Pope Canonizes Father Damien De Veuster, 1st Hawaiian Saint
Region: Hawaii
On Sunday morning, Pope Benedict XVI canonized five saints in a ceremony held at St. Peter’s Basilica, including Father Damien De Veuster, Hawaii’s first, reports KITV. Hundreds of pilgrims from the island trav... more
Views: 2787Paris Jackson, Al Sharpton, Palin and the Pope...
Region: Pennsylvania
I share my 2 cents about Paris Jackson, Al Sharpton, Palin and the Pope. All in 180 seconds. #1 Michael's Children: The Media couldn't wait even a day before they turned their fangs on MJ's little ones. YUCK #2 Al Sharpt... more
Views: 1826Op-Ed: How I Stayed HIV-Negative in Zimbabwe
Region: AngolaPope Benedict XVI's maiden visit to Africa was, at best, a disaster. The controversy-laden trip concluded on a sad note when two Angolan teenage girls died in a stampede to enter a stadium where the Pope presided over a yo... more
Views: 1615Arabeyes: Bloggers Indifferent to Magdi Allam's Conversion to Catholicism
Region: Egypt
by Jillian York During Easter weekend, Pope Benedict XVI baptized several adults into Catholicism. Among them was Magdi Allam, an Egyptian-born Muslim who has lived in Italy for more than half his life and is known as a ... more
Views: 1562The Church in India and Health Care: Staying Relevant
Region: India
The church and the Christian community in India have always been justly conscious and proud of its involvement in two sectors historically- education and health care. This involvement has been an interesting one and from a... more
Views: 1724Pope Urges That God's Name Should Not Be Used In Violence
Region: United StatesAfter attending a peace summit in Naples, Pope Benedict XVI has told the religious leaders of the world that they cannot allow anybody to use the name of God to justify any acts of violence. He adds that religion itself sh... more
Views: 1370Pilate's Question : What is Truth then
Region: India
Cardinal Ivan Dias, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in the Mumbai region while reacting to the Pope’s remarks on rising religious intolerance has remarked candidly that while seeds of the truth are visible in... more
Views: 1168Double-entendre Pontiff
Region: TurkeyPope Benedict XVI’s trip to Turkey, thanks to being under tight security including shutting down major arteries, snipers and security checkpoints in Istanbul and portions of the public transit system in Istanbul went off... more
Views: 1372The Pope Officially Agrees with Darwin's Theory
Region: Vatican City StateBenedict XVI has said before a scientific meeting, that was assisted by the great science man Stephen Hawking, that empirical science does not contradict with faith in God, using the words of the old heretics of the Cathol... more
Views: 2493The founding of the Holy Roman Empire increased the prestige of the Pope
Region: IndiaThe founding of the Holy Roman Empire increased the prestige of the Pope, but accumulation of the wealth in Rome slowly resulted in the erosion of the status of the Pope. Many of the Popes did not lead saintly life a... more
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