by Nick Patricca | Jan 1, 2014
When I came to Chicago in summer of 1966 to enter a PhD program at the University of Chicago in the Divinity School, Chicago embraced me as a long lost son come home at last. When I came to Chicago in summer of 1966 to enter a PhD program at the University of Chicago...
by Nick Patricca | Dec 4, 2013
In Luke 2 and Matthew 2, Joseph and a very pregnant Mary journey to Bethlehem, their ancestral home town, in order to register for the census decreed by Caesar Augustus. If you have ever been to Bethlehem, you know that the people of Bethlehem scoff at the idea that...
by Nick Patricca | Nov 6, 2013
Mary, the mother of Jesus, enjoys a unique status in the Quran where she ( as Maryam or Miriam in Arabic, Aramaic and Hebrew ), the mother of Isa( Arabic for Jesus ) is mentioned 34 times, more times than she is cited in the New Testament. Mary is the only woman to...
by Nick Patricca | Oct 2, 2013
Institute for the Works of Religion, the proper name for ‘The Vatican Bank,’ was created in June 1942 by Pope Pius 12 to deal with the money crises caused by WW2, to prepare for post-war recovery efforts, and to work against communist takeovers, especially...
by Nick Patricca | Sep 4, 2013
Our way of doing marriage today is seriously flawed. It is based on an unnecessary confusion of the civil and religious jurisdictions and on an unhealthy misunderstanding of the act of marriage itself.Our way of doing marriage today is seriously flawed. It is based on...
