Church and State

I think the young Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Archbishop of Manila, expressed this concept very well at a press conference in Rome this year. Explaining the principal message of the recent bishops’ synod on the new evangelization, he said: “In the message, we find a humble church, admitting that it does not understand everything that’s happening in the world. That it’s confused, that it has suffered, but it also admits its share in the wounds of society…. Humility for the Church is not a strategy; it is the way of Jesus. It is how God manifested himself to us in Jesus, and loved us in the form of Christ crucified.” Click above for the link.

History of the spread of Religion

A fresh look at religion by Karen Armstrong

Listen to Karen Armstrong on a fresh look at religion and the launching of the Charter of Religion. The final text of the Charter of Compassion will come out this coming 12 November. Please click on the link below, watch and listen. If your are around Metro Manila, Philippines, and is interested in group discussion about the text please get in touch. My mobile is: 0917 856 6747.

http://www.tedprize.org/karen-armstrong/

Pope tells the miss-use of religion

The Pope Benedictine XVI is on a visit to Jordan, Israel and the West Bank. According to one reporter, he is exceedingly careful in his speeches so an not to offend his host.