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May 8, 2021

God gave us 12 notes to inspire the world, says Oscar winner

American musician Jon Batiste used his recent Oscar-winning acceptance speech to express his thanks to God for the gift of music. Batiste, a devout Catholic, shared his emotional speech as he accepted the Oscar for Best Original Score on Disney’s Pixar Animation Studios’ Soul. Batiste, who scored the music for the film together with Nine Inch... Read More
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May 8, 2021

We need to learn what racism is before creating a world without it: Columban Competition: Third place Irish essay

This is the third place article in the 2021 Columban Schools Media Competition in Ireland. It is by Victory Isijola of St Louis Secondary School, Dundalk, Co Louth. On the 25th of May 2020, George Floyd, an African American man was murdered by a white policeman, Derek Chauvin. This murder was one of many that stemmed... Read More
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May 7, 2021

Cardinal Turkson urges graduates to impact troubled world

The head of the Vatican’s justice, peace and human development efforts urged over 700 graduates of the University of Saint Francis to follow the example of their school’s namesake and the advice of the pope who shares his name. “Consider what impact you make in life,” said Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral... Read More
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April 21, 2021

Pope chooses theme for World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly

To express the closeness of God and of the Church to every older person, Pope Francis has chosen “I am with you always” from the Gospel of Matthew as the theme for the first World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. The theme for the celebration on 25th July is especially appropriate “in these challenging pandemic... Read More
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April 11, 2021

What will it take for a post-racist world?: Columban Competition: Third place UK essay

Continuing our review of the Columban school’s competition, this week we publish the third place essay, by Cara Treacy, 16, from the Sacred Heart of Mary Girl’s School, Upminster, East London. One day, there may be a world where people can learn and look at racism as something that happened generations ago, as something that... Read More
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April 1, 2021

Tenderness and reconciliation needed in today’s world, pope says

Priests must follow the example of Jesus, the good shepherd, who laid down his life not just for his flock but also for the sheep that strayed away, Pope Francis said. Addressing students and faculty from the Pontifical Mexican College, the pope said the problems of today’s world should awaken “in every priest an authentic compassion, both for the sheep entrusted... Read More
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March 28, 2021

Let’s create a world without racism: Columban Competition: Winning UK essay

The winning entry for Britain in the Columban Schools Competition, ‘End Racism’, was submitted by 15-year-old Kashaf Zahid, a pupil at Gumley House Convent School in Isleworth, West London. Here is her article, with comments below.  My sister was sitting on the seat in front of mine, in a double decker bus. The bus is... Read More
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