When Pope Francis was installed as pope, he immediately issued the “The Gospel of Joy,” and in doing so, he offered his implicit judgment that there is a reason for people to be hopeful of what the world can be. While Immanuel Kant believed that there were a few different...

During the Medieval Europe, two different Christian churches emerged, the Roman Catholic Church in the West and the Orthodox Christian Church in the East. However, the Roman Catholic Church later grew and became the prime stabilizing force in Western Europe playing significance roles in the medieval society. The Church was...

The Catholic Church remains one of the most ancient Christian religious institutions. Alongside the Orthodox Church, from whom the Catholic Church split in 1054, because of a formal schism concerning issues such as papal authority and theological disputes, for example, concerning the doctrinal formulation of the “filioque”, the Catholic Church...

The Meaning of Catholicism as a Culture Sharing Group A culture-sharing group is a tight community where culture is transmitted from generation to generation and from one individual to another. In addition, by sharing the same values and principles, and being in constant interactions, the members of the group are...

A well-known painting by Jan Vermeer Allegory of the Catholic Faith appears to be deeply symbolic and interesting to analyze. Despite being created in nearly 1670, the painting matches the principles of art criticism provided by John Berger in Ways of Seeing. Among the range of features and senses that...