Benedict XVI Baptized the Journalist at Easter Vigil
VATICAN CITY, MARCH 23, 2008 (Zenit.org).-
Here is a translation of Magdi Allam’s account of his conversion to
Catholicism. The Muslim journalist was baptized by Benedict XVI at
Saturday's Easter Vigil Mass [2008] in St. Peter's Basilica.
Aaron Jean-Marie Lustiger, cardinal and archbishop, died on August 5th, 2007, aged 80
AT THE funeral of Jean-Marie Lustiger, at Notre Dame de Paris on
August 10th, his second cousin Jonas Moses-Lustiger read a psalm in
Hebrew and placed on the coffin a jar of earth that had been gathered
on the Mount of Olives. Then another cousin, Arno Lustiger, bent over
the coffin to recite Kaddish. Only when those things were done was the
body of Cardinal Lustiger carried inside the cathedral, where Catholic
panoply took over.
Read and hear testimonies of "fulfilled Jews" who entered the Catholic Church on the site Salvation is from the Jews
Once a Chicken, Now a Fish: the spiritual journey of Reformed Jewish girl through Messianic Judaism, paganism, and Episcopalianism, until she found her home in the Catholic Church.
Yartzheit for the Cardinal by Joshua Turnil - an article about Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger on the Jews for Jesus site.
This is the
story of my return to the Catholic Church.
I will attempt to explain how my walk with the Lord these past years has
led me to this important and difficult decision, yet one that I make in peace
and enthusiasm. It is addressed to my
Evangelical Christian and Messianic Jewish friends in Israel, and
particularly to those who do not believe that one can be a "true believer" and
a Catholic at the same time. It is also
written as a personal testimony for the many good and faithful friends I have
made over the years around the world who may be interested in my walk of
faith. To them I dedicate this essay and
pray that it will help us to grow in unity in loving and worshipping the King
of Kings.
