Israel Appoints Its First Arab Christian Ambassador

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Israel’s most interesting diplomat just got a historic promotion. The 34-year-old George Deek will soon become the first Arab Christian ambassador in Israeli history. Deek, who is a former Fulbright fellow and an expert in international law, isn’t getting one of the easier postings either: He’ll be Israel’s lead representative in Azerbaijan, a Muslim-majority country that borders Iran and has been at war with its neighbor Armenia for over 25 years. MORE

Catholic Tradition Newsletter 486: Confirmation, Last Sunday, Saint Catherine

Vol 11 Issue 47 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
November 24, 2018 ~ Saint John of the Cross

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1.      What is the Sacrament of Confirmation
2.      Last Sunday after Pentecost
3.      Saint Catherine of Alexandria
4.      Family and Marriage
5.      Articles and notices

Dear Reader:

Does God Will Evil? Is God responsible for evil? This is a common question as mankind suffers the consequences of its decisions.

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The Mass the Confiteor, the two witnesses and the Third Missing Witness

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As for the two witnesses which come into the world during the Great Apostasy, we will be without a true Pope as the Antichrists will control the apostate church while the faithful seek refuge in the wilderness. Apocalypse. 12

Elias and Enoch do not come back but are represented by the current two witnesses. In Christ’s time we had two witnesses: St. John the Baptist, who represented Elias 4, and Jesus who represented Enoch. Enoch was married and represents the married state in the mystical body of Christ.

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Man’s Obsession with Eliminating Original Sin

The world since time immemorial has been motivated towards solving the world’s problems (not that we shouldn’t work to lessen the ills of society). But since time immemorial we continue to ignore God’s revelation that He did not create this world for it to be a paradise on the equal level as Heaven. Even though Adam and Eve were as perfectly happy as one can be in the imperfect state of the godly image, we see Adam as lonely, and Eve choosing the forbidden fruit, which resulted in Original SIN. 

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