Archive for 'Spring 2007'
The Vatican – The Republic of China
Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by admin.
February 01, 2007 The Vatican has condemned the latest unauthorized ordination of a new Catholic bishop, Fr. John Wang Ren Lei. The episcopal ordination took place without approval from the Vatican. Despite these difficulties, the Vatican continues to have dialogue with the Chinese government. Obviously this latest situation has placed strain on the
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St Paul’s Tomb Discovered
Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by admin.
The world renowned archeologist, Giorgio Filippi, announced the discovery of a large marble sarcophagus which is marked, St. Paul, Apostle, Professor Filippi said, “It is an incontrovertible historical fact”. The excavations began in 2002 and was completed in November 2006 uncovering the sarcophagus beneath the floor of the current basilica of St. Paul – outside [...]
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Catholic Statistics
Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by admin.
The latest Vatican statistics confirm the Church’s population has grown by the end of 2005. Catholics increased to nearly 1.12 billion, increase of 1.5 percent from the previous year. Catholics now represent 17.2 percent of the global population. The Church’s population grew fastest in Africa where the number of Catholics increased 3.1 percent; in Asia [...]
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Young Catholics
Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by admin.
February 16 2007 According to America Magazine issue (2/16/07), “Young adult Catholic have a strong Catholic Identity but do not feel much of a commitment to the Institutional Church or its moral teachings, two sociologists, James A Davidson of Purdue University and Dean R. Hoge of Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., the researchers [...]
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The New Crusaders
Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by admin.
The recent rise of the “Radical Traditionalist” Catholics who reject the teachings of the Modern Papacy, may form American’s largest group of Anti-Semites. They believe the most of the theological developments within the Catholic Church since Vatican III have been egregiously wrong, especially with regard to reconciling with Jews, and the followers of other faiths. [...]
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Boted Archeologists – The Tomb of Jesus
Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by admin.
The claim by filmmakers that a tomb uncovered nearly 30 years ago in Jerusalem is the burial site of Jesus and his family is “all nonsense,” said an Israeli archaeologist, and many other archaeologists. “In their movies, they are billing it as ‘never before reported information,’ but it is not new. I published all the [...]
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The United Nations General Assembly – The Holocaust
Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by admin.
At the Sixty First General Assembly adopted a resolution condemning any denial of the Holocaust. It was sponsored by 103 representatives. It said to deny the events of the Holocaust – one of the most tragic moral catastrophes in history – “was tantamount to approval of genocide in all its forms.” Reaffirming its landmark resolution [...]
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The Orthodox Rabbi Yehuda Levin Praises Pope Benedict XVI
Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by admin.
(Credit to INSIDE THE VATICAN Magazine – 2-07) Rabbi levin represents the Rabbinical Alliance of America, an organization of over 850 Orthodox Rabbis who met with Vatican officials to discuss social issues. He said. “In anticipation of the meetings, the organization issued a statement which included these remarks: “It is well known that we, as [...]
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Parish Archbishop States : “World Must Fight Anti-Semitism”
Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by admin.
(Credit and Permission from the Catholic-Jewish Newsletter) Paris Archbishop Andre Vingt-Trois said that the world must, fight anti-Semitism, which is rooted in human culture. “Anti-Semitism cannot exist without roots well-grounded in the past,” the archbishop told a predominantly Catholic audience of about 800 people at Tel Aviv University Feb. 12. The archbishop was part of [...]
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Anti-Catholicism – Anti-Semitism on the Rise
Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by admin.
Previously I said that our Catholic-Jewish Dialogue enthusiasm has subsided. Both clergy and laity believe we have made great progress in our Catholic-Jewish Relations. To an extent we have. And so we have become complacent. We can relax. Well, we can’t. Recent information makes us realize that the ugly face of Anti-Catholicism and Anti-Semitism is [...]
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