Francis and Clare: In Love, But With Whom?

January 27, 2009 in catholic, faith, holy, love, poor, sex
Tags: Clare, Costa, direction, Fabrizio, francis, God, looking, love, relationship, together, Whom

Father Cantalamessa Analyzes Relationship ROME, OCT. 4, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Here is the text of a commentary written by Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the Pontifical Household, on the relationship between Sts. Francis and Clare. * * * It has become commonplace to speak of the friendship between Clare and Francis in terms of falling [...]

John Paul II Relics: Not for Sale

January 23, 2009 in catholic, Christianity, church, holy, pope
Tags: beatification, cause, II, internet, interview, john, Not, Paul, postulator, Relics, sainthood, Sale

Interview With Postulator of Cause ROME, SEPT. 25, 2007 (Zenit.org).- News that relics of Pope John Paul II are for sale through the Internet is entirely false, says Monsignor Slawomir Oder, the postulator of the Pontiff’s cause of beatification. The relics have been made available to the public for free, but the selling of religious [...]

A Response to Hitchens’ “God Is Not Great”

January 23, 2009 in atheism, Christianity, church, faith, fundamentalism, God, holy
Tags: attack, criticism, enlightenment, evolution, God, great, hitchen, Religion, response

Father Cantalamessa Analyzes Attack on Religion ROME, SEPT. 24, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Here is the text of a commentary written by Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the Pontifical Household, in response to an essay on religion and evolution written by Christopher Hitchens. * * * CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS AND THE END OF EVOLUTION A few weeks [...]

Dignity in Life and Death

January 23, 2009 in church, euthanasia, faith, holy, Life, poor
Tags: bioethics, Debate, dignity, doctrine, euthanasia, faith, Life, Schiavo, Terri

Debate Continues Over Euthanasia By Father John Flynn, L.C. ROME, SEPT. 24, 2007 (Zenit.org).- The issue of euthanasia came to the forefront of news again recently, with the publication of a note Sept. 14 by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The statement, written in reply to questions sent to the Vatican by [...]

Mother Teresa Persevered Through Doubt

October 12, 2008 in catholic, Christ, Christianity, church, faith, God, holy, poor, Social
Tags: 21st, catholic, century, charity, churchcalcutta, Dark, Doubt, light, missionaries, mother, Night, nun, Persevered, teresa

A Light in the 21st Century’s “Dark Night” By Elizabeth Lev ROME, AUG. 30, 2007 (Zenit.org).- As a respected Boston lawyer once remarked of recent biographies, “It’s tough times for the dead.” A case in point was the cover of last week’s Time magazine. Splashed across the front page ran the headline “The Secret Life [...]