Jordanian and Palestinian Evangelicals unite in Amman

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 11/16/2017 - 15:04

In a moving ceremony held at the Free Evangelical Church in Amman’s Khalda neighbourhood on November 14, members of evangelical churches in Palestine and Jordan announced the creation of a unified coordinating alliance, made up of: the Council of Local Evangelical Churches in The Holy Land, the Council of Evangelical Churches of Galilee and the Jordan Evangelical Council.

Pia Luciani, “He will be blessed, but to me he will always be Uncle Albino”

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 11/12/2017 - 19:23

John Paul I's niece comments on the decree of the Causes of Saints and recounts memories and private details of her relationship with the Pope whom she describes as “a second father”. “He was a man of culture and hope, not a poor man who died under the weight of responsibility”.

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Pope condemns possession of nuclear weapons

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 11/11/2017 - 18:26

Pope Francis has openly denounced the continuing possession of nuclear weapons by various world governments, in what appears to be a departure from the Roman Catholic Church’s prior acceptance of the Cold War-era global system of nuclear deterrence and mutually assured destruction.

Pope Francis has openly denounced the continuing possession of nuclear weapons by various world governments, in what appears to be a departure from the Roman Catholic Church’s prior acceptance of the Cold War-era global system of nuclear deterrence and mutually assured destruction.

Let us understand 'Amoris Laetitia'

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 11/09/2017 - 14:45

The title of Pope Francis’ post-synodal apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia: The Joy of Love contains, in two words, the whole of the message. It connects joy with love like two sides of the same coin, one marked by the seal of the Holy Trinity, “the mystery from which all true love flows”.

'A world without nuclear arms responds to the priorities of Pope Francis'

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 11/08/2017 - 15:26

“Prospects for a World Free from Nuclear Weapons and for Integral Disarmament” will bring disarmament experts from around the world together for a symposium on November 10-11, 2017, at the New Synod Hall in the Vatican. The event is sponsored by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.

Should Christian parents make their kids go to church?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 11/08/2017 - 14:51

Churchgoing parents generally assume that their children will attend with them and eventually join them as their own expression of faith. This is what parents pray for and plan for. But, what do you do when your child does not want to attend church anymore?

Many parents know exactly how this works. The child reaches the age where they start to have their own thoughts about the family weekend. The child wants to sleep in, play sports, or do something other than go to church. What should a parent do when their child does not want to go to church?

“Raqqa has fallen, but where is father Dall’Oglio?”

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 11/07/2017 - 14:15

The Roman Jesuit Paolo Dall’Oglio disappeared while he was in Raqqa, the Syrian city that later became the “capital” of the so-called Islamic state. There, on July 28, 2013, were recorded the latest images and words of the monk. Now the jihadist-Raqqa has fallen, but there is no trace of Paolo, and uncontrolled rumors have begun to circulate around his fate. Father Jacques Murad, together with the brothers and sisters of Dei Mar Musa - the monastic community founded by Father Paolo - live this time of uncertainty and trepidation with the peace of the men and women of Christ.