VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. THIS IS A ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church. That means the winner secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals participating in the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis. The ...
Science is better when studied through the lens of theology. For more than 40 years, doctors and dieticians have recommended that Americans avoid saturated fat, including dairy fat, citing the role that high cholesterol might play in causing heart attacks and strokes. Low fat milk and extra virgin olive oil replaced whole milk and butter in the diet of those most health conscious. Recent medical evidence, however, indicates that avoiding dairy fat may actually be more harmful than helpful. A September 2024 article in Barrons Magazine discussed studies from 2016 and 2018 that ...
Four hundred fifty prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of Asherah battled with Elijah on Mount Carmel. Elijah was outnumbered, 850 to one. Knowing the odds were stacked, Elijah allowed the prophets of Baal every advantage. In the contest to call down fire from Heaven, the false prophets chose their animal for sacrifice and went first. Elijah granted them all the time they needed. After they failed to bring fire from Heaven, Elijah even handicapped his own effort by pouring water on his sacrifice and altar and, since the day was waning, kept his prayer brief: “Lord, the God of Abraham, ...
Don’t be afraid to think when reading Scripture. The Bible often anticipates and answers the questions you might have. For example, in 1 Corinthians 15:35 (NIV), the Apostle Paul knows that when he talks about a resurrection from the grave, “someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?” Paul then answers that question. First, Paul notes that our resurrection body will be different from the body we have now, comparing it to the planting of a seed. Plant a kernel of corn, for example, and the resulting corn stalk looks very different than ...
It’s Saturday evening. The Sabbath is over. Jesus has less than a week to live. He knows. The mood of the Jewish religious leaders has grown increasingly hostile, and there’s a bounty on Jesus’ head. Jerusalem is a powder keg. Jesus has been warning his disciples for months that he is going up to Jerusalem to die. They’re about to see Jesus’ prophecy come true. Mary of Bethany senses that her time with Jesus is short. While Jesus enjoys dinner with Mary’s brother, Lazarus, who was dead in his tomb just a few weeks ago, Mary expresses her love for Jesus. She wants him to ...
