Pope John I

The Boardwalk Muse I followed the ancient, rickety boardwalk through the rows of corn that went to the ends of my Earth. The early summertime dew had a perfume of light magic that hung in the air like the fireflies that danced in and out of my vision. Pounding against the decrepit boards, my bare feet were getting tired from the running I was doing, but I couldn 't stop now. John was waiting for me near the ocean at the end of the lane, our little spot. Nothing more than a puny fishing hole, our "ocean" was a special muse no one knew about except me and John. Wandering home after school one day, I was fourteen and he was fifteen when we first found it. Through the years, this shelter of sorts became the regular meeting place for me and…

VS 28-30 Pope John Paul II begins chapter two of his Encyclical Veritatis Splendor by reminding us that moral theology is a science as well as a theology. It is accessible to all people through reason, but its beginning and end is derived from God, the one who “alone is good”. He also states that moral theology does not change, but rather the method in which it is presented changes. John Paul II explains that one of the intentions of his encyclical is to draw attention to certain moral…

Back in the time when Peter was still alive, God’s son had a close relationship with him. They were so close that the Roman Catholic Church interpreted the Bible as that God founded his church on top of Peter, which as a result made Peter the first Pope in history. The Catholics kept the tradition of Popedom till the time of present. Despite the fact that the Roman Catholic Church was fairly corrupted and turned away from the truth of God, Fr. Karol Josef Wojtyla, otherwise known as Pope John…

How does Pope Francis’s letter, Laudato Si, relate to the ideals of the Sacramentality and how can the themes of Laudato Si present a new perspective in a sacramental way? Pope Francis’s Papal Encyclical entitled Laudato Si, which means “Be Praised”, illustrates a spectrum of global issues and how human beings are intended to solve the matter. Issues such as; preservation of the environment, protecting life and creation, and a general decline in moral and spirituality amongst all people of…

St. John Rigby was one of the forty martyrs of England who was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970. St. John was born somewhere close to Wigan, England and had friendly relations with the church. When St. John admitted that he was a Catholic, the people didn't seem to like it and he was placed in a nearby prison called Newgate. On June 21, he was hanged at a place called Southwark. St. John was given two chances to change his word but refused and is now a martyr. The feast day of St. John Rigby is…

the 16th and 18th centuries. Many events occurred, such as, the Reformation against the Roman Catholic Church popes which changed a lot of religions and peoples thoughts about the Roman Catholic Church. All of these events contributed to the idea that reformation and religion are better than scientific revolution and explorers. Thus reformation and religion is the most important period of time because there were a lot of changes that went on with the reformation that has changed the religion of…

membership. This prompt the organization to change its strategic plans. Pope John Paul II started to reinforce some serious reorganization. “During his papacy, Pope John Paul made 104 foreign trips,” (The Associated Press) which was far more than all the prior pope’s trips combined. This traveling was designed to bring Church closer to all nations, and show its “missionary spirit of Vatican II” (Allen Jr.). John Paul II was a true “good will ambassador to the world,” he managed to modernize the…

For some time the papacy’s home was in France “for nearly seventy years, while still claiming to be bishops of Rome, the popes would generally remain in Avignon”. This contributed to the Great Western Schism, which was a political fight between Italy and France. Both of these countries wanted the pope to live in their own country to skew the power of the papacy in favor of their country and its goals. The election of Urban the VI was the tipping point, he seemed at first a good choice but soon…

On the other hand the second argument discusses that Caravaggio through “David with the head of Goliath” was asking for forgiveness from Pope Francis after the pope set him out of Rome due to the last crime he did. Therefore Caravaggio did not want to lose his old rich life and that is why he wanted forgiveness from the pope. Therefore, many claim that this painting was not painted as a self-portrait for his older and younger versions of himself, to show all the destruction he was going through.…

95 theses which were basically an attack on the bad things the church had done, specifically the selling of indulgences. Because of these 95 theses Martin Luther was called a heretic by many. Heresy can be defined as “opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system.”(Heresy,1) To fully understand this we need to define doctrine. Doctrine can be defined as “a body or system of teachings relating to a particular subject”. The…