Pope Francis on Church as One
On the Unity of the Church Vatican City, September 25, 2013 (Zenit.org) Here is the translation of Pope Francis’ address during his weekly General Audience today held in St. Peter’s Square. * * * Dear Brothers and Sisters, In the “Creed” we say “I believe in One … Church,” that is, we profess that t ...
Some difficulties
I have had a trying couple of days dealing with student behavioural issues. It can be very disheartening when you just can’t work a student out. If you are nice to them, they are rude, if you are strict with them they are rude, if you try to relate to them they ignore you. Some students just seem to ...
History made
The readers of True Restoration and supporters of Bishops Dolan and Sanborn, Fr. Cekada, and the other clergy behind the Anti-Modernist Reader, Volume I, have just successfully crowdfunded a Catholic work on the new religion of Vatican II. No one has ever done such a thing. Congratulations to all of ...
The Philokalian Renaissance
Reading Christos Yannaras’ book Orthodoxy and the West I have identified how Orthodoxy has been affected by Western Christianity during the past two centuries. However, during the 20 th century there was a move for a further understanding and examination of Orthodoxy, returning to the examination of ...
Islamic State Terrorists Torture and Kill Christian Man for Refusing to Convert
JNS.org – An Assyrian Christian man from the Iraqi Christian village of Bartalah, which was conquered by Islamic State jihadists in early August, was reportedly tortured and then killed for refusing to convert to Christianity after hiding in his home for several weeks. According to a relative, Salem ...
The chasm had become visible
Via Amazon.com. [Trigger warning: discussion of violence, sexual assault.] About a month ago, I was traveling. Whenever I travel, I hunt for books. The title of one particular book screamed at me from a shelf in the Harvard Co-op: Men Explain Things to Me. I dove for my credit card. Men Explain Thin ...
Islamic State Terrorists Torture and Kill Christian Man for Refusing to Convert
Syrian rebels pose after seizing a border crossing. Photo: Screenshot. JNS.org – An Assyrian Christian man from the Iraqi Christian village of Bartalah, which was conquered by Islamic State jihadists in early August, was reportedly tortured and then killed for refusing to convert to Christianity aft ...
Did the Anunnaki Exist?
The subject regarding the Anunnaki has always intrigued me. It is a subject little spoken and sparsely written about. And yet there seems to be an unusual amount of tid bits of evidence. Some conspiracy theorists have played with it, but I wonder just how much of this topic could be legitimate. I wi ...
Opera Garnier indeed
Tragedy Shoes One could say, certainly Garnier would have said, that only in Paris, France could tragedy be so well shod. And so she is, as is her companion Comedy, two caryatids of classical features with dark marble skin, at the Opera Garnier, which we toured today. Our missing Mac and Iris, we dr ...
