Dr Vassilis Adrahtas holds a PhD in Studies in Religion (USyd) and a PhD in the Sociology of Religion (Panteion), Greek City Times
Traditionally, there are many graphic and telling images used
in Scripture and theology to speak about the nature and function of the
Church: body, temple, mother, vine, family, pillar, people, bride, and
so forth. And, undoubtedly, this kind of imagery is highly evocative and
has shaped in a definitive way the perspective, emotionality and
behaviour of the faithful throughout the centuries. This discourse is
poetic, beautiful and significant in itself, but is it enough? Is this
enough to understand what the Church is all about?
Telegraph
His goal was to alienate religious members of Ukrainian society from Zelensky’s government, which tries to keep secular neutrality
Dr Cyril Hovorun is a professor of ecclesiology at Sankt Ignatios College, Sweden
Vladimir Putin is a master of cracks. He skilfully finds them in what he believes to be his enemies’ camps and then tries to widen them as much as possible, for his political ends. It has become a common wisdom that he tried, and continues to be hopeful, to crack the unity of the West, including Nato. Sometimes it felt like he was not far from success, but then the fully fledged invasion in Ukraine in February 2022 pushed the Western allies to tighten their ties with one another.