If we are used to singing or saying the words “Descendit de Caelis et incarnatus est”, they have a special relevance during this Christmas period. And so let us reflect more attentively on these affirmations of our Faith. What is the meaning of “to come down from Heaven”? After Christ’s eternal divinity, the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed confesses His Incarnation, starting with the phrase: “For us men and our salvation, He came… Read More
The “I accuse” of the Pope: historical and liberating 1st December: a thunder bolt in the Pauline Chapel on the. It is the 40th Anniversary of the International Theological Commission… However the Pope does not seem worried about this. His homily, delivered to a congregation of theologians is astounding: “These last two centuries, there have been many great theologians who have taught many things. They have penetrated the depths of… Read More
If we wish to reflect upon the divine intelligence, we must start with that which we know best, that which is most evident, so that we may make our way, by reason, to that which is most hidden from us. Let us begin, therefore, with our understanding of created nature. We see it well through daily experience, the more an intelligence is brilliant, the more facility it has in considering things in their universality. Thus will one student… Read More
The preceding article led us to distinguish philosophy and theology. We aren’t talking about excluding any connection between the two. If we can say that Philosophy was elected “Queen of the Sciences”, one must understand that to be in the natural order. For above this order, we have another which surpasses it, is superior to it and subordinates it perfectly: this is the supernatural order. If the title of Empress was superior to… Read More
Is the seminary, as currently existing in France, still adapted to the reality of its candidates? Is the formation taught fit for pastoral mission? Is the human and intellectual formation sufficient for pastoral work? A gloomy starting point Seminarians have a theoretical formation of seven years before arriving at the priesthood. Most of them nowadays arrive at the seminary at an older age then before and often after a well filled life but… Read More
The Coliseum certainly remains one of the most impressive monuments in the antique world. Located in the East of the Roman Forum, the Flavian amphitheatre, later called “the Coliseum” was initially intended to shelter gladiator fights. History of the Coliseum Rome endows with a permanent structure only in 29. This building comes in much later than in the provincial towns, probably by suspicion for these big places of gathering which… Read More
In a column published by Le Monde on 28th October 2009, the Swiss theologian Hans Kung violently attacked Pope Benedict’s approach to the Anglicans favourable to Rome. Kung’s main argument was of practical order: “We are speaking of about one million Anglicans and about twenty to thirty bishops. What about the other 76 million?” In clear terms, this approach to a certain kind of Anglican, perhaps too conservative would jeopardize the… Read More
Salutary thoughts on prevailing sanitary pornography The decision of the President of the Poitou-Charentes region in France conveys a disturbing trend on the part of public authorities. The institution of the “contraception-cheque” is nothing other than the mark of a drifting society, which no longer knows how to anchor itself in principles. By refusing all concept of transcendental law or even of natural law, it feels the need to find a… Read More
The very first recipe we shared with youone and a half year ago was a duo of glass cups. Many among you, loudly or by e-mail, asked for publishing other ideas of glass cups. In these Nativity days, the opportunity seemed to be perfect to answer the expectations because the color effects of the glass cups and their flavor some tastes brighten up the celebration tables.We remind you that you can buy plastic glass cups at very low cost (5… Read More
The European Court of Human Rights has once again ruled in a deplorable and absurd way on the matter of crucifixes in Italian schools. No doubt that the autistic technocrats, who despise the real world, will pretend that the present European construction respects the identities of its member states! But this decision is doubly iniquitous: it rejects at the same time a part of human nature, namely that man is by essence a religious animal and… Read More
