A Tale of Dysmas Cynthia

A Tale of Dysmas CynthiaWhen Jesus of Nazareth was crucified, there were two others crucified with Him. Tradition tells us their names. Dysmas and Gestus. Dysmas is known to the world as "the good thief." But who was he? And how did he come to be hanging upon a cross beside Jesus? The scriptural account explains how Jesus came to be there, and even why. But what of Dysmas? Mix what we know from Scripture, and so much learned since then, with a fertile imagination, and you

unique photos by Vatican photographer Giancarlo Giuliani (many never before published) of many striking and poignant moments of the pontificate of John Paul II as he traveled around the world

But when they are jerked back violently into this strangest of lands they find the present King in danger and Narnia facing its darkest hour

With his extensive knowledge of Scripture

Thomas Aquinas is universally recognized as one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived

ÔÇÖ but a man who speaks movingly of the love and mercy of God

or as one that was only of interest to specialist scholars

and his mastery is of exactly the type required by Plato's text

Karl Rahner

Christians rejoice and the demons tremble to see the Sign of the Cross emblazoned everywhere as proof of Christ's victory over the world

The great resurgence of devotion to Mary is God's way of emphasising the worth and dignity of every person against the false doctrines that have so confused the modern world

with breadth and depth

and deconstruction