"The WAR on error"
Life must not be denied to anyone, much less to someone with handicaps, Benedict XVI says. "Life, which is the work of God, must not be denied to anyone, not even the smallest and defenseless newborn, and much less so when he has serious handicaps," the Pope said, before praying the Angelus with crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square.
Benedict XVI's encyclical "Deus Caritas Est" is one of the most commercially successful doctrinal tracts ever written by a Pope. The document has been reprinted 3 times in the German language, 3 times in Spanish and has sold almost 1.5 million copies in Italian. For the first time in modern history, the Latin version was also reprinted since the initial run of 1,000 copies sold out in 2 months.
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone doesn't have the guarded air of those who tend to rise to the heights of Vatican power. Bertone, a native of the northern Italian region of Piedmont and a former theology professor, worked for 7 years as deputy for then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Since he didn't have the usual résumé from the Vatican diplomatic corps, many were surprised when his old boss, now Pope Benedict XVI, tapped him to take over as Vatican Secretary of State, the No. 2 slot in the entire Catholic Church hierarchy, behind only the Pope himself.
Many of the popes of the 13th to 16th centuries continued the criminal, bloodthirsty and debauched lifestyles of their corrupt predecessors and reached new depths of depravity that the modern Church is keen to keep hidden.
Germany's attempts to "revise" WW2 history and its "anti-Polish" energy projects are damaging relations between the two countries, the Polish prime minister has said.
Just days before the German government decides whether to allow its Tornado jets to patrol in southern Afghanistan, Defense Minister Jung said he would not rule out sending troops to the relatively more violent south.
The excavation of a tunnel under Jerusalem's City of David has gone on for months without a license from the Israel Antiquities Authority, as required by law. This is a very sensitive region for a dig. Should it approach the Temple Mount wall, it will certainly elicit angry reactions from the Muslim Waqf, which has repeatedly accused Israel of trying to excavate under the holy places on the mount. The exiled political leader of Hamas yesterday condemned the excavations and warned they were "playing with fire."
Israel has imposed restrictions on access to Islam's 3rd holiest site for fear of demonstrations against building work near east Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound. "Only Muslim men who are married, over 45 years old, and who have a blue Israeli identity card, in addition to all Muslim women, will have access to the Temple Mount on Sunday. On their side, Jews and tourists will also not be allowed to visit the site."
In the Caspian Basin and beneath the deserts of Iraq, as many as 783 billion barrels of oil are waiting to be pumped. Anyone controlling that much oil stands a good chance of breaking OPEC's stranglehold overnight, and any nation seeking to dominate the world would have to go after it.
It is simply true that there are large and extremely influential Jewish donor groups which are agitating for a US war against Iran, and that is the case because those groups are devoted to promoting Israel's interests and they perceive it to be in Israel's interests for the US to militarily confront Iran. It goes without saying that there are other factions and motives behind the push for war with Iran besides right-wing Jewish groups. There is the generic warmongering, militarism and oil-driven expansionism represented by Dick Cheney. And there are the post-9/11 hysterics and bigots who crave ever-expanding warfare and slaughter of Muslims in the Middle East for reasons having nothing to do with Israel. There are evangelical Christians who crave more Middle Eastern war on religious and theological grounds, and there are some who just believe that the US can and should wage war against whatever countries seem not like to us. And, it should also be noted, a huge portion of American Jews, if not the majority, do not share this agenda.
Two Blondes With Hammers
Carol and Donna, were doing some carpenter work on a Habitat for Humanity house.
Carol, who was nailing down house siding, would Reach into her nail pouch, pull out a nail and either toss it over her shoulder or nail it in.
Donna, figuring this was worth looking into, asked, "Why are you throwing those nails away?"
Carol explained, "When I pull a nail out of my pouch, about half of them have the head on the wrong end and I throw them away."
Carol explained, "When I pull a nail out of my pouch, about half of them have the head on the wrong end and I throw them away."
Donna got completely upset and yelled, "You moron! Those nails aren't defective! They're for the other side of the house!"
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