The Anglican Institution Continues to Unravel – and Rome Benefits

The Anglican Institution Continues To Unravel, Microsoft Word format The Anglican Institution Continues To Unravel, Rich Text format When the world’s Anglican bishops gathered in Canterbury in mid-July for their once-a-decade general synod, known as the Lambeth Conference, they did so as the leaders of a religious institution in deep crisis.  Two issues dominated the [...]

The Global Roman Catholic and Muslim Populations

The Global Roman Catholic and Muslim Populations, Microsoft Word format The Global Roman Catholic and Muslim Populations, Rich Text format For centuries the Roman Catholic religion has been the world’s largest, with the Muslim religion coming a close second. Even today, Roman Catholics still comprise almost one fifth of the world’s population.i But this year [...]

The Pope of Rome in America 2008: Why Now?

The Pope of Rome in America 2008: Why Now? Microsoft Word format The Pope of Rome in America 2008: Why Now? Rich Text format The Roman pope, Benedict XVI, visited the United States of America in April. It was an immensely successful visit, by all accounts. But the question that needs answering is: why now? [...]

The Jesuits Elect a New General

The Jesuits Elect a New General, Microsoft Word format The Jesuits Elect a New General, Rich Text format In January 2008, the Jesuit Order elected its new Superior General. He is a 71-year-old Spaniard, Adolfo Nicolás, and he succeeds Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, who presented his resignation to the pope of Rome after leading the Jesuits for [...]

Rome Still Claims to be the One True Church

Despite Four Decades of Ecumenism, Protestant Institutions are Not Churches, Says Rome Rome Still Claims to be the One True Church, Microsoft Word format Rome Still Claims to be the One True Church, Rich Text format To the dismay of ecumenically-minded Protestants, the Roman pope, Benedict XVI, made it clear, in a document released in [...]

Sinn Fein/IRA Triumphant in Northern Ireland

Sinn Fein/IRA Triumphant in Northern Ireland, Microsoft Word format Sinn Fein/IRA Triumphant in Northern Ireland, Rich Text format In a move that shocked Protestants across Northern Ireland and around the world, Free Presbyterian minister and leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Ian Paisley, agreed to his party forming a power-sharing government with Sinn Fein, [...]

Babies Left in Limbo? Not Anymore, Says the Pope of Rome

Download: Babies Left In Limbo, Microsoft Word format Babies Left In Limbo, Rich Text format Not Anymore, Says the Pope of Rome In early October 2006, the Roman pope cast aside centuries of Roman Catholic belief by formally abolishing the concept of “limbo”. What exactly is “limbo”, in Roman Catholic teaching? There are two aspects [...]

The Pope of Rome vs. The Ayatollahs and Sheikhs of Islam

The Pope of Rome vs. The Ayatollahs and Sheikhs of Islam   The World’s Two Largest Religions Square Off   On September 12, 2006, the Roman pope, Benedict XVI, giving a lecture to university professors and students in Regensburg, Germany, quoted a mediaeval text on Islam which portrayed the Islamic religion as a religion of [...]

America’s Alien Invasion: the United States is Becoming Roman Catholic

The United States is Becoming Roman Catholic America’s Alien Invasion.doc (Microsoft Word format) America’s Alien Invasion (Rich Text format) The United States of America is being undermined. Like powerful moles burrowing underground and weakening the foundations of a house, or ants eating away inside the structures, an enemy is eating away at the very foundations [...]

HOMOSEXUALITY in the Roman Catholic Priesthood

Homosexuality in the Catholic Priesthood (Microsoft Word format) Homosexuality in the Catholic Priesthood (Rich Text format) Late in 2005, the Vatican published a new document on homosexuality in the Roman Catholic priesthood. The ponderous title of the document is Instruction concerning the criteria for the discernment of vocations with regard to persons with homosexual tendencies [...]