The Catholic take on +Bartholomew’s Sunday of Orthodoxy encyclical. Caveat: I am a columnist for Catholic Online. ISTANBUL, Turkey, (CNA Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople´s newest encyclical encourages dialogue between the Orthodox Church and other Christian churches and laments those who are “unacceptably fanatical” in challenging such dialogue. He specifically condemned the false rumors spread about […]
Archives for February 2010
Patriarch of Constantinople´s New Encyclical Defends Catholic-Orthodox Dialogue
February 22, 2010 Posted by: Leave a Comment
Papal Environmentalism: Pro-Life and Pro-Marriage
February 20, 2010 Posted by: 2 Comments
Ethics and Public Policy Center | George Weigel In his January 11 address to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, Pope Benedict XVI continued to carve out an interesting Catholic position on ecology. The Pope insists that care for creation is a moral obligation that falls on both individuals and governments. His very […]
Relics, icons, and crosses onboard International Space Station
February 20, 2010 Posted by: Leave a Comment
HT: Byzantine TX Moscow, Russia, Jan 20, 2010 / 12:11 am (CNA) – The Gospels, four icons, crosses and a relic of the True Cross have been taken aboard the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS), a Russian cosmonaut has reported. A photo taken by the station crew shows an icon and a […]
+Bartholomew: Sunday of Orthodoxy Encyclical
February 20, 2010 Posted by: 57 Comments
Prot. No. 213 (February 21, 2010) † BARTHOLOMEW By God’s Grace Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch To the Fullness of the Church, Grace and Peace From our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Our most holy Orthodox Church today commemorates its own feast day, and – from this historical and martyric See of the […]
A Rather Less Than New Kind of Christianity
February 18, 2010 Posted by: 9 Comments
Here’s my latest review for the Oooze. You can find this review and others here. The critiques I’ve read of Brian McLaren’s new book A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith condemn it as heretical. Key to this judgment is that they all evaluate the book based on a canon […]