Wahhabism called into question
08/21/2014 LEBANON – IRAQ For Eastern Churches, the use of force is legitimate to defend Iraq’s Christians The leaders of Eastern Churches call for the ouster of the Islamic state from Mosul and the Nineveh Plains. For Syriac Catholic Patriarch Yousef II Younan, the international community must have ...
5 Reasons I hate the term “practicing Catholic
The term Practicing Catholic merits little explanation. It is common. What deserves more critical attention is perhaps it’s origin. There are Catholics that do not practice their faith, and still staunchly identify as Catholics. There are those who identify, and do not practice, nor believe any of t ...
Edmund Szoka, Ex-Governor of Vatican City, Dies at 86 by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cardinal Szoka, the American son of Polish immigrants, served as governor and financial administrator of the Vatican and was a confidant of Pope John Paul II. Published: August 22, 2014 at 4:00AM from NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/1sYiHVa via IFTTT
Canada’s Dirty Banks
Canada’s Dirty Banks Posted on 08/16/2014 | (Excerpted from Chapter 4: Nicaraguan Contraband: Big Oil & Their Bankers…) During the Nicaraguan contra war, the CIA ran a guns-for-drugs operation out of Belize. One note in Oliver North’s diaries read, “Proceed on White House project in Belize”. Another ...
Saturday, August 30th. Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to St Matthew 25:14-30.
Saturday of the Twenty-first week in Ordinary Time 30 AUGUST 2014 He said, ‘Master, you gave me five talents. See, I have made five more.’ Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 25:14-30. Jesus told his disciples this parable: “A man going on a journey called in his servants and entr ...
Rome and Some Extras
Roma Roma Roma. This is my first time as a tourist in Italy. Very very different from what I'm used to. Its crazy how much there is to see. "Make the ugliest face you can" The Colesseum is an interesting place. Rather disturbing if you bother to actually learn this history, which I did not before I ...
EXCLUSIVE: CENSORED!
(Above: the pond learns it didn't make the cut, thanks to Alan Moir, and more Moir here. Now there's a relief. Any team that would have the pond in it is a team the pond wouldn't want to be in). Yes, yes, of course it's a completely absurd headline. EXCLUSIVE: CENSORED!?!? The pond is never EXCLUSIV ...
WHSmith Aldershot: Paulo Coelho’s latest book
Adultery love isn’t a feeling; it’s an art As the young lady in WHSmith Aldershot had been helpful last week in advising me to go to WHSmith Farnham, I thought I would pop in and thank her, and as it was Thursday, delivery day, maybe, just maybe, they might have Paulo Coelho’s latest book in stock. ...
[Rays' Day] Je meurs comme j'ai vécu (CC0)
Chose promise, chose due, en ce jour de célébration du Ray's Day voici la première des nouvelles que je publie en CC0. Licence : To the extent possible under law, Vincent Leclercq has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to Je meurs comme j’ai vécu. This work is published from: Fra ...
Edmund Szoka, Ex-Governor of Vatican City, Dies at 86
Edmund Szoka, an American cardinal who served as governor and financial administrator of the Vatican and was a confidant of Pope John Paul II, died Wednesday in Novi, Mich. He was 86. The Archdiocese of Detroit announced his death. Cardinal Szoka received ...
Former Vatican City governor Szoka dies at age 86
DETROIT (AP) — Edmund Szoka, an American cardinal who served as governor and financial administrator of the Vatican and was a confidant of St. John Paul II, has died at age 86. Szoka died of natural causes Wednesday night at Providence Park Hospital in ...
Pope calls James Foley’s family, according to Vatican
ROCHESTER, N.H. — Pope Francis has called the family of an American journalist whose videotaped beheading by Islamic State militants has touched off torrents of outrage around the world. Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi confirms the pope ...
From Muskegon to the Vatican, Cardinal Edmund Szoka has 'gone home to the Heavenly Father'
MUSKEGON, MI -- Cardinal Edmund Szoka, who grew up attending Muskegon's St. Michael's school and went on to become one of the most powerful men in the Vatican, has died, according to the Archdiocese of Detroit. "He has gone home to the Heavenly Father with ...
