Category: Rerum Novarum
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Does the lay person ‘belong’ at the Council?
A few years ago, a small group of highly regarded theologians met to discuss the role of the layman in the Church. The principal result of their discussion nicely illustrates a central problem in the life of the Church today.
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Roncalli
The spirit of humanity in the fifties was at a very low ebb. It was still trying to digest the unleashed total evil of the 40’s. Deep in the human psyche, the words of Auschwitz, Hiroshima, Dresden, Stalingrad etc. were etching their despair on our souls.
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Connecting with today’s reality the struggle goes on
For most Christians who are engaged in the struggle for social justice, the struggle started in 1891 with Rerum Novarum.