1. Worship of Mary - a doctrine of the Catholic Church from the Council of Chalcedon in 451 patterned after the pagan goddess Cybel.
2. Veneration of relics - In the fourth century Saint Helena, mother of Constantine and empress of the Roman Empire, made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem where she is supposed to have found [...]
NOTE: Reprinted in full from the Manila Standard Today online, Saturday – Sunday May 28-28, 2011 edition. Original document resided here: Manila Standard Today online
Opinion The church of the poor This is something that only few of us know: the Philippine Roman Catholic Church is a multi-billionaire religious and business organization. Yes, the [...]
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In a forum I proposed the following debate to find out what Roman Catholics and Orthodox think of the title “one holy catholic church”. Who owns that title? Here’s the proposed debate:
First debate
Resolve that the Orthodox church is the one holy catholic church.
Affirmative: Orthodox church
Negative: RCC
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“The Council (of Nicaea) could not agree and after two years, impatient at the delay, the Emperor Constantine appeared and addressed the assembly, ordering them to agree on the divinity of Christ”
Challenge of a Liberal Faith
George N Marshall
page 60
info courtesy of Ang Tamang Daan/Gemnet.tv
A pagan [...]
[ad#inline-ad-in-article] The Catholic church, the great interloper wants education about and the use of contraception be stopped. What are these ignorant fools want?
CBCP to P. Noy: Abandon ‘contraceptive mentality’
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Posted at 07/15/2010 11:45 PM | Updated as of 07/15/2010 11:45 PM
MANILA, Philippines – The Catholic Bishops’ [...]
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These are bad times. The economy is in a downturn and business are suffering. All kinds of business endeavor are suffering including the oldest among them, the Roman Catholic church. Business newspaper reported the church is running a deficit!
Vatican Reports $5.1 Million Deficit on Communication Costs
July 10, 2010, 11:32 AM EDT
By [...]
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Corruption and criminals within the Catholic church hierarchy, will it ever stop?
(Reprinted from http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/20/vatican-cardinal-corruption-inquiry-rome-property-deals)
Catholic church dragged into public works scandal that has sent shockwaves through Italian government
* Tom Kington in Rome
* guardian.co.uk, Sunday 20 June 2010 22.24 BST
Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe The archbishop of Naples, Cardinal [...]
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