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Photo Credit: Jewish Press The Purim “Adloyada” – which dates back to the early days of Tel Aviv – was first proposed in 1912 and went on to quickly become the largest public event in Eretz Yisrael and the destination of a significant annual pilgrimage. It also played a leading role in creating an original and authentic local Hebrew identity, furthering the ideological nationalism of the nascent Zionist movement, and positioning Tel Aviv as the symbolic center of the Yishuv. In 1...

Pastors column; Bibles from Heaven Pastor Cliff Sanders of Glad Tidings Church of God It’s exciting to see what God is up to. A couple years ago God gave me three separate dreams. I later discerned that all three had to do with God’s Word. In one dream I saw myself standing outside on the church parking lot, when a large cargo plane flew overhead. It was a bright sunny day. The plane’s cargo doors opened, and I saw pallets of Bibles with parachutes floating down onto the parking lot. I wa...

Darlington Nwuko I saw a disturbing picture of a well-dressed lady on social media, standing on one of the streets of Maitama, Abuja, literally pleading to Nigerians to rescue her from acute joblessness. An obvious frustrated young woman, who happens to be a graduate in International Relations, pinned the placard on her chest with boldly writing inscription: “I need a job”. This is the height of desperation and despondency in the country. That picture has been trending on social media since...

  Quae cunctas haereses sola interemisti in universo mundo A.      The 20 Councils prior to the Second Vatican Council had all been convened in order to extinguish  the chief heresy or evil of the time: through an ever deeper and clearer enunciation of Church doctrine. This Council was different on two counts: first, in that it was not occasioned by any contemporary heresy or evil, and second (as we have already noted above), in that it was not dogmatic. It nowhere used the formula by wh...

A name is one of the factors that helps to develop our sense of identity. In the Eritrean society, the day of naming a baby is a great feast, next in importance perhaps only to the day of birth of the baby. On this day, social and religious rituals a

Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings, 02-09-2021, Memorial of St Josephine Bakhita of Sudan Posted on The Metropolitan cathedral of Quito, Peru Lectionary 330 Let us make man in our own image God said, ‘Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth within the vault of heaven.’ And so it was. God created great sea-serpents and every kind of living creature with which the waters teem, and every kind of winged creature. God saw that it was good. God blessed t...

Jehovah’s Witnesses plan to release the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, in whole or in part, in 36 languages in 2021...

New publications Science, emigration, and mission of Russian women 20.03.2021 In February, the House of Russia Abroad launched Portraits of Women in the Russian Scientific Community Abroad in the 20th Century, a series of public lectures. In the lead-up to International Womens Day, we talked with Natalia Masolikova,  the author of the series, about how Russian women emigrants made their way to scientific heights, and what united them despite all the differences in characters and destinies....

Description Continuing his catechesis on prayer at the January 27, 2021, General Audience, Pope Francis reflects on the importance of the Sacred Scriptures in the life of prayer, saying it was written for each one of us. Publisher & Date Dear brothers and sisters, good morning! Today I would like to focus on the prayer we can do beginning with a Bible passage. The words of the Sacred Scripture were not written to remain imprisoned on papyrus, parchment or paper, but to be received by a person w...

By Lydia OKane “The words of the Sacred Scripture were not written to remain imprisoned on papyrus, parchment or paper, but to be received by a person who prays, making them blossom in his or her heart.” Those were Pope Francis’ words during his Catechesis at his Wednesday General Audience. Bible written for each one of us Reflecting this week on prayer that accompanies the reading of Sacred Scripture, the Pope underlined that the Bible was written for every one of us individually, to bri...