Worth 1,000 words...
THE HOLY ROMAN (visiting the) EMPIRE OF THE GERMAN NATION
"At decisive moments in their history, the Bavarian people have always confirmed their sincere devotion to the See of Peter and their firm attachment to the Catholic faith."
[WAR: One such decisive moment was when Bavaria expelled the Illuminati. And another decisive moment is just around the corner...]
Christian unity was a common theme of Benedict XVI's conversations with Germany's top leaders upon arriving to his native Bavaria.
Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI gave before reciting the midday Angelus at the end of Mass celebrated at the fairgrounds in Munich.
Here is a translation of the prayer Benedict XVI recited in German before the Mariensaeule (Column of the Virgin) in the Marienplatz, in which he entrusted Bavaria again to the Mother of God.
[WAR: "Mother of God"? Really? NO! Mary was the mother of a MAN (who was God before his birth, and became God again after his resurrection)!!]
[This article has some history surrounding the shrine.]
Here is a translation of the homily Benedict XVI delivered during the Mass celebrated at Munich's fairgrounds Neue-Messe.
Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass in front of 70,000 people Monday in the famed German pilgrimage center of Altoetting and listened to a brief prayer for peace tied to the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
Pope Benedict XVI made a pilgrimage back to his roots on the third day of his five-day trip to Bavaria, praying at one of Germany's holiest sites, the statue of the Black Madonna in the town of Altötting, where he had worshipped as a child.
EUROPE/RUSSIA
Nicolas Sarkozy, his eyes firmly set on France's presidency, might have thought more about French voters than about geopolitics when he said that Turkey should never become a member of the European Union. But his remarks Friday risk creating ripples in Turkey and the Muslim world as a whole with potentially far-reaching strategic implications for Europe
President Putin’s recent visit to South Africa is a new page in the history of Russia.
MIDEAST/AFRICA/ASIA
Al-Qaida's deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, warned in a new video aired Monday that Israel and Gulf Arab states would be the network's next target.
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani offered a 2-month suspension of Tehran's nuclear enrichment program in weekend talks with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana.
[WAR: And what happens in 2 months? Why the US election! So they're just being smart and trying not to give Bush an excuse to attack before the election. Good move Persia!]
In the responses to last week's column, it has been intriguing to see how neocons and confused conservatives seduced into supporting the Trotsky-Wilsonian World Democratic Revolution have attempted to defend the intellectually incoherent concept of ''Islamo-fascism.''
HOUSE OF ISRAEL
The Democrats reportedly stand a good chance of taking back one or both houses of Congress. Bush fears impeachment if the Democrats achieve a majority in the House of Representatives.
The day of September 11, 2001 changed the world once and for all. However, a closer look at the tragic events makes it clear that the conditions for all changes that took place during the recent five years started forming long before the 9/11 attacks.
"Nine-Eleven" has entered the English language as a metaphor, an abbreviation even bigger than a millennial milestone: 9/11 broke through Fortress America, turning it into another country. George W. Bush has tried to turn the planet into another world. And failed.
MISC
Dupont to walk away from pension obligations ... US Plans for Iran ... the man who would be King of America, in his own mind ... Housing off wildly in US markets ... tips for places for your assets ... Bush lies to cover up torture in secret prisons ... lies to hide torture and murder ...
Did humanoid robots exist in the ancient Greece? Are the accounts of them purely fictional? Can they be the distant echoes of some events that took place at the dawn of modern humankind?
