Author: Liborius Lumma
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Ecumenical Services – a Little Known Type
Visting another denomination’s service is Ecumenical in the true sense of the word.
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Switzerland: An Appeal for “Female Sacramentality”
A female monastic community could ask the bishop to ordain one of the sisters for the office of Anointing of the Sick.
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Cardinal Karl Lehmann (1936–2018) Passes Away
On this morning, March 11, 2018, Cardinal Karl Lehmann passed away after having suffered a severe stroke and cerebral hemorrhage in September 2017. Karl Lehmann held doctorates in philosophy and theology and worked with Karl Rahner S.J. In 1968, he became professor of Dogmatic Theology in Mainz; from 1971 he was professor of Dogmatic and…
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Things I Like About Eastern Christianity (Part 1)
My first attempt to explain what fascinates me about Eastern liturgies.
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Good Reasons to Be Vegetarian
Why being vegetarian can make sense for a Christian.
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German Bishop Suspends Confirmation For Four Years
Similar to the bishop of Bozen-Brixen, now Bishop Stefan Oster of Passau (Germany) – a member of the Salesian Order – has announced that he will suspend any confirmation in his diocese, beginning around 2019. In a period of four years the diocese should find a new model for confirmation of young people. In Passau…
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Young New Bishop Announced for Austria
A new diocesan administrator of Austria and Hungary has recently been announced: It is Bishop Antony Sevryuk, who will turn 34 in October 2018. His episcopal ordination took place in October 2015, some days after his 31st birthday. Before this sounds too strange to you: We are not talking about the Roman Catholic Church, but…
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The Prayer of the Faithful and the Deacon
Why the Roman Missal wants the deacon to read the intentions of the Universal Prayer.
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What a Simplified Office Book Might Look Like
An idea for the reform of the Liturgy of the Hours.