History of Roman Catholicism in France: Roman Catholicism in France, French Wars of Religion, St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, Dechristianisation of France during the French Revolution
The New Liturgical Movement (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Some thirty years ago, evangelical Christianity threw itself heavily into the business of marketing itself with a series of hip slogans such as "I Found It" (a stranger is supposed to ask what this means, thereby opening an opportunity to share the Gospel). Along the same lines, there was the Good News Bible with a newspaper-theme cover. More recently there has been the WWJD campaign. Dozens...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
As if we needed more proof that Christians are the only group left in America that it’s safe to make fun of. A popular YouTube video purports to be an ad for a Wii-like game system called “ Mass: We Pray, ” which will be available at Easter 2010. In reality, the anti-religious video is a commercial for a new video game. In it, viewers see a family at home a s a saccharine-voiced...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Archbishop protests at Catholic church's shock invitation to Anglicans during visit to Rome The archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, took the highly unusual step yesterday of protesting personally to the pope about his shock announcement last month of special arrangements for the mass conversion to Catholicism of disillusioned, traditionalist Anglicans. A spokeswoman for Lambeth Palace said...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
My four-year-old says he wants to be baptised, but my ex-husband feels he's too young to decide. Should I nip this in the bud or embrace our son's spirituality? The dilemma When our sons were born, my ex and I decided to allow them to choose to be baptised (or not) when they were older. I was raised a Catholic while my ex was loosely C of E, although he has since rejected any form of organised religion....
Standing on My Head (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Such a shame that Catholicism is full of old people and is dying off fast. This is the National Catholic Youth Conference in Kansas City this weekend. More pictures here .
Standing on My Head (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
An Anglican priest commenter on this blog writes, what I find too often on this blog, both in the original articles and in the comments that follow, are attitudes that - in my opinion (heavily underlined!) - dismiss the CofE as unimportant, patronise it, misunderstand it, misrepresent it and mock it unmercifully; and then go on to do the same with our Archbishop. All this, of course, while appearing...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
VATICAN CITY - After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assured the archbishop of Canterbury yesterday that he is still committed to...
Christian Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Archbishop of Canterbury met Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican today to discuss relations between the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches
sisu (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Pope Benedict met artists from around the world in the Sistine Chapel on Saturday and urged them to inject spirituality into their work, saying contemporary beauty was often 'illusory and deceitful," reports Reuters. Compare Papa Ratzi's open invitation to engage...
Pope Benedict XVI Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Vatican City, Nov 21, 2009 / 12:36 pm ( CNA ).- Pope Benedict XVI and the Anglican Primate Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, have agreed to maintain momentum in the ecumenical dialogue between the two churches despite the fact that the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus will imply the reception of some half a million Anglicans into the Catholic Church. The Pope received Williams this...
Pope Benedict XVI Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Vatican City, Nov 21, 2009 / 02:59 pm ( CNA ).- Today Pope Benedict XVI extended a warm personal welcome to artists from all over the world who met with him in a private audience hosted at the Sistine Chapel. In a moving address he challenged the artists, as "custodians of beauty," to be "heralds and witnesses of hope for humanity." Artists from many countries, who represented the...
Christian Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Archbishop of Canterbury met Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican today to discuss relations between the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pope Benedict XVI and his Anglican counterpart, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, had "cordial discussions" Saturday, the Vatican said amid tensions between the two churches. The strictly private meeting came just two weeks after the Vatican made it easier for disgruntled Anglicans to convert to Catholicism, a move that caught Williams off-guard, saying he had been informed of it...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assures the archbishop of Canterbury that he is still committed to seeking closer ties between Catholics and Anglicans.
MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines (Free subscription) | yesterday
After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assures the archbishop of Canterbury that he is still committed to seeking closer ties between Catholics and Anglicans.
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