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If an all-white palette isn’t up your decorating alley or you desire a scheme that offers more visual drama, opt for white walls or overhead cabinets, and try base cupboards made from timber or dressed in a dark, dramatic tone. Using white up top will enlarge the space visually, while the darker tone down below will anchor the room, without making it feel closed in. This airy, cheerful kitchen is lucky enough to boast four different light sources: a generous-sized window, which allows an abundance of natural light to filter into the room; a ceiling light that provides ambient lighting; a long wall-mounted fixture that illuminates the area from above and draws attention to the sunny feature wall that it’s affixed to; and under-cabinet lights that ensure the benchtop is well-lit and showcase the suspended style of the overhead cabinets, which adds to the room’s sense of spaciousness.
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We've all got it wrong about women in the Catholic Church Written by Catholic News Agency, Elise Harris When it comes to talking about women and their role in the Church, discussion tends to focus almost exclusively on getting ordained or being placed in high ranking, decision making positions. However, amid all the buzz, it's easy to get lost in the debate and miss the fact that the entire discussion is rotating around the wrong axis. In simply addressing ordination or curial positions – a line that reduces both women and the discussion about them to clericalism – everyone on both sides of the issue has overlooked that the question is actually much larger, and demands a much greater involvement on the part of the laity. Ana Cristina Villa, a consecrated laywoman with the Marian Community of Reconciliation who works in the office for women of the new mega-dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, told CNA that what a woman does in the Church is “not just a role, but a vocation...it’s what God calls women to do in the Church.” She said that as it stands, women don't really have a big presence in important or decision making positions, “so that should be promoted, and current Canon Law ...
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