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The Verkhovna Rada adopted a generally revised draft law prohibiting the activity of religious organizations on the territory of Ukraine, particularly those related to the Russian Federation. There will be no Moscow church in Ukraine, the church in Ukraine will be deprived of Moscow influence. This event opened up a space for discussion, as a conscious citizen of Ukraine, a representative of the clergy, I cannot stand aside, I have been waiting for this event for 24 long years since my stay in the UAOC, and then without thinking I entered the united local Ukrainian Church of the OCU. Therefore, what happened before my eyes and what I myself directly suffered in the church environment during these years, I will add to the collected material with short comments. I will try to make an analysis of those materials that have recently appeared in various mass media on live broadcasts on television. Metropolitan Klimenta, the head of the information and educational department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Ukraine, tries to claim that this law is no longer about the church itself, but about its property, that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has no administrative ties with foreign centers, and they say that there is no Ukrainian document that would confirm this [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study offers an example of “standing theology” as distinguished from sitting theology and kneeling theology. This sermon was delivered in Rochester Cathedral on All Saints Sunday on 30 October 2022 when the Gospel reading was Luke 6: 20–31. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article explores the eschatological theme in Eric G. Stanley's paper "The Judgment of the Damned." Topics discussed include the appearance of Jesus in majesty accompanied by the angelic hosts, the imagined scene that Jesus is the judge welcoming the blessed and threatening the damned, the theological idea that God as Father, Son, or Holy Ghost is imperturbable, and the parallel of the homily on the judgment process in the Old English poem "Christ III."

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The twentieth century in the Catholic Church was the age of martyrs and witnesses to the faith. One of such witness is Archbishop Teofilius Matulionis, who was born in Lithuania, worked in Russia for a long time and spent many years in Soviet camps. The bishop was a man of prayer and a great organizer of the spiritual life, faithful to his vocation, obedient to the Apostolic Throne, and scarifying. Although Theophilus Matulionis did not lack for suffering in his life, he was always a witness to the Gospel, matured in the virtues of faith, love, and hope. His life and deeds were appreciated by Pope Francis declaring him blessed.

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This letter of James is shown to the twelve tribes in the overseas, those who are being tossed around related to the socioeconomic level faced by the church, namely the problem between the rich and the poor. So this letter was written before the year 62 AD. In this article we write about the implementation of the blessed expression of those who endure trials in James 1: 12-15. The background is where James says that those who are happy are those who endure trials. In this context it talks about how people's attitudes in the face of temptation, in this case James appealed to the twelve tribes that are overseas so that they endure trials, love God more, persevere in their faith, and are always faithful to God when facing trials. Real happiness is that people are blessed by God, but the problem is only limited to understanding but when confronted with a problem, trials, and lack of needs to be unhappy, less grateful for what is experienced. Therefore this article reminds believers of the true principle of happiness.

This phenomenological secondary analysis of original research explored how adult caregivers of aging parents define the concept of being blessed. The disadvantages of caregiving dominate literature, but few research studies focus on positive aspects where caregivers emerge emotionally optimistic. Study participants expressed being blessed, such as being thankful, gaining a sense of peacefulness, reward, and meaningfulness. A conceptual definition of being blessed is proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article reports on the beatification of Father Johann Philipp Jeningen, S.J., a German Jesuit priest who lived between 1642 and 1704. Jeningen was martyred along with other missionaries while evangelizing indigenous populations and assisting the poor in the Zenta Valley. The article highlights Jeningen's life and pastoral work, his dedication to Spiritual Exercises, and his service to pilgrims and those in need. It also mentions the ongoing veneration and stories of prayer responses obtained through his intercession. Jeningen's beatification is seen as an example of hope and trust amidst the wounds of war and violence. [Extracted from the article]

In Argentina, the priests Pedro Ortiz de Zárate and Juan Antonio Solinas were declared blessed on July 2nd. Both priests were killed in 1683 while evangelizing the indigenous peoples of the Toba, Mocoví, and Mataguayos tribes. During the beatification ceremony, presided over by the prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, the apostolic letter sent by Pope Francis was read, and the official image of the two martyrs was unveiled. The blessed Pedro and Juan Antonio were ministers of the first evangelization and stood out for their generous dedication to the indigenous peoples and their pastoral care. [Extracted from the article]

This study aims to explain the management of tourism in the Komodo National Park (KNP). Besides, this study portrays the impact of tourism management on the socio-economic life of people living nearby the KNP. This study employed qualitative research methods. The data were obtained from interviews with community leaders, naturalist guides, village heads, tourism managers, fishers, and tourism management communities in the region. Two villages in the KNP were chosen as the data collection sites. The results of this study indicate that the management of tourism in the Komodo National Park area is dominated by the KNP Officer, while the local people exclusively positioned as natularist guide. Besides, this study shows that the existence of tourism in the national park only impacts on people living in the Komodo island region which exclude people living in the island of Rinca from welfare and prosperity.

The aim of the article is to given an explanatory overview of canon 1187, starting from the process by which it was drafted. This commentary involves the clarification of a number of key concepts, including the difference between canonization and beatification, private and public devotion, licit acts of devotion to Servants of God and licit public worship devotion to Blesseds and Saints. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study aims to explain the management of tourism in the Komodo National Park (KNP). Besides, this study portrays the impact of tourism management on the socio-economic life of people living nearby the KNP. This study employed qualitative research methods. The data were obtained from interviews with community leaders, naturalist guides, village heads, tourism managers, fishers, and tourism management communities in the region. Two villages in the KNP were chosen as the data collection sites. The results of this study indicate that the management of tourism in the Komodo National Park area is dominated by the KNP Officer, while the local people exclusively positioned as natularist guide. Besides, this study shows that the existence of tourism in the national park only impacts on people living in the Komodo island region which exclude people living in the island of Rinca from welfare and prosperity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Jesus’ speech in the Synagogue of Capernaum (John 6:26-59), presents a similar topic to the one conveyed by Luke’s and Matthew’s Beatitudes. The speech on the «bread of life» in Capernaum may develop the meaning of the second beatitude of Luke’s Gospel – namely the biblical equivalence between food and the Word of God. The long speech specifies that Jesus is the «bread of life», which satisfies hunger and thirst for the Word of God. In a further stage of John 6 traditions, and possibly after a fourth beatitude had been added to the list of Luke, the «Son of Man» has been interpreted in the traditions of John 6 with a reference to Dan 7:13 in order to explain the future aspects of the Word of God. By referring to this biblical figure, the Beatitudes of Luke and John 6 explain the future aspects of the Word of God and of Jesus’ relationship to the Word of God. The «Son of Man» in John 6 and in Luke’s Beatitudes referred, at one point, to the same biblical character, who is different from other presentations of the Son of Man during the first century C.E. and who is different from another presentation and from a later presentation of the «Son of Man» in John’s Gospel. An early tradition of the Gospel of John had identified the characteristics of the «Son of Man» and his relationship to the «heavenly bread» and to Wisdom, with Jesus’ unique relationship and identification with the Word of God. Before orienting «eternal life» to the future, with the interpretation of the «Son of Man» in relationship to Dan 7:13, Jesus in the fourth Gospel had identified himself with the Word of God. Declaring his identification with the «bread of life», presenting himself as «living bread», and offering «eternal life» with his flesh and blood that are this bread, Jesus in John 6 promises to the believers the sharing of his unique relationship with the Word of God and with the Father. Also, this is the meaning of the rewards promised to the blessed of the Gospel Beatitudes, with a reference to future aspects of the Word of God, after a fourth beatitude had been added to the original list, and the «Son of Man» had been introduced in this beatitude.

The literary criticism of the book "Commedia" by Dante is presented. It explores the textile arts, rhetoric, and metapoetics at the end of the book. It presents the empire of Dante in a poetic fashion as a garden, rose and amphitheater with vertical steps and horizontal seats for the blessed, dividing salvation into two temporal phases.

The subject-matter of the article is the issue of sanctity which the author considers in the context of the lives of seven men and one woman. All of them belong to the Poznań Church. Their heroic lives provide an opportunity to scrutinize contemporary culture, which is characterized by a process of disenchantment of the world, i.e. humanization of what formerly used to be divine, what belonged to God or led to Him. Today we witness a tendency to sanctify things human, things which are the work of man and enhance human pleasure, enjoyment of life and cheerful disposition... At the same time things divine and those that lead to God are dismissed or even forgotten. Modern man has become increasingly autonomous. He no longer needs God seeing Him as unwanted or even redundant. Prayer, which animates saints, is now considered mere waste of time while obedience to God's commandments is deemed ridiculous. This process also impacts our attitude to the saints. In Christian theology they are the teachers of the faith, witnesses of God and His truth. They are the good Samaritans that lift up those who fell, reminding them of their dignity received from God and encouraging them to go ahead to meet God. But many of our contemporaries, believers included, no longer perceive saints in this way. They do not expect from the saints lessons on life, but miracles in order to have a rich, healthy and happy life themselves. They look for miracle workers not witnesses and teachers of God's truth, the prophets of a different world. As God's witnesses the blessed and saints can "hold back" the process of disenchantment of the world and give the world a new eschatological dimension, the lost sacrum without which life on earth can change into a drama. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

From its dawn, the Church has venerated its martyrs, witnesses of its fidelity to Christ with the blood, and from the IV s. has proposed to the faithful the confessors who have testified to the Lord Jesus, divine teacher of perfection, with the heroic exercise of the Christian virtues during his life. The initiative of the veneration of the saints has always departed from the faithful people, not from the hierarchy, who intervene successively in the discernment and with the approval to guarantee the truth and the legitimacy of the cult. This intervention has had a great evolution over the centuries, whether in terms of methods, or the competent authority to declare a servant of God holy, or, finally, about the investigation preceding the Canonization, and has followed a slow process before concluding on precise legislation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the life and work of Aniela Salawa.

The article presents the life and work of blessed Sancja Janina Szymkowiak.

The article recounts the life and work of August Czartoryski.

The article presents the life and work of Blessed Bernarydny Marii Jabłońskiej.

The article presents the life and work of Blessed Maria Karłowska.

The article presents the life and work of Blessed Jan Beyzym.

The article presents the life and work of Franciszka Siedliska.

The article presents the life and work of Honorat Koźmiński.

The article presents the life and work of rev. Jan Balicki.

The article presents the life and work of Bolesława Maria Lament.

The article presents the life and work of Blessed Regina Protmann.

The article presents the life and work of Blessed Mother Kolumba Gabriel, a Lviv Benedictine Sister.

The article recounts the life and the martyrdom of Blessed Maria Stella and her ten companions.

The article presents the life and death of Blessed Karolina Kózka.

The article presents the life and work of Rafał Chyliński.