Watch Elder Ephraim, Abbot of Vatopedi Holy Monastery, Mt Athos. Greece, as he speaks to students.http://pemptousia.com/video/abbot-ephraim-a-speech-to-students/
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Saturday, April 9, 2016
Sunday, April 10, 2016
More from Elder Ephraim
Humility... the Beginning
Elder Moses the Athonite (†) speaks for the significance of humility and its relationship with all virtues.http://pemptousia.com/video/elder-moses-the-athonite-humility-the-foundation-of-all-virtues/
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Sunday, April 10, 2016
On Steps to Knowing God
The Fathers say that to really know God, you have to be willing to ascend the Mountain into the “thick darkness” with...
Posted by Orthodoxy and the World on Friday, April 8, 2016
Ouresis Todorovich
An artist, byzantinist and a theorist of art, Dr Uros T. Todorovic speaks to Pemptousia about his first steps in the...
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Monday, April 4, 2016
Saturday, April 09, 2016
Fr. Hunwicke: OK, then. So, on to the next question.
Related:
Rorate Caeli: Socci: The Apostolic Exhortation is a turning-point in Catholic Doctrine
Related:
Rorate Caeli: Socci: The Apostolic Exhortation is a turning-point in Catholic Doctrine
Georges Cottier, O.P.
Pope Francis on Thursday sent a telegram expressing his condolences for the death of Cardinal Georges Marie Martin...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, April 1, 2016
The Swiss Guards remember Swiss Cardinal Georges Marie Cottier.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, April 4, 2016
Cardinal Georges Cottier, O.P., died on 31 March. He is an interview he did with Fr. Antonio Spadaro, SJ, last year.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Crisis Magazine: The Vatican Response to Secularization and Conflict in Ukraine by Alexander R. Sich
Managing Your Daily Tasks with Wisdom
When we wake up each morning, asking, "Have you kissed your eikona today?" is a critical to reminder to manage daily tasks with wisdom.http://myocn.net/have-you-kissed-your-eikona-today/
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Friday, April 08, 2016
Amoris Laetitia
Pope Francis’ post-Synodal Exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, on “The Joy of Love”, was officially released to the public at...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, April 8, 2016
Pope’s Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation ReleasedCardinal Schönborn, Cardinal Baldisseri, and Married Couple Present Widely Anticipated ‘Amoris Laetitia’ on Love in the Family
Posted by ZENIT - News Agency on Friday, April 8, 2016
The Pope's Handwriting
Pope Francis sent a chirograph letter to every bishop accompanying the Apostolic Exhortation "Amoris laetitia: On Love...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, April 8, 2016
Dr. Timothy Patitsas
Dr. Patitsas speaks on the topic of “Ethical Justification for Christian Rights and Freedom”...
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Thursday, April 7, 2016
Related:
Christian Rights and Freedom Institute Holds its 2nd Annual National Symposiumhttp://myocn.net/christian-rights-and-freedom-institute-holds-its-2nd-annual-national-symposium/
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Saturday, April 2, 2016
Thursday, April 07, 2016
New Ecumenical Center in Rome
Pope Francis said on Thursday that Catholics and Methodists have much to learn from one another as they work together in...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, April 7, 2016
Here are a few snaps from Pope Francis' meeting with international Methodist delegations in the Apostolic Palace on...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, April 7, 2016
Pope Francis on Thursday met with members of the World Methodist Council, the Methodist Council of Europe, and the Methodist Church in Britain.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, April 7, 2016
Icon of the Annunciation
Listen to this episode of Come Receive the Light as we discuss the Orthodox understanding of death and the icon of the Annunciation. #CRTLhttp://myocn.net/gods-image-and-likeness-in-death-and-in-art/
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Monday, April 4, 2016
Watching...
At some point, we are all going to feel like Jesus—alone, sorrowful and to have someone “watching” is a comfort.http://myocn.net/the-importance-of-watching/
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Thursday, April 7, 2016
Mother Maria Skobtsova
There was a group of women who had been singled out in order to be sent to the gas chamber. One of these women, a girl...
Posted by Orthodoxy and the World on Wednesday, March 30, 2016
A valid critique of Latin Christianity?
What does the cross mean, apart from that one must die before he can live? Why was there this focus in Western...
Posted by Orthodoxy and the World on Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Related:
The Cross beckons us, Christ’s Golgotha calls us, and today’s Golgotha of Christianity call us to love the Crucified One, and through Him, love for one another.
Posted by Orthodoxy and the World on Sunday, April 3, 2016
In my opinion, the greatest tragedy of theology is that it reduces the Cross to a plan, a schema, a balanced and...
Posted by Orthodoxy and the World on Saturday, April 2, 2016
The Latins Wait for Tomorrow Morning
Chiesa: What’s Inside “Amoris Lætitia.” Two Cardinals Say So
They are Baldisseri and Schönborn, whom Pope Francis has chosen to present his take on the post-synodal exhortation. They have already said what they think. The first in a letter, the second in an interview
They are Baldisseri and Schönborn, whom Pope Francis has chosen to present his take on the post-synodal exhortation. They have already said what they think. The first in a letter, the second in an interview
Let me guess, an atheist?
Daniel Whitmire
Newly discovered planet could destroy Earth any day now
How many of those who talk about natural disasters that could kill a significant portion or all of mankind believe that we are at the mercy of Mother Nature? Is Daniel Whitmire another chicken little who has no trust in God? Or someone trying to make a name for himself and grab funding?
More:
Daniel Whitmire & Planet X: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
U of A Researcher Links Mass Extinctions to 'Planet X'
Caltech Researchers Find Evidence of a Real Ninth Planet
Newly discovered planet could destroy Earth any day now
How many of those who talk about natural disasters that could kill a significant portion or all of mankind believe that we are at the mercy of Mother Nature? Is Daniel Whitmire another chicken little who has no trust in God? Or someone trying to make a name for himself and grab funding?
More:
Daniel Whitmire & Planet X: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
U of A Researcher Links Mass Extinctions to 'Planet X'
Caltech Researchers Find Evidence of a Real Ninth Planet
Mark Dooley on Christian Aestheticism
The Great Defense of Tradition
The Irish Catholic philosopher and media personality Mark Dooley discusses why beautiful music, art, and architecture is urgently needed in order to help us escape from rootless exile in cyberspace.
By Christopher S. Morrissey
Mark Dooley is a Catholic philosopher, writer, journalist, and academic who has been a regular contributor to a variety of radio programs, TV shows, newspapers, and journals. His specialties are continental philosophy, philosophy of religion, and theology, and he is the author of articles and books on the thought of Søren Kierkegaard, Jacques Derrida, and Roger Scruton, among others...
The Irish Catholic philosopher and media personality Mark Dooley discusses why beautiful music, art, and architecture is urgently needed in order to help us escape from rootless exile in cyberspace.
By Christopher S. Morrissey
Mark Dooley is a Catholic philosopher, writer, journalist, and academic who has been a regular contributor to a variety of radio programs, TV shows, newspapers, and journals. His specialties are continental philosophy, philosophy of religion, and theology, and he is the author of articles and books on the thought of Søren Kierkegaard, Jacques Derrida, and Roger Scruton, among others...
CWR Interview with Bishop Slattery
CWR: Bishop Slattery: “I think something good is happening in the new generation”
The bishop of Tulsa, facing retirement age, reflects on the changes in his diocese in the last 20 years, the qualities he’d like in a successor, and the hope he sees in young Catholics.
By Jim Graves
Bishop Edward Slattery, 75, has served as bishop of Tulsa, Oklahoma, since 1994. He is originally from Chicago, having been ordained a priest by Cardinal John Cody in 1966. He served in a pastoral role in Chicago’s parishes, and was active with the Catholic Church Extension Society, which funds the American home missions.
The bishop of Tulsa, facing retirement age, reflects on the changes in his diocese in the last 20 years, the qualities he’d like in a successor, and the hope he sees in young Catholics.
By Jim Graves
Bishop Edward Slattery, 75, has served as bishop of Tulsa, Oklahoma, since 1994. He is originally from Chicago, having been ordained a priest by Cardinal John Cody in 1966. He served in a pastoral role in Chicago’s parishes, and was active with the Catholic Church Extension Society, which funds the American home missions.
Wednesday, April 06, 2016
Pope Francis on Divine Mercy
Pope Francis held his weekly General Audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, during the course of which he began a...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Pope Francis held his weekly General Audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, during the course of which he began a new chapter in his ongoing catechetical reflections on mercy.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Watch Pope Francis at his weekly general audience LIVE now!
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Wednesday, April 6, 2016
GENERAL AUDIENCE: On God’s Mercy Made Flesh‘The power of the love of the Crucified knows no obstacles and is never exhausted, and this mercy cancels our miseries'
Posted by ZENIT - News Agency on Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Tuesday, April 05, 2016
Pope Benedict XVI
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Another recent photo of Pope emeritus Benedict XVI.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, April 4, 2016
Some recent photos of Pope emeritus Benedict XVI in the Vatican Gardens.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, April 4, 2016
2014 Interview with Mons Georg Gänswein to ZDF
2015 interview
Is it time for him to be a "real" bishop and to have care over a local Church?
Monday, April 04, 2016
Stuff from the Thomistic Institute in DC
Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP's Thomistic Institute talk at Hillsdale College Kirby Center on "Life, Liberty, and the...
Posted by Thomistic Institute on Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Spinnin' those #ThomistTracks. Stay tuned in for more! #OPPower
Posted by Thomistic Institute on Tuesday, March 29, 2016
St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery
QUOTE OF THE DAY... "It was appropriate, since death first entered into the world through the devil’s envy, that the...
Posted by St Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery on Saturday, March 26, 2016
Sunday, April 03, 2016
Has the Divine Mercy Devotion Supplanted That of the Sacred Heart?
Vultus Christi: The Trust I Have In Your Mercy0
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Spotlight on the devotion to Divine Mercy
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, April 1, 2016
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Sunday, April 3, 2016
Pope Francis presided over Mass in St Peter’s Square on Sunday for the Feast of Divine Mercy, and encouraged the...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Sunday, April 3, 2016
Watch LIVE as Pope Francis presides at the celebration of Holy Mass on the Second Sunday of Easter, liturgical feast of Divine Mercy.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Sunday, April 3, 2016
Pope Francis celebrates Divine Mercy Sunday with prayer vigil and Mass.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Pope Francis presided over Mass in St Peter’s Square on Sunday for the Feast of Divine Mercy.See our story at the...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, April 4, 2016
Pope Francis on Saturday lead a prayer vigil for Divine Mercy, in which he spoke of the many faces of the mercy of God.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, April 2, 2016
Pope Francis presides at the Prayer vigil on the Divine Mercy Sunday Watch LIVE now!
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, April 2, 2016
Theotokos Pelagonitissa
Theotokos Pelagonitissa (Greek Η Παναγία η Πελαγονίτισσα) icon of early 15th cent. Monastery Sinai (detail)The...
Posted by Αγιογραφία Iconography Иконография on Thursday, March 31, 2016
Fr. Hunwicke: Botte, his bathwater, and his epicleses
While there is a distinction between the ministerial priesthood and the priesthood of the faithful, is it correct to interpret divisions of the priesthood of the old covenant as types of the degrees of holy orders? (Especially if the there aren't really three degrees, with the diaconate being the lowest degree?)
While there is a distinction between the ministerial priesthood and the priesthood of the faithful, is it correct to interpret divisions of the priesthood of the old covenant as types of the degrees of holy orders? (Especially if the there aren't really three degrees, with the diaconate being the lowest degree?)
The New Covenant
The New Covenant calls us to eternal life. We honor this covenant through partaking of Christ in the Eucharist.http://myocn.net/the-new-covenant/
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, March 30, 2016
St. John of Damascus
I do not worship matter, but I worship the creator of matter who became matter for my sake... -St John of Damascus
Posted by St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary on Sunday, March 20, 2016
Saturday, April 02, 2016
The Sin of Judas
Repentance is the key that opens the door to salvation. It could have for Judas. It still can for us.http://myocn.net/the-sin-of-judas-was-not-the-betrayal/
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, March 29, 2016
St. John Climacus
Listen to daily reading, and the life of Saint John Climacus the Righteous, author of The Divine Ladder of Ascent.http://myocn.net/god-is-good/
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Hmmm...
The media coverage was surely pleasing to the ROC with commentators often describing it as the “most powerful” Orthodox...
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, March 30, 2016
In case the post gets taken down... this is how it was introduced: "The media coverage was surely pleasing to the ROC with commentators often describing it as the “most powerful” Orthodox Church and other such misleading claims. This includes the impression that the meeting followed a 1,000-year separation despite the ROC only becoming independent from its Mother, Constantinople, in 1448 – but why let facts get in the way of a good headline."
Some strife between the Orthodox churches...
Michael Novak on Léon Bloy
Crisis: Léon Bloy’s Role in the Catholicism of Jacques and Raissa Maritain by Michael Novak
Friday, April 01, 2016
Fabro Conference at CUA
This weeekend.
School of Philosophy:
APRIL 1-2, 2016
THE FABRO SYMPOSIUM
Sponsored by the School of Philosophy, the English Language Division of the Cornelio Fabro Cultural Project, as well as the the Institute of the Incarnate Word.
The schedule may be found here.
Googlecache:
Event Time and Date
Friday, April 1 2016, 2:00 PM to Saturday, April 2 2016, 3:45 PM
2 Days until this Event
APRIL 1st
2:00 pm - Introductory Panel:
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVE, Coordinator, English Language Division of the Cornelio Fabro Cultural Project
Fr. Gianluca Trombini, IVE, Director of the Cornelio Fabro Cultural Project
Fr. Joseph Henchey, CSS
3:30 pm - Break
3:45 pm - Msgr. John Wippel, the Catholic University of America
"Cornelio Fabro on Participation and Aquinas's 'Quarta via'"
4:45 pm - Break
5:00 pm - Dr. Joseph T. Papa, the Pontifical College Josephinum
"Fabro, Natural Theology, and the Role of Thomas Aquinas
in Seminary Formation"
6:00 pm - End of Session
APRIL 2nd
9:00 am - Dr. Gregory Doolan, the Catholic University of America
"Aquinas and Fabro on Participation and Double
Exemplarism: Diremtion and Derivation of the
Formal and Transcendental"
10:00 am - Break
10:15 am - Fr. Jason Mitchell, Gannon University
"Thomas Aquinas and Cornelio Fabro: The Metaphysics
of Participation and the Theology of Grace"
11:15 am - Break
1:30 pm - Dr. Joshua Furnal, Radboud University Nijmegen
"The Impact of Søren Kierkegaard
on the thought of Cornelio Fabro"
2:30 pm - Break
2:45 pm - Dr. Patricia Pintado, Mundelein Seminary
"God in Exile: Cornelio Fabro on the Roots of Modern Atheism"
3:45 pm - Symposium Ends
Aquinas Hall 102, Aquinas Foyer, 1st Floor
School of Philosophy:
APRIL 1-2, 2016
THE FABRO SYMPOSIUM
Sponsored by the School of Philosophy, the English Language Division of the Cornelio Fabro Cultural Project, as well as the the Institute of the Incarnate Word.
The schedule may be found here.
Googlecache:
Event Time and Date
Friday, April 1 2016, 2:00 PM to Saturday, April 2 2016, 3:45 PM
2 Days until this Event
APRIL 1st
2:00 pm - Introductory Panel:
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVE, Coordinator, English Language Division of the Cornelio Fabro Cultural Project
Fr. Gianluca Trombini, IVE, Director of the Cornelio Fabro Cultural Project
Fr. Joseph Henchey, CSS
3:30 pm - Break
3:45 pm - Msgr. John Wippel, the Catholic University of America
"Cornelio Fabro on Participation and Aquinas's 'Quarta via'"
4:45 pm - Break
5:00 pm - Dr. Joseph T. Papa, the Pontifical College Josephinum
"Fabro, Natural Theology, and the Role of Thomas Aquinas
in Seminary Formation"
6:00 pm - End of Session
APRIL 2nd
9:00 am - Dr. Gregory Doolan, the Catholic University of America
"Aquinas and Fabro on Participation and Double
Exemplarism: Diremtion and Derivation of the
Formal and Transcendental"
10:00 am - Break
10:15 am - Fr. Jason Mitchell, Gannon University
"Thomas Aquinas and Cornelio Fabro: The Metaphysics
of Participation and the Theology of Grace"
11:15 am - Break
1:30 pm - Dr. Joshua Furnal, Radboud University Nijmegen
"The Impact of Søren Kierkegaard
on the thought of Cornelio Fabro"
2:30 pm - Break
2:45 pm - Dr. Patricia Pintado, Mundelein Seminary
"God in Exile: Cornelio Fabro on the Roots of Modern Atheism"
3:45 pm - Symposium Ends
Aquinas Hall 102, Aquinas Foyer, 1st Floor
Not April Fool's
Chiesa: “Francis alarms us enormously, and not only us. And yet we like him”
The surprising analysis of the Francis enigma, made by the superior general by the Society of Saint Pius X, Bernard Fellay. With the account of the visits of one cardinal and three bishops, sent secretly from Rome
The surprising analysis of the Francis enigma, made by the superior general by the Society of Saint Pius X, Bernard Fellay. With the account of the visits of one cardinal and three bishops, sent secretly from Rome
It Should Have Been Done in Accord with One of the Iconographic Traditions of the Church
The title of the post is in reference to the article at NLM linked here, in which it is claimed that Sr. Faustina favored a more traditional iconographic depiction of Christ as representing what she saw in her visions.
Anyway, there is a new documentary, The Original Image of Divine Mercy (FB).
It will be screened at a parish in SF in May and at OLOP on April 2.
Edit. Bringing the image of Divine Mercy to the world by Jim Graves
A new documentary tells the dramatic story of the original Divine Mercy image, commissioned by St. Faustina and kept hidden for much of the 20th century.
Anyway, there is a new documentary, The Original Image of Divine Mercy (FB).
It will be screened at a parish in SF in May and at OLOP on April 2.
Edit. Bringing the image of Divine Mercy to the world by Jim Graves
A new documentary tells the dramatic story of the original Divine Mercy image, commissioned by St. Faustina and kept hidden for much of the 20th century.
A documentary that tells the incredible story of the Divine Mercy image.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, April 1, 2016
Vigilance
QUOTE OF THE DAY..."More than anything he counseled us to maintain these three things: fear of God, vigilance of the...
Posted by St Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery on Thursday, March 31, 2016
Bishop Nicholas's Paschal Message 2016
https://melkite.org/eparchy/bishop-nicholas/bishops-2016-paschal-letter
Posted by Holy Transfiguration Melkite Greek-Catholic Church on Sunday, March 27, 2016
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Worth a Look?
Keep building your Lenten library! Here's our pick this week from St Vladimir's Seminary Press (SVS Press). It's available for $14.35 until 4/5/16.
Posted by St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary on Thursday, March 31, 2016
The Artistic Path of Elder Sophrony
“To paint an icon is like writing a poem; one cannot add or take away a single word. In the same way the icon should only contain the necessary, not too little, not too much.” - Father Sophrony
Posted by St. Tikhon's Monastery Bookstore and Press on Saturday, March 26, 2016
Catholic World Report: "A story He himself created": Reflections on Benedict XVI's recent remarks
Each person, if he be honest with himself, can recognize he is responsible for at least some of the evil in the world.
By James V. Schall, S.J.
"Faith is not a product of reflection nor is it even an attempt to penetrate the depths of my own being. Both of these things may be present, but they remain insufficient without the ‘listening’ through which God, from without, from a story he himself created, challenges me.” — Benedict XVI,
Each person, if he be honest with himself, can recognize he is responsible for at least some of the evil in the world.
By James V. Schall, S.J.
"Faith is not a product of reflection nor is it even an attempt to penetrate the depths of my own being. Both of these things may be present, but they remain insufficient without the ‘listening’ through which God, from without, from a story he himself created, challenges me.” — Benedict XVI,
Source of the Anecdote?
From Things That Can't Change by George Weigel:
When the Second Vatican Council was putting the finishing touches on one of its key documents, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium), Pope Paul VI proposed that it include a statement that the pope is “accountable to the Lord alone.”
The suggestion was referred to the Council’s Theological Commission, which, perhaps to Pope Paul’s surprise, flatly rejected it: the Roman Pontiff, the Theological Commission noted, “is . . . bound to revelation itself, to the fundamental structure of the Church, to the sacraments, to the definitions of earlier Councils, and other obligations too numerous to mention.” The pope cannot, in other words, change the deposit of faith, of which he is the custodian, not the master. The pope can’t decide that the Church can do without bishops, or that there really are eleven sacraments, or that Arius had it right in denying the divinity of Christ.
St. Julian of Norwich
On Wednesday 23rd of March Pope Francis mentioned Julian of Norwich during his weekly catechesis. But who exactly was this great fourteenth century English mystic and theologian who lived as an "anchoress"?
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, March 24, 2016
Pray a Psalm
Fr. Stavros teaches us to pray a Psalm, as Psalms, in many instances, bring many words of comfort, they soothe the mind, heart and soul.http://myocn.net/when-you-need-comfort-go-read-a-psalm/
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Thursday, March 24, 2016
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
The Spirituality of Divine Mercy? Or the Devotion?
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, March 29, 2016
What would Fr. Bouyer say about the devotion and Sr. Faustina's diary?
Benedict XVI on Mother Angelica
Pope emeritus Benedict XVI had a special response to EWTN founder Mother Angelica’s death falling on Easter Sunday: “it’s a gift."
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Latins Need to Bring Back Divine Adoption
Rorate Caeli: Guest Op-Ed: Fighting for the soul of Europe
Arguably, Catholics, Copts, and Evangelical Christians are brothers, children of the same God because of baptism. But the claim that we are all "children" in so far as we are created by the same God? While "children of God" has been used in that sense in the West, is the same true of the East? And even if it is the case that that usage has some legitimacy because of the past, is it a good idea to continue it, since the first meaning is more important, and one does not want to create the misunderstanding that Christianity is superfluous or foster indifferentism?
This way of speaking of all of humanity as being sons or children of God is practically equivalent to statements about human dignity, which must be correctly understood as referring to human nature not just in itself but in its being ordered to friendship with God. Otherwise the affirmation of human dignity can be problematic if it is intellectually separated from God and His will for us.
For Francis however, these considerations are no more than semantics. “All of us together: Muslims, Hindus, Catholics, Copts, Evangelical. But [we are] brothers, children of the same God” he said on Holy Thursday.[4] There were reports that “[a] number of the migrants whose feet were washed by the pope had tears streaming down their faces.”[5] One wonders if such an emotional moment has led any of the non-Catholics who have had their feet washed in the past three years to convert. Probably not. Even if it had, based on past statements by the pope, one wonders if this is something that he would even have approved of.[6]
Arguably, Catholics, Copts, and Evangelical Christians are brothers, children of the same God because of baptism. But the claim that we are all "children" in so far as we are created by the same God? While "children of God" has been used in that sense in the West, is the same true of the East? And even if it is the case that that usage has some legitimacy because of the past, is it a good idea to continue it, since the first meaning is more important, and one does not want to create the misunderstanding that Christianity is superfluous or foster indifferentism?
This way of speaking of all of humanity as being sons or children of God is practically equivalent to statements about human dignity, which must be correctly understood as referring to human nature not just in itself but in its being ordered to friendship with God. Otherwise the affirmation of human dignity can be problematic if it is intellectually separated from God and His will for us.
This year, Pope Francis chose to celebrate Our Lord’s Supper with the traditional washing of the feet at a temporary...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, March 25, 2016
Pope Francis celebrated the Missa in coena Domini on Holy Thursday evening, at the CARA Welcome and Hospitality Centre...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, March 25, 2016
A Missionary of Mercy
Dominican Foundation: A Missionary of Mercy: Q&A with Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P.
Patriarch Irenaeos and Theosis
"In the first half of our program we speak with Fr. John Claypool about Patriarch Irenaeos- the Prisoner Patriarch of Jerusalem. In the second half we discuss the topic of Theosis- a much misunderstood teaching of the Orthodox Christian faith."
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Urbi et Orbi 2016
St. Peter’s Square filled to overflowing on Easter Sunday morning, as scores of thousands of pilgrims and tourists...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Sunday, March 27, 2016
Pope Francis giving his Urbi et Orbi message.Read it at the link: http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2016/03/27/pope_francis_easter_urbi_et_orbi_a_message_of_hope/1218463
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, March 28, 2016
The vestments could have been worse...
Pope Francis on Saturday evening presided at the Easter Vigil in St Peter’s Basilica.See our story at the link:...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Sunday, March 27, 2016
Watch Pope Francis give his Urbi et Orbi blessing LIVE now!
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Sunday, March 27, 2016
Georges Lemaitre
The Vatican Observatory Foundation blog looks at Fr. Georges Lemaitre – Father of the “Big Bang”
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, March 28, 2016
Santa Maria Antiqua
Rome’s Church of Santa Maria Antiqua lay undiscovered for more than 1,000 years after it was buried by rubble from an earthquake.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Video: Elder Ephraim
Elder Ephraim, Abbot of Vatopedi Holy Monastery, Mt Athos. Greece, at a Speech to a students' audience.http://pemptousia.com/video/abbot-ephraim-a-speech-to-students/
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Thursday, March 24, 2016
Athos Ithaca
‘Athos Ithaca’ is a poem closely related to monasticism and its Christian character is revealed through the importance...
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Monday, March 28, 2016
Fr. Moyses has been influenced by Cavafy’s process of spiritual travel, but in this case, he adapts it to the needs of...
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Thursday, March 24, 2016
The Sin of Judas
Repentance is the key that opens the door to salvation. It could have for Judas. It still can for us.http://myocn.net/the-sin-of-judas-was-not-the-betrayal/
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Monday, March 28, 2016
Chiesa: How Cardinal Müller Is Rereading the Pope by Sandro Magister
Point by point, the exegesis made by the prefect of doctrine on the Francis’ words that most lend themselves to misinterpretation. On homosexuality, communion for the divorced and remarried, Luther, women's priesthood, celibacy of the clergy
Point by point, the exegesis made by the prefect of doctrine on the Francis’ words that most lend themselves to misinterpretation. On homosexuality, communion for the divorced and remarried, Luther, women's priesthood, celibacy of the clergy
Mother Angelica Passes
May She Rest in Peace
Posted by Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S.J., Ignatius Productions on Sunday, March 27, 2016
Bishop Robert Barron on her spiritual legacy.
Sunday, March 27, 2016
Saturday, March 26, 2016
More of Psychological Solidarity
A Jesuit thing? Or typical of Latin Catholics of a certain backround?
In "Seven Last Words: An Invitation to a Deeper Friendship with Jesus" (Harper Collins 2016), Fr. James Martin, SJ, leads readers to the foot of the Cross. He spoke to Vatican Radio.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, March 21, 2016
A 6th ce Roman Temple
with Western iconography
A sixth-century church with a rare collection of early Christian art is reopening to the public in Rome after a...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Wednesday, March 23, 2016
For the Sake of Posting...
Watch LIVE as Pope Francis presides at the Easter Vigil in St. Peter's Basilica.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, March 26, 2016
(homily for the Easter vigil)
Pope Francis presides over the Holy Mass of Easter Day. Watch LIVE now!
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Sunday, March 27, 2016
Christ's Descent to Hell
according to Joseph Ratzinger in his Introduction to Christianity -- Holy Saturday’s Silent Embrace by Fr. Robert P. Imbelli
Is there a confusion of the limbus patrum, the limbo of the fathers, hades/sheol and gehenna?
Is there a confusion of the limbus patrum, the limbo of the fathers, hades/sheol and gehenna?
Friday, March 25, 2016
Passage Through the Gates of Paradise
The liturgical life of the Church includes beautiful and solemn services, such as Solemn Vespers, Great Compline and the...
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Friday, March 25, 2016
Homily for Good Friday
At St Peter's Basilica, the Preacher of the Pontifical Household, Father Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap., gave the homily for the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, March 25, 2016
In Defense of Novelty
Pope Francis once again focused attention on marginalized members of society during the traditional “Washing of the Feet...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, March 24, 2016
A Historical Moment
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, March 24, 2016
Nigel Baker, the British Ambassador to the Holy See, reflects on the 50th anniversary of the Anglican Centre in Rome.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, March 24, 2016
Here is our report on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Anglican Centre.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Thursday, March 24, 2016
What? Me Worry?
Rorate Caeli: The apprehension of Catholics on the eve of the Post-Synod Exhortation - Roberto de Mattei
The apprehension of Catholics on the eve of the Post-Synod Exhortation
The apprehension of Catholics on the eve of the Post-Synod Exhortation
Pope Francis to the Members of the Neocatechumenal Way
#PopeFrancis on March 18th, to the members of the Neocatechumenal Wayo the members of the Neocatechumenal Way:"The...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, March 24, 2016
Orthodox Temple in Offenbach, Germany
Ioan shared with us this picture of his church in Offenbach, Germany. #myOCN
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Kirche Allerheiligen?
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Chiesa: Washing For All. The Holy Thursday of Francis
The washing of feet now overshadows the Mass of the last supper. The pope has admitted women to the ceremony, as long as they belong to the Church. But he is pushing even farther, and is also washing the feet of Muslims
The washing of feet now overshadows the Mass of the last supper. The pope has admitted women to the ceremony, as long as they belong to the Church. But he is pushing even farther, and is also washing the feet of Muslims
Knight of Cups
Malick's Masterpiece by Matthew Schmitz
Terrence Malick's Openness to Life by William Randolph Brafford
Why Terrence Malick is One of Cinema's Greatest Visual Philosophers
Have mainstream critics ignored the “Christian message” in Terrence Malick’s “To the Wonder”?
Terrence Malick, Theologian: The Intimidating, Exhilarating Religiosity of "The Tree of Life" and "To the Wonder"
Praying With Terrence Malick by Rod Dreher
I think I read somewhere once that Malick was from an Eastern Christian background, but I couldn't find anything to corrobate this on my quick web search.
Terrence Malick's Openness to Life by William Randolph Brafford
Why Terrence Malick is One of Cinema's Greatest Visual Philosophers
Have mainstream critics ignored the “Christian message” in Terrence Malick’s “To the Wonder”?
Terrence Malick, Theologian: The Intimidating, Exhilarating Religiosity of "The Tree of Life" and "To the Wonder"
Praying With Terrence Malick by Rod Dreher
I think I read somewhere once that Malick was from an Eastern Christian background, but I couldn't find anything to corrobate this on my quick web search.
Dispute About The Young Messiah
The movie based on a novel by Anne Rice which has inexplicably received some endorsements from Roman Catholic bishops and luminaries despite the source material.
CWR: The Magisterium and the Human Knowledge of Christ by Jimmy Akin
A new movie has stirred up controversy about Jesus’ human knowledge. What has the Church traditionally taught on the subject, and how is the teaching expressed today?
An opposing view, one that is more "traditional," i.e. Thomistic: Developmental Divinity: a Review of “The Young Messiah” by Brad Miner
The human intellect, taken in abstraction, is in potency to knowledge. Is it fitting that the Divine subject of the human intellect that is assumed into His person, the Divine Son, should be ignorant as man that the subject of His human intellect is Divine? When Jesus Christ speaks, is it the Son who speaks or a human nature? Are we dealing with some modern, weaker version of Nestorianism?
CWR: The Magisterium and the Human Knowledge of Christ by Jimmy Akin
A new movie has stirred up controversy about Jesus’ human knowledge. What has the Church traditionally taught on the subject, and how is the teaching expressed today?
An opposing view, one that is more "traditional," i.e. Thomistic: Developmental Divinity: a Review of “The Young Messiah” by Brad Miner
The human intellect, taken in abstraction, is in potency to knowledge. Is it fitting that the Divine subject of the human intellect that is assumed into His person, the Divine Son, should be ignorant as man that the subject of His human intellect is Divine? When Jesus Christ speaks, is it the Son who speaks or a human nature? Are we dealing with some modern, weaker version of Nestorianism?
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