"THE WAR ON ERROR"
Benedict XVI was the first to purchase a bond for the eradication of poverty issued by a British-based fund that seeks to immunize millions of children around the globe. The BBC reported that the fund is expected to raise $4 billion that will be used to vaccinate [poison!] 500 million children over the next decade.
In a world that lives as if God does not exist, a bishop needs more than ever to make his voice heard, says Benedict XVI. "Many of our contemporaries live as if God did not exist. In such a society, we have more need than ever of your voice as bishops."
Benedict XVI received Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom in a private audience. Monday's meeting, held in the pope's personal library, lasted more than 30 minutes, considerably longer than expected. The conversation was in German.
Here is the address delivered by Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Holy See's permanent observer to the United Nations, the 61st session of the U.N. General Assembly, on cultivating a culture of peace.
Catholics and Orthodox should establish a "strategic alliance" for the defense of Christian values in Europe, says an Eastern prelate.
Vatican officials pondered the conundrum of whether to grant a Roman Catholic wedding to a divorced celebrity and prominent Scientologist, amid feverish speculation yesterday over Tom Cruise’s imminent marriage to Katie Holmes — somewhere in Italy.
Britain and America still insist they defeated the Nazis, in the face of overwhelming evidence that they were minor partners, says Norman Davies. Separating the facts from the myths and the propaganda is not easy.
[WAR: As I've been saying for years, we must do this historical separating in order to understand what has really happened in the past - which will shed a more accurate light on what is currently happening, and what is soon to happen. And it also gives us better vision to see false prophets and their predictions.]
The German government wants to expand ties with the United States Congress following the victory of the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives, an official said today.
Chancellor Angela Merkel dismissed yesterday comments from the conservative leader of the powerful state of Bavaria. “Turkey is not a European country and therefore at the end of the negotiations it will not become a member of the European Union,” he said in Die Welt newspaper.
[WAR: Go ahead, slap the Bavarian lion - and indirectly the Bavarian shephard in Rome! Merkel's days are numbered.]
EU labor ministers have failed to strike a deal on working-hours legislation and break two years of deadlock that has deeply divided member states.
Just one day before the European Union Commission was to release a critical report on Turkey's progress toward membership, EU politicians remained divided on whether to suspend accession talks with Ankara.
The already reluctant partnership between Turkey and the European Union looks increasingly like it might be headed for a messy breakup, prompting many in Europe and the United States to ask an uncomfortable question: Will the large secular Muslim country look East instead of West? It is a question with vast consequences.
(Op/ed: Turkey and the EU)
Many Europeans hope that a decisive advance by Democrats in the U.S. elections could usher in new trans-Atlantic collaboration but European officials and analysts warn that Democratic policies on issues from trade to the Middle East might add tension to an already fraught relationship.
Israel is getting ready to wage another war against the Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah and Syria next summer, Israel’s daily Ha’aretz reported, quoting top military commanders.
(UPI analysis: Israel prepares for another war)
Syria condemned an Israeli attack that killed 18 civilians in Gaza on Wednesday and said the international community and U.N. Security Council had a duty to stop such "massacres" and hold Israel accountable.
Independent reports from Kurdistan reveal that Iran has accumulated substantial armed forces on the border with Kurdistan Regional Government.
A meeting of six nations working on a resolution to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions broke up Tuesday evening with the ambassadors reporting widening disagreements and lessening prospects of a swift accord.
Iran's Defence Minister said that countries bordering the Gulf should sign a defence pact to provide security along the strategic waterway.
"Full-speed ahead," raves the deluded Dick Cheney to ABC's George Stephanopolous. Cheney, and his mouthpiece Bush, are literally insane, and their impeachment must be at the very top of the agenda of the incoming Congress, before they fulfill their real threats of launching new, likely-nuclear wars.
Those who voted for the Democratic Party in order to express their opposition to the Bush administration and the war will rapidly discover that a Democratic electoral victory will produce no significant change in US policy, either abroad or at home.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California appears certain to be elected House speaker by fellow Democrats when the new 110th Congress convenes in January. Under U.S. law, the speaker is second in the line of succession to the presidency, behind only the vice president.
(WND: Meet the new speaker)
The 2006 American elections have a truly global significance. They are taking place in conditions where the Bush administration and the entire US ruling elite is embroiled in a deep-going political crisis, precipitated by the disastrous consequences of the invasion and occupation of Iraq. The underlying position of the various critics from within ruling circles is that it has weakened both the immediate and the long-term strategic position of the United States.
Army Times editorial...
Active-duty military leaders are starting to voice misgivings about the war’s planning, execution and dimming prospects for success. Rumsfeld has lost credibility with the uniformed leadership, with the troops, with Congress and with the public at large. His strategy has failed, and his ability to lead is compromised. The time has come, Mr. President, to face the hard bruising truth: Donald Rumsfeld must go.
Last year Venezuela provided 12% of U.S. crude oil imports, but now the country is threatening to halt oil exports to the US, the top buyer of Venezuelan oil.
This weekend, the papal nuncio to the US, Archbishop Pietro Sambi, will be officiating a Mass for the renewal of the country’s consecration to Our Lady as the Immaculate Conception (at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington).
[WAR: Oh please NO! We have enough problems in this country without the Whore casting her magic spells! The "Immaculate Conception", the "Incarnation" ... away with your pagan poop!!]
Among the more dramatic events of this election year was one that has been little debated: The return of the trade-and-jobs issue, front and center, to American politics.
They say that 10% of modern man’s thinking is based on reason. The remaining part rests on myths; it is something handed down from generations of ancestors. In other words, we are likely to believe or doubt a piece of information without thinking it over or analyzing it in most cases. Ad agencies and sales managers are well aware of these peculiarities and use them to their advantage for selling more goods.
Speaking of myths...
A woman is dead after being bitten by a snake during a Sunday church service. Neighbors near the church said the church practices serpent handling.
[WAR: If only these people would just do a little bit of study to find out: "The earliest manuscripts and some other ancient witnesses do not have Mark 16:9-20." (NIV notation).]
Today in Scripture
"Say to the Israelites: 'On the 15th day of the 7th month YHWH's Feast of Tabernacles begins, and it lasts for 7 days.'" (Lev 23:34)
"Say to the Israelites: 'On the 15th day of the 7th month YHWH's Feast of Tabernacles begins, and it lasts for 7 days.'" (Lev 23:34)
"On the 15th day of the 7th month, hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. Celebrate a festival to YHWH for 7 days." (Num 29:12)
