...continued from Rome and Fascism : Introduction On 11 February 1929, Pietro Gasparri, Cardinal Secretary of State to Pope Pius XI, and Benito Mussolini, Duce of Fascism and Head of the Italian Government, signed the Treaties of the Lateran, bringing......

For quite some time I've been intending to write a series about the the Roman Catholic Church's relationship to 20th Century European Fascism. Not knowing quite where to begin such a massive undertaking, I've been dragging my heels. But now,......

On 5 February 2009, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the following statement: "This morning, Thursday, February 5, 2009, an Israel Navy force intercepted, boarded, and took control of the cargo boat named Tali which was bearing the flag......

A commentor on The Cry of Peace...Peace..., Romanoz, raised an important question - why did the Pope ban the use of the name of the Hebrew God, YHVH, from its liturgy? Aside from deliberately blurring the distinction between Jesus and......

I had thought that by now I was fairly immune to the excesses of the Roman Catholic Church's Mariolatry but I have to confess that the image above actually shocked me! The image is called "The Monstrance of Our Lady......

...continued from The King of Jerusalem : Part I Couched in pious language though it may be, the Christmas message of Archbishop Fouad Twal, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, once again makes plain the Holy See's 'Grand Plan' for Israel.......

In the Holy See and the Holy Places, I stated that: "The first crusade to capture the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the Muslims, launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II, may seem like ancient history......

continued from The Roman Word : Part I In a pre-Synod briefing entitled "To Understand the Mystery of Jesus Christ, One Must Know the Scriptures" the Synod's Secretary-General, Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, stated that: "To become a member of the family......