America’s Epidemic of Empty Churches
Source: The Atlantic By Jonathan Merritt Three blocks from my Brooklyn apartment, a large brick structure stretches toward heaven. Tourists recognize it as a church—the building’s bell tower and stained-glass […]
After Catholic Church sex abuse cover-ups, we in the pews must no longer simply pray & pay
Source: USA Today By Tim Roemer Disappointed and angered once again by the Catholic Church, we lay people must act to protect our faith. I have done a lifetime of public speaking, in the chambers of Congress in Washington and in a foreign country as a diplomat. But that was […]
Did Jesus Predict Muhammad? A Biblical Portal Between Christianity and Islam
Source: Huffington Post By Ian Mevorach; Theologian, Spiritual Leader, Activist There is no better candidate than Muhammad, no one in fact that comes even close, in terms of fulfilling Jesus’s […]
In Uganda, Catholics protest as archbishop asks government to enforce tithe
Source: Religion News Service By Doreen Ajiambo KAMPALA, Uganda (RNS) — Thousands of Catholics in one of the world’s poorest nations are objecting after the church asked the government to collect a […]
Pope Francis: Satan Is Stalking The Catholic Church
Source: Huffington Post By Mary Papenfuss He urges the faithful to call on Michael the archangel for help against the “malign one” amid new sexual abuse scandals. Pope Francis is blaming the devil for undermining the Roman Catholic Church, Reuters reports, as it is hit by more accusations of sexual […]
Pew Research Center: Democrats are less likely to say they believe in the God of the Bible than Republicans (45% vs. 70%)
Democrats are less likely to say they believe in the God of the Bible than Republicans (45% vs. 70%). https://t.co/P5y9yT82Go — Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) October 28, 2018 Suggested Reading […]
The Latest Exhibition of the Catholic Church and the Age Old Belief in Exorcism
Catholic Exorcist Prays For Brett Kavanaugh In Response To Witches’ Planned Hex Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla The Rev. Gary Thomas said those targeting the Supreme Court justice are […]
The Vatican Debating to Open Priesthood to Married Men
The Vatican is laying the groundwork to open formal debate on opening up the priesthood to married men in parts of the world where clergy are scarce. https://t.co/vSY6z57l6V — Religion News Service (@RNS) October 23, 2018 Suggested Reading for the best understanding of personal religion in the 21st century Deciding […]
Young Catholics urge Vatican to issue inclusive LGBT message
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic bishops are entering their final week of debate over hot-button issues facing young Catholics, including how the church should […]
Want to leave the Catholic Church? Officially, you can’t.
Source: The Washington Post By Dan Waidelich Mary Combs remembers her last Mass. It was about 15 years ago, when sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in Boston, her hometown, was […]
Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God?
Source: Catholic News When Christians hear Muslims being called to prayer, they should be happy, for it is their God who is going to be worshipped and served, says Jesuit […]
‘Pope Francis has questions to answer’: America’s Catholics in crisis over abuse scandals
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwoodin Pittsburgh Afew weeks after the devastating extent of child sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania was laid bare in a 900-page grand jury report, […]
Talking About God, Its Use, Misuse and Abuse?
It’s Getting Harder to Talk About God Source: NY Times By Jonathan Merritt, who writes about the intersection of religion, culture and politics. The decline in our spiritual vocabulary has […]
Abuse survivors angry over Pope’s praise for fallen cardinal
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke (CNN) Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the embattled archbishop of Washington and one of the church’s most powerful Americans. But the Pope’s high […]
Eternal Damnation of the Non-Believers and the Merciful God of the Holy Quran?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In the feisty dialogue, in the above video between the most famous atheist, Prof. Richard Dawkins and Mehdi […]
Ehrman Versus Licona: Are the Gospels Historically Reliable?
24 Video lectures: The Great Courses: How Jesus Became God? https://t.co/QlirhVgLMe pic.twitter.com/VY5CT7qODu — The Muslim Times (@The_MuslimTimes) June 8, 2016 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
Satan is attacking the Catholic Church, says Pope Francis
Source: Christian Today The devil is alive and well and working overtime to undermine the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis says. In fact, the pope is so convinced that Satan […]
Many Catholics Struggle to Keep the Faith
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Ian Lovett Megan McCabe was born into a Catholic family, attended Catholic high school and college, and now teaches at a Catholic university. But […]
Pope Francis Says Sex Abuse Crisis Has Driven Young Catholics Away From The Church
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Pope Francis on Tuesday acknowledged that young people are being driven away from the Roman Catholic Church because of the way it has handled […]
Confidence in the Catholic Church and Pope Francis down sharply in U.S.
Confidence in Pope Francis down sharply in U.S. Source: Pew Research Center By a two-to-one margin, American Catholics now give Francis negative marks for his handling of the sex abuse scandal As allegations and investigations of sex abuse in the Catholic Church become more widespread, a new Pew Research Center […]