I remember years ago I overheard a visiting Italian Catholic priest’s homily during Mass in a mall. He was comparing the God of Christians, i.e. Jesus Christ, with Buddha.
NOTHING, it seems, escapes controversy. Even Jesus on the cross is not spared.
The question of whether Jesus Christ also had previous lives on earth has always intrigued me. If it is true, as the Christian Church teaches, that Jesus was truly God and truly human, and if the belief or theory of reincarnation is true, then he must have had previous incarnations, too.
Given the current state of affairs, it’s not surprising that many theater companies are staging plays with anti-establishment themes and stories. Tanghalang Pilipino’s “Ang
American group Mattel unveiled on Monday its first ever hijab-wearing Barbie doll in honor of United States Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, who became the first American Olympian to wear a headscarf while competing in 2016.
On its website, Mattel said the new Barbie is “inspiration for countless little girls who never saw themselves represented in sports and culture,” adding that it hopes the doll would “(show) girls they can be anything.”
The first two years in the seminary, our lives were rigidly structured. In our day-to-day lives, the bell lorded it over. It signaled when to get ready for a task, when to start the task, and, finally, when to end it.
A unusual social study has revealed that atheists are more easily suspected of vile deeds than Christians, Muslims, Hindus or Buddhists — strikingly, even by fellow atheists, researchers said Monday.
In celebration of the feast of its second Patron, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, St. Alphonsus Mary de Liguori parish will launch its first Marian exhibit of artworks by Magallanes community artists and friends on July 15.
The Easter Sunday of the Lord’s Resurrection, as the greatest and most important Christian feast, is a Day of Obligation for all Christians. Our Lord Jesus’ rising from the dead reveals to all believers the deepest meaning and purpose of the Christian’s faith in the One who came to destroy death and give life to the world.
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