Bearing Witness: Cornerstone of the New Evangelization
The New Evangelization is all about testimony. Each is called to be a witness i...
Isn’t Advent great? Welcome to the season where the only song we sing for ...
Most Americans tend to think of religion as something rather fluid. It’s v...
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The Sermon on the Mount in Matthew's gospel includes such tough such as love your enemies, turn the other cheek, and judge not. How are we to underst...
Leo the Great on the famous passage from Matthew 16 in which Jesus gives Cephas the new name of Peter, meaning rock, along with the keys to the kingdo...
An excerpt from the account of the Martyrdom of St. Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna on the West Coast of Asia Minor (now Turkey). He was apprehended by th...
The New Evangelization is all about testimony. Each is called to be a witness in both deed and word says Pope John Paul II and Vatican II....
17 February, 2016Isn’t Advent great? Welcome to the season where the only song we sing for four weeks is O Come, O Come, Emmanuel! It’s the best! Advent is...
28 November, 2016Most Americans tend to think of religion as something rather fluid. It’s very common for us to say things like “all religions are basicall...
12 February, 2016Will St. Peter’s Basilica
Become a Mosque?
Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio
Preposterous! Sensationalism!
I wish.
Around the year 600 AD, north Africa was a Christian heartland, with Alexandria Egypt one of the most prominent seats of Christianity. By 711 AD, it had become a Moslem empire.
For a 1,000 years the greatest Church in Christendom was not St. Peters Basilica in Rome, but Holy Wisdom (Haggia Sophia) Basilica in Constantinople, cathedral of the Patriarch second only to the Pope in prestige. In 1453 Constantinople became Istanbul, and Haggia Sophia became a mosque.
These transformations were the result of military conquests. But Europe will soon become a largely Muslim continent — without a fight. Watch this video and understand what is happening. The trend is indisputable. The implications for the Americas are clear. There are solutions, but a two prong strategy must be adopted immediately — every Christian must become an evangelizer, and we must fight against the contraceptive mentality that sees pregnancy as a problem and children as a burden. And, finally, learn about Islam — it is a must in the increasingly Islamic world we and our children will be living in (see the resources below).
From a colorful and varied background as a professor of theology, a father of five, business owner, and professional performer Marcellino D’Ambrosio (aka “Dr. Italy”) crafts talks, blog posts, books, and videos that are always fascinating, practical, and easy to understand. He is a TV and radio personality, New York Times best-selling author, and speaker who has been leading people on a journey of discovery for over thirty years. For complete bio and video, visit the Dr. Italy page.