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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 2h

Christians should be concerned with the environment, what is happening to it, such as climate change, for many reasons. One of them is out of regard for animals; if we want to be righteous, we will have a regard for them and their lives. buff.ly/kbtDfZg

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Rejecting Mammon In The Defense Of Animals And Nature

My love for animals, following the spirit of many saints, has many concerned with the way we are treating the Earth.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 4h

To ground us, let us name what biblical unity really means. Unity is not sameness. It is not pretending our differences do not exist. It is a deep and holy bond among believers, rooted in love, shared purpose, and the Spirit’s work among us. buff.ly/keKXYW9

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How Good And Pleasant: Practicing Unity On The Pilgrim Way

unity is not just something beautiful to admire; it is something holy to practice, one that takes practice, patience and most of all, time.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 5h

Join us for an inclusive Catholic Mass Sunday at 11AM. Come be you and be loved! All are welcomed and celebrated! For those unable to attend in person, please contact us to get on the mailing list to receive a zoom link. www.facebook.com/share/1aTac4...

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 6h

Catholic social teaching is especially insistent on the need to attend to the material realities people face. It puts a primacy on caring for the most vulnerable, without judgement, without blaming the most vulnerable for their position in society. buff.ly/BMNZpFG

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As Title IX protections roll back, Catholic Social Teaching calls us to protect the vulnerable - Outreach

As Title IX protections roll back, Catholic Social Teaching calls Catholics to defend transgender students’ dignity and safety.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 8h

But perhaps dementia invites us to look at remembering differently—to focus not on what a person can no longer do, but what this experience might reveal to us about God and about the kind of people God has created us to be: people who remember together, who carry one another’s stories, and who make

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

There he says, “Living out justice in the Church means purifying ecclesial relationships and structures from distortions that give rise to inequality, lack of transparency and abuse of power” buff.ly/kdrG7dX

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Forgetting the Past is Not Justice

On September 16, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) released a new note about interreligious dialogue titled A Journey of Hope: Sixty Years of Interreligious Dialogue and Fraternity in…

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Forgetting and moving on, pretending that the bad thing never happened, perpetuates injustice. This is affirmed by Pope Leo in Magnifica Humanitas.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“The survivors whom I interviewed about their dreams of justice were in unanimous agreement on this first point: They wanted the truth to be known.” In other words, a necessary step towards justice is truth telling.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

no matter when you join us, be it this first session or many sessions down the road. We will begin with the framework of Centering Prayer, but will explore other ways to practice letting go to help everyone find a contemplative prayer method that works best for them.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

We will be gathering to both explore the facets of contemplative prayer and sit in silence with each other in that practice. This will be ongoing and is intended to be very beginner-friendly, www.facebook.com/share/1aLMEb...

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Call this our social contract: the commitment to treat one another as people whose dignity and well-being matter. We inherit this contract, but each generation must decide whether to practice it. buff.ly/IRqowem

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When everything feels urgent, don't withdraw. Here's how faith communities can help protect our elections.

Faith in America invites us in — Join a nationwide effort to uphold dignity at the ballot box.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“We discern and we pray, and we participate in public life by voting, but also in many other ways, by advocating for the human dignity of each and every person, and also always reminding political structures and political groups that our concern is for the common good,” buff.ly/aVSGvaq

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U.S. bishops urge Catholic voters to put faith before politics

Video messages ahead of the 2026 midterm elections asked voters to approach civic life with prayer, charity, and a commitment to the common good.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Recent site visits in Kwale, Nyeri and Kigali renewed my hope, reaffirmed my commitment and underscored the power of thoughtful, incremental action to advance a hope-filled future for our grantees and the people served by sisters at the margins of society. buff.ly/GaN73xB

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Listening at the margins reshapes how Catholic sisters serve communities

"[S]ite visits offer something that reports and data alone cannot: a culture of encounter," writes Sr. Jane Wakahiu.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Colleen Slemmer’s life mattered. The Church insists that Christa Pike’s life carries the same dignity, even after what she did, and a state that pushes two doses of poison into a prisoner and then calls the failure an administrative matter for review has lost sight of both women.

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Defying Pope Leo XIV and Tennessee’s Bishops, Bill Lee Sends Christa Pike to a Botched Execution

Two doses of pentobarbital failed to kill her on Wednesday night, and Michael Knowles answered with a joke about crushing her skull. Twelve days earlier, the governor had called Tennessee to prayer…

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

St. Francis has been called many things: a peacekeeper, an ecologist, a poet and troubadour, a lover of animals, a universal brother, the patron saint of Italy, a prophet for interreligious dialogue. A common nickname for him in Italy is Il Poverello, a little saint with and for the poor.

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In the footsteps of St. Francis: How my travels through Italy brought me closer to a beloved saint

All of life was a pilgrimage for St. Francis of Assisi. It only made sense, 800 years after his death, that I would go on my own pilgrimage in search of him.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

So for this week, we’ll focus on the final report from the canonical commission, which is giving our canonist pope some bold legal changes to consider. buff.ly/WXmk8j1

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The canon law changes on Pope Leo’s desk

Must-read Vatican analysis...

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“Those of you, who are the children of this land torn apart in the past by fratricidal conflicts, know full well that it is not true that those who seek revenge are stronger than those who forgive. It is not true that those who refuse to yield are stronger than those who seek reconciliation.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“For the last year and a half,” Cardinal McElroy said, “the people of the United States have witnessed the suffering of the undocumented in our midst, purposely and strategically magnified by our government, and for the most part, we have simply passed on by.” buff.ly/IxJb8rl

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At Mass for Migrants, Washington’s Cardinal McElroy says public cannot ‘pass by’ plight of immigrants

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Commission focused on accountability, the involvement of victims and survivors, and strengthening protection structures throughout the global Church. Members examined the implementation of the Commission’s new statutes, regional priorities, and the sustainability of safeguarding initiatives

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Protection of Minors Commission sets priorities for next phase of work - Vatican News

The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors concludes its October Plenary Assembly, focusing on survivor participation, safeguarding in ...

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

He examines the Church’s teaching on capital punishment, focusing on its recent development under Pope Francis and the revision he made of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. He discusses how the Church’s understanding of the death penalty has evolved buff.ly/7736iwn

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The Death Penalty and Doctrinal Development

The Catholic Church’s teaching on capital punishment has developed significantly. Robert Fastiggi explains why the death penalty is now considered inadmissible.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We often talk about discovering who God created us to be. That discovery is important, but our journey doesn’t end there. We are not static. While our identity in Christ remains secure, God continues forming, stretching, refining and preparing us throughout our lives. buff.ly/b9zpqpV

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Becoming Who God Created You To Be Through Change

Change can help you become who God created you to be. Discover how faith, growth and surrender can lead you toward purpose and flourishing.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Christa Pike did it. It was monstrous. She should not be killed. Not because she is innocent. Not because she was abused. Not because she is a woman. Not because of anything about Christa Pike. She should not be killed because it is evil to kill people. Evil. The word belongs to both killings.

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Why Can't Anyone Say Evil? On The Execution Of Christa Pike

Christa Pike 's crime was evil. Her execution is evil. Why the abolition movement keeps losing by refusing to say the word out loud.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yet this vision, rooted in the ecclesiology of the Council, still encounters serious resistance before it can be fully received within an ecclesial culture that remains predominantly clerical and male. buff.ly/dHk6UVQ

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A full voiced Church needs women’s leadership - L’Osservatore Romano

The synodal journey the Church is undertaking today acts as a mirror that reflects back to us a forgotten truth: ecclesial identity does not lie in ...

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In this ecclesiological model, women and men share the same baptismal dignity, without distinction.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The synodal journey the Church is undertaking today acts as a mirror that reflects back to us a forgotten truth: ecclesial identity does not lie in hierarchy, but in being the People of God; a communal and historical subject, in line with what the Synod’s Final Document affirms.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The harder question is whether either will govern for the people who live inside this system: the frail elder in an understaffed nursing home, the daughter who leaves her job to fill the gaps, the aide paid too little to stay. buff.ly/AFpx2qB

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In midterm dueling, parties uplift eldercare, but will they uplift the elderly?

"The reckoning I am describing," James Lomastro writes, "will be settled by whether either party, once in office, treats a frail elder's dignity as a governing obligation rather than a seasonal…

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The parish’s Sunday Community Dinners, which began as informal cookouts on the rectory patio, moved into the parish hall by fall, offering hundreds of migrants not just food but community, dignity, and a taste of home unavailable in the city’s shelter system. buff.ly/khz0uKD

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Welcoming the Stranger, One Meal at a Time

A Brooklyn parish ministry that began with one migrant family grew to serve hundreds, building community through meals and mutual support.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you are here for the articles or simply to know that there are other Catholics out there that think like you do, welcome! Please feel free to suggest articles, and comment on or share posts, I love to read the feedback and engage with our online community.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you are not local, but would like to find a local Inclusive Catholic Community, send me a message and I will see what I can find in your area.

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