09, 2024 04:00 am
On the Readings for March 11, 2018, the Fourth Sunday of Lent [...]
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Court rules Christian nonprofit does not have to cover gender transition

By Catholic News Agency on Mar 08, 2024 03:35 pm
null / Credit: Brian A Jackson / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 8, 2024 / 16:35 pm (CNA). In a “resounding victory” for religious freedom, a court in North Dakota ruled this week that the federal government cannot compel religious employers and he... [...]
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“Suffering has the power to transform us to be like Christ…”

By Paul Senz on Mar 08, 2024 11:36 am
All of us suffer. We live in a fallen world, and suffering is simply a part of life. This suffering can take many forms, and we are all affected differently by it. But why do [...]
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