"The WAR on error"
Benedict XVI is convinced that leaders of nations will avoid conflicts and wars if they listen to civil society and respond to its needs. However, the Pope pointed out, this calls for understanding political commitment as "a service to persons" and not as a way of guaranteeing privileges and power to a few.
Pope Benedict appeared to back a greater role for Syria in resolving Middle East conflicts on Thursday, putting himself at odds with Israel, the United States and France.
A first visit of an Orthodox archbishop of Athens and All Greece to a Pope at the Vatican marked an important step in overcoming the division between Orthodox and Catholics. Today's historic meeting between Archbishop Christodoulos and Benedict XVI ended with the signing of a joint declaration by the two religious leaders to reaffirm the collaboration of Orthodox and Catholics, particularly in the defense of life and the recovery of Europe's Christian roots.
Archbishop Christodoulos, head of the Greek Orthodox Church, expressed hope that his historic meeting with Benedict XVI will lead to a joint declaration in favor of recognizing Europe's Christian roots. For insight into today's visit and its ecumenical repercussions, ZENIT interviewed Monsignor Dimitrios Salachas, of the Greek-Catholic Apostolic Exarchy of Athens.
President Köhler is the target of increased criticism from government ministers who accuse of him of exceeding his mandate and interfering in political decisions.
Chancellor Merkel used a speech to the German Bundestag to urge Europe to work together to meet the challenges coming its way during Germany's 6-month EU presidency.
Signaling a subtle shift in her policy toward Turkey just weeks before Germany takes over the European Union presidency, Chancellor Merkel indicated that she supported its eventual membership in the EU.
European Union leaders converged on Brussels yesterday for a summit that will see them slow down the process of EU enlargement at least until they have a clearer vision of the bloc's future.
Even as the European Union praises the results of the bloc's 2004 enlargement, EU leaders meeting in Brussels for a summit are expected to make further enlargement more difficult. However a new study shows that Germany has profited from EU expansion, despite its misgivings.
(IHT: EU slams the door)
The television broadcast that rocked a nation — prompting a headline in the Thursday issue of Le Soir newspaper to proclaim "Belgium Died Last Night" — turned out, in fact, to be little more than a hoax. And the country, divided as it is between Dutch- speaking Flanders in the North and French-speaking Wallonia in the south, was reeling.
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The growing nuclear cooperation between Persia and Gog is of special importance. It provides one more bit of evidence that supports the conclusion that this is the last generation in human history before the return of Jesus Christ for His Church and the onset of the Tribulation judgment period.
The ramp leading up to the Mugrabi Gate - the main entrance to Temple Mount serving tourists, security forces and visitors - is in danger of collapse, a Jerusalem municipal engineer has warned. Engineers of the Western Wall Heritage Foundation say that the bridge is in danger of falling down and in a few months will no longer be safe.
An ancient treasure is buried in an underground vault. A group called the "key holders" guards its secret. The treasure trove includes the legendary Bactrian gold. What sounds like an Indiana Jones movie is a true story: A decades-old Afghan mystery has been unearthed, and is now on display in a Paris museum.
The specter of a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran over the bones of an shattered Iraq is being conjured up by veiled warnings the kingdom may bankroll Sunni fighters if US troops go home. Coupled with the sudden resignation and Saudi ambassador to Washington, Prine Turki al-Faisal, talk of frays in the crucial Saudi-US alliance have sent intrigue rippling through Washington.
The Jews who attended the international conference in Tehran are certainly different. Some of them belong to Neturei Karta (Guardians of the City), a group of Haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) Jews who reject all forms of Zionism – the movement to set up a Jewish state in Palestine – as a “poison” threatening “true Jews”.
Benjamin Netanyahu has summoned about 70 foreign diplomats stationed in Israel to a meeting next Tuesday, at which he will urge them to end their complacency and join Israel in an effort to halt Iran's nuclear program, which he says is aimed at genocide of the Jews.
The clock is ticking, yet no one wishes to hear it. The countdown to a nuclear Iran has begun, and with each passing day the nightmare scenario draws ever closer to becoming a reality. In just a few months' time, if all goes according to plan, the tyrant of Teheran will preside over a celebration of terrifying, and history-altering, significance.
Robert Pastor, a leading intellectual force in the move to create an EU-style North American Community, told WND he believes a new 9/11 crisis could be the catalyst to merge the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
U.S. and Chinese leaders clashed publicly on the opening day of strategic economic talks, with Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. pushing China to revalue its currency and Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi saying Americans do not have a full understanding of the situation. After standing by as U.S. officials criticized her country's economic policies in the media during the past week, Wu set the tone for the meeting with assertive introductory remarks that spanned 20 typed pages and 5,000 years of Chinese history.
A high-level array of the most senior cabinet officials from China and the United States, opening an unusual two-day dialogue behind closed doors on economic issues, promoted clashing visions.
Thirteen years ago, Samuel Huntington argued that a "clash of civilizations" was about to dominate world politics. Events since then have proved Huntington's vision more right than wrong. It would be more correct, however, to speak of a "clash of emotions." The Western world displays a culture of fear, the Arab and Muslim worlds are trapped in a culture of humiliation, and much of Asia displays a culture of hope. The United States and Europe are divided by a common culture of fear.
It's official - vegetarians really are smarter. But it is not because of what they eat. Bright children are more likely to reject meat and opt to become vegetarians when they grow up, a study has shown. Clever veggies are born not made.
She is the ultimate predator - a sleek and stealthy killer. Pouncing on her prey, she silences the baboon with one swipe of a vicious paw. Then, suddenly, something stirs in the dead animal's fur, and the law of the jungle is rewritten.
[WAR: Wow - amazing picture! But that was what happened "a long, long time ago - in a galaxy far, far away..."]
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