The week in quotations

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"For a man to suggest female ordination ... is an example of male arrogance ... Men are not normative for the human race"
Sister Helena Burns
Twitter

"The deposit of faith has ... been fragmented and corrupted"
Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler
Twitter

"Introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome"
Official summary of a forthcoming film, The Two Popes, about Benedict and Francis
Netflix

Statistic of the week

54

The percentage of the US population that knows the Church’s teaching on purgatory
Source: Pew

"For a man to suggest female ordination ... is an example of male arrogance ... Men are not normative for the human race"
Sister Helena Burns
Twitter

"The deposit of faith has ... been fragmented and corrupted"
Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler
Twitter

"Introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome"
Official summary of a forthcoming film, The Two Popes, about Benedict and Francis
Netflix

Statistic of the week

54

The percentage of the US population that knows the Church’s teaching on purgatory
Source: Pew

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