Pope
to star in TV Bible marathon
BBC ^
Praise the Lord this is a good
thing that the Pope is continuing on the path that he spoke of two years ago
that the Roman Catholics need to move away from catechisms and back to reading
the bible for inspiration, spiritual growth, and to bring back a sense of
holiness and morality. [We have that article here in old news articles] So I
for one am delighted to see this, and pray that this will cause Roman Catholics
the world over will have a greater hunger and desire to get to know and follow
after Jesus Christ.
Luke 9:49-51 And John answered
and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him,
because he followeth not with us. And
Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us.
John 10:16 And other
sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they
shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
We have a very large two part article written on this matter
entitled “Who are the Samaritans?” which addresses how the Lord views them and
how our relationship is to be with these Samaritan Brethren.
Posted on Friday,
July 04, 2008 3:27:25 PM
Pope Benedict
XVI has agreed to take part in a Bible-reading marathon on Italian television
in October.
The Pope will
start off the event on 5 October with the first chapter of Genesis, read in
Italian in Saint Peter's Basilica.
The Italian state radio and TV broadcaster Rai has organised the continuous
reading of the whole bible.
It will go on
for six days and six nights. After the Pope, a wide variety of people will take
over the reading.
The organisers of the
Bible marathon said that Muslims would also be welcome to take part if they
were interested.
Other readers will include academics, students,
politicians, sports stars, soldiers and factory workers.
They will each read passages lasting between four
and eight minutes and there will be a brief pause for a musical reflection
every 90 minutes.
Pope Benedict is expected to read for a whole
hour. It has not yet been decided whether his contribution will be live or
recorded in advance.
A high ranking
The Pope wants the Catholic Church to go back to studying and
deepening its knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, he said.