How Catholic Bishop Are SelectedThe Rev. Thomas J. Reese
Bulgaria has the honor of being the origin of the word Bugger, say the gossips that was an invention of the Catholic Church that there was an animistic sect that practiced sodomy, but the truth is that homosexual behavior was given along and the width of the planet and that only Christians...
A common trope suggests that bishops control the lives of their church members. While some Amish bishops can be more heavy-handed than others, the job of the bishop is not to invent arbitrary rules or unilaterally punish members on a whim. Rather, bishops are meant to serve as guiding voice...
The “anti-Semitism” of Sheikh Muhammad is not necessarily based on an irrational hatred but on the perception that Jews occupy their own state who’s founding and maintenance is based on the displacement by military force of a indigenous Semitic population by that of a European one, whatever ...
Present-day practice. Generally speaking, in modern Christianity, Protestant and some independent Catholic churchesallow for ordained clergy to marry after ordination. What is a retired priest called? Clergy of all denominations continue to be addressed as clergy when they retire. Think of this way:...
church ministry will visit the offender to ask him to cease the deviant behavior or to “put away” a forbidden technology. If a wayward member remains in violation of the rules after entreaties of the ministry, the individual may be excommunicated by the bishop. Excommunication is also known...
Albert, a rich merchant– had converted to Protestantism, opposed the king– and as a result, was tried and beheaded in 1568. As bailiff of the bishop of Viviers, he was believed to have been skimming money from the taxes he collected as well. ...
In the Catholic tradition, St. Nicholas has his own celebration on a date separate from Christmas. December 6 is St. Nicholas Day. Around the world, Catholics celebrate by sharing small gifts, chocolates, and candies on this special day while children leave carrots in their shoes for the rein...
Timothy Geithner is the Secretary of the Treasury. Geithner was a close aide of Summers in his stint as Treasury Secretary during the Clinton administration where Summers addressed his protege as “young Tim.” Just prior to his term as President of the NY Federal Reserve from 2003-2008, Geith...
In the Catholic tradition, St. Nicholas has his own celebration on a date separate from Christmas. December 6 is St. Nicholas Day. Around the world, Catholics celebrate by sharing small gifts, chocolates, and candies on this special day while children leave carrots in their shoes for the rein...