The miracle of Easter is the essence of Christianity. Jesus is not only resurrected ,,, a miracle within the grasp of modern science .. he becomes God. Where the monotheistic beauty of Islam and Judaism is easily reconciled with Science by imagining some great external force, the Christian deity dem[...]
Posts Tagged ‘pope’
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Jesus’ thumb found .. Pope declares it is a holy relic!
A miracle has occurred! Last year Rio’s iconic Christ statue lost its right thumb tip to a lightning strike. Father Joseph of the Archdiocese of Rio, the church responsible for managing the statue, said then that repairs could be made using a stock of the same stone originally used to [...]
December 21st, 2014 - 1:48 pm § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: The Good Pope
How the Pope Helped End the Cuba Embargo As more details emerge about the watershed normalizing of diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba, we’re learning more about the instrumental role that Pope Francis played in helping to bring American and Cuban leaders together. [...]
May 4th, 2014 - 3:09 am § in Misc.
Sunday Revelations: A Priest Writes of the Pain of His Excommunication
Somebody Needs to Show this to Pope Francis Don’t Catholics profess that men and women are created of equal worth and dignity? Don’t the Holy Scriptures state clearly that “There is neither male nor female. In Christ you are one” (Galatians 3:28)? Don’t priests profess that the call to be [...]
April 3rd, 2014 - 10:22 am § in Misc.
Italy to Pope: Pay your taxes!
The EU, dealing with Italian insolvency, may condemn the fiscal perks the Berlusconi administration gave to the Catholic Church. Prime Minister Mario Monti has written to the Competition Commissioner, Joaquin Almunia, saying that the Vatican will resume property tax, or Ici, payments.European [...]
January 19th, 2014 - 11:44 am § in Religion
SUNDAY REVELATIONS” Lightning Strikes .. is it an omen for the first Argentinian Pope?
God speaks in mysterious ways. How can it be that Pope Francis is doing so many things to change the Church and no one seem to have asked what God meant by this bolt of lightning?[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Pope Bendict Shows Compassion
Pope Benedict, tear down this wall BERKELEY BLOG, by Malcolm Potts, professor of population and family planning All the world knew when the Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989, that a half century of Soviet tyranny was over. Last month Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged that the use of a condom might[...]
OF BLASPHEMY AND BLAME II
A week ago, I posted a comment on the Pope’s recent assertion that only a few Jews of Jesus time were guilty of deicide. My main argument was that the Pope, in the tradition of his predecessors, avoided the real issue … blaming Rome for its brutality toward the Jews.1700 years [...]