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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86703)
• United States
9 Nov 20
Do you realize that sixty years ago the United States of America elected the first Roman Catholic president? And it was quite a spectacle!
As you know, I love to go through newspaper archives. In 1960, when John Kennedy...
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eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
2 Sep 20
The Filipinos did rally a revolution against the cruelty of Spain, friars included, as epitomized in the Rizal classic Noli Me Tangere. Or so I believed - that that time before the turn of the century was Spain's most severe...
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eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
30 Jun 20
Dominican education was definitive, students were endowed with units on 'The Church We Love.' Enjoyed the classroom discourses in college at the royal, pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. It was a privilege and an honor...
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eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
4 Mar 20
Back in college, I had one semester of studying the Church We Love - the Catholic Church, the one, holy, catholic, apostolic church that Jesus instituted.
As college opens minds to all isms, I did get a panoramic view of the...
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
26 Feb 20
The American city of New Orleans LA is famous for holding a rather wild Mardi Gras celebration. I have been to New Orleans, but it was to present a paper at a conference, not "party."
Apparently the celebration involves "Fat...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86703)
• United States
7 Nov 19
A story out of Rome didn’t get much news attention in the “secular” media in America because (a) it was a religious subject, and (b) it was in Rome. I found it rather interesting, however.
The Vatican held a synod about...
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eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
25 Feb 19
For the purpose of clarification, let it be known that the Bible was not written by our Lord Jesus Christ.
First, the only time our Lord wrote in His 33 years in history was when he wrote on the sand to defend a woman about to be...
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eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
2 Apr 18
Picture courtesy of google.
It was a novel set into motion picture of the same title. The movie was released half a century ago, in 1968, a tumultuous time when Russia, China, etcetera, were asserting superiority for world...
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eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
2 Apr 18
Poster from google
This is a Martin Scorsese movie, released two years ago, but was not shown in the local cinemas.
Because of the title, I did ask my daughter to play it, we were trying our very best to keep our quiet on Black...
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josefina
@josie_ (10033)
• Philippines
22 Jun 17
One of my cousin who is a devout Catholic always ends her text messages with the phrase "God Bless".
I use to be a Catholic but through the years have come to lost faith in the church as well as it's teachings.
I am now at the...
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Elizabeth
@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
19 Feb 16
I had lunch out today, with my beautiful Italian friend and our friend, The Phone Addict {so called because she's *always* connected to her phone in some way.} We stuffed our faces full of a selection of global treats at...
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paries
@paries (29)
• Philippines
27 Apr 11
Of all the Pope who reigned the Catholicism, Pope John Paul is regarded as the superstar among them.. Now, the Catholic religion decided to beatify him and make him as a saint.
whats your side on this?
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manilatop10
@manilatop10 (371)
• Philippines
19 Sep 10
With the recent 4-day visit to the UK, Pope Benedict XVI has shown that even at 83, he has the stamina and fortitude to travel and speak to the people.
1995 was the last year the Philippines had a Papal visit diba?
Why...
anglican
beatification
cardinal newman
catholicism
england
manilatop10
philippines
pope benedict xvi
scotland
uk
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pattiurlvd
@pattiurlvd (137)
• United States
5 Sep 09
Purgatory is actually another misunderstood Catholic doctrine. It's not considered a spiritual jail or hell with parole. And Catholics don't teach that everyone goes to purgatory. The Church actually believes that many people are...
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grandpa_lash
@grandpa_lash (5225)
• Australia
5 Mar 09
There have been any number of discussions in this arena bashing Islam for the things religious fanatics do in that religion, but how about this piece of obscenity from the catholic church.
[b][i]A nine-year-old girl who was...
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