Novak's Visit to Vatican Sponsored by U.S. Government
From GN Online: Bush aims to influence Pope
Keen to build support for military action against Iraq, the U.S. government is sponsoring a conservative American Catholic scholar's visit to Italy to challenge the Vatican's opposition to a war on moral grounds.
Michael Novak, an author affiliated with the American Enter-prise Institute in Washington, D.C., has been meeting with senior Vatican officials since his arrival in Rome last week and delivered a public lecture arguing that attacking Iraq now constitutes a "just war."
Wednesday, February 12, 2003
96% of the Universe is Made up of Mysterious Matter (sic) that is Invisible
You may have read or heard about this latest scientific discovery (sic). Isn't this what every major world religion has taught as fact for millenia?
From CNN.com:
-- Only about 4 percent of the universe is composed of atoms -- the "ordinary matter" making up the physical universe we know. About 23 percent is "cold, dark matter," about which scientists know little, and 73 percent is "exotic dark energy," about which they know even less.
You may have read or heard about this latest scientific discovery (sic). Isn't this what every major world religion has taught as fact for millenia?
From CNN.com:
-- Only about 4 percent of the universe is composed of atoms -- the "ordinary matter" making up the physical universe we know. About 23 percent is "cold, dark matter," about which scientists know little, and 73 percent is "exotic dark energy," about which they know even less.
Tuesday, February 11, 2003
I Believe Fulton Sheen is a Saint.
I pray everyday for his canonization. I also pray everyday for his intercession.
When I was pulling together material for "Praying in the Presence of Our Lord with Fulton J. Sheen I literally felt like I was being guided by the Archbishop in my choices. The material that he wrote 60 to 70 years ago was so prophetic that it reads as though he were writing it specifically for today. When the Praying in the Presence was almost ready to go to press, I added an additional section (again I felt like he was prompting me to do so) that dealt with "war as punishment from God" and Archbishop Sheen's explanation of this term. With war looming and who knows what else-- I now see the value of those additional entries.
To join in praying for Archbishop Sheen's canonization or to seek his intercession go here.
I pray everyday for his canonization. I also pray everyday for his intercession.
When I was pulling together material for "Praying in the Presence of Our Lord with Fulton J. Sheen I literally felt like I was being guided by the Archbishop in my choices. The material that he wrote 60 to 70 years ago was so prophetic that it reads as though he were writing it specifically for today. When the Praying in the Presence was almost ready to go to press, I added an additional section (again I felt like he was prompting me to do so) that dealt with "war as punishment from God" and Archbishop Sheen's explanation of this term. With war looming and who knows what else-- I now see the value of those additional entries.
To join in praying for Archbishop Sheen's canonization or to seek his intercession go here.
Pentagon Denies Vatican Official's Claim...sort of
From NEWS.com.au | 77,000 body bags: (February 11, 2003)
The Pentagon yesterday denied a claim by a senior Vatican official that the US was secretly shipping 100,000 body bags and 6000 coffins to a military base in Sicily.
But it admitted that it has 34,000 of the bags stored at military bases around the world and available to be sent to the Gulf at short notice.
It has ordered another 8890 for delivery this week and is about to sign a contract for another 30,000 to be delivered next month.
From NEWS.com.au | 77,000 body bags: (February 11, 2003)
The Pentagon yesterday denied a claim by a senior Vatican official that the US was secretly shipping 100,000 body bags and 6000 coffins to a military base in Sicily.
But it admitted that it has 34,000 of the bags stored at military bases around the world and available to be sent to the Gulf at short notice.
It has ordered another 8890 for delivery this week and is about to sign a contract for another 30,000 to be delivered next month.
Americans Ready for 15,000 Troop Deaths
From Total Catholic:
Some 100,000 body bags and 6,000 coffins have been airlifted to a US military base in Sicily as part of American preparations for war on Iraq.
That was the claim of the Pope's chief advisor on justice and peace Archbishop Renato Martino this week.
In an interview with a US Catholic weekly newspaper, Archbishop Martino said he had information that President George W Bush's administration 'foresees' the deaths of 15,000 American troops should the predicted conflict become reality.
With the sons of numerous people that I work with over in the area of Iraq already I cannot tell you how much I am against this military action. I think that we have fallen right into a trap that Osama Bin Laden hoped would be our response to 9/11. Brutal action in Iraq is turning the world against us and as one conservative political commentator has said it looks like we are "empire building" not reacting to any real threat against us.
From Total Catholic:
Some 100,000 body bags and 6,000 coffins have been airlifted to a US military base in Sicily as part of American preparations for war on Iraq.
That was the claim of the Pope's chief advisor on justice and peace Archbishop Renato Martino this week.
In an interview with a US Catholic weekly newspaper, Archbishop Martino said he had information that President George W Bush's administration 'foresees' the deaths of 15,000 American troops should the predicted conflict become reality.
With the sons of numerous people that I work with over in the area of Iraq already I cannot tell you how much I am against this military action. I think that we have fallen right into a trap that Osama Bin Laden hoped would be our response to 9/11. Brutal action in Iraq is turning the world against us and as one conservative political commentator has said it looks like we are "empire building" not reacting to any real threat against us.
Monday, February 10, 2003
Dell Dude Busted
From The Smoking Gun:
Benjamin Curtis, the 22-year old actor who portrays the Dell Guy in those bothersome computer commercials, was arrested late last night (2/9) on a marijuana possession charge.
From The Smoking Gun:
Benjamin Curtis, the 22-year old actor who portrays the Dell Guy in those bothersome computer commercials, was arrested late last night (2/9) on a marijuana possession charge.
Pope Again Encourages Faithful to Pray the Rosary for Peace
From Reuters:
Pope John Paul made a dramatic appeal on Sunday for world prayers to avert war in Iraq, saying it sometimes appeared that only God can stop a conflict now.
"At this hour of international worry, we all feel the need to look to God and beg him to grant us the great gift of peace," the 82-year-old pope said. "I encourage everybody to pray the rosary for an intercession."
From Reuters:
Pope John Paul made a dramatic appeal on Sunday for world prayers to avert war in Iraq, saying it sometimes appeared that only God can stop a conflict now.
"At this hour of international worry, we all feel the need to look to God and beg him to grant us the great gift of peace," the 82-year-old pope said. "I encourage everybody to pray the rosary for an intercession."
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