Sandro Magister: "It is the faith of the simple that knocks down false gods" The complete transcription of the pope's unscripted homily at the first session of the special synod on the Middle East. Financial capitals, terrorism, drugs, dominant ideologies. The rise and fall of the powers of this world, interpreted in the light of Revelation

In Israel, Jewish Christians Are Sprouting
They have been baptized into the Catholic Church, but speak and live like the Jews. They resemble the primitive community of Jerusalem. They are on the rise, but feel overlooked, as in a ghetto