Pope John Paul II

ASU now hosts the college football Cactus Bowl and the ASU Sun Devil football team, of the Pacific-12 Conference. The Sun Devil Stadium is the host for not only football games, but important events and celebrations. It was visited by Pope John Paul II, which he held a mass at on September 14, 1987. Another historic appearance was made by President Barack Obama on May 13, 2009, where he announced the ASU commencement address. Today, the stadium stands to honor Arizona State University and its…

In 1027, Cnut makes his way to Rome for the witnessing of the accession of the Holy Roman Emperor Conrad II. Cnut notes this journey as being a vow to God. It is in Rome where he visits the sanctuary of the Lord’s apostles, Peter and Paul. While in Rome, Cnut makes negotiations with Conrad II, Pope John, and princes of neighboring nations in order to get more fair and equal treatment for the English people. Cnut is able to reduce the amount of barriers…

As Catholics, Mass is the source and most important sacrament of our faith. Pope Francis stated back in 2014 that “every authentic journey of faith, communion and witness springs from this sacrament of love”. Claiming that the Mass is “so boring” or that “I just don’t get anything out of Mass” indicates the pure ignorance of that person. Dr. Scott Hahn’s book The Lamb’s Supper manifests that the Mass is truly heaven on earth by recognizing that to comprehend Mass we must know more. Dr. Scott…

The papacy has stretched over the course of 1982 years from the first pope Peter the Apostle to the current pope Francis I. There have been popes who have wielded great amounts of power like Innocent III and those who did not wield much power like the modern day popes. There were those who were immoral like Alexander VI and those who were kind hearted with a servant attitude like John Paul II. Throughout the reigns of the 256 popes from Peter to Francis, they were seen as spiritual leaders. For…

complains about the harsh branding of his people, he says “as soon as they are taken by the white man they are ironed and branded with fire”. Pope Paul II sees the Native Americans as disbelievers, but he does not support depriving them of their liberty, rather he wants them to “enjoy their liberty and the possession of their property.” Both Afonso and Pope Paul acknowledge the differences between the indigenous/african people but don’t see their differences as justification for harsh and…

Throughout the ages Poland was always one of the most religious countries, yet on the other hand, open to many religions and different cultures. It is only since after both of the World Wars that Poland became a very homogeneous country in terms of the religions and culture found in it . During the struggle of Poland for the full independence many a times the church placed a big role in keeping the Poles focused and motivated on the topic. After the communist rule ended, Poles usually picked the…

Naples and Milan failed. In 1522 Holy Roman Emperor Charles V introduced it into the Low Countries, but its efforts to wipe out Protestantism were unsuccessful. John III of Portugal, with the permission of Pope Paul III, introduced a tribunal like the Spanish Inquisition against Portuguese Jews in 1536. Though John III’s methods led the pope to revoke the grant, the Inquisition was definitely established in Portugal in 1547, at which time its scope was also…

and after concluding it was the work of Serbian nationalists dubbed the “Black Hand” they began to mobilize their forces to punish Serbia. This caused each sides allies to mobilize too and thus ultimately started the Great War which up until World War II was the greatest loss of human life in war. There is much controversy on whether or not if Archduke Franz Ferdinand was not assassinated World War I would not have happened but it did inadvertently escalate the tension and anger between the two…

year ago, the tattered body of Kurdi, a Syrian migrant washed up on the shore of a Turkish beach. The world went into a frenzy as they see the evils that migrants or potential migrants face when it came knocking on the doors of the Western powers. Pope Francis reacted by appealing to all churches in Europe to take on and care for a migrant family. This was…

Religion refers to the belief of, and worship to a higher unseen power, that is constantly developing, in order to more efficiently answer the enduring questions of life. Christianity is the world’s largest religious tradition, with approximately one third of the world population being Christian adherents; according to the Religious Tolerance Organisation. As a result of Christianity’s vast followers, it is often regarded as a living tradition that is continually subject to change, in order to…