“Being a father has been the most treasured honor of my life. Thank you to my kids for re-teaching me how to live, laugh, love, and show up in my own life and in the world.” RIP to James Van Der Beek, who recently passed away at age 48 from bowel cancer
Fr. John Hardon SJ - If salvation could be attained equally through every religion, then the Incarnation of Jesus Christ would have been unnecessary. But Christ came into the world precisely because He is the one and only Savior, and all salvation comes through Him and the Church He founded.
In Rom gibt es Orte, an denen Theologie aus Stein besteht – die Spanische Treppe ist einer davon. Sie verbindet das geschäftige Treiben der Piazza di Spagna mit der Kirche Trinità dei Monti und wirkt wie ein architektonisches Gleichnis: Unten Lärm und Weltlichkeit, oben die Heilige Dreifaltigkeit. Am Fuß steht die Fontana della Barcaccia von Pietro und Gian Lorenzo Bernini – ein halb gesunkenes Boot als Zeichen für Vergänglichkeit und die Unsicherheit des Lebens. Und doch steigt man von dort nach oben.
Pope Leo condemns Israel. “Sadly there’s been an increase in violence against the Palestinian population which has the right to live in peace in ITS OWN LAND.”
"I'm a Catholic, and Catholics do not embrace Zionism, just so you know. So are all Catholics anti-Semites according to you?" Incredible exchange today between Carrie Prejean Boller and a group of Jewish Zionists at the White House's Religious Liberty Commission. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick had to step in and interrupt her for daring to take the hearing seriously and using it as an opportunity to push back against the incredibly broad, anti-free speech IHRA definition of "anti-Semitism."
Eccellent on Flavius Josephus: The upshot of his analysis is that we may have to rethink a key line. In the traditional Testimonium Flavianum, the statement “He was the Christ” is the giveaway, so it was thought, that this couldn’t have been written by a non-Christian Jew like Josephus. The expression “a (mere) wise man” earlier in the paragraph fits Josephus’s likely view, but a declaration of messianic identity is out of place. But Schmidt notes that Latin and Syriac manuscripts of this passage don’t have the clear affirmation “He was the Christ” but instead the more doubtful “He was believed to be [Latin] / thought to be [Syriac] the Christ.” Given the early date of these renditions—AD 300s—and the unlikelihood that any Latin or Syriac Christian copyist would demote Jesus, it seems reasonable to conclude this was what Josephus wrote. In the Greek copying tradition, a single verb (legomenos, “called,” perhaps) appears to have dropped out, either by accident or intent.
When confusion over Christ’s identity spread, St. Cyril stood firm, defending the truth that Mary is the Mother of God (Theotokos) and that Jesus is both fully God and fully man.
Long before Dachau or the gulag, revolutionary France created a system designed to make Catholic priests die “without noise.” Near Île-Madame, 829 priests were starved and tortured on prison ships—then erased from history. This is the forgotten story of their martyrdom, faith, and astonishing forgiveness
Journals Celestial Law Journal Celestial Law Journal is a scientifically reviewed journal published by the Islamic Family Law Study Program, Faculty of Islamic Religion, Sunan Giri University, Surabaya, Indonesia. Published twice a year in April and October. Journals are research articles (quantitative or qualitative research approaches), literature studies or studies that are seen as contributing to the development of Law and Fiqh. View Journal Current Issue SUNAN GIRI: Jurnal Kajian Keislaman Journal title SUNAN GIRI : JURNAL KAJIAN KEISLAMAN Initials jkk Abbreviation jkk Frequency Biannual (June & December) DOI ISSN 2302-125X Editor-in-chief Aris Nurullah Web https://journal.unsuri.org/ Publisher Fakultas Agama Islam Universitas Sunan Giri Surabaya Citation Analysis Google Scholar Subject Area; Category Islamic Studies, Islamic Law, Islamic Education Discipline Islamic Studies View Journal Current Issue Journal of Economics and Islamic Business Journal of Economics and Islamic Business …
However, now a days, maybe He would! Smartphones are pokemon's! The Japanese title for Pokémon is two English words given Japanese pronunciation, Poketto Monstaa (“pocket monsters”)
He trusted science. He believed reason was enough. He thought faith was a weakness. And the Church now calls him Servant of God Takashi Nagai. Takashi Nagai was a brilliant Japanese physician and radiologist. Raised in Shinto and influenced by materialism, he searched for truth in microscopes and textbooks. God, to him, was an idea—interesting, but unnecessary. Then suffering entered his life. While studying medicine, Nagai was exposed to radiation. His health began to fail. Around the same time, he encountered the quiet witness of Japanese Christians—people who had endured centuries of persecution and still sang hymns with peace. Curiosity turned into questions. Reading the Bible late at night, caring for the sick by day, Nagai slowly realized something science could not explain: love that endured pain without bitterness. He was baptized Catholic. He married Midori Moriyama, a devout Catholic, and together they lived a life of deep faith. Then war came. On August 9, 1945, the atomic …More
Thanks for this. He was overwhelmed by a painting of our Lady at the Cathedral in Nagasaki in his conversion. The “terrible mystery of providence”he talks about is the targeting of Catholics of Japan so that they can intercede with God for never again nuclear war. An anathema that it seems only the Shiite Sect of Islam has officially recognized among major religions. This targeting of Catholics is being repeated in Ukraine by soulless Ukrainian and European leaders with non-constitutional American support. Takashi Nagai is one of my intercessors in Radiolgy.
Nach einer alten kroatischen Tradition sagt der Priester einem Ehepaar nicht, dass sie „den Richtigen“ gefunden haben. Er sagt ihnen die Wahrheit: Ihr habt euer Kreuz gefunden. Kein Kreuz, dem ihr entfliehen müsst. Kein Kreuz, das ihr ablegen müsst. Sondern ein Kreuz, das ihr lieben, gemeinsam tragen und schätzen sollt.
Der Anteil der Erwachsenen, die sich als katholisch bezeichnen, ist in weiten Teilen Lateinamerikas in den letzten zehn Jahren stark zurückgegangen. Laut einem Bericht des Pew Research Center vom 21. Januar ist die Zahl der Menschen ohne Religionszugehörigkeit gestiegen. Dies stellt eine Veränderung in einer Region dar, in der um 1900 mehr als 90% der Menschen katholisch waren. Der Bericht, Catholicism Has Declined in Latin America Over the Past Decade (Katholizismus ist in Lateinamerika im letzten Jahrzehnt zurückgegangen ), basiert auf Umfragen unter mehr als 6.200 Erwachsenen in Argentinien, Brasilien, Chile, Kolumbien, Mexiko und Peru, die im Frühjahr 2024 durchgeführt wurden. Beim Vergleich der Ergebnisse mit einer ähnlichen Umfrage von 2013-14 stellte Pew fest, dass der Anteil der Katholiken in allen sechs Ländern um mindestens 9 Prozentpunkte gesunken ist. Heute machen die Katholiken 46% der Erwachsenen in Brasilien und Chile aus, 58% in Argentinien, 60% in Kolumbien und 67% …More