Brief Overview of Church Teaching on Islam. Monday, November 10, 2003. I intentionally wanted to keep my own commentary concise and to the point because of the sensistive nature of the subject while a war is occurring in the Middle East. Adore the one, merciful God! Though we can rightly say there is no salvation apart.

Tuesday, March 15, 2005. Recently, I posted a rather lengthy series of questions and answers on celibacy. Then I got to thinking that there are two other common religious vows I left untouched. Many readers already know that I spent my time in formation with a Franciscan community. Here are the opening lines of the original The Rule of Saint Francis.

Just before the Thanksgiving break, I received my December 1, 2003 copy of Newsweek. In the regular feature, The Last Word. Anna Quindlen wrote a column entitled A New Kind of Poverty. Quindlen quotes Mary Brosnahan, who runs the Coalition for the Homeless in a section of New York City. Quindlen goes on to paraphrase from The Betrayal of Work. I remember the time I spent in formation for Cat.

Tuesday, March 15, 2005. Recently, I wrote a lengthy reflection on celibacy. A few days later, I wrote a reflection on obedience. It makes sense that now I would offer some thoughts on the vow of religious poverty. I confess that I am struggling with articulating anything meaningful on this vow, even though it was the vow I felt most essential to my own vocation when I was exploring religious life. I did not think of the vow of poverty so much as sacrifice as freedom.

Monday, March 08, 2004. I have written articles on Protestantism compared and contrasted to Catholicism. The salvation of the Jews. And the possibility of salvation among Muslims. I would venture to say that the most fascinating questions Western Christians are facing today on salvation outside of the Church. Globally, Christians make up the largest religion with 33 percent of the global population, and nearly 2 billion adherents in 2001. Just over half of all Christians are R.