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CTA works for the kind of church personified by Pope
John
XXIII, glimpsed at the Second Vatican Council, outlined at the US
Bishops' 1976 Call to Action Conference, proclaimed by 20000 signers in
CTA's "Call for Reform in the Catholic Church" (New York Times,
Ash Wednesday, 1990) and encouraged by Joseph Cardinal Bernardin in his
Catholic Common
Ground Initiative.
We love the Church and want the gospel message of compassion and
openness to be heard in a world torn by oppression and prejudice.
| Post-Conference Meeting: Sunday Nov. 16, 1:45 pm, at Crossroads Methodist Church, SE corner of Northern and Central, Phoenix. |
Mail: CTA, P.M.B 143 SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85258-5804 email CTA-Arizona New! Arizona Center for Theological Studies: Celebrating the year of St. Paul |
New! JAAZ TALKS
Reduced price for the whole series (8 talks, including Culture and the
Global Water Crisis) if you register before Sept. 14 here. Call to Action Mission Statement Edwina's letters to the editor
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| From "The Tablet": Can gays be priests?, by Timothy Radcliffe, OP. God's chance creation, by George Coyne, SJ. Beyond boundaries: the infinite Creator, by Keith Ward |
Network of Spiritual Progressives: General information and M. Lerner's report on D.C. Conference and actions. Read about A Spiritual Covenant with America. |
Road to Damascus still a place for conversions, by Joan Chittister, NCR The beatitudes of peace, by John Dear, NCR, and Our image of God. German theologians demand restructuring of CDF, by John Allen, NCR |
| From "In the Vineyard" (VOTF newsletter): A Flawed and Disordered Document. VOTF: Remaining a voice of hope, By T.Doyle
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Would you like an easy way to participate in justice issues? Take a look at www.uccTakeAction.org. |
The
environment is the #1 moral issue. http://www.ClimateAction.org
http://www.ucsusa.org Protecting the earth with Dr. Vandana Shiva, by John Dear, NCR. |
| Anthony Padovano's report on the conclave | ||
| Theologians see, experience downside to John Paul II's papacy, by Arthur Jones, National Catholic Reporter . Gumbleton: Nothing but the truth, by Joan Chittister, National Catholic Reporter. |
The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Greece voted in Athens on Oct. 8, 2004, to restore the female diaconate, America magazine. |
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| Australian Catholic priests urge Rome to overturn the ban on married clergy. Call to Action press release. | ||
| Questions for an inauguration , by Sr. Joan Chittister, NCR. |
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| Directors of St. Stanislaus Kostka Polish Roman Catholic Parish reject Archbishop's Burke interdict. See press release in News and Announcements. |
Richard McBrien's columns on "Three Benedicts", "Who is a Christian?" and "The Need for Dialogue in the Church" can be read at http://natcath.org
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Public Statement on the Death of Pope John Paul II, by Catholics Speak Out
Directors of St. Stanislaus Kostka Polish Roman Catholic Parish reject Archbishop's Burke interdict. Click on "News and Announcements" to read this press release.
The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Greece voted in
Athens on Oct. 8, 2004, to restore the female diaconate. All the
members of the Holy Synod's 125 metropolitans and bishops and
Archbishop Christodoulos, the head of the church of Greece, had
considered the topic. The decision does not directly affect the Greek
Orthodox Archdiocese of America, which is an eparchy of the Ecumenical
Patriarchate of Constantinople. Read more about this in the article
"Grant Her Your Spirit" by P. Zagano which appeared in the Feb. 7 issue
of America magazine.