May 5th, 2009
Trembling before the Pope
Ha’aretz
Four days before Pope Benedict XVI embarks on his trip to the Holy Land, the Latin Patriarch in Jerusalem, Fouad Twal, is one of the most worried people in the Middle East. In an exclusive interview with Haaretz yesterday, Twal concluded with a personal confession. ..More……….
Pope Benedict must be a ‘penitent pilgrim’ on Jerusalem visit
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 5 May 2009 18.49 BST
Papal blunders broadcast divided message on antisemitism, say theologians The Pope’s trip to Jerusalem must not be about damage control but humility and penitence, theologians and academics said today before his inaugural visit to the city. . More……….
More News about the visit on our News Page
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May 1st, 2009

Swine Flu Source Identified
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April 19th, 2009
April 22,
Care for creation is an ancient Catholic concern that has taken on renewed urgency in recent decades. Catholics are examining their faith-related responsibility to protect the environment. Earth Day and the legacy of St. Francis of Assisi share the goal of protecting the environment and all of God’s creation.
American Catholic Earth Day is a call to stewardship and environmental justice. Discover more about St. Francis of Assisi, lover of all creation.
A very nice and interesting Blog is A Nun’s Life – Catholic Sisters and Nuns in Today’s World and you can find some Catholic Links for Earth Day
And from Earth Day Network
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April 16th, 2009
The embedding of the video is disabled so I can only post the link Britains Got Talent 2009 Susan Boyle 47 Year Old Singer
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March 3rd, 2009
For Spanish see our archives
The stations, His way of the cross, are our way of salvation, too. We must often apply their power to our own life situation. This can be done anywhere, at home, on a park bench, waiting for a train, or a friend.
Let us make His way of the cross our way of life.
The Way of the Cross is a devotion in which we accompany, in spirit, our blessed Lord in His sorrowful journey to Calvary, and devoutly meditate on His suffering and death.
All that is required to gain the indulgence is to meditate for a few minutes at each station. No vocal prayers are necessary. However, those prayers printed here may prove helpful.
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February 25th, 2009
A Brief History and Definition of Lent -
The Germanic word Lent (lecten), which we use to denote the forty days of preparation preceding the Paschal feast, originally meant simply the spring season. It has been used since the Anglo-Saxon period (9th Century) to translate the more significant Latin term quadragesima, meaning the “forty days”, or more literally the “fortieth day”. This in turn imitated the Greek name for Lent, tessarakoste (fortieth), a word formed from the relationship to the word Pentecost (pentekoste), which had been used as a name for the Jewish festival before the time of Christ.
In the first three centuries of Christian experience, preparation for the Paschal feast usually covered a period of one or two days, perhaps a week at the most. Saint Irenaeus of Lyons (ca AD 140-202) even speaks of a forty-hour preparation for the Paschal celebration.
The first reference to Lent as a period of forty days preparation occurs in the teachings of the First Council of Nicea in AD 325. By the end of the fourth century, a Lenten period of forty days was established and accepted in the Church. Pope St. Leo (d. 461) exhorts the faithful to abstain they they may “fulfill with their fasts the Apostolic institution of the forty days.”
In its early development Lent quickly became associated with the sacrament of baptism, since Easter was the great baptismal feast. Those who were preparing to be baptized participated in the season of Lent in preparation for the reception of the sacrament of baptism. Eventually, those who were already baptized considered it important to join these candidates preparing for baptism in their preparation for Easter. The customs and practices of Lent, as we know them today, soon took hold.
Adapted from the “Lent and Easter Wisdom” series.
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January 8th, 2009
Global Cooling is Here and CO2 did not cause the warming
The following article represents an alternative view and analysis of global climate change, which challenges the dominant Global Warming Consensus.
Global Research does not necessarily endorse the proposition of “Global Cooling”, nor does it accept at face value the Consensus on Global Warming. Our purpose is to encourage a more balanced debate on the topic of global climate change.
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Global cooling gains momentum among scientists
Two weeks ago, after writing about the possibility that the Earth may actually be entering a cooling phase, I braced myself for a torrent of icy missives from the global warming crowd suggesting that the heat must have fried my noggin. By the way, it is very difficult to discuss global cooling in the midst of a summer when temperatures are hovering around 100 degrees and crops are wilting. As one friend and colleague from the sweltering Southwest noted after reading the column, “Please send some of that cooling this way.”
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November 3rd, 2008
A while back during an interview President Clinton could not even say the name of Barack Obama; But from solidarity to his party I guess, he felt compelled to join, in the last week before elections, the democratic Candidate.
As far as I am concerned, in no doubt, my wife could count on my vote.
So the question is, when time comes, who is President Clinton going to really vote for?
I found this poll with the same question. You’ll be surprised, cast your vote here …
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