December 2022 Blog

I acknowledge and thank the Lkwungen People
for allowing me to live, pray, work, and play on their lands. I am deeply sorry for the injustices inflicted upon the First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in Turtle Island by the complicity of Governments & settlers, including the Catholic Church, in the colonialism inherent in the Indian Act and Residential Schools including racism, neglect, many forms of abuse & cultural genocide. I commit to work for truth, healing and reconciliation.
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Icons on Ammo Boxes

Oleksandr Klymenko and Sofia Atlantova, a husband-and-wife team of iconographers based in Kyiv, have been painting icons on the lids of used ammunition boxes since 2014, when the war in Ukraine’s Donbas region against Russian-backed separatists began. Their sacred art pieces have come to be known as “Icons on Ammo Boxes” and have toured 13 countries, 45 cities, and 90 locations to date raising money for hospitals. ...Read more

1. CHANGES AT CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS

Following allegations of bullying and mistreatment of employees, Pope Francis on Tuesday (22 Nov 2022) in a decree, removed the entire leadership of the Roman Catholic Church's international charity & social justice wing and appointed a temporary Extraordinary Commissioner, Italian engineer and management consultant Dr Pier Francesco Pinelli, to run it. During his six-month mandate the Extraordinary Commissioner is entrusted with re-launching the organization. ...Read more
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2. SYNODALITY FOOD FOR THOUGHT & QUESTIONS

US Bishops elect anti-Francis archbishop as new president
& elect Coakley, a Viganò supporter, as No. 3 official

                https://www.ncronline.org/feature-series/usccb-fall-assembly-2022/stories
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How will this affect the North American Continental Synod Report to Rome? Will Canadian Bishops be able to stand up to US Bishops or will they be out-numbered & bull dozed? [196 U.S. vs 72 Canadian (arch)dioceses] What will the Mexican input reflect and where will they stand?  ...Read more
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Also read about:               4. CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING IN UKRAINE
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