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Recently Complete News Updates Mr. John Paul II's body will be moved to a chapel in St Peter's in time for the beatification. The pope on Friday signed off on the miracle needed to beatify Pope Mr. John Paul II, and set May...Recently Complete News Updates Mr. John Paul II's body will be moved to a chapel... more
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El Papa Benedicto XVI terminó su visita a Palermo, en Sicilia, con una llamada a la población para que se apeguen a los valores cristianos a pesar de la presión de la mafia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZG0w5x46JEEl Papa Benedicto XVI terminó su visita a Palermo, en Sicilia, con una llamada... more
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Pope Benedict XVI has arrived in Edinburgh at the start of the first papal visit to the UK for 28 years.
He will meet the Queen at Holyrood House and parade through the city before an open-air Mass in Glasgow.
Tens of thousands of people are set to line the streets to greet him, although some protests are also planned.
One of the Pope's aides has pulled out of the trip after reportedly saying arriving at Heathrow airport was like landing in a "Third World country".
The trip is the first to the UK by a Pontiff since John Paul II in 1982. It is also the first to be designated a state visit because the Pope has been invited by the Queen rather than the church.
The papal plane left Rome's Ciampino airport at about 0720 local time. On board with the Pope were about 30 senior Vatican officials and dozens of journalists.
The pilot raised the union jack and the papal standard from the cockpit as the plane taxied along the runway.
The Pope will be greeted on the tarmac by the Duke of Edinburgh and a 30-strong honour guard from the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
Vatican officials say Pope Benedict plans to use his visit to highlight the importance of the role of faith for everyone in contemporary Britain, not just Catholics and Anglicans.
Child abuse
Monsignor Michael Regan, who has been in charge of planning the first leg of the trip, said: "He's a Pontiff, he's the bridge-builder, and hopefully his visit to Edinburgh today, and to the United Kingdom, will be building bridges in a whole variety of different ways."
Prime Minister David Cameron has said it will be "a very special four days, not just for our six million Catholics, but for many people of faith right across Britain".
But the Pope's visit is controversial among campaigners who say they were sexually abused by Catholic priests as children.
Bill Kilgallon, head of the National Catholic Safeguarding Commission, said he was confident a private meeting between the Pope and victims would go ahead during the trip.
In Edinburgh, Presbyterians, secularists, and other groups are planning to protest against Vatican policies on birth control, gay rights and abortion, but police have said they do not expect large-scale demonstrations.
link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11313328Pope Benedict XVI has arrived in Edinburgh at the start of the first papal visit to... more
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In Italy it's time of tax payment and of choices about the 8 per thousand: a mechanism that gives to the Church many money. Italians are starting not to give those money to the Vatican. But thanks to the 60% of people who do not choice anything, the Vatican is the only winner.
http://www.inaltreparole.net/en/resistance/chiesa8permille120610.htmlIn Italy it's time of tax payment and of choices about the 8 per thousand: a... more
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Man Who Attacks Pope as “Hurting People in the Name of Jesus” Gets Appointed to Oversee Faith-Based Initiatives
Erick Erickson
This is really disturbing.
Barack Obama has appointed Harry Knox to the White House’s Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
In March, Knox began an attack on the Catholic Church during a speech before the gay rights group Human Rights Campaign.
See the Full Story and Video Of Obama Advisor Harry Knox's Anti-Christian Comments .... VIDEO..... http://ctpatriot1970.wordpress.com/2010/02/06/obama-advisor-harry-knox-pope-benedict-is-hurting-people-in-the-name-of-jesus/
Knox, attacking Pope Benedict XVI directly, said the Pope and, through him the Catholic Church, is “hurting people in the name of Jesus.”
After his appointment, Knox was confronted with his comment and reaffirmed that he hates the Pope.Man Who Attacks Pope as “Hurting People in the Name of Jesus” Gets... more
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A parody on the Pope taken from our twenty minute comedy sketch show pilot 'Chocolate Moon'. The show was made by young filmmakers in Merseyside, England. The show includes several sketches with pop culture references, including Saw, Batman and Hollyoaks. Influences include Big Train and Monty Python.A parody on the Pope taken from our twenty minute comedy sketch show pilot... more
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With things under somewhat control, several world leaders hastened to condemn the group responsible for the killings at Mumbai.
Its a true world event:
Spokespersons, Prime ministers, Presidents, president-Elects and even the Pope have offered the condolonces and help in the rescue effort. Even Pakistani Prime minister Asif Ali-Zardari whose country is usually first to blame for any terror attacks in India because of their hostile, yet ailing relationship.
Here are the countrys/organizations against them:
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's
Pope Benedict XVI
NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Afghan President Hamid Karzai
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao
European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
German Chancellor Angela Merkel
French President Nicolas Sarkozy
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni
A spokesman for U.S. President George W. Bush
Kuwaiti government
Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon
South African government
Singaporean government
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That's a lot of peopleWith things under somewhat control, several world leaders hastened to condemn the... more
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Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday a "spiritual desert" was spreading throughout the world and he challenged young people to shed the greed and cynicism of their time to create a new age of hope for humankind.
Speaking at a Mass before some 350,000 Roman Catholic pilgrims and a likely television audience of millions more, Benedict wrapped up the church's six-day World Youth Day festival. He urged the young people in his more than 1 billion-strong flock to be agents of change because "the world needs renewal."
"In so many of our societies, side by side with material prosperity, a spiritual desert is spreading: an interior emptiness, an unnamed fear, a quiet sense of despair," the pontiff said.
The appeal came as Benedict finished a visit to Australia that touched on the themes that have defined his three-year-old papacy, including the struggle to rejuvenate a crisis-battered Church, reaching out to other faiths and raising global warming as an important issue.
The 81-year-old pope said it was up to a new generation of Christians to build a world in "which God's gift of life is welcomed, respected and cherished — not rejected, feared as a threat and destroyed."
They must embrace the power of God "to let it break through the curse of our indifference, our spiritual weariness, our blind conformity to the spirit of this age," he said.
The aim was "a new age in which hope liberates us from the shallowness, apathy and self-absorption which deadens our souls and poisons our relationships," he said.
The Mass came a day after the pope made a forceful apology for the sexual abuse of children by Australia's Roman Catholic clergy, keeping up efforts begun in the United States to publicly atone for what he called evil acts by priests.
The Mass was delivered at a horse racetrack filled with pilgrims who had camped out overnight.
Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi said 350,000 attended Sunday's Mass. Australian organizers surmised a global television audience of up to 500 million during big World Youth Day events.
The pope flew over the scene early Sunday in a helicopter — dubbed "the holy-copter" by bleary-eyed pilgrims below — to see the assemblage swarmed all over the track in a jumble of sleeping bags, backpacks and other personal items.Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday a "spiritual desert" was spreading throughout... more
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Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday a "spiritual desert" was spreading throughout the world and he challenged young people to shed the greed and cynicism of their time to create a new age of hope for humankind.
Speaking at a Mass before some 350,000 Roman Catholic pilgrims and a likely television audience of millions more, Benedict wrapped up the church's six-day World Youth Day festival. He urged the young people in his more than 1 billion-strong flock to be agents of change because "the world needs renewal."
"In so many of our societies, side by side with material prosperity, a spiritual desert is spreading: an interior emptiness, an unnamed fear, a quiet sense of despair," the pontiff said.
The appeal came as Benedict finished a visit to Australia that touched on the themes that have defined his three-year-old papacy, including the struggle to rejuvenate a crisis-battered Church, reaching out to other faiths and raising global warming as an important issue among his 1.1 billion-strong flock.
The 81-year-old pope said it was up to a new generation of Christians to build a world in "which God's gift of life is welcomed, respected and cherished -- not rejected, feared as a threat and destroyed."
They must embrace the power of God "to let it break through the curse of our indifference, our spiritual weariness, our blind conformity to the spirit of this age," he said.
The aim was "a new age in which hope liberates us from the shallowness, apathy and self-absorption which deadens our souls and poisons our relationships," he said.
The Mass came a day after the pope made a forceful apology for the sexual abuse of children by Australia's Roman Catholic clergy, keeping up efforts begun in the United States to publicly atone for what he called evil acts by priests.
The Mass was delivered at a horse racetrack filled with pilgrims who had camped out overnight.
Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi said 350,000 attended Sunday's Mass. Australian organizers surmised a global television audience of up to 500 million during big World Youth Day events.Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday a "spiritual desert" was spreading throughout... more
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Pope Benedict XVI has told Australians he is deeply sorry for the sexual abuse of children by some Catholic priests.
Speaking at a gathering of bishops in Sydney, the Pope spoke of the "shame we have all felt" and called for abusers to face justice.
A campaign group criticised the speech, saying the Pope should have met some victims to apologise in person.
The Pope was speaking as thousands of Catholic pilgrims began gathering for a candlelit prayer vigil in Sydney.
The pontiff will lead the vigil at the city's Royal Randwick Racecourse.
The Pope is in Australia to mark World Youth Day, which is drawing Catholics from around the world to the country.
Mixed response
Speaking earlier at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney, he said: "I am deeply sorry for the pain and suffering the victims have endured.Pope Benedict XVI has told Australians he is deeply sorry for the sexual abuse of... more
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"Pope Benedict will text message thousands of young Catholics on their mobile phones during World Youth Day in Sydney in July, hoping going digital will help him connect better with a younger audience.
The Pope will text daily messages of inspiration and hope during the six-day Sydney event while digital prayer walls will be erected at event sites and the church will set up a Catholic social networking Web site akin to a Catholic Facebook.
The Catholic Church said it decided to use technology to connect to the estimated 225,000 young Catholics expected to attend the World Youth Day (WYD) celebrations that start on July 15.
"We wanted to make WYD08 a unique experience by using new ways to connect with today's tech-savvy youth," Bishop Anthony Fisher said in a statement on Wednesday.
Australian telecoms firm Telstra will provide voice, data, mobile, broadband and broadcast services for the event, as well as erect digital prayer walls at event sites. Telstra said it plans to connect 8,000 volunteers, 2,000 clergy, 3,000 media and an anticipated 225,000 pilgrims to more than 700 locations around Sydney.""Pope Benedict will text message thousands of young Catholics on their mobile... more
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During this year's Lent sermon, Pope Benedict XVI has reaffirmed that "Hell really exists" and that salvation will be denied to the unrighteous.
He also encouraged to observe complete abstinence from the Media for "we need to make room for silence in order to open our hearts".
(link in Italian)
During this year's Lent sermon, Pope Benedict XVI has reaffirmed that "Hell... more
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