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AUSCP Affirms Toledo Chapter Stance Against Hatred
Read the full August 4, 2019 e-bulletin
Go and do likewise: The Good Samaritan and Laudato Si
“Go and do likewise:” The Good Samaritan and Laudato Si: A Homily On the 15thSunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C July 14, 2019 “Go and do likewise,” Jesus said at the end of today’s Gospel parable about the Good Samaritan. That means have compassion and act on it for any beaten…
What we learned from Jason Berry
REFLECTIONS on May 19, 2019 WEBINAR with Jason Berry AUSCP Members and Friends enjoyed a two-hour webinar conversation with author Jason Berry, the first journalist to report on priest abuse back in 1985. He started with a local weekly in Louisiana, on a joint assignment with NCR. In the years…
Clericalism: The Death of Priesthood
George Wilson, S.J.’s 2008 book addressed the problem of clericalism flagged by Bishop Emile-Josef de Smedt of Bruges, Belgium early on during the Second Vatican Council together with triumphalism and legalism.Clericalism is very much in discussion these days, provoked largely by Pope Francis. In many ways it is his bete…
500 Muslim leaders denounce terrorism
“The Declaration of Islamabad is a step in the right direction. We need to develop it to improve the image of the country: this is the way forward: government and opposition must work together to legislate on good policies, while civil society, religious communities and all citizens must work together…
AUSCP members participate in a Catholic Day of Action for Immigrants
AUSCP members Steve Newton and Bernie Survil participate in a Catholic Day of Action for Immigrants, in Washington, D.C.