[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']S[/dropcaps]t Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (1474-1548). Little is known about the life of Juan Diego before his conversion, but tradition and archaelogical and iconographical sources, along with the most important and oldest indigenous document on the event of Guadalupe, "El Nican...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']A[/dropcaps]pr. 04 (CWNews.com) - Looking back across a span of 75 years, a boyhood neighbor of John Paul II spoke recently of the simple but deep ties that bound him to the Pope in a lifelong friendship. The bonds that formed...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']M[/dropcaps] y beloved brethren, the story of Job prefigures that of Christ. Thus we understand it, and we can see the truth of this by detailed comparison. Job was called a righteous man by God; and God is righteousness...
PRI Weekly Briefing 29 December 2005 Vol. 7 / No. 51 [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps]t’s a sad society, full of sad women—-not to mention men-—when mothers have to be paid not to kill their own children. Yet the situation in Italy, a country once known for a strong...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']O[/dropcaps]ften the greatest challenge in bringing someone to Christ and his Church is finding ways to engage him in meaningful conversation. In contemporary America, most people are not moved by claims of truth or goodness. Relativism has made truth to...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]his is a sampling of accolades from interfaith leaders on the occasion of the death of John Paul II in April 2005. * * * Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles "No Pope did more for the Jews." --- --- --- New York Board of Rabbis "We...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']1[/dropcaps]870 Babylonian empire begins 1850 BC (ca.) Abraham 1650 Israel & sons migrate to Egypt 1250 Exodus from Egypt 1200 Invasion of Sea Peoples (Philistines); Period of the Judges begins 1020 Saul becomes king 1000 David becomes king 961 Solomon becomes king 922 Jews split into two Kingdoms: Israel in the North and Judah in the South 721 Assyrians destroy Northern Kingdom ...
Having this conversation is never easy, but it is necessary. Since I have four children and none of them are preggo yet, I'm obviously crushing it, so allow me to drop some knowledge bombs on you for how to have "THE TALK" straight from the...
Message of Synod on the Eucharist "Living Bread for the Peace of the World" October 23, 2005 [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']V[/dropcaps]ATICAN CITY, OCT. 23, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the final message of the 21st Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist, approved Friday at...
What is the Theology of the Body and Why is it Changing so Many Lives? [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']"I[/dropcaps]t is an illusion to think we can build a true culture of human life if we do not . . . accept and experience sexuality and...