Pope John Paul I

caste system. Starting from the bottom you have the untouchables, above them you have the suavas who are the unskilled and above them are the vaisyas who are the merchants. Then you have the Kshatriyas who are the warriors; that’s where my family and I belong in the system. The top of the system belongs to the Brahman and they are the priests. In fact, only a Brahmin can be a priest and your last name and geographic location determine if you’re a Brahm. Brahmin commonly come from Northwest India…

1.0 Introduction 1.1 Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Australia In Australia the Refugee and Asylum Seeker social justice issue is a recurring matter that causes the Australian Government to take action. The Refugee issue in Australia divides the nation in half between the Government’s and the Catholic Church’s opinions. This causes a range of interest including professionals, priests, students and more people to write about the Refugee social justice issue. Morrissey is a professional who…

Personal opportunities / challenges -  Given that there are 32,000 Christian denominations in the world today read John 17:20-21 where Jesus asks His Father that we all may be one. Read, meditate, pray, contemplate.  Read “The Catholic Church Through the Ages” by John Vidmar, OP to understand the challenges, failures and triumphs of the Catholic Church over the past 2000 years. Learn and understand the origin of the schisms of the one Church that Jesus Christ gave to us.  Come to a Catholic…

improvement and protect the rights of all humans equally. To promote and fight for justice is to improve and break down structures and systems which block love of others. Love is spoken about in the Gospels, in John 15:12-13 Jesus says “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” This means that as jesus gave his life for us, he was asking his disciples and followers to love one…

The door to the Catholic church opened into the bright light of the square packed with onlooking eyes. A group appeared from the darkness lead by a tall man wearing all black while carrying a mace upon his hefty shoulders. He was followed by a parade of priests and two prisoners on there way to execution. The one called Peppino was suntanned and handsome while the other Andrea was short and fat. As the men climbed the steps both could be seen shuddering and kissing crosses. Suddenly a penitent…

The pope was and is still the head of the Roman Catholic Church. The church viewed the pope as “its visible head and Jesus Christ as its invisible and supreme head.” (World Book Online) Once elected, the pope has the position for life. They can resign, but cannot be kicked out of office. Only current Roman Catholic men are eligible to be elected. Typically, after the 1300’s all popes have been picked out of cardinals. They hold a high position in the church. The cardinals come together and…

Jose Sanchez Del Rio (March 28th, 1913,-February 10th, 1927,) is a perfect example of resiliency. In 1927, Mexico was ravaged by a terrible war between Christians and a devout Atheist president named Plutarco Calles. Everyone knows that being a Christian means you walk with Christ and being an Atheist means you do not believe in him or any faith whatsoever. But, Calles took being an Atheist to a whole other extent when he began burning churches and brutally murdering anyone who spoke the name of…

Mehmet Ali Agca who is Turkish rightist and assassin long associated with the Gray Wolves, an affiliate of the extreme right-wing Nationalist Action Party, shot Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square(Chomsky and Herman, 2002: p. 144). After seventeen months in an Italian prison, Agca claimed that he was hired by Bulgarians and KGB to shoot the pope. If this was true, it would work beneficially on the Reagan Administration of the US who considers Soviet Union as an “empire of evil”, and the…

Buenos Aires succeeding Antonio Quarracino. Three years later in February, 2001, Pope John Paul II chose Bergoglio to be a cardinal. After Pope John Paul II's death in 2005, Bergoglio reportedly received the second most votes to be the new pope after Joseph Ratzinger who became Pope Benedict XVI.…

On October 5th, 1979 military officers went to President Carlos Romero and informed him that he and his staff had until 3 pm to pack up their things, turn over the government, and leave. After this demand, President Carlos Romero made calls to regional leaders, United States embassy, and his headquarters. He called looking for support but everyone he turned to was not willing to support him. With President Carlos Romero having no support from allies he decided to pack his things and turn over…