The fact that Pontius Pilate, fainthearted mercenary, had the courage to answer the high priests’ request that he change the title, which he had ordered be put on the cross of Christ, with this unexpected and markedly authoritarian and defining sentence, has sparked much thought. According to the Johannine account “Pilate also wrote a title … Leer más
Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, archbishop of Krakow, recalled details of that 10th of July 1979, when Pope John Paul II culminated his journey to Poland, unleashing an immense process of changes in Eastern Europe. He did so by means of an interview with journalists Marcin Przeciszewski and Tomasz Królak, of the Polish catholic agency Kai, revealing … Leer más
The second of June 1980, John Paul II went to UNESCO in Paris, to deliver one of the most important and memorable speeches on human culture. Shortly afterwards he created the Pontifical Council for Culture dedicated to the pastoral care and the promotion of dialogue between the Church and all cultures. The pastoral concern of … Leer más
There is a widespread opinion to the effect that in the Second Vatican Council’s Declaration on Religious Freedom, Dignitatis humanae, [1] the Catholic Church belatedly accepted principles that had by that time come to be seen as self-evident in most of the civilized world. Some suspected that the Church was embracing a fundamental principle of the … Leer más
Love, love pulsating the temples,Love in man becomes thought and will:Teresa’s will to be in Andrew; Andrew’s will to be in Teresa.‘Tis strange yet necessary to distance a little from the other,Since man cannot remain in the other without end, and he suffices not.How can you achieve this, Teresa? How can you remain in Andrew … Leer más