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Roman Catholicism is the largest religious group in the world. Wherever you are, you are dealing with it. In recent decades it has become welcoming, wanting all Christians to be “united” in some form or another. Yet, in spite of all the changes, Roman Catholicism is not based on the Bible alone. To more or lesser degrees all Catholic doctrines and practices are the result of a flawed theological method which is not governed by Scripture alone, but by a self-authenticating tradition which is administered by the authority of the Roman Church.

Roman Catholicism is the largest religious group in the world. Wherever you are, you are dealing with it. In recent decades it has become welcoming, wanting all Christians to be “united” in some form or another. Yet, in spite of all the changes, Roman Catholicism is not based on the Bible alone. To more or lesser degrees all Catholic doctrines and practices are the result of a flawed theological method which is not governed by Scripture alone, but by a self-authenticating tradition which is administered by the authority of the Roman Church.

The modern church seems to have almost forgotten ‘singles’ who now make up the majority of congregants in the West. On the one hand, the Old Testament indicates that being single was rare. On the other hand, the New Testament teaches more positively about being single. By developing a theology of singleness from both the Old and New Testaments, this workshop communicates a biblical perspective of celibacy for the church today.

Across Europe and beyond, care for those who are dying and the debate on euthanasia in its many forms is on the political and cultural agenda – in truth, as it always has been. As Christians, any discussion about suffering, life and death must be framed in the context of faith in a sovereign God whose love and attention does not waver according to our circumstances and whose ways are beyond our understanding.