Mmmm hmmmm. Four fifths of the Bible are the Old Testament, which was finished and codified long before any Catholic Church was a thought in man’s mind. The remaining 27 Books of the New Testament come to us as inspired writings from men who wrote under the auspices of God Himself — ...
Probably, there are no hidden plotsbehind a release that included just some excerpts of the letter Benedict XVIsent to thePrefect of the Secretariat for Communicationresponding to a request for a foreword on a series of books onPope Francis’ theology, although a paragraphhad been actually not r...
Gerald Posner:It’s always good to talk about one of my favorite subjects, the Vatican. Phillip Picardi:The Vatican! Yes, luckily, me too. In fact, my middle name is Francis. I think my father was once upon a time hoping I would become a priest. Obviously, that didn’t happen. The...
Looking forward to Pope Francis’ post-synodal document, these issues must be pondered. Even bishops and cardinals should do so. Pope Francis is changing the profile of bishops, and consequently that of the College of Cardinals. The Pope puts much emphasis on the local Churches;he does not w...
5.Rick Warren and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy –“One of my favorite shows” a. When a Christian leader publically makes statements or endorsements by saying or doing things that contradict the Bible, the leader needs to be addressed in a public manner so those who have been influenced can...
27 year old Mattia Villardita from northern Italy was granted the audience with Pope Francis due to his on-going work visiting sick children in hospitalsdressed as their favorite webbed-wonderon a voluntary basis, for which he had previously been granted a similar honor with Italian president Ser...
His edition of the Vulgate, printed shortly before his death, was withdrawn from circulation on account of its many errors, corrected, and reissued in 1592 (see Bellarmine, Robert Francis Romulus, Venerable). Though a friend of the Jesuits, he objected to some of their rules and especially ...
As John Paul's right-hand man, he had been a favorite going into the vote and was selected in the fastest conclave in a century: Just about 24 hours after the voting began, white smoke curled from the Sistine Chapel chimney at 5:50 p.m. to announce "Habemus Papam!" ...
My favorite is the first: Angels and Muses descend from Heaven to attend the college graduation of young Maffeo Barberini (not yet pope Urban VIII) and give him a laurel crown. If all graduation ceremonies were this exciting, we’d never miss them! Also someone there has a Caduceus, some...