Preaching the news

23 Feb 2014

Preaching the News for Sunday

Political upheavals East and West | Pope offers three words of wisdom to engaged couples | Credit-card company knocked for aggressive contract | North American leaders trade more than pleasantries

Political upheavals East and West

The instructions from the Book of Leviticus are clear and simple this Sunday: “Take no revenge and cherish no grudge against any of your people. You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” In countries as far apart as Ukraine and Venezuela, however, . . .

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Pope offers three words of wisdom to engaged couples

The psalmist praises the Lord for being “slow to anger and abounding in kindness.” Pope Francis encouraged engaged couples to adopt a similar attitude, when he recently . . .

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Credit-card company knocked for aggressive contract

“Do not turn your back on one who wants to borrow,” Jesus said as part of his radical “love your enemy” message found in this Sunday’s gospel. Maybe he should have added . . .

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North American leaders trade more than pleasantries

The psalmist this Sunday encourages all to “bless the Lord” and to “forget not all his benefits.” Twenty years after the U.S., Canada, and Mexico approved a cross-border . . .

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Quote of the week

“From now on there can be no more wars of faith. The only way to overcome our enemy is by loving.”

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Fact of the week

According to the Pew Research Center, 23 percent of Americans did not read a single book in 2013.

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