Podcasts about Pope John

Advent tells us that Christmas is at hand. Father Kubicki shares some words from Pope John the XXIII who prayed the third Joyful mystery of the rosary for all of the children who would be morn that day.

Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher speak with writer and scholar Simon Critchley about his new book, Mysticism. Defining mysticism not as a religion but as a “tendency, a distillation of existing devotional practice,” the book begins by considering some of the great mystics of the Christian tradition. These include Critchley's favorite mystic, Julian of Norwich, known as the first woman to ever write a book in English, Margery Kempe, Christina the Astonishing, and Meister Echkhart, a German theologian who influenced philosophers like Hegel and Heidegger and was tried as a heretic shortly after his death by Pope John in 1329. But more than a history or survey of mysticism, Critchley's book is invested in isolating the loss of self and experience of ecstasy its practitioners describe, and looking for resonance within contemporary culture. He examines the work of writers such as Anne Carson and Annie Dillard, and the musician Nick Cave, suggesting that mysticism lives on as a secular aesthetic experience in the “world of enchantment opened in art, poetry and—especially—music.” Also, Deborah Levy, the author of The Position of Spoons: And Other Intimacies, returns to recommend two books scheduled to be published next year, On Breathing: Care in a Time of Carastrophe by Jamieson Webster, and Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs.

Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher speak with writer and scholar Simon Critchley about his new book, Mysticism. Defining mysticism not as a religion but as a “tendency, a distillation of existing devotional practice,” the book begins by considering some of the great mystics of the Christian tradition. These include Critchley's favorite mystic, Julian of Norwich, known as the first woman to ever write a book in English, Margery Kempe, Christina the Astonishing, and Meister Echkhart, a German theologian who influenced philosophers like Hegel and Heidegger and was tried as a heretic shortly after his death by Pope John in 1329. But more than a history or survey of mysticism, Critchley's book is invested in isolating the loss of self and experience of ecstasy its practitioners describe, and looking for resonance within contemporary culture. He examines the work of writers such as Anne Carson and Annie Dillard, and the musician Nick Cave, suggesting that mysticism lives on as a secular aesthetic experience in the “world of enchantment opened in art, poetry and—especially—music.” Also, Deborah Levy, the author of The Position of Spoons: And Other Intimacies, returns to recommend two books scheduled to be published next year, On Breathing: Care in a Time of Carastrophe by Jamieson Webster, and Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs.

Remembering Saint Pope John 23rd: The Good Pope on His Feast Day Saint Pope John 23rd was born in the Northern Italy town of Sotto il Monte in 1881. Upon becoming a priest in 1904, he was made the secretary to a bishop. A few years later he was appointed to go to Rome. He was appointed to be a Cardinal in 1953, and was elected Pope in 1958 at the age 76. His birth name was Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, but he chose the name John upon accepting the chair of Pope. He was known for many things, including commissioning / beginning the Vatican II Council. He was also known as The Good Pope, and was canonized alongside Saint Pope John Paul II. Upon becoming the Pope, his first statement was the Vatican must modernize the Church. Hear more on the day of Pope Saint Pope John 23rd's Feast Day. Listen to: Remembering Saint Pope John 23rd: The Good Pope on His Feast Day --------------------------------- Image: Official Photo: Pope Saint John 23rd Bishop of Rome: 1958-1963 --------------------------------- Gospel Reading: Luke: 11: 15-26 First Reading: GAL: 3: 7-14

Full Text of ReadingsFriday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 465The Saint of the day is Saint John XXIIISaint John XXIII's Story Although few people had as great an impact on the 20th century as Pope John XXIII, he avoided the limelight as much as possible. Indeed, one writer has noted that his “ordinariness” seems one of his most remarkable qualities. The firstborn son of a farming family in Sotto il Monte, near Bergamo in northern Italy, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was always proud of his down-to-earth roots. In Bergamo's diocesan seminary, he joined the Secular Franciscan Order. After his ordination in 1904, Fr. Roncalli returned to Rome for canon law studies. He soon worked as his bishop's secretary, Church history teacher in the seminary, and as publisher of the diocesan paper. His service as a stretcher-bearer for the Italian army during World War I gave him a firsthand knowledge of war. In 1921, Fr. Roncalli was made national director in Italy of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. He also found time to teach patristics at a seminary in the Eternal City. In 1925, he became a papal diplomat, serving first in Bulgaria, then in Turkey, and finally in France. During World War II, he became well acquainted with Orthodox Church leaders. With the help of Germany's ambassador to Turkey, Archbishop Roncalli helped save an estimated 24,000 Jewish people. Named a cardinal and appointed patriarch of Venice in 1953, he was finally a residential bishop. A month short of entering his 78th year, Cardinal Roncalli was elected pope, taking the name John after his father and the two patrons of Rome's cathedral, St. John Lateran. Pope John took his work very seriously but not himself. His wit soon became proverbial, and he began meeting with political and religious leaders from around the world. In 1962, he was deeply involved in efforts to resolve the Cuban missile crisis. His most famous encyclicals were Mother and Teacher (1961) and Peace on Earth (1963). Pope John XXIII enlarged the membership in the College of Cardinals and made it more international. At his address at the opening of the Second Vatican Council, he criticized the “prophets of doom” who “in these modern times see nothing but prevarication and ruin.” Pope John XXIII set a tone for the Council when he said, “The Church has always opposed… errors. Nowadays, however, the Spouse of Christ prefers to make use of the medicine of mercy rather than that of severity.” On his deathbed, Pope John said: “It is not that the gospel has changed; it is that we have begun to understand it better. Those who have lived as long as I have…were enabled to compare different cultures and traditions, and know that the moment has come to discern the signs of the times, to seize the opportunity and to look far ahead.” “Good Pope John” died on June 3, 1963. St. John Paul II beatified him in 2000, and Pope Francis canonized him in 2014. Reflection Throughout his life, Angelo Roncalli cooperated with God's grace, believing that the job at hand was worthy of his best efforts. His sense of God's providence made him the ideal person to promote a new dialogue with Protestant and Orthodox Christians, as well as with Jews and Muslims. In the sometimes noisy crypt of St. Peter's Basilica, many people become silent on seeing the simple tomb of Pope John XXIII, grateful for the gift of his life and holiness. After his beatification, his tomb was moved into the basilica itself. Learn more about Pope John XXIII! Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Memorial of Saint Pius X, PopeJohn 21:15-17After Jesus had revealed himself to his disciples andeaten breakfast with them,he said to Simon Peter,"Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?"Simon Peter answered him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."Jesus said to him, "Feed my lambs."

Today is the feast of Pope Saint John I, a pope who had many challenges in his time. Pope John I had to contend with the Arian heresy. Popes have led the Church in truth often at great cost to them and in Pope John's case it costed him his life.

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Full Text of ReadingsWednesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 463The Saint of the day is Saint John XXIIISaint John XXIII's Story Although few people had as great an impact on the 20th century as Pope John XXIII, he avoided the limelight as much as possible. Indeed, one writer has noted that his “ordinariness” seems one of his most remarkable qualities. The firstborn son of a farming family in Sotto il Monte, near Bergamo in northern Italy, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was always proud of his down-to-earth roots. In Bergamo's diocesan seminary, he joined the Secular Franciscan Order. After his ordination in 1904, Fr. Roncalli returned to Rome for canon law studies. He soon worked as his bishop's secretary, Church history teacher in the seminary, and as publisher of the diocesan paper. His service as a stretcher-bearer for the Italian army during World War I gave him a firsthand knowledge of war. In 1921, Fr. Roncalli was made national director in Italy of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. He also found time to teach patristics at a seminary in the Eternal City. In 1925, he became a papal diplomat, serving first in Bulgaria, then in Turkey, and finally in France. During World War II, he became well acquainted with Orthodox Church leaders. With the help of Germany's ambassador to Turkey, Archbishop Roncalli helped save an estimated 24,000 Jewish people. Named a cardinal and appointed patriarch of Venice in 1953, he was finally a residential bishop. A month short of entering his 78th year, Cardinal Roncalli was elected pope, taking the name John after his father and the two patrons of Rome's cathedral, St. John Lateran. Pope John took his work very seriously but not himself. His wit soon became proverbial, and he began meeting with political and religious leaders from around the world. In 1962, he was deeply involved in efforts to resolve the Cuban missile crisis. His most famous encyclicals were Mother and Teacher (1961) and Peace on Earth (1963). Pope John XXIII enlarged the membership in the College of Cardinals and made it more international. At his address at the opening of the Second Vatican Council, he criticized the “prophets of doom” who “in these modern times see nothing but prevarication and ruin.” Pope John XXIII set a tone for the Council when he said, “The Church has always opposed… errors. Nowadays, however, the Spouse of Christ prefers to make use of the medicine of mercy rather than that of severity.” On his deathbed, Pope John said: “It is not that the gospel has changed; it is that we have begun to understand it better. Those who have lived as long as I have…were enabled to compare different cultures and traditions, and know that the moment has come to discern the signs of the times, to seize the opportunity and to look far ahead.” “Good Pope John” died on June 3, 1963. St. John Paul II beatified him in 2000, and Pope Francis canonized him in 2014. Reflection Throughout his life, Angelo Roncalli cooperated with God's grace, believing that the job at hand was worthy of his best efforts. His sense of God's providence made him the ideal person to promote a new dialogue with Protestant and Orthodox Christians, as well as with Jews and Muslims. In the sometimes noisy crypt of St. Peter's Basilica, many people become silent on seeing the simple tomb of Pope John XXIII, grateful for the gift of his life and holiness. After his beatification, his tomb was moved into the basilica itself. Learn more about Pope John XXIII! Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

A daily news briefing from Catholic News Agency, powered by artificial intelligence. Ask your smart speaker to play “Catholic News,” or listen every morning wherever you get podcasts. www.catholicnewsagency.com - Pope Francis has spoken by telephone with a Catholic priest serving in Gaza, according to the news agency of the Italian bishops' conference. The pope called Father Gabriel Romanelli, pastor of Holy Family Church, the only Catholic Church in Gaza City and in the Gaza Strip, on October 9. Romanelli said Francis shared “his closeness and prayers for the entire Church community of Gaza and all the parishioners and inhabitants” and imparted his blessing on them. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255630/pope-francis-calls-gaza-priest-as-israel-announces-blockade In a message to Vancouver's Jewish community, Vancouver Archbishop J Michael Miller “unequivocally condemned” Saturday's attack on Israel, calling it an offense against moral and international law. Commenting from Rome where he is attending the Synod on Synodality, the archbishop said Monday the news about “the Hamas incursion into Israel is devastating.” The nature of the attack and the taking of women and children as hostages was “a serious violation not only of international law but, even more importantly, of the moral law that is written in the conscience of every human being,” he said. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255640/archbishop-of-vancouver-calls-attack-on-israel-contrary-to-moral-and-international-law Two 12-year-olds were identified by police Sunday as suspects in the vandalism of a Massachusetts Catholic church, which included a fire being set to an altar cloth, a tabernacle cloth, and the lectionary. The two juveniles, a boy and a girl, will not face any charges at this time, police said. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255635/two-12-year-olds-identified-as-vandals-in-massachusetts-church-fire An Oklahoma school authority on Monday gave the thumbs-up to a contract for the nation's first religious charter school, a virtual Catholic institution that is facing challenges from advocates who claim the school would violate state law. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255634/oklahoma-board-approves-catholic-charter-school-contract Today the Church celebrates Saint John the 23rd. Born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli at Sotto il Monte, Italy on November 25, 1881, Pope John XXIII was elected on October 28, 1958. He died June 3, 1963 in Rome and was beatified by Pope John Paul II on September 3, 2000. Elected Pope on the death of Pope Pius XII, he was an example of a ‘pastoral' Pope, a good shepherd who cared deeply for his sheep. He manifested this concern in his social enyclicals, especially Pacem in Terris, “On peace in the World.” His greatest act as Pope however was undoubtedly the inspiration to convoke the Second Vatican Council, which he opened on October 11, 1962. Pope John's spirit of humble simplicity, profound goodness, and deep life of prayer radiated in all that he did, and inspired people to affectionately call him “Good Pope John.” https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/pope-saint-john-xxiii-390 The Church also celebrates Saint Firminus, a fifth and sixth century bishop of bishop of Uzès. In 538, he signed the fourth and fifth Councils of Orléans in 541 and 549, respectively. In 551, he assisted at the second council of Paris. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-firminus-of-uzes-10

As far back as the 13th century, rumors have existed of a female Pope who originally came to the Rome disguised as a man to be with a lover in the church.  She is said to have rose to prominence though her abilities and was eventually elected as Pope John but found out when she gave birth to a child.  Is there any truth to the rumor that has persisted for centuries?

Memorial of Saint Pius X, PopeJn 21:15-17After Jesus had revealed himself to his disciples andeaten breakfast with them,he said to Simon Peter,"Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?"Simon Peter answered him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."Jesus said to him, "Feed my lambs."

May 18: Saint John I, Pope and Martyr c. Late Fifth Century–526 Optional Memorial; Liturgical Color: Red The pope is crushed in a secular vice by two worldly masters The early Popes were Roman citizens who retained their birth or baptismal names upon being elected to the See of Peter. Their names perfectly reflect a flourishing Roman culture rather than the Christian subculture which was gradually budding and flowering in its midst. So there are Popes Clement, Linus, Anacletus, Sixtus, Victor, Callixtus, Urban, and Fabian. It sounds like a roll call of Roman senators in white togas seated on the marble benches of the Forum. It is not until 254 that Pope Stephen bears a name from the New Testament and not until 336 does Pope Mark honor an Evangelist. Considering the centrality of Saints John the Evangelist and John the Baptist to the Christian story, it is surprising that five hundred years transpired before today's saint, Pope John I, so honored their memory. A pope is only called the “First” once there's a “Second.” In 533 a man named Mercurius succeeded today's John as Bishop of Rome. Mercurius' birth name was so overtly pagan—honoring the Roman God Mercury—that he chose to honor his martyred predecessor John by adopting his same name. Mercurius thus initiated the venerable tradition of a pope adopting a new name upon his election. At the same time he also retroactively turned Pope John into Pope John I. The flow of the early martyrs' blood had long since ceased by John I's election in 523. There was no emperor or court even left in Rome by 523 for barbarians to attack. The traditional date of the fall of the Western Roman Empire is 476. John I was, then, the pope of a declining, far western outpost of an empire whose central government had been in Constantinople for almost two hundred years by John I's election. Rome was fading. The Empire's long, slow decline in Italy had created a vacuum. Rugged tribes of the North, including the Ostrogoths (Eastern Goths), poured south into the warm valleys and cultured towns of the Italian countryside and saturated Rome itself. The Ostrogoths had called the Italian peninsula home for so long that, by the sixth century, they were part Roman, part barbarian, and part Christian. Borderlands are always a mix. For complex historical reasons, the Ostrogoths and their Italian ruler, Theodoric, were Arians. Their prior isolation in Northern Europe had prohibited them from absorbing the teachings of the fourth-century Councils of Nicea and Constantinople. So the Ostrogoths were unaware that the Church had decisively rejected the Arian heresy, which held that Christ was a god, but not the God. It was amidst these tense political and religious circumstances that poor Pope John I was placed in an impossible situation. John was caught between the Emperor Justin in remote Constantinople, who exercised significant control over Church discipline, and Theodoric, who was standing right at his side, breathing down his neck. Justin had issued an edict ordering the Arians, including the Ostrogoths in Italy, to surrender their churches to the Catholics. Theodoric would have none of it. He was as angry as a hornet. To him, it was the first step toward Constantinople reasserting its control over Italy, something the Ostrogoths would resist to the death. So Theodoric sent Pope John at the head of a large embassy of Roman dignitaries to Constantinople to demand that Justin withdraw the edict. Pope John obediently went. He was greeted in the capital with elaborate ceremony and honored as head of the Church. But he could not, and did not, secure what Theodoric so desired. It was impossible. The edict was binding. When Pope John and his party crossed the Adriatic Sea to return to Rome, they landed at Ravenna. Theodoric, who had heard of Pope John's failure to have the edict rescinded, imprisoned him. And there the Pope died, in Ravenna, perhaps of shock, perhaps of mistreatment. His blood did not run red like the martyrs of old, but he died a victim for Christ nonetheless, unable to simultaneously satisfy two powerful secular masters. John I's mortal remains were returned to Rome. In keeping with the custom for all popes since Pope Leo the Great (440–461), Pope John I was interred in the nave of the Constantinian Basilica of St. Peter. When the new St. Peter's was built in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, John's tomb did not surface nor did any epitaph. But Pope Saint John I is still there, somewhere, under the floor of St. Peter's, arms crossed, facing up, ring on his bony finger, vested in gold, miter crowning his head, as waves of tourists walk on the marble floor above him. He rests in peace, forgotten to but a few. Pope Saint John I, your fidelity to your vocation as Pope led to your death. You were faithful in the face of threats from civil power but did not bend to its will. May all popes look to your example for inspiration in leading the Church.

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With so many newspapers downsizing their sports departments in New Jersey or forcing you to pay for a subscription for subpar coverage, where can you get you amateur wrestling fix? Donald Brower, who has covered high school wrestling in New Jersey extensively for the last 14 years with a heavy focus on Morris, Passaic, Hunterdon, Sussex and Warren County, shares his weekly thoughts on the state of wrestling in the state. During the show he announces his Weekly Team Top 10, Wrestler of the Week, answers listener submitted questions as well as tackles the topics and stories surrounding the sport. In this episode, Donald interviews the area medalists at the 2023 NJSIAA Boys Wrestling State Championship Tournament in Atlantic City. Featuring interviews from Aidan Scheeringa of Hackettstown (106 lbs., 6th place), Jayden James of Delbarton (113 lbs., 3rd place), Adrian DeJesus of Depaul Catholic (120 lbs., 3rd place), Carson Walsh of Pope John (126 lbs., 5th place), Matt Roche of Delaware Valley (126 lbs., 8th place), Jack Bastarrika of Mount Olive (132 lbs., 2nd place), Jack Myers of Morristown (132 lbs., 3rd place), Luke Geleta of Phillipsburg (138 lbs., 6th place), Brandon Dean of West Morris (144 lbs., 6th place), Cross Wasilewski of Delbarton (150 lbs., 3rd place), Tyler Bienus of Mount Olive (175 lbs., 7th place), Vincenzo LaValle of Hanover Park (190 lbs., 3rd place), Alex Uryniak of North Hunterdon (190 lbs., 5th place), Joe Abill of Clifton (215 lbs., 3rd place), Brendan Raley of North Hunterdon (215 lbs., 4th place), Jarett Pantuso of Warren Hills (215 lbs., 5th place), Anthony Moscatello of Mount Olive (215 lbs., 7th place), and John Wargo of Phillipsburg (285 lbs., 7th place). Sponsored by: Champion Athletes Sports Nutrition - https://champion-athletes.com/ Harrington Companies and Contractors: https://harringtoncontractors.com/ -- Visit our website for more wrestling content: https://gardenstatehswrestling.com/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GardenStateHSWrestlingcom-474818716023801/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GardenStateHSW Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gardenstatehswrestling/ Interested in having GardenStateHSWrestling come and cover your next event? Fill out this form here and let us know: https://gardenstatehswrestling.com/event-services-request-form/ Copyright © GardenStateHSWrestling, LLC. All rights reserved.

This week's podcast features a Focus On Israel episode where we take a closer look at Nostra Aetate, the formal document of the Catholic Church that decries hatred, persecution and displays of antisemitism against the Jewish people. In September of 1960, Pope John the 23rd asked that a decree be written defining the relationship between the Church and the Jews. The document was ultimately signed by Pope John Paul VI following its adaption in 1965. In this remarkable document, the Catholic Church acknowledged that the Jewish people are not responsible for the death of Jesus, citing the elimination of the deicide narrative, and recognizing that the Jewish covenant with God for the land of Israel has not been broken. It further states that Christianity sprang from Jewish roots and is inextricably intertwined with Judaism.

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Join us for another episode of the Konza Catholic Podcast as the Fathers discuss the life and influence of Pope John the Twenty-Third, a "stop-gap" pope who has influenced the modern church as much as any pope since.

Full Text of ReadingsTuesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 468All podcast readings are produced by the USCCB and are from the Catholic Lectionary, based on the New American Bible and approved for use in the United States _______________________________________The Saint of the day is Saint John XXIIIAlthough few people had as great an impact on the 20th century as Pope John XXIII, he avoided the limelight as much as possible. Indeed, one writer has noted that his “ordinariness” seems one of his most remarkable qualities. The firstborn son of a farming family in Sotto il Monte, near Bergamo in northern Italy, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was always proud of his down-to-earth roots. In Bergamo's diocesan seminary, he joined the Secular Franciscan Order. After his ordination in 1904, Fr. Roncalli returned to Rome for canon law studies. He soon worked as his bishop's secretary, Church history teacher in the seminary, and as publisher of the diocesan paper. His service as a stretcher-bearer for the Italian army during World War I gave him a firsthand knowledge of war. In 1921, Fr. Roncalli was made national director in Italy of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. He also found time to teach patristics at a seminary in the Eternal City. In 1925, he became a papal diplomat, serving first in Bulgaria, then in Turkey, and finally in France. During World War II, he became well acquainted with Orthodox Church leaders. With the help of Germany's ambassador to Turkey, Archbishop Roncalli helped save an estimated 24,000 Jewish people. Named a cardinal and appointed patriarch of Venice in 1953, he was finally a residential bishop. A month short of entering his 78th year, Cardinal Roncalli was elected pope, taking the name John after his father and the two patrons of Rome's cathedral, St. John Lateran. Pope John took his work very seriously but not himself. His wit soon became proverbial, and he began meeting with political and religious leaders from around the world. In 1962, he was deeply involved in efforts to resolve the Cuban missile crisis. His most famous encyclicals were Mother and Teacher (1961) and Peace on Earth (1963). Pope John XXIII enlarged the membership in the College of Cardinals and made it more international. At his address at the opening of the Second Vatican Council, he criticized the “prophets of doom” who “in these modern times see nothing but prevarication and ruin.” Pope John XXIII set a tone for the Council when he said, “The Church has always opposed… errors. Nowadays, however, the Spouse of Christ prefers to make use of the medicine of mercy rather than that of severity.” On his deathbed, Pope John said: “It is not that the gospel has changed; it is that we have begun to understand it better. Those who have lived as long as I have…were enabled to compare different cultures and traditions, and know that the moment has come to discern the signs of the times, to seize the opportunity and to look far ahead.” “Good Pope John” died on June 3, 1963. St. John Paul II beatified him in 2000, and Pope Francis canonized him in 2014. Reflection Throughout his life, Angelo Roncalli cooperated with God's grace, believing that the job at hand was worthy of his best efforts. His sense of God's providence made him the ideal person to promote a new dialogue with Protestant and Orthodox Christians, as well as with Jews and Muslims. In the sometimes noisy crypt of St. Peter's Basilica, many people become silent on seeing the simple tomb of Pope John XXIII, grateful for the gift of his life and holiness. After his beatification, his tomb was moved into the basilica itself. Learn more about Pope John XXIII! Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

A daily news briefing from Catholic News Agency, powered by artificial intelligence. Ask your smart speaker to play “Catholic News,” or listen every morning wherever you get podcasts. www.catholicnewsagency.com - The Vatican confirmed Tuesday that Pope Francis will join other religious leaders at a prayer service for peace at Rome's Colosseum later this month. The Oct. 25 prayer meeting is part of a three-day interreligious summit called “The Cry for Peace,” organized by the Community of Sant'Egidio. Sant'Egidio has held an international conference on the subject of peace every year since 1986, when Pope John Paul II convened the first World Day of Prayer for Peace in Assisi, Italy. The conference's final event will be the interreligious prayer service from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Colosseum. The famous monument is believed by some historians to be a site of early Christian martyrdom. Representatives of the world's major religions will take part in the prayer service and conference. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252516/pope-francis-to-join-interfaith-prayer-for-peace-at-colosseum-in-rome The Diocese of Arlington, Virgina's former director for the Office of Child Protection, Father Terry Specht, was found not guilty October 5 of aggravated sexual battery. Specht was indicted in December 2021 on two charges related to child sexual abuse. One of those charges was dropped during court proceedings. “While Father Specht was found not guilty, I nevertheless convey my heartfelt and sincere sorrow to anyone who has suffered sexual abuse,” Bishop Michael Burbidge of the Diocese of Arlington said. The Diocese of Arlington said that it has a “zero-tolerance policy” for abuse. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252513/former-arlington-director-of-child-protection-office-acquitted-on-sexual-battery-charge Today the Church celebrates Saint John the 23rd, who was pope from 1958 to 1963. Sixty years ago today, John the 23rd convoked the Second Vatican Council, opening the council on October 11, 1962. Pope John's spirit of humble simplicity, profound goodness, and deep life of prayer radiated in all that he did, and inspired people to affectionately call him “Good Pope John.” He was canonized by Pope Francis in Saint Peter's Square on April 27, 2014, alongside the man who beatified him, Pope Saint John Paul II. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/pope-saint-john-xxiii-390

October 11: Saint John XXIII, Pope1881–1963Optional Memorial; Liturgical Color: WhitePatron Saint of papal delegatesA smart, fatherly priest becomes a warm-hearted popeThe first Pope John XXIII was an amoral antipope. He was one of three competing popes between 1409–1417, the confusing, final chapter of the Western Schism whose power struggles and political intrigues tore at the fabric of the Church between 1378–1417. When today's saint was elected Bishop of Rome in 1958, being well versed in church history, he chose the name John XXIII to put to rest forever and always any lingering confusions about the historical status of the first John XXIII.Pope Saint John XXIII was born Angelo Roncalli into a large, humble, rural family in a mountainous region of Northern Italy. He entered the local minor seminary at the age of eleven and persevered in his philosophical and theological studies, both locally and in Rome, until his ordination in 1904. Angelo had the good fortune to know, serve, and study under a succession of well-educated, charitable, and holy pastors. Both his formal and informal Church-sponsored education created in him the winning combination of rustic common sense, broad historical vision, and cultural openness that would mark his entire life. His simple, but not simplistic, farm background, stellar education, profound life of prayer, and total immersion in the rich Catholic life and history of his native region formed and molded him into a great man.After his ordination, Father Angelo Roncalli became secretary to his bishop, a saintly and pastoral prelate whose total dedication left a deep impression on the young priest who was at his side for everything for almost ten years. Father Roncalli also edited a monthly journal, taught theology and history in the seminary, gave priestly guidance to various groups, and served as an army medic and military chaplain during World War I. His engaging personality and deep wisdom left a deep impression. He was, simply, an outstanding priest. In 1921 the Pope called him to Rome to serve the universal church in various roles, including as the Vatican representative in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece, and then as the Apostolic Nuncio to Paris near the end of WWII and beyond. In 1953 he was made a Cardinal and the Patriarch of Venice, and thus returned to some of the direct pastoral duties he loved so much and which had been so reduced during his long administrative service to the Church.In October 1958 his accumulated knowledge and experience were placed at the service of the universal Church, when at the age of seventy-six he was elected pope. He surprised the world soon afterward by calling for an Ecumenical Council, the meeting of all the world's bishops that became known as Vatican II. As pope, he published some important social encyclicals, waded into the dawning theological debates of the Council, and then died in 1963, after reigning for only four and a half years.From the age of fourteen, John XXIII had kept a spiritual journal he allowed to be posthumously published as Journal of a Soul. It reveals a trusting soul with a deep love of Jesus Christ and the Church, a man aware of all the major currents of culture, and a man of refined spirituality and profound humility. It reveals a saint. Pope John had said that he wanted to be like Pope Saint Pius X—to be born poor and to die poor. In his last will and testament he left $20 to each of the surviving members of his family. It was all he had. John XXIII was canonized on the same day as Pope Saint John Paul II on April 27, 2014. His feast day is not his date of birth, death, or ordination but the date of the opening session of Vatican II in 1962. His largely incorrupt body is visible to the faithful in a glass coffin in Saint Peter's Basilica.Pope Saint John XXIII, may your long life of dedicated and selfless service to the Church and to her faithful be an example for all priests and bishops. May they see in you an example of the Good Shepherd who cares for his flock with wisdom and tenderness.

A daily news briefing from Catholic News Agency, powered by artificial intelligence. Ask your smart speaker to play “Catholic News,” or listen every morning wherever you get podcasts. www.catholicnewsagency.com - Pope Francis beatified John Paul I, who reigned as pope for only 33 days, amid a thunderstorm in Saint Peter's Square on Sunday. In his homily for the rainy beatification Mass on September 4, Pope Francis said that John Paul I “embodied the poverty of a disciple” through his “victory over the temptation to put oneself at the center, to seek one's own glory.” Often called “the smiling pope,” John Paul I died unexpectedly on September 28, 1978, a month after the conclave that elected him. In one of the shortest pontificates in papal history, John Paul I gained a reputation for his humility and his dedication to teaching the faith in an understandable manner. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252206/pope-francis-beatifies-john-paul-i-pope-for-33-days With the next World Youth Day less than a year away, Pope Francis has promised that a pope will be in attendance, but joked that it may be “Pope John the 24th.” https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252209/pope-francis-jokes-that-either-he-or-john-xxiv-will-attend-world-youth-day-next-year In their message for Labor Day, the US bishops have urged the passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act as a means of building a just economy for women and families. “There is currently no federal law requiring employers to provide short-term, reasonable accommodations to pregnant women in the workplace and the PWFA would do so,” https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252194/us-bishops-urge-senate-to-pass-protections-for-working-moms-in-labor-day-message Today, the Church celebrates Saint Teresa of Calcutta, also known as Mother Teresa. She was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu August 26, 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia. The youngest of three children, she attended a youth group run by a Jesuit priest called Sodality, which eventually opened her to the call of service as a missionary nun. She joined the Sisters of Loretto at age 17 and was sent to Calcutta, where she taught at a high school. After contracting tuberculosis, she was sent to rest in Darjeeling, and it was on the way that she felt what she called "an order" from God to leave the convent and live among the poor. The Vatican granted her permission to leave the Sisters of Loretto and to live her new call under the guidance of the Archbishop of Calcutta.After she left her convent, Mother Teresa began working in the slums, teaching poor children, and treating the sick in their homes. A year later, some of her former students joined her, and together they took in men, women and children who were dying in the gutters along the streets. In 1950, the Missionaries of Charity were born as a congregation of the Diocese of Calcutta. In 1952, the government granted them a house from which to continue their mission of serving Calcutta's poor and forgotten. The congregation quickly grew from a single house for the dying and unwanted to nearly 500 houses around the world. Mother Teresa set up homes for prostitutes, battered women, orphanages for poor children and houses for those suffering from AIDS. She was a fierce defender of the unborn, and is known to have said, "If you hear of some woman who does not want to keep her child and wants to have an abortion, try to persuade her to bring him to me. I will love that child, seeing in him the sign of God's love." She died on September 5, 1997, and was beatified just six years later by Saint John Paul II October 19, 2003. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-teresa-of-kolkata-585

There's a story that claims back in the middle of the 9th century CE, there once lived a Pope named John Anglicus. Very little is known about what this Pope actually did during their reign. But one thing that is believed by some historians is that Pope John actually held a shocking secret. You see, legend has it, Pope John Anglicus was actually a woman known as Pope Joan, who managed to hide her gender and rise to the most powerful throne in Europe.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/how-history-keeps-ignoring-james-barry https://www.history.com/news/the-extraordinary-secret-life-of-dr-james-barry https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Pope-Joan-Alain-Boureau/dp/0226067459 https://www.press.umich.edu/135037/afterlife_of_pope_joan https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329309405_Pope_Joan_The_covered-up_pontificate_of_a_woman_or_a_fictional_legend_Second_Edition https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-coins-suggest-legendary-female-pope-may-have-existed-after-all-180970297/ https://www.livescience.com/63598-female-pope-joan-medieval-coins.html Music: The following music was used for this media project: Music: Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://incompetech.com

This week's podcast features a Focus On Israel broadcast that calls attention to the landmark document that repudiated antisemitism and the charge that the Jewish people were collectively guilty for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. In September of 1960, Pope John the 23rd tasked Cardinal Austin Bea to compose a decree on the relationship between the Church and the Jewish people. Five years later, the resulting declaration, "Nostra Aetate" (translated as "In Our Times" would be issued to help erase over a thousand years of hatred. It would forever imprint change and bring the accord of peace to the Catholic Church's relationship with the Jewish people. Listen and learn from this week's eye-opening broadcast!

What happens when the spoiled, frat-boy son of a promenant politician becomes both Pope and Ruler of Rome? Sex, drugs, and whatever the equivelent of rock-and-roll is on a lute. But not everyone was happy with John XII's leadership, or lack therefof.  Sources:  Sinful Facts About Pope John XII, The Party Pope (factinate.com) Pope John XII: The Youngest and Worst Pope in History | by Josh West MA | History of Yesterday

Father talks about the first of twenty-three Popes who have taken the name John. Today we celebrate the feast day of Pope John the first. Popes have led the church in the truth, often at great cost. We pray that we may imitate these great Popes in our own lives.

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May 18: Saint John I, Pope and Martyrc. Late Fifth Century–526Optional Memorial; Liturgical Color: RedThe pope is crushed in a secular vice by two worldly mastersThe early Popes were Roman citizens who retained their birth or baptismal names upon being elected to the See of Peter. Their names perfectly reflect a flourishing Roman culture rather than the Christian subculture which was gradually budding and flowering in its midst. So there are Popes Clement, Linus, Anacletus, Sixtus, Victor, Callixtus, Urban, and Fabian. It sounds like a roll call of Roman senators in white togas seated on the marble benches of the Forum. It is not until 254 that Pope Stephen bears a name from the New Testament and not until 336 does Pope Mark honor an Evangelist.Considering the centrality of Saints John the Evangelist and John the Baptist to the Christian story, it is surprising that five hundred years transpired before today's saint, Pope John I, so honored their memory. A pope is only called the “First” once there's a “Second.” In 533 a man named Mercurius succeeded today's John as Bishop of Rome. Mercurius' birth name was so overtly pagan—honoring the Roman God Mercury—that he chose to honor his martyred predecessor John by adopting his same name. Mercurius thus initiated the venerable tradition of a pope adopting a new name upon his election. At the same time he also retroactively turned Pope John into Pope John I.The flow of the early martyrs' blood had long since ceased by John I's election in 523. There was no emperor or court even left in Rome by 523 for barbarians to attack. The traditional date of the fall of the Western Roman Empire is 476. John I was, then, the pope of a declining, far western outpost of an empire whose central government had been in Constantinople for almost two hundred years by John I's election. Rome was fading.The Empire's long, slow decline in Italy had created a vacuum. Rugged tribes of the North, including the Ostrogoths (Eastern Goths), poured south into the warm valleys and cultured towns of the Italian countryside and saturated Rome itself. The Ostrogoths had called the Italian peninsula home for so long that, by the sixth century, they were part Roman, part barbarian, and part Christian. Borderlands are always a mix. For complex historical reasons, the Ostrogoths and their Italian ruler, Theodoric, were Arians. Their prior isolation in Northern Europe had prohibited them from absorbing the teachings of the fourth-century Councils of Nicea and Constantinople. So the Ostrogoths were unaware that the Church had decisively rejected the Arian heresy, which held that Christ was a god, but not the God.It was amidst these tense political and religious circumstances that poor Pope John I was placed in an impossible situation. John was caught between the Emperor Justin in remote Constantinople, who exercised significant control over Church discipline, and Theodoric, who was standing right at his side, breathing down his neck. Justin had issued an edict ordering the Arians, including the Ostrogoths in Italy, to surrender their churches to the Catholics. Theodoric would have none of it. He was as angry as a hornet. To him, it was the first step toward Constantinople reasserting its control over Italy, something the Ostrogoths would resist to the death. So Theodoric sent Pope John at the head of a large embassy of Roman dignitaries to Constantinople to demand that Justin withdraw the edict. Pope John obediently went. He was greeted in the capital with elaborate ceremony and honored as head of the Church. But he could not, and did not, secure what Theodoric so desired. It was impossible. The edict was binding.When Pope John and his party crossed the Adriatic Sea to return to Rome, they landed at Ravenna. Theodoric, who had heard of Pope John's failure to have the edict rescinded, imprisoned him. And there the Pope died, in Ravenna, perhaps of shock, perhaps of mistreatment. His blood did not run red like the martyrs of old, but he died a victim for Christ nonetheless, unable to simultaneously satisfy two powerful secular masters. John I's mortal remains were returned to Rome. In keeping with the custom for all popes since Pope Leo the Great (440–461), Pope John I was interred in the nave of the Constantinian Basilica of St. Peter. When the new St. Peter's was built in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, John's tomb did not surface nor did any epitaph. But Pope Saint John I is still there, somewhere, under the floor of St. Peter's, arms crossed, facing up, ring on his bony finger, vested in gold, miter crowning his head, as waves of tourists walk on the marble floor above him. He rests in peace, forgotten to but a few.Pope Saint John I, your fidelity to your vocation as Pope led to your death. You were faithful in the face of threats from civil power but did not bend to its will. May all popes look to your example for inspiration in leading the Church.

In this episode you'll hear the story of possibly the worst but definitely the most stupid Pope in history (Pope John XII), and Lev and Derek look into possibly the dumbest life insurance scam of all time (John and Anne Darwin). Now in Video Podcast format Support us on Patreon Visit our Instagram Or our Twitter Hosts: Lev & Derek https://linktr.ee/Lev_Myskin https://linktr.ee/ThatEffnGuy Artist: Sarah Chey https://www.fiverr.com/sarahchey Circus Man by Jeris (c) copyright 2012 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/37243 Ft: A.M. mews by MommaLuv SKyTower --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historysgreatestidiots/support

In this episode you'll hear the story of possibly the worst but definitely the most stupid Pope in history (Pope John XII), and Lev and Derek look into possibly the dumbest life insurance scam of all time (John and Anne Darwin). Now in Video Podcast format Support us on Patreon Visit our Instagram Or our Twitter Hosts: Lev & Derek https://linktr.ee/Lev_Myskin https://linktr.ee/ThatEffnGuy Artist: Sarah Chey https://www.fiverr.com/sarahchey Circus Man by Jeris (c) copyright 2012 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/37243 Ft: A.M. mews by MommaLuv SKyTower --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historysgreatestidiots/support

Coach Karakoudous has had an impressive run as the Beverley Boys Basketball these past 5 years. He has a record of 84-20 and 55-6 over the past 3 seasons. Coach earned his way up the ranks, having stops at 3 schools including Pope John where he lead the program to a D4 North Championship. Coach is very impressive and has a team returning next year that will make some noise returning his 4 All-Stars and highly recruited Division 1 talent. This is a great listen.

With so many newspapers downsizing their sports departments in New Jersey or forcing you to pay for a subscription for subpar coverage, where can you get you amateur wrestling fix? Donald Brower, who has covered high school wrestling in New Jersey extensively for the last 14 years with a heavy focus on Morris, Hunterdon, Sussex and Warren County, shares his weekly thoughts on the state of wrestling in the state. During the show he announces his Weekly Team Top 10, Wrestler of the Week, answers listener submitted questions as well as tackles the topics and stories surrounding the sport. In this special episode, Donald talks with area medalists on their experience and thoughts on competing in the NJSIAA Boys State Tournament. Including special interviews from: 106: Ben Marchetto, West Milford 8th Place 113: Daniel Jones, Delbarton 5th Place 106: Logan Wadle, North Hunterdon 3rd Place 106: Tyeler Hagensen, Mount Olive 4th Place 126: Danny Haws, Lenape Valley 5th Place 113: Carson Walsh, Pope John 6th Place 138: Alessio Perentin 4th Place 157: Tanner Peake, Hunterdon Central 4th Place 175: Hunter Perez, Mount Olive 8th Place 190: Anthony Moscatello, Mount Olive 5th Place 190: Nick Olivieri, Delbarton 4th Place 215: Jack Stoll, Pope John 5th Place 215: Brendan Raley, North Hunterdon 8th Place 285: Liam Akers, North Hunterdon 4th Place 165: Louis Cerchio, Delbarton 4th Place 285: Tyler McCatharn, Warren Hills 6th Place 285: Joseph Abill, Clifton 5th Place 190: Vincenzo LaValle, Hanover Park 3rd Place Sponsored by Champion Athlete Sports Nutrition – https://champion-athletes.com/ http://www.GardenStateHSWrestling.com

With so many newspapers downsizing their sports departments in New Jersey or forcing you to pay for a subscription for subpar coverage, where can you get you amateur wrestling fix? Donald Brower, who has covered high school wrestling in New Jersey extensively for the last 14 years with a heavy focus on Morris, Hunterdon, Sussex and Warren County, shares his weekly thoughts on the state of wrestling in the state. During the show he announces his Weekly Team Top 10, Wrestler of the Week, answers listener submitted questions as well as tackles the topics and stories surrounding the sport. In this special episode, Donald recaps some highlights of Day 1 in Atlantic City at the NJSIAA Boys Individual State Tournament. Donald also talks with area wrestlers Benjamin Marchetto (106) of West Milford, Carson Walsh (113) of Pope John, and Anthony Moscatello (190) of Mount Olive!! For LIVE updates and results during the tournament, don't forget to check out the GardenStateHSWrestling Twitter page (@GardenStateHSW) - https://twitter.com/GardenStateHSW Sponsored by Champion Athlete Sports Nutrition – https://champion-athletes.com/

A miscalculation about the number of Pope John’s and the first Portuguese Pope.

A miscalculation about the number of Pope John’s and the first Portuguese Pope.

Sister Sandra Makowski was one of the women permitted to study Canon Law under revisions made by Pope John 23rd in the late 1970s. As she studied, she began to observe what women could and could not do by the Roman Catholic Church as a way to have a perfect society. It was, in part, a third wave of feminism: first during the Civil War, next around 1917 over the right to vote and yet again in the 1970s for additional women's rights such as the right to own their own property. Sister Sandra continues to study and work in this area. It is still a controversial topic. Her next work is autobiographical. Working title: Searching for God & Finding a Treasure --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/susan-sherayko/support

No doubt that Maryland baseball is getting one of New Jersey's genuine stars in Kyle McCoy, a towering LHP from Hunterdon Central. The young man has shown dominating stuff at every level, including up through the Area Code games last summer. He pitched to a sub-1 ERA as a junior for Hunterdon Central, gets it up into the 90s, doesn't walk guys (77-5 strikeout-walk ratio in 45 innings last year per nj.com) and gets it done in big games, like last year's CG win over Pope John for the Hunterdon/Warren title. He's pushing Auburn signee Zach Crotchfelt for the honor of state's best southpaw and certainly gotten the attention of MLB scouts in preparation for the July draft. We sit down with the affable Terps signee for a fun edition of Generation Next - his excitement for taking his talents to the Big Ten, off-season plans, and get to know Kyle off the field as well. Learn more about one of NJ's rising stars on this edition of JBS!

We're coming up on a time now where social media is so personal that even debt collectors are joining in on the action. According to recent reports they're trying to instill laws that allow debt collectors to pop up in our DM's, and monitor how we've been spending or bread; invasion of privacy or modern day piracy? Stevie J is at it again. This time he's grabbing headlines for trying to get Faith Evans to pay alimony in their divorce case - yikes! The guys discuss how feminine or not this move is (don't cancel us lady patrol, it's just a joke... made by Handsome, none of our corporate hosts agree with this statement). The Pope comes out with his own Catholic rules apparently and thinks damning sex out of wedlock is no longer bedrock. Guess he's moving with the times like these debt collectors. Ye & Drake hit the stage in L.A. for Larry Hoover, but what does this mean for their personal relationship? Some of us believe it's all smoke and mirrors set aside for what they deem a bigger cause - but how long will it last before the Gemini Genius and the Sentimental Scorpio are at each others necks again?? (no pause). Y mucho mas!!!

Host Renato Rodrigues ‘10 is back with Justin Penik ‘16 of Talkin' Giants to recap the Football Team's 35-2 victory over Pope John in the first round of the NJSIAA Non-Public A Tournament. They also discuss the results of the Catholic Championships for the Cross-Country Team and how the Soccer Team did in the NJSIAA South Non-Public A Tournament. The Big Man Rich Hansen is back as he gives us his perspective of the program as a whole on this week's AD's Corner. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stateofthemarauders/message

Around the 9th century C.E., a new pope rose to power. For years, the congregation was certain Pope John filled the role perfectly... until he went into labor during an Easter processional. Had a woman ascended to the papacy in secret?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Renato Rodrigues ‘10 is with Special Guest Co-Host Kevin Connelly ‘16 to recap the Football Team's 35-0 victory over Pope John. Co-Host Chris Amaral ‘19 is back on the State Of The Marauders Hotline to give his thoughts on the Soccer team's victory and Cross-Country getting the program sweep at the South Hudson Championships. The Big Man Rich Hansen gives us his perspective of the program as a whole on this week's AD's Corner. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stateofthemarauders/message

Full Text of ReadingsMonday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 467All podcast readings are produced by the USCCB and are from the Catholic Lectionary, based on the New American Bible and approved for use in the United States _______________________________________The Saint of the day is Saint John XXIIIAlthough few people had as great an impact on the 20th century as Pope John XXIII, he avoided the limelight as much as possible. Indeed, one writer has noted that his “ordinariness” seems one of his most remarkable qualities. The firstborn son of a farming family in Sotto il Monte, near Bergamo in northern Italy, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was always proud of his down-to-earth roots. In Bergamo's diocesan seminary, he joined the Secular Franciscan Order. After his ordination in 1904, Fr. Roncalli returned to Rome for canon law studies. He soon worked as his bishop's secretary, Church history teacher in the seminary, and as publisher of the diocesan paper. His service as a stretcher-bearer for the Italian army during World War I gave him a firsthand knowledge of war. In 1921, Fr. Roncalli was made national director in Italy of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. He also found time to teach patristics at a seminary in the Eternal City. In 1925, he became a papal diplomat, serving first in Bulgaria, then in Turkey, and finally in France. During World War II, he became well acquainted with Orthodox Church leaders. With the help of Germany's ambassador to Turkey, Archbishop Roncalli helped save an estimated 24,000 Jewish people. Named a cardinal and appointed patriarch of Venice in 1953, he was finally a residential bishop. A month short of entering his 78th year, Cardinal Roncalli was elected pope, taking the name John after his father and the two patrons of Rome's cathedral, St. John Lateran. Pope John took his work very seriously but not himself. His wit soon became proverbial, and he began meeting with political and religious leaders from around the world. In 1962, he was deeply involved in efforts to resolve the Cuban missile crisis. His most famous encyclicals were Mother and Teacher (1961) and Peace on Earth (1963). Pope John XXIII enlarged the membership in the College of Cardinals and made it more international. At his address at the opening of the Second Vatican Council, he criticized the “prophets of doom” who “in these modern times see nothing but prevarication and ruin.” Pope John XXIII set a tone for the Council when he said, “The Church has always opposed… errors. Nowadays, however, the Spouse of Christ prefers to make use of the medicine of mercy rather than that of severity.” On his deathbed, Pope John said: “It is not that the gospel has changed; it is that we have begun to understand it better. Those who have lived as long as I have…were enabled to compare different cultures and traditions, and know that the moment has come to discern the signs of the times, to seize the opportunity and to look far ahead.” “Good Pope John” died on June 3, 1963. St. John Paul II beatified him in 2000, and Pope Francis canonized him in 2014. Reflection Throughout his life, Angelo Roncalli cooperated with God's grace, believing that the job at hand was worthy of his best efforts. His sense of God's providence made him the ideal person to promote a new dialogue with Protestant and Orthodox Christians, as well as with Jews and Muslims. In the sometimes noisy crypt of St. Peter's Basilica, many people become silent on seeing the simple tomb of Pope John XXIII, grateful for the gift of his life and holiness. After his beatification, his tomb was moved into the basilica itself. Click here for more on Pope John XXIII! Saint of the Day Copyright Franciscan Media

When we think of the Pope, the think of the moral compass of the world. Some even think of a physical representation of Jesus himself. But where all Popes holy and righteous and moral. Of course not. And in this series, we take a look at the men who were, The Bad Popes.

Pope John XII, his family background, how he came to be pope, and the hilarious havoc he wreaked during his stint in the Chair of St. Peter. Plus: a whole collection of bad popes and the things that made them terrible.  For more old timey crimey content, check out the Patreon and see what extras you can get for a few bucks a months! Or check out our Amazon Wishlist to buy us a book--making the episode topic YOUR CHOICE! Don't forget to follow the show FB, Insta, or Twitter.  Come check out the merch with the new logo on it! https://www.redbubble.com/people/oldtimeycrimey/shop  Huge thanks to Fonz music for sponsoring this episode! Use our code OLDTIMEY at their site for $5 off. https://fonzmusic.com/ Thanks to CrimeJuicy for their sponsorship! Check out CrimeJuicy Cocktail Hour podcast wherever you get your podcasts. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1595779 Other Shows:  Short Story, Short Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3q2moJE65wLBf0zFjqhMhu?si=3zbTwhkIQnOYVqbd_TmZYQ  Detectives by the Decade: https://linktr.ee/detectivesbythedecade  Sources: Eric Russell Chamberlin. “The Bad Popes.” https://archive.org/details/badpopes00cham/page/n11/mode/2up?view=theater Mike Vago. AV Club. https://www.avclub.com/the-young-pope-john-xii-died-as-he-lived-fornicating-1823180144 https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08426b.htm The Bad Popes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bad_Popes Alberic II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberic_II_of_Spoleto Saeculum Obscurum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeculum_obscurum Marozia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marozia https://www.newspapers.com/image/58495574/?terms=pope%20john%20xii&match=1 https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-XII https://www.somethingawful.com/most-awful/popes-cadaver-synod/2/ https://www.history.com/news/10-grisly-papal-deaths https://www.factinate.com/people/pope-john-xii/ https://time.com/4633580/young-pope-history/ https://historycollection.com/20-reasons-why-pope-john-xii-was-the-worst-pope-in-history/       Music:  Secret of Tiki Island Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3725-evil-plan License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Breaktime by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3457-breaktime License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

He was one of the last solid pontiffs before perhaps the darkest time in the history of the papacy. He held off the Muslim Army as long as he could, spent way too long looking for new emperors, was a patron of one of the Church's greatest evangelists, and sadly was the first Bishop of Rome in history to meet a certain kind of sordid end.

In this podcast with Sandro Miller we discuss his long time collaboration with his muse John Malkovic, his upcoming feature film, how to get a snake charmer to pose for a picture and capturing indigenous tribes that are in danger of terminal westernisation. Sandro Miller is an American photographer known for his expressive images who has been photographing people for over thirty years. With numerous award-winning campaigns to his credit, Sandro is one of today's foremost photographers. He has photographed many national advertising campaigns and has seven books to his credit and his work has been exhibited worldwide. His work explores the limits of portraiture in both commercial and fine art photography. Typically working under the simplified “Sandro,” the photographer maintains supreme focus on the body, revealing his subject's interiority through posture and expression. His evocation of emotion is even more potent in his solo works, as faces and bodies dominate his compositions, leaving little room for distraction from the people he captures. Sandro's most prolific muse and model is undoubtedly John Malkovich, whose photograph as Pope John paul is featured in his boxset. Enjoy the podcast. Art on a Postcard is excited to release its first series of beautifully produced photography boxsets.⁠ Photographers Miles Aldridge, Sandro Miller, Ade Adekola, Harry Borden and Julia Fullerton-Batten have each made a selection of 10 of their most outstanding photographs which are printed on museum quality photographic paper and presented in individual archival boxes with a signed Certificate of Authenticity.⁠ We are committed to making art available to everyone at affordable prices. Each box set is a limited edition of 100 and priced at £250 each  with 50% of proceeds going to The Hepatitis C Trust⁠ and 50% to the photographer. ⁠ These beautiful collector's items are available for pre-order NOW and will be sent out in time for Christmas.⁠ Buy your boxset now - https://artonapostcard.com/collections/fine-art-photography-boxsets

Our pope this week was the first to hold the most popular papal name in Catholic Church history. A divisive figure in his early days, he repented of his old ways and went on to become so renowned that the emperor himself prostrated himself at this pope's feet. It just so happens that Episode #53 is on Pope #53. We swear we didn't realize this until after the episode was recorded. SUPPORT THE POPECAST Click here to become a patron of The Popecast: patreon.com/thepopecast

We've got a bone to pick this week, and it's right there in the title. We're in Poland discussing Karol Wojtyła (better known as St. Pope John Paul II the Great) and the folklore and magic of Poland, including the trial of Barbara Zdunk, who was accused of burning down the town of Rößel in 1806. That's the 19th century! What the heck, Poland?? Remember to leave us a rating/review, and don't forget to check out the magical Instagram pic of JPII in his short shorts. You'll thank us later.

Started wrestling at the age of 6 following my brother and fell in love with the sport. I was the only female on the team all the way through highschool. Through highschool i earned my varsity spot for all four years wrestling at 106 & 113. It wasnt till highschool that i reconized girls wrestling. Im a 3 time NJ state champ in females wrestling, a four time all american and took second at the Pan Am's at the age of 16. I was one of the youngest members of team USA. I started a girls team in nj because i wanted to travel with other girls to national tournaments. They would stay at my house for weeks at a time, i asked my personal trainer to train us, reached out to the parents for travel arrangements and we went all over the country. My senior year recieved a full scholarship to Missouri Valley college for wrestling and academics. Now im back in New Jersey coaching at Pope John middle school and Buxtons athletic training center. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-ward9/support

Here we have a pope who condemned a predecessor who had dug up a dead pope and put his body on trial – no big deal. He also reigned longer than most of his immediate predecessors and successors – but was still only in office for 2 years. Times were tough in the late 9th Century. SPECIAL THANKS to our friends at Catholic Balm Co. for sponsoring this episode of The Popecast. Check out their beard balms and other great stuff at catholicbalm.co (catholicbalm.co) and be sure to enter "POPE" at checkout to get 10% off your entire order! BECOME A PATRON of The Popecast to get sweet benefits and support our work at patreon.com/thepopecast

St Pope Mark, 49th Pope of Alexandria (EDITED / RECORDED)On the 22nd day of the Coptic month of Baramouda we celebrate the life of St Mark, the 49th Pope of Alexandria.Mark was from Alexandria, and he was an honorable and educated man. The pope of Alexandria at the time, Pope John, ordained him a deacon for he was an eloquent speaker. His voice was sweet and all those who heard him rejoiced in him. The Pope handed him the administration of the papal place, and he did nothing without his advice. When Pope John put on him the garb of monks in the monastery, one of the elder monks shouted saying: "This deacon whose name is Mark shall, rightly and fittingly sit upon the throne of his father Mark, the Evangelist."When Pope John departed, the bishops unanimously agreed to choose Mark as the next Patriarch. He fled to the desert, but they caught up with him, brought him back, and enthroned him Patriarch on the 2nd day of Amshir, in 799 A.D..He tended to the church’s needs, and restored those that were in a ruinous state. He returned many of the heretics back to the Orthodox faith, healed many of the sick, and cast out many with devils. Telling them: "What happened to you was because you dared to partake of the Holy Mysteries with irreverence, so keep yourselves henceforward from the evil words that come out of your mouth."In his days, the Muslim Arabs conquered the Greek Isles, captured many of their women and children, brought them to Alexandria, and started to sell them. The Pope gathered money from the believers, and was able to pay three thousand Dinars to save and free them. He wrote for them bills of manumission and set them free. He provided those who wished to return to their country with whatever they needed, and those who wished to stay, he gave them in marriage and protected them. He restored the church of the Redeemer in Alexandria. But evil and possessed men came and burned it down. So Mark restored it again.When the Lord willed to give him rest, he became sick. He prayed the Divine Liturgy, partook of the Holy Mysteries, bid the bishops that were there farewell and then departed in peace. He sat on the See for 20 years, 2 months and 21 days.Lessons from this storyI think if I was to give a title to Saint Mark, 49th Pope of Alexandria, I would call him the restorer. Not just for his unwavering persistence in rebuilding the church of the Redeemer, but early on we read that he restored many to the faith. Some who had become heretics, while also restoring many back to purity.Restoration of anything requires patience and a tedious attention to detail. Many of us today have seen TV shows where a person is restoring a car, a house or an artifact back to its original glory. That is truly a patience and careful person. Sure the show’s glam over the tediousness of the tasks, as they do not want to lose their audience, showing only certain highlights until it is fully restored. But returning anything to its original glory can not be captured in a 30 minute TV show.I had an occasion to visit the vatican on a rare house tour. One of the rooms was displaying certain arts that were in various stages of restore. Paintings, sculptures, trinkets, frescos, etc. I asked the curator what the duration was, and he mused, pointing to one of the paintings “Not in my lifetime will it be finished.”St Mark spent his life restoring souls, just as the Creator gave His life to restore us back to our original glory as well.PrayerOh Father helps us always appreciate the many gifts you give us each and every day. Help us also appreciate the sacrifice you made for us and guide us when the time comes that we too may help restore someone back to you. May the prayers of St Abba Mark the Restorer, 49th Pope of Alexandria be with us all, Amen.

What happens when an 18 year old frat boy becomes Pope?

Our pope this week – one of the notorious so-called Bad Popes – was what the kids might call “a player”. A man of loose morals who only got the job because on his deathbed dear old dad made Roman officials pinky swear to elect his kid pope. Oh, and he was killed after being caught in bed with a married woman … at the hands of her jealous husband, no less. [BOOK] Catholic Hipster: The Next Level – https://amzn.to/332yG8O Become a patron of The Popecast and have one of your papal ponderings answered on a future episode: http://bit.ly/popecastpatreon

In this episode, George Muha interviews Pope John senior guard Mike Maglio.  Mike shares his experience going from a middle school basketball and baseball player to transitioning to a high school lineman, competing against some of the best athletes in the state.  Mike shares insights about how he's manages being a high achieving student while competing at the highest level.  Mike goes into his off-season training routine, his in-season diet and workout schedule and how he thinks his Lions will do in the playoffs.  

Dr. E. Michael Jones returns to review the film "The Divine Plan" (2019), which celebrates the alliance between President Reagan and Pope John Paul II during the Cold War, and to give his thoughts on "You might be a CIA Catholic if..."0:00 Dr. Jones's thoughts on the film3:29 Who violated the treaty that Reagan and Gorbachev sign at the end of the film? 13:00 Dr. Jones on the point of the film14:35 What was left out about the fall of the Soviet Union20:15 The OTHER alliance and "missed opportunities"27:25 The year of 197930:50 George Weigel and capitalism38:50 The price the Pope had to pay41:00 You might be a CIA Catholic if...56:32 Random questions for EMJFind Dr. E Michael Jones at:www.culturewars.com Find us at: www.catholicsagainstmilitarism.comPodcast/RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171Mentioned in this episode: "The Divine Plan" (2019)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZdJx..."The Improbable Triumvirate: John F. Kennedy, Pope John, and Nikita Khrushchev," by Norman Cousins (1972)https://www.amazon.com/improbable-tri...Laborem Exercens, papal encyclical, 1981http://w2.vatican.va/content/john-pau..."With God On Our Side," Joan Baezhttps://youtu.be/xUZGGFOV6FM

The destruction of Alexandria, the reign of Pope John and Mark. Harun Al Rasheid Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Morris Sussex Sports and Don Brower of Morris County HS Wrestling are combining to bring provide top notch wrestling coverage of all the Morris-Sussex wrestling teams through weekly podcasts and live stream broadcasts.  No high school wrestling writer has more of a handle on the pulse of wrestling in Northern New Jersey than Brower and his insights and expertise provide wrestling lovers everything they'd ever need or want to stay up on every single team and wrestler. In this episode of this show which we are calling Back Points, Brower shares insights about this past week's wresting action of the 2018-2019 season, including some stellar matches, his latest Top 10 and who he is giving his Wrestler of the Week to. Don's Top 10 for 1/15/2019 1) Delbarton (12-1) 2) Mendham (10-2) 3) West Morris (8-5) 4) Pope John (10-2) 5) High Point (11-2) 6) Hanover Park (8-5) 7) Newton (11-6) 8) Roxbury (9-6) 9) Mount Olive (11-2) 10) Kittatinny (12-7)

  St. Pope John XXIII, born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (25 November 1881 – 3 June 1963), headed the Catholic Church and ruled Vatican City from 1958 until his death. Pope John was elected on 28 October 1958. He called the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965) but did not live to see it to completion. He died ... Read more The post RN15 – St. Pope John XXIII – Mater et Magistra (Mother and Teacher) from “the healer” – Regnum Novum w/ Omar Gutierrez appeared first on Discerning Hearts Catholic Podcasts.

  St. Pope John XXIII, born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (25 November 1881 – 3 June 1963), headed the Catholic Church and ruled Vatican City from 1958 until his death. Pope John was elected on 28 October 1958. He called the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965) but did not live to see it to completion. He died ... Read more The post RN15 – St. Pope John XXIII – Mater et Magistra (Mother and Teacher) from “the healer” – Regnum Novum w/ Omar Gutierrez appeared first on Discerning Hearts Catholic Podcasts.

Morris Sussex Sports and Don Brower of Morris County HS Wrestling are combining to bring provide top notch wrestling coverage of all the Morris-Sussex wrestling teams through weekly podcasts and live stream broadcasts.  No high school wrestling writer has more of a handle on the pulse of wrestling in Northern New Jersey than Brower and his insights and expertise provide wrestling lovers everything they'd ever need or want to stay up on every single team and wrestler. In this episode of this show which we are calling Back Points, Brower shares insights about this past week's wresting action of the 2018-2019 season, including some stellar matches, his latest Top 10 and who he is giving his Wrestler of the Week to. Don's Top 10 for 1/15/2019 1) Delbarton (11-1) 2) Pope John (7-1) 3) High Point (4-0) 4) Mendham (9-2) 5) Hanover Park (6-3) 6) Newton (5-3) 7) Roxbury (7-5) 8) West Morris (6-4) 9) Mount Olive (7-2) 10) Kittatinny (7-6)

Morris Sussex Sports and Don Brower of Morris County HS Wrestling are combining to bring provide top notch wrestling coverage of all the Morris-Sussex wrestling teams through weekly podcasts and live stream broadcasts.  No high school wrestling writer has more of a handle on the pulse of wrestling in Northern New Jersey than Brower and his insights and expertise provide wrestling lovers everything they'd ever need or want to stay up on every single team and wrestler. In this episode, Brower shares insights about the early 2018-2019 wrestling season, including feedback from his big preseason preview special, updates from all of the holiday tournaments and which wrestlers came out of the gate on fire so far. Brower also discusses the logic around his Top 10 Morris-Sussex teams so far. Brower Top 10 1) Delbarton (6-1) 2) Pope John (4-1) 3) High Point (3-0) 4) Hanover Park (3-0) 5) Newton (2-1) 6) Roxbury (0-3) 7) West Morris (2-1) 8) Kittatinny (5-3) 9) Mendham (4-1) 10) Mount Olive (4-0)

It seems fitting to initiate (compliments of www.QuoteGarden.com – edited for audio format) the conclusion of our Christmas wisdom with the thoughts of an anonymous philosopher who said, The message of Christmas is that the visible material world is bound to the invisible spiritual world. Robert Lynd, who is admittedly not a philosopher said, Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the company of children is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive. Pope John 23rd added, Mankind is a great, an immense family. This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas. Carolyn Wells is a little more down to Earth with her perspective on gifts, I love the Christmas-tide, and yet, I notice this, each year I live; I always like the gifts I get, But how I love the gifts I give! She followed up on her wisdom with, ‘Tis blessed to bestow, and yet, Could we bestow the gifts we get, And keep the ones we give away, How happy were our Christmas day! P J O'Rourke lightens the discourse when he points out, There is a remarkable breakdown of taste and intelligence at Christmastime.  Mature, responsible grown men wear neck ties made of holly leaves and drink alcoholic beverages with raw egg yolks and cottage cheese in them. Our 30th President, Calvin Coolidge was again a bit more philosophical, Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. Robert Kirby is a little more practical, No matter how carefully you stored the lights last year, they will be snarled again this Christmas.

It seems fitting to initiate (compliments of www.QuoteGarden.com – edited for audio format) the conclusion of our Christmas wisdom with the thoughts of an anonymous philosopher who said, The message of Christmas is that the visible material world is bound to the invisible spiritual world. Robert Lynd, who is admittedly not a philosopher said, Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the company of children is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive. Pope John 23rd added, Mankind is a great, an immense family. This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas. Carolyn Wells is a little more down to Earth with her perspective on gifts, I love the Christmas-tide, and yet, I notice this, each year I live; I always like the gifts I get, But how I love the gifts I give! She followed up on her wisdom with, ‘Tis blessed to bestow, and yet, Could we bestow the gifts we get, And keep the ones we give away, How happy were our Christmas day! P J O'Rourke lightens the discourse when he points out, There is a remarkable breakdown of taste and intelligence at Christmastime.  Mature, responsible grown men wear neck ties made of holly leaves and drink alcoholic beverages with raw egg yolks and cottage cheese in them. Our 30th President, Calvin Coolidge was again a bit more philosophical, Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. Robert Kirby is a little more practical, No matter how carefully you stored the lights last year, they will be snarled again this Christmas.

It seems fitting to initiate (compliments of www.QuoteGarden.com - edited for audio format) the conclusion of our Christmas wisdom with the thoughts of an anonymous philosopher who said, The message of Christmas is that the visible material world is bound to the invisible spiritual world. Robert Lynd, who is admittedly not a philosopher said, Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the company of children is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive. Pope John 23rd added, Mankind is a great, an immense family. This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas. Carolyn Wells is a little more down to Earth with her perspective on gifts, I love the Christmas-tide, and yet, I notice this, each year I live; I always like the gifts I get, But how I love the gifts I give! She followed up on her wisdom with, 'Tis blessed to bestow, and yet, Could we bestow the gifts we get, And keep the ones we give away, How happy were our Christmas day! P J O'Rourke lightens the discourse when he points out, There is a remarkable breakdown of taste and intelligence at Christmastime.  Mature, responsible grown men wear neck ties made of holly leaves and drink alcoholic beverages with raw egg yolks and cottage cheese in them. Our 30th President, Calvin Coolidge was again a bit more philosophical, Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. Robert Kirby is a little more practical, No matter how carefully you stored the lights last year, they will be snarled again this Christmas. Deborah Whipp's nostalgia definitely has that ring of truth, Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance — each beautiful, unique and too soon gone. Ella Wheeler Wilcox knows about nostalgia as well, When Christmas bells are swinging above the fields of snow, we hear sweet voices ringing from lands of long ago, and etched on vacant places are half-forgotten faces of friends we used to cherish, and loves we used to know. Vanessa Grimaldi said, Santa Claus is believing in something greater, believing in something magical; but Dennis the Menace pointed out that the real question is whether Santa Claus believes in you. Charles Dickens said, I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time. Margaret Elizabeth Sangster agrees, At Christmas-tide the open hand Scatters its bounty o'er sea and land, And none are left to grieve alone, For Love is heaven and claims its own. Erma Bombeck gets at the heart of it, There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. Louisa May Alcott hints at the magic, Are they Christmas fairies stealing Rows of little socks to fill? Are they angels floating hither With their message of good-will? What sweet spell are these elves weaving, As like larks they chirp and sing? Neil deGrasse Tyson is here to make us smile, Santa knows Physics: Of all colors, Red Light penetrates fog best. That's why Benny the Blue-nosed reindeer never got the gig. Once again, my dear people, Merry Christmas is here, With holly and mistletoe And its good will and cheer! With its joys and its heartaches, With its laughter and song, It comes as a reminder That time marches along. This reminder from Gertrude Tooley Buckingham likely gets a "Too True" from most of us. This from Jay Leno should have perhaps been omitted but alas, The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington D C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin. Let's just hope that Julia Peterkin's rumor has not reached ...

Each week Morris Sussex Sports, along with Justin Scicchitano, talk about each Morris-Sussex hockey team and recap their official Top 15 Hockey Team Rankings. You can listen to the audio podcast as it all gets broken down to find out how your team got ranked or why they are left off the list. Top 15 Hockey Teams (Week of 12/3/2018) 1. Delbarton 3-1 (1) -- 2. Pope John 2-0 (2) -- 3. Randolph 3-0 (3) -- 4. Morris Knolls/Morris Hills 2-1 (7) +3 5. Chatham 1-2 (4) -1 6. Madison 2-0-1 (5) -1 7. Morristown-Beard 1-1-1 (6) -1 8. Vernon 2-1-1 (8) -- 9. Morristown 0-3 (10) +1 10. Kinnelon 2-1 (12) +2 11. Roxbury 2-3 (9) -2 12. Sparta/Jefferson 1-2 (11) -1 13. Montville 1-2 (15) +2 14. Mendham 4-0 (13) -1 15. West Morris 1-3 (14) -1

John Thunderheart Robinson talks about building community through native flute music. We learn the story of his first vision, which is mostly about saving the pope. Your…… Read more "Shamanism, Music, and Saving the Pope: John Thunderheart Robinson and the Power of Sound Healing in Community"

Each week Morris Sussex Sports, along with Justin Scicchitano, publish their official Top 15 Hockey Team Rankings. This week, Justin gives a preseason analysis of each Morris-Sussex team.  You can listen to the audio podcast as it all gets broken down to find out how your team got ranked or why they are left off the list. Top 15 Hockey Teams (Week of 11/26/2018) 1. Delbarton (0-1) 2. Pope John (0-0) 3. Randolph (0-0) 4. Chatham (1-0) 5. Madison (0-0-1) 6. Morristown-Beard (0-0-1) 7. Morris Knolls (0-0) 8. Vernon (1-0) 9. Roxbury (1-0) 10. Morristown (0-0) 11. Sparta/Jefferson (0-1) 12. Kinnelon (0-0) 13. Mendham (1-0) 14. West Morris (0-1) 15. Montville (0-0)

Each week Morris Sussex Sports, along with Justin Scicchitano, publish their official Top 15 Football Team Rankings. You can listen to the audio podcast as it all gets broken down to find out how your team got ranked or why they are left off the list. Top 15 Football Teams (Bowl Finals) 1. Kittatinny 10-2 (3) +2 2. Butler 10-1 (2) -- 3. Newton 10-2 (1) -2 4. Randolph 9-2 (4) -- 5. Delbarton 7-4 (5)  -- 6. Sparta 8-3 (6) -- 7. Wallkill Valley 9-2 (7) -- 8. Montville 8-3 (8) -- 9. Boonton 7-3 (9) -- 10. Mountain Lakes 7-3 (10) -- 11. High Point 6-4 (11) -- 12. Pope John 2-9 (12) --  13. Morris Knolls 5-5 (13) -- 14. West Morris 5-5 (14) -- 15. Morris Hills 6-5 (15) --

Each week Morris Sussex Sports, along with Justin Scicchitano, publish their official Top 15 Football Team Rankings. You can listen to the audio podcast as it all gets broken down to find out how your team got ranked or why they are left off the list. Top 15 Football Teams (Sectional Finals) 1. Newton 10-1 (6) +5 2. Butler 9-1 (7) +5 3. Kittatinny 9-2 (8) +5 4. Randolph 9-2 (1) -3 5. Delbarton 7-4 (2)  -3 6. Sparta 8-3 (3) -3 7. Wallkill Valley 9-2 (4) -3 8. Montville 8-3 (5) -3 9. Boonton 7-3 (9) -- 10. Mountain Lakes 7-3 (10) -- 11. High Point 6-4 (11) -- 12. Pope John 2-9 (12) --  13. Morris Knolls 5-5 (13) -- 14. West Morris 5-5 (14) -- 15. Morris Hills 6-5 (15) --

Each week Morris Sussex Sports, along with Justin Scicchitano, publish their official Top 15 Football Team Rankings. You can listen to the audio podcast as it all gets broken down to find out how your team got ranked or why they are left off the list. Top 15 Football Teams (Week 9) 1. Randolph 9-1 (1) -- 2. Delbarton 7-3 (2) -- 3. Sparta 8-2 (3) -- 4. Wallkill Valley 9-1 (4) -- 5. Montville 8-2 (5) -- 6. Newton 9-1 (6) -- 7. Butler 8-1 (7) -- 8. Kittatinny 8-2 (8) -- 9. Boonton 7-2 (9) -- 10. Mountain Lakes 7-2 (10) -- 11. High Point 6-3 (13) +2 12. Pope John 2-8 (NR)  13. Morris Knolls 5-4 (NR) 14. West Morris 5-4 (11) -3 15. Morris Hills 6-4 (12) -3

Each week Morris Sussex Sports, along with Justin Scicchitano, publish their official Top 15 Football Team Rankings. You can listen to the audio podcast as it all gets broken down to find out how your team got ranked or why they are left off the list. Top 15 Football Teams (Week 7) 1. Randolph 7-0 (1) -- 2. Delbarton 4-3 (2) -- 3. Montville 6-1 (6) +3 4. Wallkill Valley 6-1 (8) +4 5. Sparta 5-2 (4) -1 6. Newton 6-1 (3) -3 7. Morris Hills 6-1 (5) -2 8. Mountain Lakes 5-1 (7) -1 9. Kittatinny 6-1 (15) +6 10. Butler 5-1 (13) +3 11. Par Hills 5-2 (11) -- 12. Mount Olive 3-3 (9) -3 13. West Morris 3-3 (14) +1 14. High Point 3-3 (12) -2 15. Pope John 0-7 (10) -5

Each week Morris Sussex Sports, along with Justin Scicchitano, publish their official Top 15 Football Team Rankings. You can listen to the audio podcast as it all gets broken down to find out how your team got ranked or why they are left off the list. Top 15 Football Teams (Week 6) 1. Randolph 6-0 (1) -- 2. Delbarton 3-3 (2) -- 3. Newton 6-0 (T-3) -- 4. Sparta 5-1 (T-3) -1 5. Morris Hills 5-1 (5) -- 6. Montville 5-1 (6) -- 7. Mountain Lakes 4-1 (9) +2 8. Wallkill Valley 5-1 (7) -1 9. Mount Olive 3-2 (11) +2 10. Pope John 0-6 (8) -2 11. Par Hills 4-2 (15) +4 12. High Point 3-2 (14) +2 13. Butler 4-1 (13) -- 14. West Morris 2-3 (10) -4 15. Kittatinny 5-1 (NR)

Each week Morris Sussex Sports, along with Justin Scicchitano, publish their official Top 15 Football Team Rankings. You can listen to the audio podcast as it all gets broken down to find out how your team got ranked or why they are left off the list. Top 15 Football Teams (Week 5) 1. Randolph 5-0 (2) +1 2. Delbarton 2-3 (1) -1 T-3. Newton 5-0 (4) +1 T-3. Sparta 4-1 (5) +2 5. Morris Hills 4-1 (8) +3 6. Montville 4-1 (6) -- 7. Wallkill Valley 5-0 (11) +4 8. Pope John 0-5 (3) -5 9. Mountain Lakes 3-1 (12) +3 10. West Morris 2-2 (10) -- 11. Mount Olive 2-2 (7) -4 12. Lenape Valley 3-2 (9) -3 13. Butler 3-1 (13) -- 14. High Point 2-2 (15) +1 15. Par Hills 3-2 (NR)  

(Nathan) One of the most famous stories about the medieval papacy is that, supposedly sometime in the 9th or 11th century, there was a woman named Joan who disguised herself as a man and became Pope John. While it might sound like a modern, anti-Catholic creation, this story was actually invented in the Middle Ages. In this episode, Nathan returns to the realm of medieval conspiracy theories to talk about the medieval origins and development of the myth of Joan, as well as the social role of conspiracy theory.

Each week Morris Sussex Sports, along with Justin Scicchitano, publish their official Top 15 Football Team Rankings. You can listen to the audio podcast as it all gets broken down to find out how your team got ranked or why they are left off the list. Top 15 Football Teams (Week 3) 1. Delbarton 1-2 (2) +1 2. Pope John 0-3 (1) -1 3. Mount Olive 2-0 (3) -- 4. Morris Hills 3-0 (6) +2 5. Randolph 3-0 (7) +2 6. Sparta 2-1 (8) +2 7. Newton 3-0 (4) -3 8. Montville (9) +1 9. West Morris Central 1-1 (10) +1 10. Lenape Valley 1-2 (5) -5 11. Butler 2-0 (11) -- 12. Mountain Lakes 1-1 (12) -- 13. Jefferson 1-2 (13) -- 14. Wallkill Valley 3-0 (15) +1 15. High Point 1-1 (NR)

Each week Morris Sussex Sports, along with Justin Scicchitano, publish their official Top 15 Football Team Rankings. You can listen to the audio podcast as it all gets broken down to find out how your team got ranked or why they are left off the list. Top 15 Football Teams (Week 2) 1. Pope John 0-2 (1) -- 2. Delbarton 0-2 (2) -- 3. Mount Olive 1-0 (3) -- 4. Newton 2-0 (4) -- 5. Lenape Valley 1-1 (7) +2 6. Morris Hills 2-0 (6) -- 7. Randolph 2-0 (8) +1 8. Sparta 1-1 (11) +3 9. Montville 2-0 (9) -- 10. West Morris 1-0 (10) -- 11. Butler 2-0 (12) +1 12. Mountain Lakes 1-0 (NR) 13. Jefferson 1-1 (14) +1 14. Hackettstown 1-1 (5) -9 15. Wallkill Valley 2-0 (NR)

Each week Morris Sussex Sports, along with Justin Scicchitano, publish their official Top 15 Football Team Rankings. You can listen to the audio podcast as it all gets broken down to find out how your team got ranked or why they are left off the list. Top 15 Football Teams (Week 1) 1. Pope John (0-1) 2. Delbarton (0-1) 3. Mount Olive (0-0) 4. Newton (1-0) 5. Hackettstown (1-0) 6. Morris Hills (1-0) 7. Lenape Valley (0-1) 8. Randolph (1-0) 9. Montville (1-0) 10. West Morris (0-0) 11. Sparta (0-1) 12. Butler (1-0) 13. High Point (0-0) 14. Jefferson (0-1) 15. Roxbury (0-0)  

In this episode, Aaron and James discover just how scary the Red Scare was and also learn a little something about one very strange pope! If you like the show, rate, subscribe, or consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/wetalkaboudeadpeople

In this episode we discuss the fire at the Grenfell high-rise in London and the tragedy of dying a sudden death without the Sacraments or the Faith. We also talk about the pseudo-religion of environmentalism and detail the difference in meaning between “Heresy” and “Apostasy” and how those words apply to the Church now and in the future. Finally we answer a listener question involving a cautionary tale about a priest and the immense danger of pride. Correction to a comment made in this episode: it was Pope John 22nd who was posthumously convicted of heresy; there was an anti-pope John 23 during the Great Western Schism and the adoption of “John 23” by Angelo Roncalli in 1958 ended a 500 year debate as to what number the next Pope John would be. Feedback: You can email Ann and her co-host at podcast@barnhardt.biz with your questions, comments, encouragements to grow in humility, etc. Subscribe: You can subscribe for free to the podcast through any of the podcast links and services below:

This week the Worst Adults set out to find their classy side... but Adam didn't understand the Masterpiece Theater setup and instead they kick-start a plan to save humanity by grafting two (or three) heads onto one body and rigorously dividing their waking hours... You're welcome humanity! Talking Points coming soon! As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, this week's contributors for graciously taking a backseat to one out of control goof, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor!

Sam Mushman is a former collegiate basketball player who found success in comedy during his transition to life after sports.  Sam and I go way back.  We played travel baseball together as youngsters and bonded in a Spanish class during our middle school school days before he went to Pope John high school in pursuit of his hoop dreams.  After high school Sam continued his basketball career at Wingate University in Charlotte, North Carolina.  This is where his streak of playing for 5 different head coaches in 4 years began.  Sam and I reconnected last year when he invited me to come on his Backcourt Violation radio show/podcast based in New York City.  Sam and his co-host, Vince Chang, are both former division two basketball players turned comedians.  They discuss the world of college basketball on and off the court and interview special guests.  Obviously, Sam and Vince have you laughing the entire show while keeping updated on the latest college basketball stories. You can tune in to their show every other Saturday 9-10am BBOXRADIO.com. In Episode 59 Sam and I discuss the struggles of playing for different head coaches with different philosophies and different ideas of what role he was expected to play on the team.  Not to mention having to prove himself year in and year out.  This is a perfect example for one of the themes of the podcast, which is that you can't control what happens to you, but you can always control your response.  In addition we talk about the decision process of choosing a school to play at and the ego's role in that choice.  Sam also discusses what it's like to be a big fish in a small pond and the importance of being a realist in those situations.  He credits his parents for both encouraging him, but also helping him stay grounded.  Sam ultimately chose to play division 2 basketball, which allowed for more playing time, a more rewarding career in his opinion.   Sam gives another piece of advice to athletes in that he encourages them to not be afraid to go against the grain because fear takes away from instinct.  Society tells you to stick with the status quo and do what others think you should do.  Both Sam and I agree that is BS.  I promise I wasn't the one to bring this up in our conversation, but Tim Tebow also faced criticism for going away from what people thought he should do when he decided to pursue a baseball career.  I encourage you to watch the video below for inspiration.  Speaking of baseball, Sam and I also talk about what could have been when he decided to drop baseball and focus on basketball full time.  Sam stated that one of his biggest regrets was the way he stepped away from baseball.   Sam ended up transferring to Holy Family University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania after his freshman season at Wingate University.  This tim

Sam Mushman is a former collegiate basketball player who found success in comedy during his transition to life after sports.  Sam and I go way back.  We played travel baseball together as youngsters and bonded in a Spanish class during our middle school school days before he went to Pope John high school in pursuit of his hoop dreams.  After high school Sam continued his basketball career at Wingate University in Charlotte, North Carolina.  This is where his streak of playing for 5 different head coaches in 4 years began.  Sam and I reconnected last year when he invited me to come on his Backcourt Violation radio show/podcast based in New York City.  Sam and his co-host, Vince Chang, are both former division two basketball players turned comedians.  They discuss the world of college basketball on and off the court and interview special guests.  Obviously, Sam and Vince have you laughing the entire show while keeping updated on the latest college basketball stories. You can tune in to their show every other Saturday 9-10am BBOXRADIO.com. In Episode 59 Sam and I discuss the struggles of playing for different head coaches with different philosophies and different ideas of what role he was expected to play on the team.  Not to mention having to prove himself year in and year out.  This is a perfect example for one of the themes of the podcast, which is that you can't control what happens to you, but you can always control your response.  In addition we talk about the decision process of choosing a school to play at and the ego's role in that choice.  Sam also discusses what it's like to be a big fish in a small pond and the importance of being a realist in those situations.  He credits his parents for both encouraging him, but also helping him stay grounded.  Sam ultimately chose to play division 2 basketball, which allowed for more playing time, a more rewarding career in his opinion.   Sam gives another piece of advice to athletes in that he encourages them to not be afraid to go against the grain because fear takes away from instinct.  Society tells you to stick with the status quo and do what others think you should do.  Both Sam and I agree that is BS.  I promise I wasn't the one to bring this up in our conversation, but Tim Tebow also faced criticism for going away from what people thought he should do when he decided to pursue a baseball career.  I encourage you to watch the video below for inspiration.  Speaking of baseball, Sam and I also talk about what could have been when he decided to drop baseball and focus on basketball full time.  Sam stated that one of his biggest regrets was the way he stepped away from baseball.   Sam ended up transferring to Holy Family University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania after his freshman season at Wingate University.  This time Sam's choice came down to what team wanted him the most, and he recommends that all athletes making this decision take that approach.  Although Sam's career at Holy Family was far from comfortable with the constant coaching changes, he did find a passion for standup comedy during this time.  Sam talks about some of his first few shows where he bombed, but he continued to persevere and improve each and every time he went back out on stage.  Sam has been doing standup for about six years now and says he has come a long way since his first few shows.  This is largely due to his persistence in being a "student of the game" just like he was as an athlete and his willingness to put himself in uncomfortable situations.  If you're comfortable, you're not growing.  Sam's transformation reminds me of a book I have recently been reading called The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson.  This book talks about how the decisions you make everyday are either putting you on a path toward success or failure.  It's easy to make the choice to engage in the positive actions and just as easy not to.  At first these small actions don't seem like much, but over time they compound, just like Sam has seen in his comedy career. Sam found a passion outside of the sport he was playing, and it helped in his transition to life after sports.  Sam is more than just a basketball player and just like he is more than just a comic.  Don't let society tell you what you should and shouldn't do.  Just because their afraid doesn't mean you have to be.  I hope this episode inspires you to step out of your comfort zone and as Dr. Jarrod Spencer, Sports Psychologist put's it "Follow the Energy"(Aka, do what makes you excited to live!)! Since recording this interview I hired Sam as my speaking coach to help me get out of my comfort zone and the progress has been amazing! Take a look at one of Sam's shows below (WARNING, EXPLICIT CONTENT). WHERE CAN YOU FOLLOW Sam Mushman? INSTAGRAM | TWITTER | FACEBOOK | YouTUBE WHERE CAN YOU Follow Backcourt Violation? iTunes | SoundCloud | Mixcloud | INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK Download Episode 59 : iTunes | Stitcher | SoundCloud Permalink

Bards Logic welcomes American Freedom Watch Radio host, Founder of AgEnders http://agenda21today.com , Director of the Florida Panhandle Patriots, Journalist and Blogger Karen Schoen. Discussing the Pope's visit, Agenda 21, and Boehner's resignation. Uncovering UN Agenda 21's (aka Agenda 2030) Implementation through Church, school, government, illegal immigration, and the military. We will have audio from the Pope's address in front both Houses of Congress. Want to be Heard on National Radio? Don't like waiting in a Queue to never get onto the show? And if you do get in, not being able to get out all you want to say. Want to be able to stay on the air with the Host for more than just a few minutes? If this is YOU, join us on Bards Logic and BE a Part of the Show. Remember this is Your show, the People's show. As part of WE the PEOPLE, it IS Important for YOU to Stand Up and BE HEARD. Your Voice Matters. Call in with YOUR thoughts on the issues of today. CALL In and you can stay on the line and Be a Part of the Show. Join Our Round Table Discussion. To invite your friends to listen Share this Page's Link, Follow us on BlogTalkRadio, and Like our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/BardsLogicPoliticalTalk Bards Logic is the Grassroots, We the People Show.      

Today's Guest: Jim Barrens, author In Our Time (Nostra Aetate): How Catholics and Jews Built a New Relationship. INTERVIEW Jim Barrens, author, In Our Time... by andelman  Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with JIM BARRENS by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of true believers of multiple religions who all agree with John Lennon: Give peace a chance… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Like a smart lawyer, I rarely enter the professional arena without knowing everything I can about the subject at hand. Except today. I’m just being honest: When it comes to understanding the conciliar Declaration Nostra Aetate – translated from Latin, it means “in our time” – it’s a little beyond me. JIM BARRENS podcast excerpt: "The Roman Catholic Church is involved in about 2,000 years of a very negative relationship with the Jewish people. After World War II and in the aftermath of the Holocaust and the founding of the state of Israel, there was a great yearning by the world community to do something about the terrible things that had happened. In the late 1950s and early '60s, Pope John XXIII called the Church to a council -- the Second Vatican Council. His whole idea was to update the Church... Pope John together prominent Catholics and quite a few Jews as well to say, 'We want to deal with the problem of our relationship with the Jewish people." You can LISTEN to this interview with JIM BARRENS, author of IN OUR TIME (NOSTRA AETATE): How Catholics and Jews Built a New Relationship, by clicking the audio player above! I know that October 28, 2015 is the 50th anniversary of the official move by Pope John XXIII at Vatican II to improve relations between Jewish and Catholic communities around the world. I know that its good intentions have largely succeeded. JIM BARRENS podcast excerpt: "I was born and raised Roman Catholic. I was an altar boy. My parents were very devout. I learned the Latin when we had to. When I listened to the Gospel stories, I was forever interested in the historical aspects. I was very curious, which led me to have an interest in Judaism at a very early age. I was always looking at where Judaism and Christianity met." And I know that Pope Francis feels strongly about celebrating the importance of the Declaration Nostra Aetate. To fill in the large gaps in my knowledge, I have called on my friend Jim Barrens to step up and explain it all. Barrens is the author of In Our Time (Nostra Aetate), which details the history and development of Declaration Nostra Aetate. (In the interests of full disclosure, I will tell you that In Our Time (Nostra Aetate) by Jim Barrens was published by Mr. Media® Books, a subsidiary of Mr. Media® Interviews.) Key interview moments: • 4:05 How Jim Barrens became interested in Declaration Nostra Aetate; • 11:05 Pope John XXIII sets forth to repair 2,000 years of a sour relationship between Catholics and Jews in Vatican II; • 17:00 The unique views and actions of Pope Francis; Jim Barrens The Justice Factory Website • Facebook • Twitter The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland! The post Nostra Aetate changed lives of Catholics and Jews! VIDEO INTERVIEW appeared first on Mr. Media.

On April 27, 2014, Bergoglio "canonized" John XXIII and John Paul II, the two "bookends" of the Second Vatican Council, in order to leave no doubt about the direction that his revolution to transform the face of Catholicism will take: More Vatican II, more upheaval, more doctrinal and moral chaos. The misdeeds of John Paul II are still fresh in the unhappy memory of a generation of traditional Catholics, so his "canonization" has provoked widespread outrage in those circles. Far less well known, however, are the words and deeds Angelo Guiseppe Roncalli, a modernist through and through from the youngest days of his priesthood during the reign of St. Pius X. The truth about John XXIII is far from the benign image of the tiara-wearing, rolly-polly "good Pope John." The "recognize and resist" wing of the traditionalist movement, which claims to "recognize" Francis as a true pope but "resist" him in almost everything he teaches and holds as Roman Catholicism, alleges that a Catholic can still recognize Bergoglio but reject these canonizations. Join us as His Excellency, Bishop Donald Sanborn, rector of Most Holy Trinity Seminary in Brooksville, Florida and Father Anthony Cekada, assistant pastor of St. Gertrude the Great Church in West Chester, Ohio join host Justin Soeder and co-host Stephen Heiner for a live and lively discussion. Show Sponsor: Novus Ordo Watch http://novusordowatch.org/ Original Air Date: May 22, 2014 Show Run Time: 2 hours 01 minutes Show Guest(s): Bishop Donald Sanborn, Father Anthony Cekada Show Host(s): Justin Soeder, Stephen Heiner Francis Watch℗ is a Production of Member Supported Restoration Radio. Copyright 2014. All Rights are Reserved.

Rebroadcast of the long running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour", a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.org St. Vincent Pallotti was an Italian ecclesiastic, born in Rome and was the founder of the Pious Society of Missions (the Pallotines).  He was elevated to saint hood in 1963 by Pope John the XXIII.

The title of this episode is “What a Mess!”As is often the case, we start by backing up & reviewing material we've already covered so we can launch into the next leg of our journey in Church History.Anglo-Saxon missionaries to Germany had received the support of Charles Martel, a founder of the Carolin­gian dynasty. Martel supported these missions because of his desire to expand his rule eastwards into Bavaria. The Pope was grateful for his sup­port, and for Charles' victory over the Muslims at the Battle of Tours. But Martel fell afoul of papal favor when he confiscated Church lands. At first, the Church consented to his seizing of property to produce income to stave off the Muslim threat. But once that threat was dealt with, he refused to return the lands. Adding insult to injury, Martel ignored the Pope's request for help against the Lombards taking control of a good chunk of Italy. Martel denied assistance because at that time the Lombards were his allies. But a new era began with the reign of Martel's heir, Pippin or as he's better known, Pepin III.Pepin was raised in the monastery of St. Denis near Paris. He & his brother were helped by the church leader Boniface to carry out a major reform of the Frank church. These reforms of the clergy and church organization brought about a renewal of religious and intellectual life and made possible the educational revival associated with the greatest of the Carolingian rulers, Charlemagne & his Renaissance.In 751, Pepin persuaded Pope Zachary to allow Boniface to anoint him, King of the Franks, supplanting the Merovingian dynasty. Then, another milestone in church-state relations passed with Pope Stephen II appealing to Pepin for aid against the Lombards. The pope placed Rome under the protection of Pepin and recognized him and his sons as “Protectors of the Romans.”As we've recently seen, all of this Church-State alliance came to a focal point with the crowning of Charlemagne as Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in AD 800. For some time the Popes in Rome had been looking for a way to loosen their ties to the Eastern Empire & Constantinople. Religious developments in the East provided the Popes an opportunity to finally break free. The Iconoclastic Controversy dominating Eastern affairs gave the Popes one more thing to express their disaffection with. We'll take a closer look at the controversy later. For now, it's enough to say the Eastern Emperor Leo III banned the use of icons as images of religious devotion in AD 726. The supporters of icons ultimately prevailed but only after a century of bitter and at times violent dispute. Pope Gregory II rejected Leo's edict banning icons and flaunted his disrespect for the Emperor's authority. Gregory's pompous and scathing letter to the Emperor was long on bluff but a dramatic state­ment of his rejection of secular rulers' meddling in Church affairs. Pope Gregory wrote: “Listen! Dogmas are not the business of emperors but of pontiffs.”The reign of what was regarded by the West as a heretical dynasty in the East gave the Pope the excuse he needed to separate from the East and find a new, devoted and orthodox protector. The alliance between the papacy and the Carolingians represents the culmination of that quest, and opened a new and momentous chapter in the history of European medieval Christianity.In response to Pope Stephen's appeal for help against the Lombards, Pepin recovered the Church's territories in Italy and gave them to the pope, an action known as the 'Donation of Pepin'. This confirmed the legal status of the Papal States.At about the same time, the Pope's claim to the rule of Italy and independence from the Eastern Roman Empire was reinforced by the appearance of one of the great forgeries of the Middle Ages, the Donation of Constantine. This spurious document claimed Constantine the Great had given Rome and the western part of the Empire to the bishop of Rome when he moved the capital of the empire to the East. The Donation was not exposed as a forgery until the 15th Century.The concluding act in the popes' attempt to free themselves from Constantinople came on Christmas Day 800 when Pope Leo III revived the Empire in the West by crowning Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor. It's rather humorous, as one wag put it – the Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy, nor Roman, and can scarcely be called an Empire.Charlemagne's chief scholar was the British-born Alcuin who'd been master of the cathedral school in York. He was courted by Charlemagne to make his capital at Aachen on the border between France & Germany, Europe's new center of education & scholarship. Alcuin did just that. If the school at Aachen didn't plant the seeds that would later flower in the Renaissance it certainly prepared the soil for them.Alcuin profoundly influenced the intellectual, cultural and religious direction of the Carolingian Empire, as the 300-some extant let­ters he wrote reveal. His influence is best seen in the manuscripts of the school at Tours where he later became abbot. His influence is also demonstrated in his educational writings, revision of the Biblical text, commentaries and the completion of his version of Church liturgy. He standardized spelling and writing, reformed missionary practice, and contributed to the organizing of church regulations. Alcuin was the leading theologian in the struggle against the heresy of Adoptionism. Adoptionists said Jesus was simply a human being who God adopted & MADE a Son. Alcuin was a staunch defender of Christian orthodoxy and the authority of the Church, the pre-eminence of the Roman Bishop and of Charlemagne's sacred position as Emperor. He died in 804.The time at which Alcuin lived certainly needed the reforms he brought & he was the perfect agent to bring them. From the palace school at Aachen, a generation of his students went out to head monas­tic and cathedral schools through­out the land. Even though Charlemagne's Empire barely outlived its founder, the revival of education and religion associated with he and Alcuin brightened European culture throughout the bleak and chaotic period that followed. This Carolingian Renaissance turned to classical antiquity and early Christianity for its models. The problem is, there was only one Western scholar who still knew Greek, the Irishman John Scotus Erigena. Still, the manuscripts produced during this era form the base from which modern historians gain a picture of the past. It was these classical texts, translated from Greek into Latin that fueled the later European Renaissance.The intellectual vigor stimulated by the Carolingian Renaissance and the political dynamism of the revived Empire stimulated new theologi­cal activity. There was discussion about the continuing Iconoclastic problem in the East. Political antagonism between the Eastern and the Carolingian emperors led to an attack by theologians in the West on the practices and beliefs of the Orthodox Church in the East. These controversial works on the 'Errors of the Greeks' flourished during the 9th C as a result of the Photian Schism.In 858, Byzantine Emperor Michael III deposed the Patriarch Ignatius I of Constantinople, replacing him with a lay scholar named Photius I, AKA Photius the Great. The now deposed Ignatius appealed to Pope Nicholas I to restore him while Photius asked the Pope to recognize his appointment. The Pope ordered the restoration of Ignatius & relations between East & West sunk further. The issue ended in 867 when Pope Nicholas died & Photius was deposed.Latin theologians also criticized the Eastern church for its different method of deciding the date of Easter, the difference in the way clergy cut their hair, and the celibacy of priests. The Eastern Church allowed priests to marry while requiring monks to be celibate, whereas the Western Church required celibacy of both.Another major doctrinal debate was the Filioque [Filly-o-quay] Controversy we briefly touched on in an earlier episode. Now, before I get a barrage of emails, there's debate among scholars over the pronunciation of Filioque. Some say “Filly-oak” others “Filly-o-quay.” Take your pick.The point is, the Controversy dealt with the wording of the Nicene Creed as related to the Holy Spirit. The original Creed said the Holy Spirit proceeded from the Father. A bit later, the Western Church altered the wording a bit so as to affirm the equality of the Son of God with the Father. So they said the Spirit proceeded from both Father & Son. Filioque is Latin for “and the Son” thus giving the name of the controversy. The Eastern Church saw this addition as dangerous tampering with the Creed and refused to accept it while the Filioque clause became a standard part of what was considered normative doctrine in the West.Another major discussion arose over the question of predestina­tion. A Carolingian monk named Gottschalk, who studied Augustine's theology carefully, was the first to teach 'double predestination'; the belief that some people are predestined to salvation, while others are predestined to damnation. He was tried and condemned for his views by 2 synods and finally imprisoned by the Archbishop of Rheims. Gottschalk died 20 years later, holding his views to the end.The other major theological issue of the Carolingian era concerned the Lord's Supper. The influential Abbot of Corbie wrote a treatise titled On the Body and Blood of the Lord. This was the first clear statement of a doctrine of the 'real presence' of Christ's body and blood in the Communion elements, later called the doctrine of “transubstantiation,” an issue that will become a heated point in the debate between the Roman Church & Reformers.The reforms of King Pepin and Pope Boniface focused attention on priests. It was clear to all that clergy ought to lead lives beyond reproach. That synod after synod during the 6th, 7th, & 8th Cs had to make such a major issue of this demonstrated the need for reform. Among the violations warned against were the rejection of celibacy, gluttony, drunkenness, tawdry relationships with women, hunting, carry­ing arms & frequenting taverns.Monastic developments at this time were significant. The emphasis was on standardiza­tion and centralization. Between 813 and 17 a revised Benedictine rule was adopted for the whole of the Carolingian Empire. Another Benedict, a monk from Burgundy, was respon­sible for an ultra-strict regimen. Charlemagne's successor, Louis the Pious, appointed Benedict the overseer of all monasteries in the realm, and a few years later his revised Benedictine rule was made obligatory for all monasteries. Sadly, with little long-term effect.When Louis suc­ceeded Charlemagne, the Pope was able to regain his independ­ence, following a long domination by the Emperor. The imperial theocracy of Charlemagne's reign would have yielded a 'state church' as already existed in the East. But the papacy stressed the superiority of spiritual power over the secular. This was reinforced by the forged Donation of Constantine with its emphasis on papal pre-eminence in the governing of the Empire, not just the Church.In the middle of the 9th C, priests at Rheims produced another remarkable forgery, the False Decretals. Accomplished with great inventiveness, the Decretals were designed to provide a basis in law which protected the rights of bishops. They included the bogus Donation of Constantine and became a central part of the canon of medieval law. It shored up papal claims to supremacy in church affairs over secular authority. The first Pope to make use of the False Decretals was Nicholas I. He recognized the danger of a Church dominated by civil rulers and was deter­mined to avert this by stressing that the church's govern­ment was centered on Rome, not Constantinople, and certainly not in some lesser city like Milan or Ravenna.From the late 9th until the mid-11th C, Western Christendom was beset by a host of major challenges that left the region vulnerable. The Carolingian Empire frag­mented, leaving no major military power to defend Western Europe. Con­tinued attacks by Muslims in the S, a fresh wave of attacks by the Magyars in the E, and incessant raids by the Norsemen all over the Empire, turned the shards of the empire into splinters. One contemporary lamented, “Once we had a king, now we have kinglets!” For many Western Europeans, it seemed the end of the world was at hand.The popes no longer had Carolingian rulers as protectors. So the papacy became increasingly involved in the power struggles among the nobility for the rule of Italy. Popes became partisans of one political faction or another; sometimes willingly, other times coerced. But the cumulative result was spiritual and moral decline. For instance, Pope Stephen VI took vengeance on the preceding pope by having his body disinterred and brought before a synod, where it was propped up in a chair for trial. Following conviction, the body was thrown into the Tiber River. Then, within a year Stephen himself was overthrown. He was strangled while in prison.There was a near-complete col­lapse of civil order in Europe during the 10th C. Church property was ransacked by invaders or fell into the hands of the nobility. Noble­men treated churches and monas­teries as their private property to dispose of as they wished. The clergy became indifferent to duty. Their illiteracy & immorality grew.The 10th C was a genuine dark age, at least as far as the condition of the Church was concerned. Without imperial protection, popes became helpless playthings for the nobility, who fought to gain control by appointing relatives and political favorites. A chroni­cle by the German bishop of Cremona paints a graphic picture of sexual debauchery in the Church.Though there were incompet­ent & immoral popes during this time, they continued to be respected throughout the West. Bishoprics and abbeys were founded by laymen after they obtained the appro­val of the papal court. Pilgrimages to Rome hardly slackened during this age, as Christians visited the sacred sites of the West; that is, the tombs of Peter and Paul, as well as a host of other relics venerated in there.At the lowest ebb of the 10th C, during the reign of Pope John XII, from 955-64, a major change in Italian politics affected the papacy. An independent & capable German monarchy emerged. This Saxon dynasty began with the election of Henry I and continued with his son, Otto I, AKA Otto the Great .Otto developed a close relationship with the Church in Germany. Bishops and abbots were given the rights and honor of high nobility.  The church received huge tracts of land. Thru this alliance with the Church, Otto aimed to forestall the rebellious nobles of his kingdom.But the new spiritual aristocracy created by Otto wasn't hereditary. Bishops & abbots couldn't “pass on” their privileges to their successors. Favor was granted by the King to whomever he chose. Thus, their loyalty could be counted on more readily. In fact, the German bishops contributed money and arms to help the German kings expand into Italy, what is now the regions of East Germany & Poland.Otto helped raise the papacy out of the quagmire of Italian politics. His entrance into Italian affairs was a fateful deci­sion. He marched south into Italy to marry Adelaide of Burgundy and declare him­self king of the Lombards. Ten years later, he again marched south at the invitation of Pope John XII. In February of 962, the Pope tried a renewal of the Holy Roman Empire by crowning Otto and Adelaide in St Peter's. But the price paid by the pope for Otto's support was another round of interference in Church affairs.For the next 300 years, each new German monarch followed up his election by making a march to Rome to be crowned as Emperor. But at this point, it wasn't so much Popes who made Emperors as it was Emperors who made Popes. And when a pope ran afoul of the ruler, he was conveniently labeled ‘anti-pope' & deposed, to be replaced by the next guy. It was the age of musical chairs in Rome; whoever grabs the papal chair when the music stops gets to sit. But when the Emperor instructs the band to play again, whoever's in the chair has to stand and the game starts all over again. Lest you think I'm overstating the case, in 963 Otto returned to Rome, convened a synod which found Pope John guilty of a list of sordid crimes and deposed him. In his place, they chose a layman, who received all of his ecclesiastical orders in a single day to become Pope Leo VIII. He managed to sit in the Pope's chair less than a year before the music started all over again.

This is part 2 of “The Long Road to Reform.”Before diving into the THE Reformation, we'll do some review and add detail to the story of the Church. We do this because I fear too many of us may have the impression Martin Luther and John Calvin were wild aberrations. That they just sprang up out of nowhere. Many Protestants assume the Roman Catholic Church got progressively more corrupt during the Late Middle Ages and that Luther was a lone good guy who stood up and said, “Enough!” Many Roman Catholics would agree that the late medieval Church got a bit off but see what Luther did as a gross over-reaction that took him off the rails.So in this series of podcasts within the larger Church-story, I want to make sure we understand The Reformation was the inevitable result of a long attempt at reform that had gone on for awhile. To do that, we need to go back over some of the ground we've already covered.Pope Clement V made his headquarters the French city of Avignon. For the next 70 years, the popes resided there and bent their policies to the advantage of the French throne. The rest of Europe wasn't real excited about this, giving this period the title of “The Babylonian Captivity of the Church.”When Clement V died in 1314, the cardinals found it difficult to agree on a successor so they decided to elect a 72 year old, assuming he'd not last long, but it would afford them time to reach a consensus on a real pope. But Pope John XXII turned out be far more than a mere place-holder. He lived for 18 years and surprised everyone with his vigorous rule. Pope John was determined to make the Italians honor his papacy and sent troops to force down recalcitrant nobles. To finance these military excursions as well as funding the expansion of the papal court at Avignon, John devised a complex tax system. This only added to resentment against his rule.In the decade Pope Clement VI reigned, nepotism in the Church reached new heights and the papal palace at Avignon rivaled those of the secular courts of Europe in pompous luxury.Innocent VI made arrangements to move back to Rome but died before doing so.The eight years of Pope Urban V were marked by reform. Urban was an austere man of great personal discipline. He simplified the life of the court and removed from office anyone who wouldn't abide his reforms. In 1365, he returned to Rome to the acclaim of the people. But his policies weren't pro-Italian enough and loyalty to him quickly eroded. When his rule was defied by large groups, he moved back to Avignon.When Urban V died in 1370, Gregory XI was elected. Gregory's uncle was Pope Clement VI who made him a cardinal at the age of 17. It's that nepotism thing I mentioned a moment ago. This Gregory is the pope St. Catherine of Siena urged to return to Rome, we talked about in an earlier episode. On January 17, 1377, amid great rejoicing, Gregory entered Rome. The Babylonian Captivity of the Church was over and most assumed things would return to normal. It was not to be. The Great Papal Schism is just around the corner.The Avignon Papacies engaged in numerous intrigues and conducted military forays into various regions of Europe that had to be funded. So the popes came up with ingenious ways to raise revenue that furthered corruption. When an ecclesiastical position was vacant, its income was sent to Avignon. So the popes rather preferred that these positons weren't filled and churches went without bishops. When the positon WAS filled, it was auctioned off to the highest bidder in a return to the practice of simony Pope Gregory VII had worked so hard to end. Since these ecclesiastical offices were a source of income, some men managed to secure several of them. But, being that they could only be in one place at a time, they served as absentee landlords in their parishes. Added to this simony and absenteeism, the nepotism that marked the Avignon Papacy was so bad, by the end of the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, there was a widespread sense of the need for radical reform of the Church. And since it was the papacy itself that needed reform, the voices calling for it increasingly understood reform would need to come from someone other than the Pope.While I'd love to dive into the story of the Great Papal Schism, I don't think it would make for very good podcast material. We've already given a decent summary of it in previous episodes. Any more would devolve into a long list of names that become a jumble. The intrigues that went on during this time are rich and complex and would make for a great TV miniseries. But we're going to pass over it now and just say that the emergence of 2, then 3 popes all claiming to be Peter's rightful heir is one more obvious evidence things had gone horribly awry in the leadership of the Western Church.It became clear to everyone reform was needed. And in fact, many voices called for it.During the Great Schism, the conciliar movement wanted to reform the structure of the church while leaving its doctrine alone. Others, like John Wycliffe, who we recently looked at, and Jan Hus we have yet to - concluded it wasn't just the structure of the Church that needed reform; so did its doctrine.As a backdrop to all this were the frequent popular movements, especially among the poor, who saw the Mongol threat to the East, the Hundred Years' War, and the devastation of the Plague as harbingers of the End Times and potential judgments of God on a corrupt State and Church.The Conciliar Movement arose to deal with the Great Schism. Church leaders realized the history of the church had been dramatically shaped by its councils. They'd kept it ON THE RAILS at times it was being threatened with de-railing. It began all the way back in the 4th C, when Constantine called the first at Nicaea. Other crises were solved by similar councils over the centuries. Then, when popes gained power, the councils became instruments to enforce their power. This was especially true in the famous Fourth Lateran Council, which adopted a long list of polices of Pope Innocent III.But as papal authority diminished during the Great Schism, many hoped a new council would convene and undo the wrongs that had settled in as the status quo in both Church and State. As this theory grew, advocates said such a council held more authority than the pope because it would represent the WHOLE church, and not the partisan interests of one. Therefore, the council could select a new pope all could and should agree on.Now, this may seem imminently reasonable to us in the 21st C, but the issue was tied up in a sticking point its advocates had a hard time resolving à and that was this:Who had authority to call such a council. The first council was called by Constantine. Subsequent councils were convened by a notable church leader, and eventually by the popes. And—the findings of a council had to be officially endorsed by the Pope or they weren't valid.This problem was solved in 1409 when cardinals of both sides in the Great Schism, agreed to a great council in Pisa. è And they all lived happily ever after.You know enough of the history of this period to know that's not how the story goes. On the contrary, each of the rival popes called his own council to pre-empt the one at Pisa. You gotta' wonder who would consent to such silliness and be on one of those councils. Wouldn't you get an invitation and say, “Ah, thanks, I'm so honored. But, ummm, I have to decline. I need to uhhh, ummm – visit my dying uncle in Tuscany.”It seems this was in fact what some did because both papal councils failed. So the rival popes retreated to strongholds to await the outcome of the Pisan Council. It had the support of both colleges of cardinals and most courts of Europe.Rather than saying one of the two papal claimants was right, the council declared both unworthy and deposed them. The council then renewed opposition to simony and several other ecclesiastical ills.  They elected Alexander V as the new Pope.Convinced they'd ended the schism, the council adjourned.Ready for some fun? Here we go . . .All of this illustrates just how BADLY the Church needed reformation.Though the Pisan Council deposed the rival popes and installed Alexander, they refused to step down and had enough support to retain their position, in title at least. So now there were 3 popes. Then, months after being elected, Alexander died, and the cardinals appointed John XXIII. Turmoil saw John flee to the German Emperor Sigismund, who was himself in a tussle with 2 claimants to the throne, each supporting a different pope.Sigismund called another council to put an end to the now 3-way schism. John assumed this new council would endorse his papacy and agreed with Sigismund to call it in 1414 at Constance. The council realized John was not the reformer they needed and deposed him. He fled but was captured and returned to Constance where he agreed to resign. Worried he'd flee again and set up somewhere else, he was consigned to prison for the rest of his life.Then the Roman pope, Gregory XII, resigned as he'd promised if his rivals did likewise. The Constance council passed some rules for reformation and began the process of picking a new pope, which resulted in the selection of Martin V.Benedict XIII, last of Avignon popes, took refuge on the coast of Spain, where he continued his claim as pope, but by now, no one was listening. When he died in 1423, no successor was elected.Those who gathered at Constance hoped to rid the church of heresy and corruption. So they condemned Jan Hus, a guy they should have embraced as a fellow reformer.Then they fumbled when it came to ridding the church of simony and absenteeism simply because so many in the church's hierarchy had attained their position that way. It issued some decrees and made provision for future councils that would meet regionally to address local issues.The next council, called by Martin V as agreed at Constance, gathered at Pavia in 1423, but then moved to Siena due to the plague. Attendance was thin and not much was done. As 1430 and the next council drew near, Pope Martin was inclined to skip it. Advisors informed him the urge for conciliarism was still strong and if he failed to convene it might provoke a new crisis. The council met in Basel, during which Martin died. The council picked Eugene IV as his successor and as soon as he was elected, Eugene adjourned the council. But they refused, and considered deposing him. Under threat by Emperor Sigismund, Eugene withdrew the decree of adjournment.Up to this point, the Basel Council had gone virtually unnoticed by Europe, but now, all eyes were on it. A council seemed to have gained power over a Pope. Some said the council ought to stay convened and rule the church directly.It was then that an urgent request for help came from Constantinople being severely threatened by the Turks. Both the Byzantine emperor and patriarch said they were willing to rejoin the Western church and take part in the council, if it would move to a city closer to Constantinople. Eugene saw this as a way to regain some of his mojo and moved the council to Ferrara in NE Italy. Most of the council refused to relocate, but some, in hopes of ending the long rift between East and West, went to Ferrara.And so it was that the conciliar movement, which had come into being as a response to schism, was itself “schized” (yeah, I know that's not a word). There were now 2 councils à  and 1 pope.The Council of Ferrara later moved to Florence where it gained recognition for seeing the Eastern Church accept papal authority.The Council of Basel, meanwhile, became more radical in its pronouncements, causing increasing numbers of its members to leave and head off for Ferarra. Basel deposed Pope Eugene and named Felix V as the new Pope.Are you keeping track? There are now 2 councils and 2 popes. The conciliar movement, conceived as a way to end the schism resurrected it!But the truth is, the council in Basel had dwindled down to such a small number that people paid little attention to it. They moved to Lausanne and eventually disbanded when they realized they were irrelevant to church life. Felix V gave up his claim to the papacy.While it seemed for a while that conciliarism would be a standing feature of church life, in the end, the Popes won. Any future councils would be at their discretion.