Pope Sick on World Day for the Sick--Calls 2003 a Difficult Year for the Fate of Mankind
From Reuters AlertNet - Pope has cold, limits role in service for the sick:
Pope John Paul had to limit his role at a religious service for the sick on Tuesday because he was suffering a slight cold, church officials said. Instead of taking part in the ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica, the 82-year-old pope briefly blessed the congregation from his window while holding a large candle.
"It is a great joy for me to greet you, especially the sick among you," said the frail pope, who suffers from Parkinson's disease and has difficulty walking.
Pope John Paul is due to meet Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz on Friday as the Vatican steps up its bid to avert a new Gulf war. A papal envoy arrived in Baghdad earlier on Tuesday for talks with Iraqi officials to try to find a peaceful solution to the crisis.
Addressing the faithful on Tuesday, the pope called 2003 "a difficult year for the fate of mankind".
Wednesday, February 12, 2003
St. Valentine's Head Found
From zoomata - Italians Find St. Valentine Relic:
The silver relic, in the shape of the saint's face, contains fragments of his skull. Stolen in 1979, it was recently recovered in an art sting by police in Bari. The relic has a special significance since Valentine, the first bishop of the Umbrian town of Terni, was decapitated after celebrating marriages between pagans and Christians.
The return of the head, however, is unlikely to solve centuries-old bickering between several European countries over relics of the patron saint of lovers. To further complicate matters, there were at least three martyred saints called Valentine. The first was a Roman priest martyred under the Emperor Claudius II in 269 or 270 AD, the second was a Bishop of Terni killed about three years later and little is known of the third who died in Africa. Rumors abound about whether the remains were given or had simply been trafficked out of Rome by enterprising monks and nuns.
With Valentine's day only a few days away--a timely story. Isn't it odd that no one makes a fuss about the celebration of St. Valentine's day in this country? St. Valentine is the patron of greetings and lovers.
From zoomata - Italians Find St. Valentine Relic:
The silver relic, in the shape of the saint's face, contains fragments of his skull. Stolen in 1979, it was recently recovered in an art sting by police in Bari. The relic has a special significance since Valentine, the first bishop of the Umbrian town of Terni, was decapitated after celebrating marriages between pagans and Christians.
The return of the head, however, is unlikely to solve centuries-old bickering between several European countries over relics of the patron saint of lovers. To further complicate matters, there were at least three martyred saints called Valentine. The first was a Roman priest martyred under the Emperor Claudius II in 269 or 270 AD, the second was a Bishop of Terni killed about three years later and little is known of the third who died in Africa. Rumors abound about whether the remains were given or had simply been trafficked out of Rome by enterprising monks and nuns.
With Valentine's day only a few days away--a timely story. Isn't it odd that no one makes a fuss about the celebration of St. Valentine's day in this country? St. Valentine is the patron of greetings and lovers.
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."
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."
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.
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