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Jesús Malverde has been revered for almost a century in northwestern Mexico. According to folklore, he was a Mexican Robin Hood who took from the rich and gave to the poor until he was killed by the police in 1909.
Malverde is widely considered the patron saint of drug dealers, say law enforcement officials and experts on Mexican culture. A shrine has been erected atop his grave in the remote city of Culiacán in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, which has long been associated with opium and marijuana trafficking.
“The drug guys go to the shrine and ask for assistance and come back in big cars and with stacks of money to give thanks,” said James H. Creechan, a Canadian sociologist and adjunct professor at the Autonomous University of Sinaloa in Culiacán. Jesús Malverde has been revered for almost a century in northwestern Mexico.... more
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Catholic and Muslim leaders meeting to discuss mutual respect, understanding, and toleranceCatholic and Muslim leaders meeting to discuss mutual respect, understanding, and... more
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Spain legalized gay marriage and annoyed the pope. During a recent visit to Spain the pope announced, "[family is] based on the unbreakable union of man and woman and represents the privileged environment where human life is welcomed and protected from the beginning to its natural end." Under this definition, the millions of gay and lesbian couples and their children are not considered family. Can anyone think of other families that do not fit that definition? Maybe your own? Spain legalized gay marriage and annoyed the pope. During a recent visit to Spain the... more
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A priest has been arrested on charges of stalking late-night talk show host Conan O?Brien by writing him threatening notes on parish letterhead, contacting his parents and showing up at his studio, prosecutors said Wednesday.A priest has been arrested on charges of stalking late-night talk show host Conan... more
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"Being Friends, Being Safe, Being Catholic" teaches kids it's wrong to be alone with their priest."Being Friends, Being Safe, Being Catholic" teaches kids it's wrong to... more
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On Monday, Sudan's president pardoned the British schoolteacher who had been jailed for allowing her students to name a teddy bear Mohammed. What are the official rules for naming people and things after the prophet?On Monday, Sudan's president pardoned the British schoolteacher who had been... more
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Meet Thad and Amy, your typical twenty-somethings...except for their four kids in eight years of marriage.Meet Thad and Amy, your typical twenty-somethings...except for their four kids in... more
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It seems the Pope John Paul II is about to make a posthumous debut as a contemporary recording star. On Dec 4th the Universal Music Group will release Santo Subito, which the producers claim is the first music DVD to embody the voice and the images of John Paul II.
The DVD is a montage of footage set to music by film composer Simon Boswell, whose previous credits include Shallow Grave, Hackers, and Michael Hoffmans 1999 retelling of A Midsummer Nights Dream. The composer mixes classical scoring with trip-hop and jazz-trance, drawing on radio archives of the Pope speaking and singing, as well as other historical recordings such as Gregorian chants found in the Vaticans vaults.
Boswell told the BBC he was "very nervous about interfering with the pontiff's voice." The composer had to use modern tuning and effects techniques to integrate Pope John Pauls voice into his music which raised "one slight complaint from the Vatican" after all, how can you improve on the infallibility of papal perfection?
"I have felt very moved by doing the thing, and I've almost felt guided or watched over in a way I haven't felt before, said Boswell of the creative process. "I've felt privileged and an empathy towards the subject that I very often don't."
The DVD is part of a greater campaign to speed up the canonization of Pope John Paul, hence the title Santo Subito which means sainthood now. Using the internet to promote the cause, the DVD can be viewed in webisode format via You Tube, and the official Santo Subito website polls visitors on whether theyd like to see instant canonization for the beloved former pope. At the time we checked in, 95% of those who participated in the survey wanted Pope John Paul to be proclaimed a saint immediately, with 61% wanting him to be appointed the patron and protector of young people.
"Seeing the power of his speech, and the millions and millions of people over the world mesmerized by him, I actually felt quite moved. He was saying things that any nice human being couldn't refuse, says Boswell, who is not a Catholic himself. "I can't think of a better person to be made a saint. Why not have saints in the world?"
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Priests in Ireland are coming out against a law that changes the legal limit from 0.08 percent blood alcohol to 0.05 percent. This change would mean they couldn't legally drive home after Mass. Priests are required to drink all consecrated wine that has not been distributed during communion.Priests in Ireland are coming out against a law that changes the legal limit from 0.08... more
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After blasting Kathy Griffin at the Emmys, and physically threatening Vanity Fair columnist Christopher Hitchens on a MSNBC new show, Bill Donohue and his Catholic League have set their sites on fellow instrument of the Devil, Britney Spears. The troubled songstress has upset the leader of the self proclaimed largest Catholic civil rights organization" in the United States by featuring some sexy snaps in the CD booklet of her new album Blackout. The shots, were taken by renowned photographer Ellen Von Unwerth, whose work has been extensively featured in magazines such as Vogue and Vanity Fair. The erotic images show Spears rocking a saucy pose in a confessional and sitting on a hunky priests lap. Heresy indeed.
This is all the puzzle pieces coming together. This girl is crashing, said Catholic League president Donohue, in an interview with New Yorks Daily News. Shes not even allowed to bring up her own kids because shes not responsible enough. Now we see she cant even entertain. Harsh words for a man in the forgiveness business.
Over the last month, on his website, Donohue has attacked Halloween costumers and haunted house owners, David E Kelley and his Boston Legal show, Cold Case, the now notorious yet utterly harmless Chocolate Jesus art exhibit, and the film Elizabeth: The Golden Age for their unfavorable depiction of the Catholic Church. And another Catholic leader said Britney was the one doing the bottom of the barrel stunts! Were glad that minor issues such as AIDS, poverty, and global warming arent distracting Donohue from doing Gods work.
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Have you ever wondered how Popes get the top job? Do you think you have what it takes to be a pontiff? Well now you can find out thanks to the Vatican Board Game, which is an accurate simulation of the papal election process, and was developed to reveal the mysterious inner workings of The Roman Catholic Church.
The brain behind the board game, Stephen Haliczer, is one of the worlds leading early modern historians, appearing earlier this year on the four-part PBS docudrama, Secret Files of the Inquisition. Since we have papal aspirations ourselves (we just need to change those pesky rules that dont let chicks become popettes), we called Haliczer and asked him for some tips. Turns out Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown shouldve done the same thing, since Haliczer says his book Angels and Demons, which is set against the backdrop of a papal election, is riddled with factual inaccuracies, though he does concede that is a great read.
DM: What did Dan Brown get wrong?
Haliczer: For example, Dan Brown tells us that the papal election turns on four specific candidates. He says these are the four candidates for which the cardinals can cast their votes. Well thats not the case, they can vote for any cardinal they want. Theres no specific number of candidates or specific candidates. The press identified as many as fifteen possible candidates before the election of 2005, and Dan Browns telling us there are only four actual candidates, thats completely untrue.
DM: Why did you create the game?
Haliczer: The Vatican board game really is an effort to dispel some of the mythology surrounding the Catholic Church. In popular culture theres not only a great deal of curiosity about the inner workings of the Catholic Church, theres also a great deal of confusion because of the secretive nature of some of its deliberations and processes.
DM: It does seem so much is done behind closed doors, which in a democratic society is not necessarily seen as a very good thing?
Haliczer: But the church is not a democratic society. Ironically, at the very apex it is, because you do have an election for the supreme leader, but otherwise its not democratic its hierarchical like an old fashioned monarchy.
DM: So in understanding how it all works, do you think people will have more or less respect for the institution?
Haliczer: I think if they play the game theyll understand a great deal more about it, and theyll see that the process involves a careful nurturing of talent over a long period of time. In other words the cardinals that do emerge as possible papal material are cardinals that are seasoned. They have a distinguished record in a pastoral sense as archbishops. For example Pope Benedict XVI, as Archbishop of Munich, was very widely respected in his role as pastoral leader. And then they have experience in two very important areas, serving in episcopal organizations like bishops conferences and synods on the one hand, and serving the central administration of the church, the curia. My game reflects that.
DM: I think from the outside, thats where some of the criticism lies; Its not the Mother Teresa types, who have seriously served the poor, that get to be pope, its the people that are good at playing politics.
Haliczer: Youll probably find it curious but I dont like to use the word politics. There is a political dimension to it, but I think its more a matter of service and experience, thats what one finds, and thats whats reflected in my game, and in the reality. My game is based on a deep study of the careers of dozens of leading cardinals.
DM: What would you do if you had the power to change the rules of the real game?
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Today the Vatican Secret Archives are releasing a 300-page volume entitled Processus contra Templario (Latin for "Trial against the Templars"), which includes a reproduction of a key document known as The Chinon Parchment, which formally absolves the Knights Templar of heresy. The Chinon Parchment had been misplaced by the Vatican for many years, and was rediscovered by Professor Barbara Frale, a medievalist at the Vaticans Secret Archives in 2001.
The Templar Knights were born out of the free for all that was the First Crusade, a holy war launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II in an effort to unite the Christian world behind the Roman Catholic Church. With his Deus Vult (God wills it!) rallying cry in their ears, his coalition of willing Christians from all walks of life piled into the Middle East to seize the Muslim held Holy Lands.
Founded by French knight Hugues de Payens shortly after the Christian conquest of Jerusalem in 1099, the Templar Knights mission was to ensure the safe passage of the mass of European pilgrims heading east. They were named after the headquarters they were given by King Baldwin II of Jerusalem on Temple Mount, which is said to be the site of the Temple of Solomon. This location was, in part, what gave rise to the various legends (as portrayed in the book Da Vinci Code) that the Templars were guardians of hallowed relics such as The Holy Grail and The Ark of Covenant (which proved to be as elusive as WMDs).
After the Templars were endorsed by the Roman Catholic Church in 1129 the organizations size and wealth increased dramatically. They were the charity du jour amongst the European nobility. The Templars ventured into banking and financial management; issuing an early form of traveler's checks to nobility who didnt want to tempt thieves by traveling to the Holy Lands with their wealth in their pockets. By developing such an infrastructure, the Templars amassed unprecedented power and wealth, which ultimately lead to the organization's downfall.
In 1187 Jerusalem was captured by Saladin, the Muslim Sultan of Egypt who was widely admired, even in the Christian world, for his chivalry, a concept the Templar Knights brought back to Europe. After more than a century of skirmishes, the Templars lost their final foothold in the Holy Lands in 1303, and with it their fundamental purpose. Their infrastructure in Europe remained, and as the continents leading bankers they loaned King Philip IV of France money for his war with England money the spendthrift monarch had no hope of repaying. Seizing on rumor and innuendo centered around the monastic military order's slightly bizarre initiation rituals, which included spitting on a cross, on Friday October 13th, 1307 the King issued orders to arrest Templar Grand Master Jacques de Molay and his fellow knights. Charged with heresy, among other things, they were tortured, and false confessions were extorted.
On March 8th 1314 de Molay was burnt at the stake in Paris. Legend has it that he cursed the King and Pope as he died in the flames, saying they would both meet him soon before God. Pope Clement and King Philip both died within a year, on April 20th and November 29th 1314 respectively. However, in the Chinon Parchment dated August 1720, 1308, Pope Clement V recognized that the Templars were not guilty of the heresies they were charged with, and secretly pardoned the knights and their leader de Moley, restoring him to unity with the Church and reinstating him to communion of the faithful and sacraments of the Church."
Simply put, the pope recognized that they were not heretics but guilty of many other minor crimes -- such as abuses, violence and sinful acts within the order," says Frale in a Telegraph article. For 700 years we have believed that the Templars died as cursed men, and this absolves them.
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A Domino's Pizza millionaire is building a town where the streets are named after saints, almost all the residents are Catholic, and, if he had it his way, no contraception or pornography will ever be sold.A Domino's Pizza millionaire is building a town where the streets are named after... more
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"And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. Revelation 17:10, 11.
Will Pope John Paul II come back to us, resurrected as an instrument of the Devil as the Book of Revelations plays out? Thats what The Worlds Last Chance Ministry claim will come to pass in their latest video, a sequel to last years You Tube hit Prophecy of the Century.
The original Prophecy of the Century was produced in response to the fiery apparition of Pope John Paul II that appeared in a bonfire in Poland on the second anniversary of his death. The images appeared in many newspapers and broadcast news reports, and caused hysteria among believers. To put this in perspective however, many holy visions have appeared to the faithful, including that of the Virgin Mary, which appeared on a toasted cheese sandwich, which was subsequently sold to an online casino on eBay for $28,000 dollars after generating 1.7 million web hits. But we digress.
The first video claims that it is prophesied that The Beast of Revelation 17 will come from within the Roman Catholic Church. Furthermore they claim that Pope John Paul II is Revelations Seventh King, being the seventh Pope after the Holy See was given sovereignty over the Vatican City by the Italian government in the 1929 Lateran Treaty, which effectively made the popes kings of their newly sovereign domain. That makes current Pope Benedict XVI the seventh king. And, according to Revelation the eighth king is going to be one of the previous seven kings. Fueled by the vision in the flames, the Worlds Last Chance Ministry therefore hypothesizes that Pope John Paul II in the prime candidate to be this eighth king, and beast that was, and is not.
"Just think of the sensational excitement generated by the flicker of the image of Pope John Paul II waving in the bonfire lit in Southern Poland. Then imagine what will be the response of the world when we behold the exact impersonation of John Paul II 'resurrected,'" said Dahlia Doss of The World's Last Chance Ministry. In their sequel, the newly released Prophecy of the Century Part II, the ministry sights as evidence the fact that Pope John Paul II was buried in a lead-lined, trapezoidal, vampire-like coffin (the trapezoid also being a sign of the occult). They also claim an insignia on the coffin consisted of an upside down Satanic cross, and the letter M, which the church claimed was for Mary, but the Worlds Last Chance claim was in fact a Masonic symbol.
"Revelation 17 proves that the end is nearer than we imagine. From all the apocalyptic prophecies nothing is as clear as this study in revealing that the Second Coming of our beloved Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ will take place in a matter few years from now. And that the next pope, John Paul II impersonated, will also be the final pope before the Second Coming of Christ," concludes Doss. Gripping stuff. We cant wait for the Hollywood movie version and feel Anthony Hopkins would be a good choice for the lead Pope/Beast role (just don't cast Tom Hanks in this religious epic, he's way too drippy).
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"A photo of a bonfire taken by a Polish construction worker is creating a stir for the resemblance of the flames to a silhouette of the country's beloved son, the late Pope John Paul II.
The picture of the flames said to resemble a silhouette of the pope bending in a gesture of blessing has been featured in newspapers across Poland and other countries, including Germany and Italy."
Stuff like this is crazy. Remember the funky grilled cheese sandwich that was on ebay that had an image of the Virgin Mary on it? "A photo of a bonfire taken by a Polish construction worker is creating a stir... more
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The artist, who's an ex alter boy, had a thing for the wafer given during Holy Communion and compared it to his love for chocolate. Hence, his inspiration for Chocolate Jesus.The artist, who's an ex alter boy, had a thing for the wafer given during Holy... more
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"A Vatican official suspended after being caught on hidden camera making advances to a young man said in an interview published Sunday that he is not gay and was only pretending to be gay as part of his work.
In an interview with La Repubblica newspaper, Monsignor Tommaso Stenico said he frequented online gay chat rooms and met with gay men as part of his work as a psychoanalyst. He said that he pretended to be gay in order to gather information about 'those who damage the image of the Church with homosexual activity.'"
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A man is involved in a scandal in the Vatican after appearing on an Italian TV station talking about his homosexuality. Although they disguised his voice and blurred his face, his co-workers quickly recognized him, now he is being suspended from the Vatican. In the interview he says that he does not regard himself in a state of sin. A man is involved in a scandal in the Vatican after appearing on an Italian TV station... more
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Narco-trafficking cartels based in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico control much of the flow of narcotics into the US, giving the place a few unusual features, from a shrine to the "patron saint of narco-trafficking," to a high level of development. And despite its notorious reputation, many locals claim that it's a nice place to visit.Narco-trafficking cartels based in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico control much of the... more
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On October 9, 2007, a Catholic priest was condemned to life in prison for abuses he committed in Argentina's "Dirty War." From 1976 to 1983, a military dictatorship brutally repressed Argentine society and tortured and killed thousands of its citizens. The Reverend Von Wernich was a chaplain with the Buenos Aires provincial police, and participated in the repressions there. Argentina, like the rest of Latin America, is overwhelmingly Catholic, and the church here has been accused of complying with the military dictatorship when it shoudl have been defending human rights. On October 9, 2007, a Catholic priest was condemned to life in prison for abuses he... more
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