Saint Philip Neri (1515–1595) was an Italian Catholic priest. The biography, The Life of Saint Philip Neri  by Alfonso Cardinal Capecelatro, unequivocally attests both St Philip Neri’s habitual abstinence from animal flesh (effectively a vegan/near-vegan diet), and his compassion for animals. 1. A Vegan Diet The book explicitly and repeatedly describes the saint’s normal diet as “His food was bread and herbs”. Animal flesh is “almost unknown” to him. Capecelatro states plainl

“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.” (1 John 4:7) This verse presents love not as a feeling but as evidence of spiritual rebirth. To “know God” is not defined by correct doctrine, ritual observance, or religious identity, but by the active expression of love that reflects God’s own nature. Since the epistle goes on to say that “God is love”  (4:8), love is not merely something God does — it is

Over the past three months, I encountered a challenge in which someone actively accused me of something I did not do. It was directly related to veganism and indirectly related to theology. It all came to an end a few days ago. I’m sharing this not to revisit events, but to show how theology becomes practice when we’re tested. God has used this crisis to grant me an experiential grasp of a few essential spiritual truths, which are infinitely more important than the matter its

James the Just (early 1 st  century – 62 AD) is Jesus’ biological brother (Mark 6:3; Matt 13:55–56; Galatians 1:19) though later Catholic patristic writers, like St. Jerome, deliberately denied that James and Jesus came from the same mother, not on historical grounds, but to defend the doctrine of Mary’s perpetual virginity. James is also Jesus’ official successor ( Acts  15:13-21, 21:18; The Gospel of Thomas , saying 12; Clement of Alexandria, qtd. Eusebius, Ecclesiastical H