The Queen and The Pope Visit The queen was given an antique parchment, which dates back to May 1679 with an “Urbi et Orbi” message by Cardinal Cesare Facchinetti. The pope traditionally gives a “urbi et orbi” message – meaning “to the city and the world” – at [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Roman Catholic’
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 20th, 2014 - 3:08 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: What Pope Frank SHOULD Read this Easter Sunday
Sister Elizabeth Johnson’s Challenge To The Vatican (extracts from an essay by Jamie L. Manson ) “You say Mary is too passive. Isn’t obedience the greatest virtue?” This was one of 40 questions sent to Elizabeth Johnson by a cardinal when she was up for a tenure-track position at[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Chief Justice for the Vatican Disses President Obama
Cardinal Raymond Burke, quoted from Vatican City: Just before President Obama’s visit with the Pope. “It is true that the policies of the president of the United States have become progressively more hostile toward Christian civilization. He appears to be a totally secularized man who aggr[...]
March 16th, 2014 - 3:19 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Pope Rejects The Cult of Frank
From The Guardian: As the Vatican prepared to mark his first anniversary with a DVD of behind-the-scenes footage and a new magazine launched in Italy dedicated entirely to him, Francis rejected the excesses of so-called Francescomania. “Sigmund Freud used to say, if I’m not mistaken, t[...]
January 19th, 2014 - 9:14 am § in Misc.
Pope to visit “holy land”
Pope to visit Middle East in May, will meet Israelis, Palestinians and Orthodox. Would this be a chance for Francis to move beyond his impressive public relations effort and bureaucratic reshuffling? What if he played a role in bringing peace?[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: The Pope and abortion
Pope Francis Calls Abortion ‘Horrific’ In ‘State Of The World’ Address Someone needs to get Francis together with an expert in his bible. As far as know the Roman bible makes no reference to abortion or to anything their deity said on the subject. Francis also needs to [...]
December 20th, 2013 - 11:15 am § in Misc.
The Good Pope
The First Pope Who Is a Mensch! “At the Wednesday General Audience the other day there was a young mother behind one of the barriers with a baby that was just a few month s old. The child was crying its eyes out as I came past. The mother was caressing it. I said to her: […][...]
Family Feuds; of North Koreans and Jews
Can Jewish History Say Anything About What is Happening in North Korea? parts of my essay originated from a wonderful essay posted in the Jerusalem Post by Berel Wein It is important to understand the horrible long term consequences such a contemporary fight can have. The story of Joseph̵[...]