Source: The Local. Catholic women are determined to achieve equality in the lay section of the church – and told The Local the move made by Germany’s top bishop this week when he said the idea of women deacons was no longer taboo, was not enough. Read More:
This article originally appeared on AlterNet. With a new Pope at the helm, the Catholic hierarchy has set about to polish its tarnished image. Can an increased focus on the poor make up for the Church’s opposition to contraception and marriage equality or its sordid financial and sexual affairs? The Bishops can only […]
Source:TOI VATICAN CITY: Israeli President Shimon Peres invited Pope Francis on Tuesday to visit Israel, at his first meeting with the new pontiff who has appealed for peace in the Middle East. “I am expecting you in Jerusalem, not just me but the whole country of Israel,” Peres told the […]
Source:The Local Germany’s top Roman Catholic has called for women to be allowed to become deacons, which would enable them to perform baptisms and marriages outside of mass – a novelty for Catholic women. More:
Source: Digital Journal By Eliott Elwas Pope Benedict XVI announced his retirement from the papacy in February 2013. The Pope’s sudden retirement reminds many biblical eschatologists of St. Malachi’s famous prophecies for the 112 Catholic popes. Pope Benedict XVI retired on Thursday, 28 February 2013. He is the first pope […]
Source: The Economist: ON THE eve of his first Easter Sunday celebration as bishop of Rome, Pope Francis sprang another of his teasing little surprises. As the Shroud of Turin, which is probably the Christian world’s most hotly contested holy relic, was given a rare showing on television, he issued […]
Written and collected by Zia H. Shah MD – Twitter: @ZiahShah1 Today, most of the two billion Christians are celebrating Easter. I am happy for them. I am glad that this celebration reminds them, […]
wikipedia: Council of Nicaea was called by Emperor Constantine in 325 CE in Contantinople (Istanbul) Agenda and procedure: The agenda of the synod included: The Arian question regarding the relationship between God […]
Source: The Economist: PITY the pontiff. Not only does he face the urgent task of sorting out sordid power struggles in the heart of the Vatican; in the wider world of Catholicism, rival political camps are eagerly looking forward to his first pronouncements on social and economic questions. On the […]
Jews, Christians mark religious festivals in Holy City Haaretz: This year, Passover and Easter fall during the same week, and Jerusalem is awash with pilgrims and worshipers from both religions. […]
The Huffington Post | By Meredith Bennett-Smith Posted: 03/28/2013 2:51 pm EDT | Updated: 03/28/2013 8:24 pm EDT After decades of speculation, new research suggests that the Shroud of Turin, one of the […]
Global Post: BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Malachi O’Doherty says his nieces and nephews are helpless at funerals. Raised without religion, they are flummoxed by the practices and customs that accompany a Catholic ritual. Though he himself left the church as a teenager in the 1960s, he’s ambivalent about the loss […]
Source: Express Tribune By Pervez Hoodbhoy Published: March 22, 2013 A new pope was elected in the Vatican this month on March 13, 2013. Born in Argentina as Mario Bergoglio, he is now the 266th head of the Roman Catholic Church. The pomp and glory, the global publicity, the weeping crowds […]
Source: Spiegel. The Catholic Church is out of touch with believers, and risks losing more of the flock if it fails to reform. An important step would be giving national […]
Washington Post: By Nick Miroff, Published: March 19 HURLINGHAM, Argentina — Father Julio Cesar Grassi was a celebrity in the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires. The young, dynamic, media-savvy priest networked with wealthy Argentines […]
Holy Trinity, fresco by Luca Rossetti da Orta, 1738–9 (St. Gaudenzio Church at Ivrea). By Zia H Shah MD As Jesus lay dead for three days and three nights, God the Father continued […]
Source: ET The election of the new pope has been the talk of the town and the air is buzzing with excitement everywhere except in Pakistan. PHOTO: REUTERS The last Pope, Benedict XVI, elected at the age of 78, was the oldest person to have been elected as pope since […]
Collected by Zia H Shah MD Religious fanaticism and forcing of ones beliefs on others is a bad news for the whole of humanity, whether it comes from the Mullahs […]
Express Tribune Blogs: By Rohan Emmanuel: The last Pope, Benedict XVI, elected at the age of 78, was the oldest person to have been elected as pope since 1730. In February […]
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