How updated Vatican rules on validating supernatural appearances of Mary will affect the famed pilgrimage site of Medjugorje
The Vatican has said that the pilgrimage to Medjugorje, a small town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, can yield ‘spiritual benefits’ ...
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The Boulder Jewish Film Festival Sheds Light on the Sephardic Experience
The Boulder Jewish Film Festival provides audiences with an opportunity to learn more about the rich culture and history of ...
Fort McMurray Today11d
Saint or anarchist? Pope Francis and the battle for the soul of the Catholic Church
“For some of his more fringe critics, Francis is the Antichrist, sundering the church from within, playing with dogma, more pap and mush than rigorous orthodoxy, playing to his fans, weakening his ...
Digital Trends16d
Admit it: The Hinterlands are the best part of Dragon Age: Inquisition
Dragon Age: Inquisition is set in a medieval-inspired world called Thedas. It’s ravaged by a civil war between two factions: the mages and the templars. A conclave organized to negotiate a peace ...
Debates about Columbus’ Spanish Jewish ancestry are not new − the claim was once a bid for social acceptance
Claims about Columbus being Sephardic have bubbled up for decades. Early in the 20th century, some immigrant groups hoped ...
The Daily Telegraph18d
Father Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino, seismic Catholic reformer who launched ‘liberation theology’
While the Catholic Church’s seminarians were still ... the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (formerly the Holy Inquisition), the Vatican’s doctrinal watchdog, leading to a report ...
Irish Central22d
The tale of the Irishman who inspired the fictional hero Zorro
He told his friend Captain Méndez, who handed him over to the Inquisition. Although not normally under their remit – dealing with a man who was also Catholic – the Inquisition imprisoned the ...
The Irish Times24d
Savaged by Anton: Easy questions for Seán O’Rourke, gentle inquisition for Lynn Boylan
Given it’s a programme imbued with a reliably relaxed atmosphere, guests on The Anton Savage Show (Newstalk, weekends) probably don’t expect to be put on the rack, even if they were once ...