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Limbo Is Not Catholic Anymore
The appointed Catholic Commission working on the limbo state and its interpretation ruled this is another problematic concept and the Catholics are free to reject or accept it. The concept contradicted the message of help revealed in the Bible and posed numerous social questions referring to the relation between the parents of the babies in limbo and the Church. Thus ends a 750 years old doctrine (...)

A New Perspective
We imagine Christian communities are free of day-to-day struggles and do not present the same social and personal issues extant in non-religious lives. Well, we are about to change our position with a new movie called "Hidden Secrets", which is portraying various categories of Christians who deal with abortion, homosexuality and sexual attraction. The film talks a lot about God and Jesus Christ, but it is entertaining with its portrayal of Christian types and the fun way in which it presents its theme (...)

Council of Ex-Muslims
In Germany there is a large minority of Islamic people. Their cultural heritage and religious creed is well respected, but inside this minority there is another one, the minority of ex-Muslims, who renounced their faith. For them, there is an institution representing them, the Council of Ex-Muslims. Read here an interview with the founder of this council, Mina Ahadi, an Iranian-born activist living in Germany who speaks about the ex-Muslims who are represented by Muslim organizations (...)

"God And Genome"
"Science should be a form of worship", so it began the lecture given by Dr. Francis Collins, one of the most respected physicians and geneticians. During the lecture, he divided creationism in two parts, Old Earth creationism, saying that God created the Universe in millions of years, and Young Earth creationism, saying the world was created in 24 hours. He also praised science as one of the methods to catch a glimpse of God's wisdom. Dr. Francis Collins is well-known for research on human genome and gene disease (...)

Anti-communist=pro-fascist?
Friend with many of Romania's great anti-communist figures and having connections with great
writers like Mircea Eliade, Emil Cioran and Constantin Noica, Vintila Horia wrote in three languages and was translated in 15 other languages. He almost received Prix Goncourt, but lost his nomination due to a campaign of the communists in France. As many of the Romanian cultural elite in the period between the two wars, Horia wrote texts that were called "fascist", but his life and story could change if the current initiative to rehabilitate him works. Read here more (...)

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