Paul of TarsusSaul of Tarsus, a.k.a. Paul the Apostle, Paul of Tarsus [?-65 c.e.] was a Hellenistic Jew and student of Gamaliel the Elder who served as enforcer for the Pharisaic Sanhedrin against the apostate Christian sect following the crucifixion of Jesus. Around 33 c.e. he experienced a dramatic...
The Roman Catholic Church is facing child abuse allegations in Europe. The church faces allegations of covering up "pedophile" priests from the long arm of the law from Ireland to Germany. The homeland of Pope Benedict XVI is under the most scrutiny in Germany with more claims surfacing spreading...
Pope Benedict XVI and the Roman Catholic Church have covered up hundreds of claims of sexual abuse throughout Europe. The Pope and the Roman Catholic Church are facing hundreds of new allegations of sexual abuse, with many surfacing on an almost daily basis. The Pope has not addressed the issue...
Riots display human beings acting at their worst. Usually the result of political or social turmoil, most riots rely on killing, raping, looting and widespread destruction to get their point across. After examining the tolls that riots take on society, we have to wonder whether this is an effective...
The Catholic church and its followers are running the gamut of reactions in response to Pope Benedict XVI's surprising support of condoms. The Pope recently addressed the issue in his interview with a German journalist entitled "Light of the World: The Pope, the Church, and the Signs of the Times."...
Mark Wahlberg took a break from filming “The Fighter” to marry his long-time girlfriend Rhea Durham yesterday in Beverly Hills. The couple has been together for eight years and has three children together; Ella, 5, Michael, 3, and Brendan, 10-months. The late afternoon wedding at Good Shepherd...
The Vatican and the Discovery Channel have teamed for a new series called The Exorcist. The show combines an unprecedented pairing between experts from the Catholic Church and television, in recreated accounts of real-life demonic possession and hauntings based upon Vatican case files. Discovery...
A sin-eater is a spiritual healer who is hired for the purpose of cleansing a dying person of his or her sins. A heavy and difficult job—usually taken by outcasts who had no other means of employment—it also carried the risk of excommunication. The Roman Catholic Church believed that sin-eaters...
In more repressed times, people were not always allowed to express themselves freely, for fear of persecution. Gossiping, criticizing the government or even talking about current events were often punishable by death. In order to communicate at will, clever rhymes were constructed and passed...
When an individual provides an opposing point of view or position out of argument’s sake, the individual is referred to as a devil’s advocate. The term actually derived from the canonization process of the Roman Catholic Church. When a candidate for sainthood undergoes canonization, an individual...
