When I asked a local in Brașov to explain the difference between Catholicism and Orthodoxy, he didn’t quote scripture or mention rituals. He smiled and said simply, “We didn’t have crusades, the Inquisition, or witch trials.” It was such an abrupt, almost startling answer — not theological, but historical, and human. The divergent memory was of two civilizations that shared one faith but grew into very different moral worlds. Divergent Paths from the Same Root Both Catholicis

Every October, the internet fills with warnings: “Keep your black cats inside. Pagans might harm them for Halloween.” It’s an old accusation, recycled year after year, and completely unfounded. The historical record shows that the real persecution of cats came not from pagans, but from the religious. The Church and its faithful turned the cat from a household guardian into a symbol of the Devil. Their crusade against these animals left a tragic trail of fur, fire, and fear th