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US bishops: Prayer, local dialogue key to bringing peace Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service
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Chicago marchers carry crosses in memory of murder victims
People carry crosses with names of victims of gun violence during a Dec. 31 march in downtown Chicago. Hundreds of people joined the march organized by Father Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina Parish on the city’s South Side, to remember those who died by gun violence in 2016.
Archdiocese offering parishes a new tool for evangelization Christina Gray Catholic San Francisco
Pope Francis has said repeatedly over the course of almost four years that a key element of Christian spirituality and evangelization is a “welcoming attitude” toward those outside the church. This month, the Archdiocese of San Francisco will share a successful blueprint for how to do that with parishes during one-day Sister Celeste training in the Alpha course series Arbuckle on Jan. 28 at St. Anne of the Sunset Church in San Francisco. Alpha is an 11-session primer in Christianity de-
WASHINGTON – The Catholic Church has a “tremendous responsibility to bring people together in prayer and dialogue, to begin anew the vital work of fostering healing and lasting peace,” said a report by a U.S. bishops’ task force released Jan. 5 in the wake of last year’s incidents of violence and racial tensions. The work to “root out racism and create healthy dynamics in our neighborhoods” is a long-term project, but the scope of it should not cause fear or intimidation, wrote Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta, chairman of the Task Force to Promote Peace in Our Communities, in the report’s introduction. He also said “the church is at her absolute best when she is a bold and prophetic voice for the power of the love upon which our faith is based, the love of Jesus Christ.” see US bishops, page 22
Doctrinal chief dismisses idea of ‘fraternal correction’ of pope
veloped over 30 years ago by an Anglican priest and now used by other Christian denominations and thousands of Catholic parishes in 70 countries to introduce people to Jesus and his life-changing message. It is not a Bible-study or discipleship program, it is, as its name suggests, a beginning. Social Service Sister Celeste Arbuckle, director of the office of religious education, said the training is open to any Catholic parishioner who might like to form an Alpha team at their parish. She is also encouraging pastors, pastoral staff, youth and outreach ministry leaders and religious education staff to attend. “A lot of our religious education processes go into the catechumenate or the rite of election at Lent,”
VATICAN CITY – The Catholic Church is “very far” from a situation in which the pope is in need of “fraternal correction” because he has not put the faith and church teaching in danger, said Cardinal Gerhard Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Interviewed Jan. 9 on the Italian all-news channel, TGCom24, Cardinal Muller said Pope Francis’ Cardinal Muller
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