Tag: catholicism
The Conviction of Justyna Wydrzyńska
Benedict XVI’s Most Powerful Influence on the Catholic Church Came Before He Was Pope
One of the most significant acts of the papacy of Benedict XVI, who died on New Year’s Eve, at the age of ninety-five, was, his obituaries seem to agree, his stepping down from it, in February, 2013. And rightly so: the first papal resignation in nearly six hundred years was a momentous act. It diminished the monarchic qualities of the papacy, making it more akin to an elective office with a limited term of service. It set a precedent for
Pope Benedict’s vision of Catholicism, Vatican II, and the future of the Church endure through his teachings
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died on XXXX, left behind an extensive body of work examining and diagnosing ills in the Catholic Church.
A theological and spiritual giant to many, Benedict’s reflections on the Catholic Church are a roadmap for many seeking to keep the nearly 2,000-year-old institution on the correct path.
RETIRED POPE BENEDICT SAYS HE IS IN LAST PHASE OF LIFE, ON ‘PILGRIMAGE HOME’
The late Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, appears on the balcony
Is Abortion Sacred? | The New Yorker
Twenty years ago, when I was thirteen, I wrote an entry in my journal about abortion, which began, “I have this huge thing weighing on me.” That morning, in Bible class, which I’d attended every day since the first grade at an evangelical school, in Houston, my teacher had led us in an exercise called Agree/Disagree. He presented us with moral propositions, and we stood up and physically chose sides. “Abortion is always wrong,” he offered, and there was no