Posted in Articles on February 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Russell Shaw writing in Our Sunday Visitor:
The papal turnaround began in reaction to the furious Muslim response to his Regensburg talk, continued via fence-mending remarks and gestures that included praying in a historic mosque during his trip to Turkey, and has kept up since then.
That doesn’t mean Pope Benedict has simply thrown in the [...]
Posted in Reports on February 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The London Times: Churches back plan to unite under Pope
Radical proposals to reunite Anglicans with the Roman Catholic Church under the leadership of the Pope are to be published this year, The Times has learnt.
The proposals have been agreed by senior bishops of both churches.
In a 42-page statement prepared by an international commission [...]
Posted in Themes on February 15, 2007 | No Comments »
Zenit: Orthodox Circles Opposed to Papal Trip to Ukraine (2001)
The Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow is poised to oppose John Paul II’s planned visit to Ukraine this year, the Vatican agency Fides reported.
Fides sources report that during a recent meeting of the standing council of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan [...]
Posted in Reports on February 13, 2007 | No Comments »
From Catholic News Service:
The latest Vatican statistics confirm that the church’s population and ministerial workforce are continuing to shift to developing countries, especially those in Africa and Asia.
Figures released Feb. 12 showed that the overall number of Catholics increased to nearly 1.12 billion at the end of 2005, an increase of 1.5 percent from [...]
Posted in Themes on February 13, 2007 | No Comments »
C-FAM: Overseas Abortion More Important than Overseas Education, According to EU (2002)
According to a member of the European Parliament, Irish taxes may soon contribute to a European Union initiative to provide abortions throughout the developing world, even though abortion is unconstitutional in Ireland. Dana Rosemary Scallon, Connacht/Ulster MEP, has stated that “the Irish government can [...]
Posted in Reports on February 12, 2007 | No Comments »
From Breibart:
Pope Benedict XVI reportedly lashed out against laws that he said threaten the family and social order, saying none “can overturn that of the Creator.”
“No law made by man can overturn that of the Creator without dramatically affecting society in its very foundation,” said the pope, according to the I-Media news agency, which [...]
Posted in Themes on February 11, 2007 | No Comments »
The following are selections from the writings of Serge Trifkovic. Serge Trifkovic is an Eastern Orthodox Christian and the author of The Sword of the Prophet and Defeating Jihad.
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Chronicles: Islam and the West: The Threat, The Defense: Interview with Al Kresta on Ave Maria Radio
For a Christian the real task is to [...]
Posted in Reports on February 10, 2007 | No Comments »
From BBC News:
Cardinal Joseph Zen told the BBC the ordinations last year of three bishops without Vatican approval were “illegitimate” and “acts of war”.
Beijing’s refusal to recognise the Vatican’s authority has overturned two decades of compromise efforts, he said as he returned from a trip to Rome.
Pope Benedict XVI is due to make [...]
Posted in Reports on February 8, 2007 | No Comments »
From Newsweek International:
Across much of the continent, churchgoing is in long-term decline, while a swelling—and devout—Muslim immigrant population needs ever more places to worship. According to a forecast by the British-based group Christian Research, practicing Muslims will outnumber practicing Christians in England within a few decades. More than 1,600 churches—about 10 percent of the country’s [...]
Posted in Reports on February 8, 2007 | No Comments »
From American Thinker:
One hundred Islamic scholars have signed an Open Letter to Pope Benedict XVI. It explains how he got things wrong in his lecture at the University of Regensburg. Of course Islam is nothing but peace, particularly in the Quran and the hadith, so says the Letter…
Read entire post here. Says American Thinker: [...]
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