The inerrancy of Scripture is common ground for Protestants and Roman Catholics.[1]However, its interpretation is not. In fact, Catholic apologist Robert Sungenis asserts: “the written Word cannot cry out to you, ‘Wait! You have misinterpreted me!’ But the Church can.”[2]Thus, Roman Ca...
Speaking for myself, he hasn't disappointed me - not because I don't wish he was even more progressive than he is, but because I didn't expect his progressiveness to be anything but that of a Catholic, and a sufficiently doctrinaire one to be elected to the papacy. (As the quip...
flying from the Vatican City. This was extraordinary attention for an ordinary cardinal, because as Benedict told the throng awaiting him, “I am no longer Pope.” I am not a scholar of Catholic history, but
Lutherans are resentful that the Vatican does not describe them as a "church" and denies them communion if they visit a Catholic mass. The welcome speeches by Germany's most senior Lutheran leaders, several of them women, and Benedict's reply, will be carefully scripted, and may turn out ...
AnnMarie Creedon The Roman(tic) Catholic Tweet Before I submitted the manuscript for Angela’s Song, I had my pastor pray over it. I stopped him in the vestibule one day after daily Mass. “Do you have time to bless something?” ...
Vatican City is the seat of the Roman Catholic Church and the smallest independent country in the world. No matter your religious affiliation, it welcomes all who want to visit—around 19,000 people per day! It is home to some of the greatest works of art in the world. ...
It has been in continuous use throughout its history as a temple to receive sacrifices, as a Catholic church and now one of Rome’s most visited monuments. Today for the first time in 2,000 years entry is prohibited. The Pantheon is shut. I wander into the piazza, one of my ...
Today, using quotes from imminent Freemasons, we shall illustrate that Freemasonry is a Roman Catholic institution. “Symbolic Masonry [Freemasonry], under whatever form it may be propounded, is a Catholic institution, democratic in its form and government, and universal in its operation.”...
INTRODUCTION It is a genuine pleasure and privilege to deliver a lecture which honors the memory of a dear friend, an outstanding Catholic scholar who devoted a long life in the service of the law. This is the second occasion on which I have been so singularly honored to give a lecture ...
for Mass in the House of God, but God instills these habits in us so that our actions may be oriented according to the will of the Father who only wants our good. According to Catholic theology, when we accept God’s will and habits, they become manifest through faith, hope and ...