Archive for January 2010

Pope Hopes for Unity With SSPX

Jan 15th, 2010 | By | Category: Unity in the News

In an address to members Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith at noon on Friday Pope Benedict XVI spoke of the unity he wishes to see in the Catholic Church. He expressed his hope for “full communion” with the Society of St. Pius X and the adherence of Anglicans “to […]



Betancourt: Rome IS the True Church

Jan 12th, 2010 | By | Category: Unity in the News

Norman Geisler’s co-author of Is Rome the True Church? (Crossway Books, 2008), Joshua Betancourt, has converted to Catholicism! This has been confirmed by Doug Beaumont, a friend of Mr. Betancourt’s. Read the whole story here.



Baptism Now Saves You: Some (More) Prolegomena

Jan 6th, 2010 | By | Category: Blog Posts

The Catholic Church dogmatically affirms that Sacred Scripture indeed teaches the salvific efficacy of baptism, where “baptism” refers to the sacrament in which a person is washed with water in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and “salvation” refers to the bestowal of gifts whereby a person […]



Essay Contest for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Jan 2nd, 2010 | By | Category: Blog Posts

The Church Unity Octave (eight days), also called the “Week of prayer for Christian unity” begins on January 18. This will be the 102 annual week of prayer for Christian unity. January 18th was originally chosen as the first day of the Octave because it was one of the two feast days of the Chair […]