There is an encyclical by Pope Boniface VIII in 1302 called Unam Sanctam, which states that: “We declare, say, define and pronounce, that it is absolutely necessary for the salvation of every human creature to be subject to the Roman Pontiff.“ Given that this encyclical was pronounced in a moment in which the Church believes…
DetailsI didn’t gauge the depth of Apocalypto this way, but I suppose…I don’t know if I would give Mel Gibson that kind of credit, but I guess it’s plausible… The Vatican has its own media liaison just like the White House. At a recent talk at Marquette, that liaison, John Allen, took the time to…
Detailsversion of myself: “In the last year, though, as I’ve been blogging — to keep my head on straight — I’ve encountered something: there’s an entire generation of wild intellects out there who have fought their way through the world to Catholicism, not as a comfort or a salve but as a drama and bulwark,…
DetailsI contend that without God, morality, the legal system, and life itself are utterly worthless…
I had to add this:
because I feel like any educated Catholic could generate these answers. And yet anti-religious people find it startling that there are Christians who reason…: I saw Religulous, and though it might present a straw man of Christianity, Catholicism is no longer your typical Christianity. In other words, perhaps Fr. Barron missed the point in one…
DetailsThis mirrors a recent talk I had with someone on heaven & hell:Catholics aren’t such straw men [& women] as they are often made out to be in the world of weak religions…. This Mark Shea article summed up the points I made on Good Friday last year and the topic of many a Sunday’s…
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