THE CAPRANICA

Tony Blair did it after he left office (perhaps to due to his wife’s Catholicism).  Will President Bush convert to Catholicism?  This article seems to think so.

George W Bush meets Pope amid claims he might convert to Catholicism - Telegraph

Has Hagee become Ecumenical for the sake of Republican politics?

Televangelist John Hagee apologizes to Catholics - Yahoo! News

Richard Mouw, President of Fuller Theological Seminary, finds a great deal of commonality with Roman Catholicism’s current Pope.  One wonders what remains as an adequate expression of orthodoxy among Evangelicals.

Q&A: Richard Mouw | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction

While few reasons or explanations (other than his wife and children are Catholic) are provided, former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair has defected from Anglicanism to Catholicism.

Tony Blair converts to Catholicism - Yahoo! News

This image gives new meaning to gathering around a camp fire to transfer your sins to a pine cone and chuck them into the flames.  If you saw Pope John Paul II coming out of your campfire - what would you do with your pine cone?

Is this Pope John Paul II waving from beyond the [...]

Why are Protestants not proper churches, but can still have some good in them?  Because they aren’t Catholic, but any truth they do teach comes from Catholicism proper.  Here’s the full text statement from the Vatican.

Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine on the Church

Pluralism is NOT the official position of the Roman Catholic Church.  But we all knew that.  Protestants are NOT recognized as proper churches because we reject the primacy of the papacy.  We all knew that too.  Finally, a clear pontifical voice that affirms what protestants have been saying about Catholicism all along, but few modern [...]

I have finally come to my senses and see why it is better to be Catholic - that is if you are the Pope. You can simply change the rules when you want to. It is especially good to do it when the previous infallible pope made a mistake. Well done for [...]

Andreas Kostenberger reviews a recent lecture on “Non-canonical Early Christian Writings.” The lecture points out a number of interesting apocryphal connections to Roman Catholic theology and Kostenberger has a good summary of how we should view and use apocryphal literature.

Biblical Foundations » The Apocryphal New Testament

I just had to wonder as I read this report as to how the same Muslim community that criticized the Pope’s representation of Islam would respond to an academic evaluation of their own mischaracterizations of other religions.

Muslims find errors in Pope’s presentation of Islam | Top News | Reuters.com

So, does this mean that “jihad” and “holy war” do reflect the nature of God?
Pope “deeply sorry” over Muslim anger - Yahoo! News

Oops! The Pope suggested that Islam was founded in violence. He suggested that words like “jihad” and “holy war “are “incompatible with the nature of God.” Then he apologized for such an insult against Islam. Interesting to watch Catholicism bow their need in subservience to the god of religious pluralism.
Pope [...]

Reformation Theolgy on Mary Worship in Catholicism.

Reformation Theology: Latria v. Dulia in Roman Catholicism

Here’s one for the files.
Triablogue: Was The Papacy Established By Christ? (Part 1)
Part 2

National Catholic Register
Reading this article confirms what I had often thought about Randall Terry.  He is on the right side (though his methodology is often askew) of the abortion issue, but devoid of much in the way of biblical theology.  Not that I had delved deep into Terry’s background, but based upon his public appearances, [...]

For an interesting evaluation of more trends of Protestants ignoring orthodoxy and sliding toward embracing Catholic dogma, see Albert Mohler’s blog from Tuesday, May 17, 2005 entitled: “Anglicans and Roman Catholics Together-On Mary.”