On Positive Secularism, the Pope and France
Secularism is defined as “indifference to or rejection or exclusion of religion and religious considerations.”
By definition, it is pretty clear what it is. Yet, there is an emergence of “positive secularism” in France, a nation where secularism is central to the French identity. French President Nicolas Sarkozy told the Pope recently that he [...]
The Pope’s A-Comin’
Pope Benedict XVI is coming to America for the first time, from April 15-20, with visits scheduled in both New York and Washington, DC. Among the scheduled topics to touch upon (no pun intended), is the clergy sex abuse crisis that has caused so much damage and pain.
The pope’s got a very busy schedule, [...]
Vatican Lists Seven New Sins
The Catholic Church is at it again, trying to update God’s eternal rules to match the modern times. This time, the Vatican has listed seven new sins that are more in line with today’s world.
The seven new “sins” are genetic modification, carrying out experiments on humans, polluting the environment, causing social injustice, causing poverty, [...]
Pope Challenges Satan to Fight
Pope Benedict XVI has ordered “exorcism squads to tackle the rise of Satanism,” according to a report in the Daily Mail. The Vatican has denied this claim.
According to the article, the Vatican is concerned with the rise of interest in the occult, and the “exorcistinchief”, Father Gabriele Amorth said,
“Thanks be to God, we have [...]
Pope Criticizes Atheism for Cruelty and Violations of Justice
In a pot-calling-the-kettle-black move of biblical proportions, Pope Benedict XVI said that atheism has led to some of the “greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice” ever known.
The Pope, writing in his second encyclical, stated that the atheism that he said was spawned in the 19th and 20th centuries from Karl Marx “led to [...]
Pope Bringing Church Back to Good Old Days
Pope Benedict XVI has said that the Catholic Church is the one true church and that other Christian denominations are defective or not true, full churches of Jesus Christ. The Pope says that he is correcting what he feels are erronious interpretations of the Second Vatican Council. He says that Lutheran, Protestant and other [...]
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