Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I should forget you!? The first came when Pope Benedict XVI, riding in his ?popemobile? entered the stadium. Yes, I?ve been to baseball, football and basketball games and have heard the cheers at a last-min... But I?ve never heard something that could be fairly described as an explosion of communal affection. When the assembled 60,000 people in that stadium first caught sight of the pope, they erupted in ... Bear this in mind: I?m writing this just a few hours after the event. And so I have little distance from the event. Scripture proclaims that, ultimately, not even ?the gates of hell? will prevail against Christ?s ... It certainly has not answered those questions about decline or transformation. I like to think th... Church leaders will pore over the texts of Benedict?s messages. Factions in the church will point to whatever passages support their own views. I found many of t... For most Catholics, however, it was the pope?s addressing of the sex abuse question that will def... Benedict may or may not realize that. He certainly recognized the danger that his words and actions might overshadow much that he wante... The Right of Magistrates,? Theodore Beza, an associate of John Calvin, attempted to bolster one of his arguments by claiming... Most of us non-Catholics these days are not as reluctant as 16th century Protestants to acknowled... And Pope Benedict certainly heads that list. His speech to the United Nations was an important teaching moment. Some commentators have remarked that it was heavily laced with philosophical and theological refe... Read more? |
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