October 31st marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, which split the Catholic Church. Dr. Peter Kreeft, a Catholic convert himself and author of CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANTS: What We Can Learn From Each Other, says that Protestants and Catholics are not as far apart as it seems.
The following is submitted by Fredrick Nzwili, an independent journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya:
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a new report on Christian persecution:
This past week, we learned that something really ugly lies underneath Hollywood’s sparkling glamour. Harvey Weinstein, the billionaire mogul responsible for movies including Shakespeare in Love, Chicago and The King’s Speech, was fired from his job and expelled from the Academy for Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after dozens of women accused him of rape or sexual harassment.
The Catholic Church’s missteps surrounding the Galileo Affair still resonate in today’s world, in which the war between science and religion is still perpetuated. It’s time to retire that myth because what happened between the Church and Galileo is much more complex than has ever been written. Fr. Dom Paschal Scotti’s new book, GALILEO REVISITED, offers the complete context of the Galileo story unlike any other work that has addressed this controversial period in the Church’s history.
Habits die hard. What’s more is that habits can be formed. Did you ever think of giving as a habit?
