|
| A Surprising News | |
| | كاتب الموضوع | رسالة |
---|
Dr.Hannani Maya المشرف العام
الدولة : الجنس : عدد المساهمات : 61370 مزاجي : تاريخ التسجيل : 21/09/2009 الابراج : العمل/الترفيه : الأنترنيت والرياضة والكتابة والمطالعة
| موضوع: A Surprising News الأحد 8 مايو 2011 - 4:40 | |
| Samstag, den 9. April 2011, 13:40:07 Uhr A Surprising News!! <TABLE class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0>
<TR> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top>
<TABLE class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0>
<TR> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top> <TABLE style="WIDTH: 367.7pt; BACKGROUND: maroon" class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=490> <TR style="HEIGHT: 112.8pt"> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: #660000 3pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 100%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; HEIGHT: 112.8pt; BORDER-TOP: #660000 3pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #660000 3pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="100%"><TABLE style="WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TR style="HEIGHT: 57pt"> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #660000 3pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1.2pt; PADDING-LEFT: 1.2pt; WIDTH: 100%; PADDING-RIGHT: 1.2pt; HEIGHT: 57pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 1.2pt" width="100%"><TABLE style="WIDTH: 98.02%; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="98%"> <TR style="HEIGHT: 97.65pt"> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 6pt; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; WIDTH: 100%; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt; HEIGHT: 97.65pt; PADDING-TOP: 6pt" vAlign=top width="100%"><TABLE style="WIDTH: 356.6pt; BACKGROUND: black" class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=475> <TR style="HEIGHT: 79.05pt"> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1.2pt; PADDING-LEFT: 1.2pt; WIDTH: 356.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 1.2pt; HEIGHT: 79.05pt; PADDING-TOP: 1.2pt" vAlign=top width=475><TABLE style="WIDTH: 424.8pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellSpacing=8 cellPadding=0 width=566> <TR style="HEIGHT: 52.65pt"> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; WIDTH: 96.66%; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; HEIGHT: 52.65pt; PADDING-TOP: 3pt" width="96%"> April/ 10, 2011-MY OPINION
<TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 2.25pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: 1pt outset; BACKGROUND: navy; BORDER-TOP: 2.25pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: 2.25pt outset" dir=rtl class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TR> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 2.25pt double; BORDER-LEFT: 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; WIDTH: 100%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 2.25pt double; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 2.25pt double; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" width="100%"> <TABLE style="WIDTH: 242.25pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" dir=rtl class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=323> <TR style="HEIGHT: 18.75pt"> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; HEIGHT: 18.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt"></TD> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 240.75pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; HEIGHT: 18.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width=321> Saba K </TD></TR></TABLE> </TD></TR></TABLE> An eminent Muslim singer was murdered after her conversion to Christianity... and calling Muslims to pilgrimage to Pope andVatican... and NOT to Mecca... check out details below please A Surprising News! April/12/11 It was amazing that a surprising news release revealed in Egypt that the dictator was forced to leave office. Then the sad news poured out about an eminent Arabic Muslim singer Zikra Muhammad, (38, Tunisian) was assassinated in 2009 in Cairo after she publicly mocked the Islamic prophet during an Arabic concert festival in Doha. Her famous song was recently released. The songs’ words are poetic and enthusiastic. It also condemns the dictator of Saudis and called him an oppressor and a thief -I believe she makes a great point here-she called for the liberation of Mecca and the black stone, Kaaba, and called for the dictator to leave office. Surprisingly, what is exciting and unique and wonderful, she invites Muslims to a pilgrimage, not to the holy Islamic city of Mecca as usual, but instead respectfully inviting them to the Vatican and to see the Pope. She also said it‘s more secure and easier… The song begins with the words: who dares to speak and say, it`s unreasonable...The video clip: ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byRqOPDq9eo&feature=related ) quickly spread, “like wild fire” throughout the internet and has been seen by several million (in different video versions) so far… The song sounds patriotic. It’s like an explosion on the face of each dictator whom are many around the ISLAMIC world as a product of SHARIAH, Islamic law! Therefore, the singer was killed by some Palestinians hired by Saudis police, and took place in Cairo in 2009. Shortly after an Islamic Saudi’s court by Sheik Dr. Abraham Al khodiery at the time condemned her for blasphemy and ridiculed the messenger of Islam Muhammad. Yes, a gang of criminals was organized by Saudis to kill her, they who call themselves and their land holy! The Cairo police covered up every thing at the time by commands from above. Other news sources in Arabic say that her husband and the musicians and the writer of this wonderful song were all gradually killed.
Luckily, The video clip claims that she secretly converted to Christianity. The Prophet Muhammad is not mentioned, the songs words also insist that Mecca was invaded by force of sword. Obviously this song shakes any dictator. Personally, I’ve admired the song. And I have also analyzed the incident, and found that this song was not coincidently produced in such a talented way. I strongly believe that it’s a present for his holiness Pope Benedict 16th especially after he was disrespected and treated unjustly by a mob twice around the Islamic world. In 2006 because he questioned the Islamic doctrine and credibility of the Quran in an academic meeting and with concrete evidence. And, the Pope again was sharply criticizedby some Islamic influential leaders in the Middle East at the beginning of this year just because he dared to criticize and urge the Muslim world to do more to protect Christian minorities in Islamic countries whom are persecuted by radicals and Sharia Law.
Fortunately, there are some influential people in the Islamic world who are fair and courageous and well informed like this singer. There are some bright former Muslims like Najla Al Emam (a lawyer & mother) -who was jailed and tortured by Cairo police in 2010 after her conversion - Also Dr. Wafa Sultan and many other well informed Muslims who put their life at risk to inform the world and warn us. But not all Christians are doing like-wise. We as ordinary Christians each need do a little, first by helping those in the front line. This would limit the dangers of Sharia Law from spreading around the free world by informing others about its darkness. We should value the work of those former Muslims. They urgently need us to do our part. Shakespeare once said: “Action is eloquent.”, such as: http://www.islameyat.com/post_details.php?id=2547&cat=35&scat=169&
We Christians should definitely rejoice and praise the Lord for what is happening. It is just the beginning of an eternal end to oppression and dictatorship, and we need to do our part to prepare the way. I often recall what Our Lord said in the Gospel of Mt. 7: 15-16.! Halleluiah!
By Saba K.
Check out the story of her assassination. It is in Arabic. The song will follow.(total 9 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byRqOPDq9eo&feature=related Dr. WAFA SULTAN http://www.amazon.com/God-Who-Hates-Courageous-Inflamed/dp/0312538359 </TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE> </TD></TR></TABLE> </TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE> The second youngest billionaire in the world has already become Christian Hind Hariri هند الحريري <TABLE class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TR> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"></TD> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"> </TD></TR> <TR> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"></TD> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"></TD></TR> <TR> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"></TD> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"></TD></TR></TABLE> Profile: Hind Hariri هند الحريري Former Arab Muslim Hind Hariri, the second youngest billionaire in the world has already become Christian ... A very trustworthy source told former wife of King Abdullah of Jordan that the daughter of former Prime Minister of Lebanon, billionaire and Lebanese politician Rafik Hariri [assassinated in 2005] and sister of Saad Hariri MP has already become Christian (2008) and was baptized at Sacre Coeur (Sacred Heart) church in Paris. She give her bitter testimony at the church about her previous experience and her unhappy life as a former Muslim! She also added that Islam could not offer her joy, and security and neither her wealth! The same sources added that the main reason for leavings Islam is completely religious! Also, the King of Jordan refused to divorce her according to the Islamic law as his secret wife [allowed in Islam]. However the church has given her permission to remarry her former body guard in Beirut while she left Islam and became a Christian. The church declared that any marriage not done by the church is invalid, so the church has authority to marry her. The sources say that her mother Nazek Hariri is happy about her daughter's new marriage, because her previous marriage was not successful with the King of Jordan. However she does not agree to proclaim her conversion to Christianity because that will hurt her son Saad Hariri’s career as a politician (MP) in Lebanon who refused his sister's marriage. And according to Wikipedia online: Hind Hariri is the youngest child of self-made billionaire and Lebanese politician Rafik Hariri. She graduated from the Lebanese American University in Beirut and campaigned for her half-brother Saad in recent Lebanese elections. In 2008, Forbes magazine listed her as "one of the world's youngest billionaires". wikipedia link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hind_Hariri But the news is no longer secret to the global Muslim community. You can understand reason why she does not want to be public..as the price of apostasy from Islam is..well you know.
http://www.coptsrights.com/forum/showthread.php?p=57562
NOTE that the Arabic text below is sourse of translation above / by Saba K.
<TABLE class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TR style="HEIGHT: 52.5pt"> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; HEIGHT: 52.5pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"> Former Colombian model shares conversion story 20 Comments Amada Rosa Pérez Bogotá, Colombia, May 25, 2010 / 12:02 pm ( CNA).- Amada Rosa Pérez was one of Colombia’s top models before she disappeared from the public eye five years ago. Now she is making headlines once again, but this time by sharing her conversion story. Amada explained to the Colombian newspaper “El Tiempo,” that she had been diagnosed with a disease that left her with only 60 percent of her hearing in her left ear. The news caused her to question her lifestyle. “I felt disappointed, unsatisfied, directionless, submerged in fleeting pleasures ...” she said. “I always sought answers and the world never gave them to me.” “Before I was always in a hurry, stressed out, and got upset easily," she continued. "Now I live in peace, the world doesn’t appeal to me, I enjoy every moment the Lord gives me. I go to Mass, I pray the Holy Rosary daily, as well as the Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3 p.m. “I go to confession frequently,” she added. Amada now works tirelessly with a Marian religious community in Colombia. “Being a model means being a benchmark, someone whose beliefs are worthy of being imitated, and I grew tired of being a model of superficiality. I grew tired of a world of lies, appearances, falsity, hypocrisy and deception, a society full of anti-values that exalts violence, adultery, drugs, alcohol, fighting, and a world that exalts riches, pleasure, sexual immorality and fraud. “I want to be a model that promotes the true dignity of women and not their being used for commercial purposes,” Amada said. Former Colombian model shares conversion story </TD></TR></TABLE> http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/former-colombian-model-shares-conversion-story/
Conversion of Another Prominent Muslim to Catholicism! 1- “Daniel Ali Converted to Catholicism from Islam in 1998. He has gained national recognition as the founder of the Christian-Islamic forum. He is also the co-host of the video series Islam and Christianity with Fr. Mitch Pacwa S.J. on the Internal World Television network“; Global catholic TV ( www.ewtn.org). Daniel Ali is the author and co-author is Robert Spencer of “Inside Islam”. They have produced this very important book> “ A Guide for Catholics.; or, 100 Questions and Answers “ (as a second title of this book). Robert Spencer who wrote the introduction added (p. 17): “My co-author Daniel Ali a Catholic convert from Islam. Raised in Iraq, Daniel was moved at a young age by the silent witness of charity and good moral lives of several Christians that his family always seemed to have as neighbours. When he was seven, one Christian neighbor gave him a cross, gift which he cherished for the next eight years of his life. A student of history and philosophy, Daniel began an intense study of his Islamic faith, trying to answer the question of why his Muslim brothers in Northern Iraq did not seem to notice or care about the suffering, agony, and genocide of their Kurdish Muslim brothers. In time, his study led him to the foot of the cross--to the realization that the God of the universe does indeed desire an intimate relationship with man, and that He did, in fact, send His Son to dwell among us. In 1998, Daniel was received into the Catholic Church by Father William Mont. My own study of Islam began in 1980, when I first read the Quran at the invitation of Palestinian and Saudi Muslims who where trying to convert me. My interest in Islam was fueled by family history: My grandparents, who were Christians, grew up among Muslims in the Ottoman Empire and came to the United States in 1919 as that empire was collapsing. I read widely in Muslim sources for two decades, and so was not surprised on September 11, 2001, when radical Islam brought death and ruin to our shores. In order to explain how core elements of Islam can have this kind of devastating impact on the spirit of humanity, I wrote “Islam Unveiled: Disturbing Questions About the World’s Fastest Growing Faith” (San Francisco Encounter Books, 2002), a book written for a secular audience and which quickly became a best-seller. I followed up that book with an in-depth study of “Jihad, Onward Muslim Soldier: How Jihad Still Threatens America and the West” (Washington D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2003). As a Christian, I take even greater satisfaction in the present book, because both Daniel and I believe it will be a powerful tool to equip Catholics to become better witnesses of their own faith to Muslims. It is our sincere hope and prayer that you may experience the same intellectual and spiritual awakening Daniel and I experienced our critical study of Islam, and that you may become a confident witness of our Savior Jesus Christ to those who embrace this challenging faith.” (By Robert Spenser, Introduction, page 18, to the book, Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics; 100 Questions and Answers, 2003-Ascension Press) . o “Everyone who can speak the truth and does not speak it shall be judged by God,” ( Saint Justin 100-165 A.D.) ! !
2- A Former Muslim (Journalist & author) Testifies Impressively: This is a testimony of a former Muslim Journalist & author Magdi Muhammad Allam, Egyptian, now European, (Journalist & an Author of 9 books) recently wrote, “I am practically happy to share with you my immense joy for this Easter [2008] of Resurrection that has brought me the gift of the Christian faith ….yesterday [Easter day, March 23, 2008] evening I converted to the Christian Catholic religion, renouncing my previous Islamic faith, thus, I finally saw the light, by Devine grace - the healthy fruit of a long, matured gestation, lived in suffering & joy, together with intimate reflection & conscious & manifest expression. I am especially grateful to his holiness Pope Benedict XVI, who imparted the sacraments of the Christian initiation to me, baptism, confirmation & Eucharist…. And I took the simplest & most explicit Christian name: ‘Christiano’ therefore my name is Magdi Christiano Allam. For me it is the most beautiful day of my life. To acquire the gift of the Christian faith….It is a historical, exceptional & unforgettable event, which marks a radical & definitive turn with respect to the past. The miracle of Christ’s resurrection reverberated through my soul, liberating it from the darkness in which the preaching of hatred & intolerance…. were privileged over love & respect of “neighbor” ….thus, as my mind was freed from the obscurantism of an ideology of that legitimates lies & deception, violent death that leads to murder & suicide, the blind submission to tyranny, I was able to adhere to the authentic religion of truth, of life & of freedom. On my first Easter as a Christian I not only discovered Jesus, I discovered for the first time the face of the true & only God, who is the God of faith & reason. My conversion to Catholicism is the touching down of a gradual & profound interior meditation from which I could not pull myself away, given that for five years I have been confined to a life under guard, with permanent surveillance at home & a police escort for my every movement, because of death threats & death sentences from Islamic extremist & terrorist, both those in & outside of Italy [his exile]. For my part, I say that it is time to put an end to the abuse & the violence of Muslims who do not respect the freedom of religious choice…. let is go forward on the way of truth of life & freedom with my best wishes for every success & good thing,” by, (www.magdiallam.it) >"Great truths can only be forgotten and can never be falsified," (G.K. Chesterton, English Philosopher) >“For me, Christianity is a religion of goodness and wisdom, so very different from Islam,"(SaidMagdiC.Allam) >“My happiness now was not dependant on having my personal ambitions fulfilled-it rested in doing the will of God,” ( Gulshan Esther (or Fatima), Pakistanian; a former Muslim girl, now an eminent Christian activist, THE TORN VEIL book) See below details of his conversion (and his picture, Magdi Muhammad Allam) and echo of his conversion by prominent Muslims scholars, etc ! !
3- A Very Remarkable Testimony of Former Atheist (Jewish girl): of Edith Stein, a brilliant Jewish, ph.D. in philosophy, 1891-1942, former atheist, then she turned Carmelite nun, one of the 20th century leading intellectual lights, philosopher, scholar and saint. She has since become both a powerful inspiration to all seekers after truth and a symbol of reconciliation between Catholics and Jews!!! She was canonized [a saint] by Pope John Paul II in Rome on October 11, 1998. The immediate cause of her decision to enter the Catholic Church was entirely fortuitous: it came from all night reading of the autobiography of Saint Teresa of Lisieux [a Catholic nun, 19th century]…. Years later, this how she would describe that moment, “…. I reached for a book at random. It was the life of St. Teresa of Child Jesus written by herself. I began reading it. It held me spellbound! I read it trough at one sitting. On closing it, I said to myself: ‘This is the truth”. That morning Edith went to the book store and bought herself a Catholic Catechism and Missal. Her long sincere search for the truth ended with her decision to enter the Catholic Church. On 1 January 1922 Edith was baptized…. By then she had decided to devote herself entirely to God in the religious life. In 1933 Edith entered the convent of Discalced Carmelites in Cologne, where she took the name Sister Teresia Benedicta of the cross. On entering the convent, Edith radiated joy as never before. How could a great intellectual, who loved dancing, mountaineering, rowing, tennis, concerts, plays, and philosophical discussions, be deprived of these things, and still be happy in a cloistered convent? She herself attributed this happiness to the fact that she was now walking with her “hand in the Lord’s.” …. “Her 500 page-long philosophical work Endliches Und Ewiges Sein (Finite and Eternal Being) was written over a period of nine months, in her free time between convent duties. In 2 August 1942 the Nazis rounded up all Christian Jews…. Among those arrested were Sister Benedicta and Rosa Stein….She was immediately directed to the gas chamber, gassed, and her body burned in the crematorium [on August 9, 1942, in Auschwitz]. The site of her martyrdom bears a metal plague on which appears the following citation from her writings: Love shall be our eternity.” (From Catholic magazine Love One Another / Michigan, USA- WWW.loveoneanother.org) o “No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his body, to risk his wellbeing, to risk his life, in a great cause,”(T. Roosevelt) ! !
4- Testimony of a Former Jew, a Prominent Theologian: “On February 13, 1945, the world’s leading news agencies broke the news that professor Israel Zolli, chief Rabbi of Rome, renowned biblical Scholar, had been received in to Catholic Church. He wrote,” After many years of study, meditation, and living the Judaism of the Old Testament, I eventually found myself in Christianity of the New Testament. I had to admit in all honesty that I had become a Christian, and that is why I began to prepare myself systematically for the reception of baptism…. My conscience is clear. I have renounced nothing. Isn’t the God of Saint Paul also the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? Saint Paul converted. Did he forsake the God of Israel in doing so? Did he stop loving Him? It would be absorbed to say yes.” …. ‘During his stay at the Gregorian University, Zolli received numerous visits from friends and enemies. Influential American Jews dropped in to persuade him to return to the bosom of Judaism, offering him whatever sum of money he wished. With great serenity, he refused every offer. A number of prominent Protestants also came to his door, recognizing him as a scholar with deep knowledge of the scriptures; they asked him to prepare a refutation of the doctrine of Papal Primacy on biblical ground. Zolli’s response was a book entitled PETRUS, in which he used the Holy Scripture to prove the case for Peter‘s primacy and the succession of Popes…. “Since protesting is not testifying. I do not intend to trouble anyone by asking the question: Why did they wait 1500 years to protest? For fifteen centuries the Catholic Church was recognized as the true Church of God by the entire Christian world. No one in all honesty dismiss those 1500 years out of hand and claim that the Catholic Church is not the Church of Christ. I can accept only that Church which was proclaimed to all creatures by my ancestors, the twelve apostles who like me, came out of the synagogue.” (By Love One Another a Catholic magazine / Michigan, USA, 2-2004 Web site: www.loveoneanother.org) o “We are chained to the chair of St. Peter. Holy Father [Pope], look after the peace of the Church. Stand between your sheep and the wolves,” (St. Columban’s letter to Boniface IV, 543-615) o “Everyone who can speak the truth and does not speak it shall be judged by God,” ( Saint Justin 100-165 A.D.)
5- Interesting Testimony of a Former Prominent Anglican Scholar, Ronald A. Knox: “The biblical scholar Ronald Arbuthnott Knox (1888-1957), was the youngest son of the Anglican bishop of Manchester. Educated at Eton and Oxford, he took Anglican orders and became chaplain of Trinity College, Oxford. Ronald A. Knox’ strong Anglo-Catholicism brought him into conflict with the Anglican hierarchy. Finally, in 1917, he was received into the Catholic Church and published his reasons in A Spiritual Aeneid. Ordained a catholic priest in 1919, he first served as Catholic chaplain at Oxford University (1926-39). But he found that he needed more time to concentrate on his literary work, especially the production of a modern English Bible. Among his many books, the best known is Enthusiasm, which is an in-depth analysis of religious vagaries over the centuries of Christian history. Through six hundred pages of fascinating reading, he traces the uninterrupted history of enthusiasts and their attempts to break through the barriers of cold institutional Christianity (as they called it) and experienced an inward communication with the Divine….” “Ronald A. Knox’ Knew better than most people that the great danger to the Catholic Church is not from outside her ranks but from within. He realized how seriously Christ meant what He said when He told His followers to be the salt of the earth. “But if salt becomes tasteless,” He warned, “it is good for nothing, but can only be thrown out to be trampled underfoot by men,” (Mt. 5:13) o ” Hilaire Belloc, poet, essayist and the historian, etc, (French, 1870-1953), He once wrote,” The Church is Europe; and Europe is the Church….” AND, “He claimed that the Catholic Church which first civilized the Continent and gave its people a sense of unity based on a common faith. He believes that the future, not only of Europe but of the Americas, depends on the degree to which the basic moral and religious values of the Catholic Church are rediscovered,” (By John A. Hardon, S.J., The Catholic Lifetime… book) VATICAN CITY & ROME الصليب المقدس <TABLE class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0>
<TR> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top><TABLE class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0>
<TR> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top></TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE>
His holiness Pope Benedict 16th: a prominent thinker and a leader one billion Catholics
Apri 10, 11
The current Pope was known even before his election in 2005. He is also considered a prominent thinker and a leader and he has the initiative and wisdom to lead more than one billion Catholics. He has emerged victorious in his short period of time as our spiritual leader despite many difficult situations which he has faced. His holiness Pope Benedict, although in the beginning of his ninth decade of age, (83 years), still seems very vital both physically and mentally. Age and concerns of responsibility have not affected his vitality! He has achieved many accomplishments in a short time despite the special difficulties that have emerged in 2006 with the Muslim world and recently with the secular media… And, his reaction towards these events and his guidance shows that he is a true spiritual leader with very difficult tasks! He is very conservative in his teachings and he was a prominent former theology professor. Some of the Pope's most important achievements in recent years are: he succeeded in unifying the positions of the church with the various churches; recently he managed to submit the draft for structural integration with a wide array of Anglican Church followers which number hundreds of thousands with the hope of their joining the Catholic Church. Also, there is a deep understanding with the leaders of other churches such as the Orthodox churches which is truly an impressive achievement on the way to full communion! The Pope, has succeeded to a great extent in dialogue and understanding with the leaders of the Jews. As well as opening a dialogue with the leaders of Islam; this may become the dialogue fruitful one day to avoiding many disasters… In addition to his many writings as former university professor in various universities, he has currently written his prominent book: "Jesus of Nazareth" in two parts. His holiness Pope Benedict 16th is the really successor of Peter and Vicar of Jesus Christ (Matthew 16: 17-19). Actually, he has achieved a lot in record time! And his recent successful visit to Great Britain is remarkable. By following the footsteps of the Saviour Jesus, and through the grace of God, the Pope has triumphed over the enemy. -By Saba K.
You might find this interesting: click here please
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj6L1z0yahQ&feature=related
o Mark Link SJ once wrote, “To put it yet another way, Catholicism is not simply a creed to be memorized; it is a faith to belived. It is not a book to be read; it is a spirit to be caught.”</TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE> | | |
| | | Dr.Hannani Maya المشرف العام
الدولة : الجنس : عدد المساهمات : 61370 مزاجي : تاريخ التسجيل : 21/09/2009 الابراج : العمل/الترفيه : الأنترنيت والرياضة والكتابة والمطالعة
| | | | | A Surprising News | |
|
| صلاحيات هذا المنتدى: | لاتستطيع الرد على المواضيع في هذا المنتدى
| |
| |
| |