The rules date from the Middle Ages Source: The Economist explains: Why Catholic priests practise celibacy | The Economist
The Economist explains: Why Catholic priests practise celibacy
Tomb of Christ at Risk of ‘Catastrophic’ Collapse
Restoration work at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem reveals one of world’s holiest sites rests on a precarious earthly foundation. Source: Tomb of Christ at Risk of ‘Catastrophic’ Collapse
The Black Church in Trump’s America: Refuge and Resistance
“Resistance will require us to renounce our own tendencies to espouse practices of Islamophobia, patriarchy, and homophobia in our congregations and denominations,” says Rev. Leslie Callahan. Source: The Black Church in Trump’s America: Refuge and Resistance | Religion Dispatches
This Week’s Torah Portion: The Importance of Shabbat
One of the principal reasons given for sabbath observance is the preservation of the distinction between Israel and the nations of the world, in order that those self-same nations will be able to recognize in Israel the mamlecheth kohanim vëgoy qadosh — the “kingdom of kohanim and holy nation” ( XIX, 6) — from whom they […]
This Week’s Torah Portion: The Mishkan Is Completed
Finally, after months of intense and loving labor, the Mishkan was completed and filled with the objects that had been so painstakingly made for it. The work had acquired the Divine seal of approval: Vayëhi bachodesh harishon bashana hashénith bë’echad lachodesh huqam haMishkan. And it was that in the first month, in the second year, […]
Moral Relativism Is Dead
Why outrage culture is good news for the gospel. Source: Moral Relativism Is Dead | Christianity Today
Owning Public Mitzvot
by R. Gidon Rothstein 19 Adar: R. Ovadya Yosef on Owning Public Mitzvot For whatever positive motives people donate to the public good, ego can get involved as well. In Shu”t Yabi’a Omer 7;23, dated 19 Adar 5738 (1978), some of that had clearly happened. R. Ovadya Yosef was asked for advice by brothers who had […]
Prayer and the Struggle to Forgive
Prayer and the Struggle to Forgive: One obstacle to beginning to pray and living within is the struggle to forgive. Source: Spiritualdirection.com | Catholic Spiritual Direction | Prayer and the Struggle to Forgive Book Excerpt from Anthony Lilles SpiritualDirection.com / Catholic Spiritual Direction
John Perkins: I Wish I Had Done More to Help Poor White People
An excerpt from ‘Dream with Me: Race, Love, and the Struggle We Must Win.’ Source: John Perkins: I Wish I Had Done More to Help Poor White People… | Christianity Today
Princeton Theological Seminary reverses decision to honor Redeemer’s Tim Keller
(RNS) The seminary had faced mounting criticism over Keller’s conservative views on women and LGBTQ people. So he will not receive an award but will still deliver a major lecture. Source: Princeton Theological Seminary reverses decision to honor Redeemer’s Tim Keller | Religion News Service