The "island of love," a "unique place for Orthodox Christians,” where St. John the Theologian wrote the Book of Revelation, an island "with smiling people ready to share everything with you,” and where "people do not lock their front doors or their cars,” the “island that cannot be forgotten”: these are just some of the thoughts shared by those fortunate to visit the sacred island of Patmos.
Archpriest Vladislav Tsypin
Archpriest Vladislav Tsypin, researcher and author of numerous works on canon law and Church history, comments on the inordinate reaction to Russian legislation against offending people’s religious sensibilities.
Deputy President of Kenya William Ruto responded during Sunday Mass that Kenya is committed to the nuclear family as taught by the Scriptures. “Those who believe in other things, that is their business,” Ruto said at St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church in Maili Kumi. “We believe in God.” “This nation, the nation of Kenya,” he said, is “sovereign and God-fearing.”
We will not turn someone away because of a particular sin they struggle with. They are sinners like the rest of us who need God's forgiveness and help. But performing or approving of same-sex marriages? No, we can't do that. That would be saying that what is a sin isn't a sin. That would be a lie, so we can't participate or approve.
Maria Saradzhishvili
One taxi driver, a Kurd, saw a boy on the street, bleeding, and he took him to hospital number nine. They didn’t even want to take him. The nurses were running around, sighing and gasping, but doing nothing.
