Essays on Catholic Church

Father Greg Boyle is a Jesuit priest who has dedicated his life to helping people affected by gang violence and giving members of gangs a chance for a new life. Growing up with seven siblings in Los Angeles, California, Father Boyle has seen firsthand the...

Jainism, originally known as Jain Dharma, is defined as a nontheistic ancient Indian religion. The foundation of their religion is heavily based on the idea of nonviolence and not harming anything while they are on earth. Their ultimate goal is to be freed of their...

The Papacy is the longest-reigning religious organization of the modern world to date. Though throughout the centuries it has existed it has had a tumultuous past. The reason why the Papacy became corrupt is due to the fact that they lacked the resources that those...

The expression and development of the Catholics church’s teachings on morality, justice and world peace are significantly shaped by religious leaders in history. More specifically within the role of Pope John XXIII in his encyclicals, social teachings and his contributions to the Vatican. Through his...

Pope John revolutionised the Catholic Church’s teachings and offered a broader insight into how we should view and think about morality, justice and world peace. Before Pope John the Christian faith was viewed drastically different to what it is today, the church itself didn’t comment...

Pope John XXIII became pope in 1958, and is known as the Pope who changed the entire image of the Catholic Church. Pope John had one vision, calling for a Vatican Council in order to bring the Catholic Church up with the modern date. Pope...

Gregory was a mover and shaker in the catholic church and fundamentally altered the power of the pope and made colossal changes with his reformations, fixing the main problems of the Catholic Church. Gregory the Vll was born as Hildebrand in c.1025 in southern Tuscany...

Mary I was a Tudor Queen who came to reign after Edward VI who was a Protestant Monarch, she ruled from 1516 to 1558 and in that time, she attempted to reintroduce Catholicism as the prominent religion. Traditionalist historians like that of David Loades believed...

Martin Luther would be the one to start the fall of the colossal Catholic Church. Greatly misunderstanding Luther’s position, his leaders sent him to a great city that is deep within the world history, Rome! Within this luxurious city a hidden hierarchy would come into...

Tartuffe is a comic play written by french writer “Moliere”, who tells the story of a religious hypocrite attempt to the peace and harmony of a family, as the two heads of the house received him as a guest and a respectable gentleman. The reading...