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POPE FORMOSUS STANDS TRIAL IN 897 (PAINTING BY JEAN PAUL LAURENS IN 1870)86

Roman Catholic Church

This article is the 8th episode of a series on the History of Christianity. The first section was entitled Origin of Christianity 33 to 100 AD; and the episode before this one is History about Christianity...

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Sister Janet Mead The Lord's Prayer

Maybe you don't recognize the name Sister Janet Mead if you're not from Australia. However, if you were a kid or older during the 70s, you probably know who she is, if only indirectly. Sister Janet Mead has...

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Saint Brigid of Ireland

Most people only remember Saint Patrick as the patron saint of Ireland. However, his female counterpart is just as important! Saint Brigid is also the patron saint of Ireland and she was born in 451. Saint...

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Saint Alice

In 1204 in a tiny village close to Brussels, called Shaerbeck, Saint Alice was born. She was sometimes also called Aleydis, which was common for people of her name back then.Alice was brought up in a very...

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The Catholic Goddess

Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary keep turning up all over the world. She appears in Yugoslavia, New York, France, Mexico... She even appears as an image in rust on the side of a grain elevator in the...

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Praying the Rosary

There are many Catholics who do not know how to properly say the Rosary; the only difference is that you have asked!One does not have to have had any rites of passage in order to say the Rosary, let alone...

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Saint Aaron, Patron Saint

Saint Aaron, sometimes known as Saint Aihran, was born in Armorican Domnonia, which was a kingdom of Great Britain. His birth occured in the sixth century, but their is some uncertainty that surrounds Saint...

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Obama: A Convenient Convert? Closet Atheist?

I'll tell you why Barack Obama sat in the Church of Reverend Jeremiah Wright, without batting an eyelash through 20 yrs of inflammatory rabble rousing. He's an atheist and he doesn't give a hoot about...

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With Fear And Trembling

When I hear someone apologizing for their own personal beliefs whatever they may be, I find myself thinking why would someone apologize for something they're doing that they think is best for themselves? ...

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What Kind of Father Wants His Children to Fail?

 Even though I am a non-believer, I am bothered by one thing.  While I admit that most religions have some good points, rules for common sense living, I am also bothered by the idea of a supreme being who,...

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