VATICAN - Pope: vain Christians are like a soap bubble, pretty, "but it lasts a second and then what?"
"Vanity is a liar, a fantasist, it deceives itself, it deceives the vain, because in the beginning he pretends to be [something], but in the end he really believes himself to be that" and so is far from the truth. "Vanity cannot give us peace only the truth gives us peace" and the only rock on which ...
Location étudiante Rome : Apartment for rent near the Vatican, very well linked
Beautiful apartment located at 100 meters from Valle Aurelia metro station, very close to the Vatican and well linked with the rest of the city. The apartment has a double/triple bedroom, one single...
The Vatican Rag
It's a Throwback Thursday, and today I am gonna' go WAAAAY back- all the way to 1965. The great Tom Lehrer recorded a live album called That Was the Year That Was, an album full of satirical songs about the big news stories of the day. As you see in the accompanying quote, Tom's music was a great in ...
Vatican Arrests Defrocked Archbishop On Sex Charges
The Vatican on September 23, 2014 arrested Wesolowski, and accused of paying for sex with children while he was a papal ambassador in the … View full post on Google Alert – boise arrest
Papal Thoughts
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis said Mass in the chapel of the Santa Marta residence on Tuesday morning. In remarks following the readings of the day, the Holy Father focused on the simplicity of the Christian life and the Gospel’s call to radical simplicity in life and action. Christ’s words had a “ne ...
Summer Travelogue Part Due.
‘Two’ in Italian is ‘due’, pronounced the same way we would say ‘dua’ in Malay but with that distinctive Italian flair. Doo-wey? Doo-wer? I thought it was cute. The first leg of the 21-day summer adventure began in Rome and spanned over six days. I embarked on this journey with three other friends ( ...
Le chef de l’Église contre les doctrinaires.
Au cours du XIXe siècle, la papauté, qui perd sa puissance temporelle, impose son autorité intellectuelle et spirituelle en prétendant plus que jamais détenir la Vérité. Quand, en 1870, les troupes italiennes prennent Rome, le pape s’enferme au Vatican et devient, grâce à la proclamation de l’infail ...
Lk 11, 33-36 + CSDC and CV
Luke 11, 33-36 + CSDC and CV CV 40c. Paul VI invited people to give serious attention to the damage that can be caused to one's home country by the transfer abroad of capital purely for personal advantage [95]. John Paul II taught that investment always has moral, as well as economic significance [9 ...
Evidence on its ex envoy’s sex abuse case ‘sent to the Vatican’
Santo Domingo.- Justice minister Francisco Domínguez revealed Wednesday that most of the evidence has been sent to the Vatican against its former envoy Jozef Wesolowski, who is under house arrest in the Holy See, charged with of paedophilia by the Church.
