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Bishop Eleganti: The Church is suffering ‘internal schism’ because pope, bishops ‘tolerate heresies’The healing of the Church could only happen if heresies were clearly identified as such by the pope, and their representatives and promoters (activists) were excommunicated again if they did not want to repent.Preliminary remark from Bishop Marian Eleganti: I was inspired to write this article by an Eric Sammons piece in Crisis Magazine with similar content: “Is a Leonine Unity Even Possible?” I agree with this view.(LifeSiteNews) — Vladimir Soloviev writes: “The ‘Latins’, as you call the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church, have never abandoned the...

As I was enjoying a picture commentary about the time king Saul attacked David, I was given an insight I had never previously considered. It's a connection that ties Saul's attack on David and our Lord Jesus being confronted by the religious leaders for plucking kernels of grain to eat on the Sabbath. Jesus used the moment in history when David was fleeing Saul to teach the religious leaders about the true nature of the Sabbath as meant by GOD. Yet, when you consider all the factors involved in the two moments in history, you will learn that there...

As I was enjoying a picture commentary about the time king Saul attacked David, I was given an insight I had never previously considered. It's a connection that ties Saul's attack on David and our Lord Jesus being confronted by the religious leaders for plucking kernels of grain to eat on the Sabbath. Jesus used the moment in history when David was fleeing Saul to teach the religious leaders about the true nature of the Sabbath as meant by GOD. Yet, when you consider all the factors involved in the two moments in history, you will learn that there is...

Like many divorces, this one began with small tiffs that escalated. After years of arguing over theology and administrative control, disputes among Episcopalians boiled over in 2012 when the local bishop and a majority of parishes left the national church. The aftermath flows Tuesday into the courtroom of a circuit judge in St. George who will decide the future of more than $500 million in church property - although her ruling is likely to be appealed. As the much-anticipated trial begins, two men will be in court, each in Anglican bishop purple, each claiming to be the rightful leader of...

I was perusing another thread, a survey of Hamas's leadership and how its members live, and noticed several posts to the effect that Islam itself is the greatest recognizable threat to world peace. Needless to say, this is a flat contradiction to the image Islamic loyalists are trying to purvey. Though I tend to agree with the assessment, I find myself wondering how a religion -- a system of belief pertaining to Man's relations with the Divine -- could possibly have produced so perverse and secular a thing as a supranational military movement that targets peaceable civilians of other faiths....