Catholicism Today- UNDERSTANDING TODAY'S CATHOLICISM Some of the more striking features of Catholicism include its imposing size, its vast sphere of influence, its unity, and its contrasting diversity. Gaining an appreciation of each of these characteristics can help us better understand contemporary Catholicism. Size. The size of the Roman church is astounding. Just less than eighteen percent (17.7) of the entire world population is Roman Catholic (a whopping total of over 928 million people, soon to be a billion).2 Additionally, the church is truly universal in scope, having parishes in virtually every major part of the world. There is a significant Catholic presence on every continent, with the possible exception of Asia. The following are some percentages of Catholics in the world: Africa, 13.9; North America, 24.2; Middle (central) America, 86.6; South America, 88.9; Europe, 39.9; Oceania, 26.5; and Asia, 2.7.3 In terms of other religious bodies, the Roman Catholic population is larger than ...

Islam vs Catholic ism. Islam and Catholicism share many similarities. Islam is one of the religions practiced by many around the word, as it is one of the second largest religions in the world. Catholicism is the largest prominent religion, with followers across the globe. According to a report from the Vatican, released in 2008, 19 percent of the world's population is made up of Islam, while Catholics make up only 17.4 percent of world's population.. The origin of Islam can be traced back to the six hundred Christian era, and was founded by Prophet Muhammad, in Mecca. According to the historians, Prophet Muhammad received the revelations from angel Jibril (Gabriel). After which he complied the revelations into the holy book '" Quran. People from Islam religions follow the teachings of the Prophet, and accept Allah as God.. Islam has a few fundamental beliefs that make the founding ground of Islamic faith. They are:. ...

It is sometimes said that when science and theology conflict, this is because we are dealing with bad science or bad theology or both bad science and bad theology. This may be in fact true of a number of apparent conflicts between science and theology.. But even if this is in fact true, one shouldn't elevate such an observation into a necessarily true principle. Here is one reason to think this. We learn from history that good science is often wrong. (Can one say the same about theology? That may depend on whether one restricts to the theology of a true religion, and on how speculative one allows theology to be and still count as "good".) Unless science and theology have completely logically disjoint subject matter, so that no proposition of science can possibly entail or be incompatible with a proposition of theology, it seems quite possible to have a case where a proposition p is such that (a) p is good science, (b) p is false, and (c) not-p is good theology.. Objection 1: Science and theology ...

International Conference. Can Orthodox Theology Be Contextual? Concrete Approaches from the Orthodox Tradition. 23-26 May 2013. Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The Conference will be held on 23-26 May 2013 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania and is being organized by the Volos Academy for Theological Studies in co-operation with the Romanian Institute for Inter-Orthodox, Inter-Confessional and Inter-Religious Studies (INTER, Cluj-Napoca, Romania); St Andrews Biblical Theological Institute (Moscow); the Orthodox Christian Studies Center, Fordham University (USA); the Chair of Orthodox Theology, Münster University (Germany); the Christian Cultural Center of Belgrade (Serbia); the Institute for the Study of Culture and Christianity (Belgrade, Serbia) and the European Forum of the Orthodox Schools of Theology (EFOST, Brussels) with the support of the Orthodox Metropolis of Cluj, and the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of Babes-Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca, Romania).. The previous conference on contextual Orthodox ...

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Friday, June 22nd , 3:00 - 3:45 PM , Alcuin Library, SJU (170 Auditorium). Saint John's Bible Gallery Presentation. The Saint John's Bible Gallery, which officially opened on October 6 2017, is a place to acknowledge the work that Donald Jackson and his team spent years creating. Fr. Michael Patella will give a short history on illuminated Bibles and how the Saint John's Bible developed. He will also discuss the influence The Saint John's Bible has today on both biblical interpretation and art. Following the presentation, the Saint John's Bible Gallery will be open if anyone interested in looking around the gallery to witness it firsthand.. A Benedictine monk of Saint John's Abbey, Fr. Michael Patella is a professor of New Testament and teaches in both the Undergraduate Theology Department and the Graduate School of Theology at Saint John's University, where he serves as seminary rector and the director of the graduate school's Holy Land Studies Program. He earned his License in Sacred Scripture ...

Feminist theology began to establish itself in the 1970's.During that decade the journal Concilium was launched to promote feminist theology, the first conferences were held to discuss feminist theology in the U.S., the World Council of Churches held a conference in Berlin on sexism, and Mary Daly published Beyond God the Father.11 Like liberation theology, to which it is closely linked both historically and theoretically, feminist theology draws upon and criticizes Marxist thought. Religion is interpreted in such a way that its primary function is seen as liberation, liberation of the poor in liberation theology and of women in feminist theology. Feminist theology may be divided into moderate and radical tendencies. The moderate tendencies advocate reinterpretations of the established religions to purge them of what are considered sexist or androcentric elements. The radical tendencies advocate a rejection of patriarchal religious thought in favor of the worship of one or more goddesses or even ...

Jesus is God, therefore His love, His Thirst, is infinite. He, the creator of the universe, asked for the love of His creatures. He thirsts for our love... These words: 'I Thirst' - do they echo in our souls?" -St. Teresa of Calcutta. During the years I spent living with the Missionaries of Charity, St. Teresa of Calcutta's spirituality felt like anything from the most gorgeous spiritual revelation to the most biting poke in the spine of my soul - it was, clearly, a spirituality born from the deepest, most entangled roots of Catholicism. To this magnanimous Saint and her followers, serving Christ meant answering His cry of Thirst from the Cross - even if it meant laying down one's very life in the most grueling fashion. In honor of this message, Mother Teresa made sure that in every one of her convent chapels, the words "I THIRST" would be posted next to a bloody crucifix, in bold black, serving to remind all of God's most extraordinary love. Years after her death, these words continue to show ...

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Buddhism for Meat Eaters… About the Book: For many years Josephine Moon struggled with the question of eating meat, fervently wishing to live as a vegetarian yet requiring meat in her diet. From Josephine's philosophical, spiritual and physical battle with eating meat came, Buddhism for Meat Eaters - a book for animal lovers, the environmentally…

Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), an inherited haemoglobinopathy, have increased risk of malaria, at least in part due to impaired splenic function. Infection with Plasmodium falciparum in SCD patients can trigger painful vaso-occlusive crisis, increase the severity of anaemia, and contribute to early childhood mortality. A 17 year-old Tanzanian male with known SCD was admitted to Muhimbili National Hospital, a tertiary referral centre in Dar-es-Salaam, following an attack of malaria. From 2004 to 2007 the patient had lived in USA, and from 2010 to 2016 in France where, on account of hypersplenism and episodes of splenic sequestrations, in 2014 the spleen was removed. After appropriate clinical and laboratory assessment the patient was re-started on hydroxyurea; and anti-malarial-prophylaxis with proguanil was instituted. The patient has remained well and malaria-free for the following 15 months. SCD patients are highly vulnerable to malaria infection, and impaired splenic function is a feature

World-famous chef Gordon Ramsey ruptured his Achilles tendon right before an upcoming charity football match. He posted a picture from his hospital bed on social media, and notified fans that the surgery was successful in the caption. He also stated that he would not be able to participate in the charity football game because he is still in recovery. On Facebook, Ramsey wished everyone else participating in the charity event 'good luck'. Achilles tendon injuries need immediate attention to avoid future complications. If you have any concerns, contact Dr. Alan Discont, D.P.M. of Family Foot and Ankle Care. Dr. Discont will treat your foot and ankle needs.. What is the Achilles Tendon?. The Achilles tendon is a tendon that connects the lower leg muscles and calf to the heel of the foot. It is the strongest tendon in the human body and is essential for making movement possible. Because this tendon is such an integral part of the body, any injuries to it can cause severe difficulties and should ...

The Presbyterian Church (USA) is preaching Another GospelContact: Rev. Anthony Evans, National Black Church Initiative, 202-744-0184, [email protected] WASHINGTON, March 27, 2015 /Christian Newswire/ -- The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI), a faith-based coalition of 34,000 churches comprised of 15 denominations and 15.7 million African Americans has broken its fellowship with Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) following its recent vote to approve same-sex marriage. The Presbyterian G

PACIFHAN assists people travelling with Home Artificial Nutrition. "To travel is to live" Hans Christian Andersen. Imagine having a complex medical condition and treatment that enables you to live but, when it comes to travelling could pose problems if you find yourself in a medical situation unable to converse in the local language.. PACIFHAN is the International Alliance of Patient Organisations for Chronic Intestinal Failure and Home Artificial Nutrition. Home Artificial Nutrition(HAN), is the term covering both home parenteral nutrition (HPN) and home enteral nutrition (HEN). Following PACIFHAN's official introduction to the world at ESPEN Congress 2015 in Lisbon, Portugal last September, it is now ready, and very proud, to launch its home parenteral nutrition (HPN) and home enteral nutrition (HEN) multilingual dictionary ("Dictionary"). A list of HPN and HEN medical words have been collated and translated by PACIFHAN members in seven languages - English (UK & Australasia), English (USA), ...

Many Protestant Christian denominations, including the Anglican Church,[17] Lutheran Church,[18] and Methodist Church,[19] have also welcomed the Big Bang theory as supporting a historical interpretation of the doctrine of creation,[20] although other denominations, such as the Baptist Church,[21] have contested the theory.[22] Christians in denominations teaching Old Earth creationism,[23] Intelligent Design,[24] or evolutionary creation support the reconciliation of the Big Bang with the Genesis creation narrative.[25] Young earth creation scientists contest the Big Bang Theory, stating that it is scientifically unsound, and that that sound biblical exegesis points to a young earth and universe.[26] Judeo-Christian theologians who hold to a young earth perspective argue that the Scriptures point to a young earth interpretation.[27] Christianity, Judaism and Islam teach the concept of creatio ex nihilo, with supporters of the Big Bang theory in these religions pointing to the Divine as being ...

The New York Times op-ed claims the religious right's hostility to science is crippling U.S. coronavirus response; reaction from Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council.. Psychologists seeking to explain evangelical Christians' opposition to LGBTQ activism attributed this suspicion to "zero-sum beliefs" (ZSBs), the sense that as anti-LGBTQ bias decreases, anti-Christian bias increases. While the psychologists concluded that Christians' fears are baseless, Christian academics disagreed.. In "Is LGBT progress seen as an attack on Christians?: Examining Christian/sexual orientation zero-sum beliefs," published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Clara Wilkins, associate professor of psychological & brain sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, and her team of five other psychologists concluded that Christians' zero-sum beliefs about "conflict with sexual minorities" trace back to their understandings of Christian values, social change, the Bible, and ...

REV. DR. NELAVALA GNANA PRASUNA is an ordained minister of the South Andhra Lutheran Church (SALC) and currently serves as the Associate Professor in the Department of Theology and Ethics and Dean of Graduate Studies at GLTC. She has completed her B.D. and M.Th. degrees and has bagged prestigious academic awards of Gurukul such as General Proficiency Prize and first prize in Biblical Hebrew. She has secured her doctoral degree (D.Th.) from Gurukul and the title of her dissertation is "A Feminist Hermeneutical Study of Dalit Women in South Andhra Lutheran Church." She has been involved in pastoral ministry for three years and has almost eighteen years of experience as theological educator with administrative experience in various levels as Registrar and Principal of theological seminaries. She has participated and presented academic papers in various national and international conferences. In addition, she also serves as the Regional Expression Officer for Communion in Asia of the Lutheran World ...

In December 2009, 122,000 Arab Christians lived in Israel, as Arab citizens of Israel, out of a total of 151,700 Christian citizens.[43] According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, on the eve of Christmas 2013, there were approximately 161,000 Christians in Israel, about 2 percent of the general population in Israel. 80% of the Christians are of Arabic roots[44] with smaller Christian communities of ethnic Russians, Greeks, Armenians, Maronites, Ukrainians and Assyrians.[45] The majority of Arab Christians in Israel belong to the Greek Orthodox Church, with a sizable minority belonging to the Greek Catholic (Melkite) and Latin Churches. Other denominations are the Anglicans who have their cathedral church in the contested territory of East Jerusalem. Baptists in Israel are concentrated in the north of the country, and have four churches in the Nazareth area, and a seminary. The Arab Christians in Israel divide in political opinions-some self-identify as Palestinian Christians, some emphasize ...