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Confusion twice confounded: On the motu proprio Spiritus Domini

January 11, 2021 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 30

Pope Francis’s latest motu proprio, Spiritus Domini, opens up the minor ministries of lector and acolyte to women. On the surface, this can look like much-ado-about nothing since females have been functioning as lectors and […]

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Spiritual direction and the role of the laity

July 5, 2017 Russell Shaw 13

Lately I’ve been reading the autobiography of Saint Teresa of Avila. Although not always easy going, it’s a compellingly interesting book and, now and then at least, a surprisingly amusing one. For Saint Teresa, along […]

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