Catholic Church
Shortly after Pope Francis gave a groundbreaking homily in which he said even atheists who do good are redeemed, a statement from a Vatican spokesman released comments stating that those who reject teachings of Jesus Christ can't be saved after all.
Wouldn't you assume that the newly established Church would want its devotees to immerse themselves in the sanctioned New Testament, especially since the Church went to great lengths to eliminate competing Gospels?
WHAT'S HAPPENING
In talking with audiences about my new book, "God's Jury: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World," I've found that the same questions come up over and over. Here are the Top 10.
Contemplation is not first of all about being religious, introverted, or pious -- it is about being emotionally and mentally honest... It is the absolute opposite of addiction, consumerism or any egoic consciousness.
Catholics are called to protect the dignity of the human person without exception. We must recognize that bullying is an attack on human dignity.
From the late 1800s until the 1970s, the federal government compelled Native parents nationwide to send their children to boarding schools designed to assimilate them.
Catholics and other Christians aren’t supposed to eat meat on Ash Wednesday.
Why do we honor a man who, if he were alive today, would almost certainly be sitting on Death Row awaiting execution?