Which Classic Children's Book Describes Your Life? John Michael Talbot - The Ancient Path. Talbot’s Conversion Ripples Across the World. In my early 20s, I lived alone in tiny efficiency apartments in Chicago.
I eased solitude with music of Christian singer/songwriter John Michael Talbot. His lyrics are poetic, his search for God fruitful and far-reaching. Cute Animals. Protect us – One archbishop's plea as Nigeria elections loom. Rome, Italy, Dec 4, 2014 / 05:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As Nigeria's general elections draw near, the archbishop of the central city of Jos warned candidates not to put political agendas over people's safety and urged more rapid solutions to Boko Haram violence.
“This is a time in Nigeria that calls for genuine, authentic patriotism, because the attacks seem to be ongoing and destruction and displacement seem to be becoming a regular phenomenon,” Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama told CNA Nov. 22. “We are hoping that Nigerians who care for the good and the profit of Nigeria and Nigerians will do everything possible by transcending narrow political interests in order to genuinely seek solutions to end the phenomenon of Boko Haram.” The radical Islamist group Boko Haram began its deadly insurgency in 2009, killing over 4,000 people in 2014 alone, according to Human Rights Watch.
The group has been threatening to cross into Cameroon, which shares a 300-mile border with Nigeria. Will an ancient Christian culture disappear unless East and West unite? Washington D.C., Dec 5, 2014 / 02:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The East and West must cooperate to save ancient Christian cultures in the Middle East, to secure peace, and to protect humanity as a whole, an expert in Aramaic culture insists.
“If Christian communities in the Middle East are targeted, you will be sure that other communities will follow soon,” warned Iraqi-born Dr. Amal Marogy. A researcher and professor of Aramaic and Middle Eastern studies at Cambridge University and Kings College in Great Britain, Marogy currently heads the Aradin Charitable Trust that seeks to preserve the churches, art, and language that form the Aramaic culture. In a presentation at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C., she spoke of her work to preserve the last vestiges of Aramaic Christian culture in the Middle East. This includes a language that has lasted for 4,000 years and relies upon families and religious figures to pass it down to the next generation.
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Amazing Geminid fireball seen at the shower’s 2014 peak, by Dan McBride. Lee Hartley caught this Geminid meteor on the night of the shower’s 2014 peak. John Michael Talbot - Official Homepage. 1990 - The Birth of Jesus The secular Billboard Magazine called this the best Christmas recording of 1990.
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“The Turkish people deeply appreciated the Pope’s visit,” Zeynet Cebeci Suvari, a Ph.D. candidate at Bogazici University, told CNA. “The message is clear: 'I care about you and that is why I am here'. Even only this gesture means a lot in itself, without any words uttered.” Cebeci Suvari, a Muslim, is the first non-Christian to earn a licentiate in sacred theology from a pontifical university, having graduated from the Pontifical Gregorian University.
She commented that “in general, Muslims do not know much about how Holy Father is perceived in the Catholic world …. the differences among the various confessions of Christianity do not mean anything to an ordinary Muslim.” Catholics, Muslims together condemn terrorist acts in name of religion. Vatican City, Nov 13, 2014 / 03:34 pm (CNA).- In a joint statement delivered Thursday, the Catholic-Muslim Forum condemned acts of terrorism, oppression, and violence, affirming it is never acceptable to use religion to justify such acts.
The Catholic-Muslim Forum was held Nov. 11-13 in Rome. It was established in 2008 for dialogue between the religions, and it meets every three years to harvest the fruit of more grassroots dialogue pursued between the forums.