Twenty years ago today, the Rwandan genocide began, taking the lives of approximately 800,000 souls — my friend Kerry Weber has a special article today at America Magazine which recaps much of what we saw and learned on our trip with Catholic Relief Services. Be sure to click through and view the many photo galleries that paint a vibrant portrait of life today in Rwanda. Today is a day to pause, to pray for continuing reconcilation, and to say, “Never Again”. Read more
Rwanda Genocide: Man And Victim Now Friends http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/07/rwanda-genocide-man-victim-friends_n_5104404.html?ir=Religion&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000055 As we begin today a remembrance of the start of the Rwandan genocide that began twenty years ago today, stories like this one point to the complex Web of relationships that still exist within Rwanda. Read more
Vatican bank granted a reprieve by Pope Francis after series of scandals http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/07/vatican-bank-reprieve-pope-francis-scandals-reform Click through for the full article which describes the reform measures to be undertaken under Pope Francis’ oversight. Read more
http://www.ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/US.php?id=9702 Incredible support continues to pour in for this family. It’s not too late to participate by offering your prayers and donation. Read more
France pulls out of Rwanda genocide commemorations http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26904627 News from France in anticipation of the 20th anniversary of the genocide, and in response to the Rwandan President’s accusations. Read more
Welcome back to Sweet Tweets – after a few weeks off, I’m happy to have John’s great roundup of news we can use from the past week. This is an exciting time for the Church, with us in the thick of Lent, our Bishops so active, “Noah” mania, the Queen and Francis visiting, and the canonization quickly approaching. Sights and sounds and discussions seems to be happening all around us. This week, as you read these bits of news and... Read more
Upon the launch of the paperback version of the amazing work Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith by Fr. Robert Barron, I was invited by the book’s publisher to take part in an interesting blog tour. Each of the tour’s ten participants would write a reflection upon one chapter of this magnificent book. I welcome you today to part three of the tour and invite you to visit my friends Stuart Dunn and Kathy Schiffer for days... Read more
Thanks to my friends at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops for sharing this on their Facebook page: Cardinal Seán’s homily in Nogales, Arizona today for the #BorderMass remembering immigrants who have lost their lives and for immigration reform: For 20 years I worked in Washington D.C. with immigrants from El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and from all over Latin America. The vast majority did not have the advantage of legal status. Many came to the States in great part fleeing the... Read more
Did you hear about today’s “Border Mass” when you were at your parish this weekend? Just curious. I’m guessing that many didn’t, which is why I think it’s terrific that the USCCB team is working overtime to employ social media to share this experience with the faithful around the world. In short, here’s an overview of the mission, excerpted from the USCCB website: The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Migration, joined by bishops on the border, will... Read more
A good friend — who shall go nameless unless he/she outs him/herself in the combox — invited me to take a personality test last week. Since I was on vacation and my guys were still sleeping, I avoided the “I’m too busy” temptation and took the simple fifteen minute test. The results were interesting, and sort of “dead on”. Turns out, I’m an an ENFP. I sort of remember taking a version of this test years ago when Greg and... Read more
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