Children from Australia will this weekend join thousands of other youngsters from around the globe for the first World Children’s Day in Rome. One of the questions to be discussed, according to the pope, is ‘What kind of world do we wish to pass on to the children who are growing up?’
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The Jesuit spiritual writer, Mark Link, begins his widely read book Experiencing Prayer (1984) with an extract from Eugene Ionesco’s play The Bald Soprano (1950). In the scene, a couple meet and enter dialogue about their lives. They discover that they share much in common – they live in the same city, on the same street, in the same apartment, and they each have a daughter named Alice.
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🫶 Uniting for a Brighter Future – World Children’s Day 2024🫶 “You will teach them to fly, but they will not fly your flight. You will teach them to dream, but they will not dream your dream. You will teach them to live, but they will not live your life. Nevertheless, in every flight, in
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This weekend Pope Francis is hosting children from around the world for the first ever World Children’s Day. To celebrate the occasion, here are some kids’ jokes. A warning: some are rather corny!