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In his conquest of Europe Napoleon encounters and abolishes the Inquisition and its ongoing atrocities in France, Spain and northern Italy. But with Napoleon's fall from power the Inquisition returns with vengeance. Despite causing substantial public relations damage to the Catholic Church in the modern era it is not substantially curtained until the Church is conquered by the newly unified nation of Italy.

I'm very sad to say that The Shrew passed away yesterday. I know there are some oldtimers here that would want to know and possibly share condolences and stories. He was one of the best.

The Colosseum, a symbol of modern Rome, was finished in 80 AD and became the main center for entertainment in Rome. It was built of travertine marble, is elliptically shaped and c. 1,729’ in circumference on a foundation of six acres. It has four stories and is c. 157’ high. On the top story was an enormous awning, the velarium that protected the spectators from the sun and inclement weather. It required 1,000 men to open and to close this Full Colosseumingenious device. The four arches at the four axes of the building were the main entrances, but 76 other...

DUBLIN (CNS) — Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, head of the Vatican’s evangelization congregation, has expressed concern over the “hijacking” of religion by populist leaders who sow division and exploit the anger of those who feel excluded. Speaking after he delivered the 2021 Trócaire/St. Patrick’s College Maynooth annual Lenten lecture March 9 on “Caring for the Human Family and our Common Home,” the Filipino prelate warned, “There is a growing sense in the world today of divisiveness, and unfortunately religion is being used to further division; sometimes even within the same religious affiliation you have divisions.” Referring to the recent rise...

On May 9 and 16, PBS will air a four-part docudrama called “The Secret Files of the Inquisition.” Catholic League president Bill Donohue raised some concerns today: “PBS will not air a movie that its officials say paints Muslims in a bad light, ‘Islam vs. Islamists,’ but it has no qualms about showing a flick that Catholics have every right to question. This film is advertised on PBS’s website with an eerie black background depicting all the ‘T’s’ as crosses. All that is missing is Dracula’s voiceover. ‘For over half a millennium a system of mass terror reigned,’ it says, and...

Today on The Inquisition, Scott Swett and Tim Ziegler will interview Harvey Kushner, international terrorism expert and the author of several books on terror, about the current state of the War on Terror, and what might lie ahead. In the second segment, we will talk with Brigitte Gabriel, founder of the American Congress for Truth, an organization she created in 2002 to provide accurate information about the conflict in the Middle East. Wrapping up will be Jeff Epstein, President of the People's Truth Forum, an organization formed to educate the American people on controversial topics related to national security. The...

Gary Metz, author of the popular and informative Regime Change Iran blog, will be our guest on this edition of The Inquisition. Mr. Metz will bring us up to date on recent developments in Iran, and inside the Iran freedom movement in the U.S.

In Spain there are about 600 thousand Muslims; 6 thousand of these are converts. Islamic immigration started about 15 years ago. There are different Muslim communities and religious reference points. The most important are: the Association of Immigrant Moroccan workers, like a union, unlinked to religious groups; the CIE, Spanish Islamic Commission, an organ recognised by the government and integrated by FEERI, the Federation of Islamic Religious Entities and by UCIDE, the Union of Islamic Communities in Spain. In Spain there are 74 mosques and 139 associations. Just like in France, there are many garage-mosques, where violence is preached out...