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Images of the Lord as shepherd dominate the readings for this Sunday’s Solemnity of Christ the King. The American Catholic bishops, in their role as shepherds of the U.S. church, expressed their dissatisfaction . . .
In this Sunday’s gospel Jesus describes the responsibility to tend to those who are deprived and outcast. The New York Times has profiled the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia who have become shareholders in order to lobby Wall Street . . .
In this Sunday’s first reading the Lord promises to “tend my sheep” and “rescue them from every place” A number of older people are finding innovative ways . . .
“The last enemy to be destroyed is death,” says Saint Paul in 2 Corinthians. Pope Benedict XVI heads to Africa this week, the continent hardest hit by HIV and AIDS . . .
In this Sunday’s gospel describing how the Son of Man will act as a shepherd who “separates the sheep from the goats,” Jesus has stern words of warning . . .
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