Although deconstructed by ideologies, hope is not lost. It is a perennial possibility, even in the midst of the most horrible persecutions.
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A Summer Reading, Benedict XVI and Hope. 4. Act Three: The Attack Against Hope
By divorcing Biblical faith from Greek reason, Luther, Kant, and Marx destroyed the roots of the Christian concept of hope.
A Summer Reading, Benedict XVI and Hope. 3. Act Two: The Definition of Hope
Faith and hope are closely related. To understand hope, the German Pope argued, we should look at the definition of faith in the “Epistle to the Hebrews.”
A Summer Reading, Benedict XVI and Hope. 2. Act I: The Birth of Hope
When was hope born? In “Spe salvi” the German Pope discusses the “scandalous” claim in the “Epistle to the Ephesians” that before Jesus hope did not exist.
A Summer Reading, Benedict XVI and Hope. 1. A Dialogue with Ernst Bloch and Greek Philosophy
Hope is the main resource religions provide, and one unfortunately becoming scarce. A proposal: reading again “Spe salvi,” the 2007 treatise on hope by the German Pope.
China, Catholic Clergy Starts Receiving “Patriotic Education”
The United Front lamented that religions do not implement the new law on domestic propaganda quickly enough. The Patriotic Catholic Church mobilized immediately.
Li Wencheng Dies at 97: How China Fabricates Religious Leaders
The former General Secretary of the China Taoist Association knew nothing about religion but was made by the CCP first into a Catholic and then a Taoist leader.
Constitutional Court of Colombia: Religious Liberty Includes the Right to a Religious Funeral
A mother detained in a maximum-security jail still had the right to organize a Catholic funeral for her son, which the state should have subsidized since she had no money for it, the Court said.
“Strict Governance of Religion” for Catholics Too
A conference in Huizhou, Guangdong, is an indication that the new policy is being extended to the Patriotic Catholic Church.
Puerta de la Montaña: Inter-American Court on Human Rights Orders Nicaragua to Free Jailed Protestants
They were falsely accused of money laundering and sentenced to jail penalties ranging from twelve to fifteen years.