Daily Archives: July 25, 2016

St. James, brother of St. John, and son of Zebedee, was a native of Bethsaida in Galilee. He is surnamed the Greater, i.e. the elder. One day his mother, approaching the Saviour, asked of Him “the favour for her two … Continue reading →

by Christopher A. Ferrara July 22, 2016 Readers may recall that Francis recently had a tête-à-tête at the Vatican with the “moderate” Muslim Sheik Ahmed el-Tayeb, the “Grand Imam” of Al-Azhar University in Cairo, and perhaps the world’s most authoritative scholar of … Continue reading →