English Speaking Christians

35 Christians were killed on Good Friday in Nigeria - ZENIT - English : Of those killed, local reports claimed the vast majority were women.

What did St John Paul II mean by the culture of death? In the latter years of his papacy Pope John Paul II decried what he saw as a "culture of death" where societies devalued human life to the point of a commodity (Ev; no. 28). This culture grew out of the prevalence of the wrong understanding of suffering inherent in societies across the world. What is meant by the life culture? Culture can be defined as all the ways of life including arts, beliefs and institutions of a population that are passed down from generation to generation. Culture has been called "the way of life for an entire society." As such, it includes codes of manners, dress, language, religion, rituals, art. What is the importance of culture of life? In addition to its intrinsic value, culture provides important social and economic benefits. With improved learning and health, increased tolerance, and opportunities to come together with others, culture enhances our quality of life and increases over...

  The line of cleavage throughout the world lies between what is with, and what is against, The Faith. Hilarie Belloc says our choices are a return to Catholicism or chaos and "the crisis ... does not permit of indefinite delay." He shows in his work's that ever since the disaster of the Protestant Reformation, our civilization has been coming apart. Catholicism built the Western World - from Roman times through the Dark Ages to the High Middle Ages - but the false doctrine and social philosophy of Protestantism, based on Calvin, is causing a steady and continuing breakdown of that world. Belloc shows the Reformation's evil results in the economic sphere, through the dissolving of Catholic restraints on usury and on unbridled competition. He states that "Calvin opened the door to the domination of the mind by money." Belloc concludes that the return of Catholicism is the only remedy for our crumbling world, because our basic principles of civilization are Ca...

The Power of Living Simply: How Material Detachment Can Deepen Your Catholic Faith - : Can living simply and detaching from material possessions lead to spiritual freedom and deeper faith? Minimalist T.K. Coleman explains.