Tag: religion
Are We at the End of Times? Pope Francis Cancels the Bible and Proposes...
Pope Francis surprised the world today by announcing that the Bible is totally out of date and needs radical change; thus, the Bible is...
A Deeply Rooted Religious Tradition: the Festivities in Honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Every year the Festivities of “Our Lady the Virgin of Guadalupe" is celebrated in Nicoya during November and December, which include different religious, cultural...
Costa Rican Flavored Coffee
Our delicious coffee has been a beautiful culture for many years. Also, it has been, for almost 2 centuries, the main source of family...
Traditional Festivals in Costa Rica
Every country has its folk festivals over the year. So does Costa Rica. They are the oldest social roots of a culture. Some of...
Highlights from the Pope’s Apology to Indigenous Peoples of Latin America
Many grave sins were committed against the native peoples of America in the name of God…I humbly ask forgiveness, not only for the offenses...
New Religion-based Survey Reveals Ticos Thoughts on Homosexuality, Abortion, and Prayer
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The Ecumenical School of Religious Studies at the National University (UNA) presented its most recent study of changes...
Catholicism Fell by 13% in Latin America Between 1995-2014
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Catholicism fell by 13 % in Latin America between 1995 and 2014 according Latinobarometer, in a year of...
Pope Appoints New Bishop for Costa Rican Diocese
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Pope Francisco has named a new bishop for the diocese of Ciudad Quesada Costa (north), named José Manuel...
Religion Plays Big Role in the Presidential Campaign of Costa Rica
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The political campaign in Costa Rica this year has been full of controversy, including the role played by...
Bishop says Second Miracle of John Paul II May have been in Costa Rica
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The bishop of the Costa Rican city of Cartago, José Francisco Ulloa, said that there is a possibility...
Costa Rica Welcomes a New Latin American Pope
Just over an hour after the white smoke was seen from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, the window opened from the central balcony...
Ending Religious Authority
There are more Buddhist traditions in the West than you can shake stick at these days. There are even one or two ‘lineages’ that...
From Sentience to Sapience
The great irony of evolution is that, though it took billions of years to evolve a brain capable of awareness of the sacred through...
Wellsprings of Insight
Contributor – Meditations
Martin LeFerve
After a couple of beers at the local brewery, my atheist friend made the oft-heard claim that Jesus never existed. When...
