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Catholic priest accused of groping woman during last rites
A Roman Catholic priest has been arrested on a misdemeanor assault charge after he was accused of groping a woman in home hospice care while giving her last rites.
The Rev. Gerold Langsch, of Austin, was arrested Thursday and charged with assault by contact stemming from the Oct. 5 encounter. The 75-year-old priest is free on $15,000 bond. If convicted, he could be sentenced to a year in jail and fined up to $4,000.
Police contend in the arrest affidavit that the woman was in hospice care for complications from diabetes when Lansch went to her home to administer the sacrament of anointing the sick, a sacrament of absolution. The woman, who is still alive, reported that Langsch first anointed her chest with holy water, then began to apply lotion, massaging a breast, pinching a nipple and asking "Does that feel good?" He then tried to slip his hand inside her diaper but was unable to.
Report: Christian Persecution in India Jumps by 57% in 2019
Hate crimes and targeted violence against Christians in India during the first two months of 2019 showed a jump of 57 percent over the same period in 2018, a new report revealed.
During January and February, 77 incidents of "hate and targeted violence against Christians" were documented in India as compared with the 49 cases recorded during the same period last year, according to the Religious Liberty Commission of the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI).
The EFI report said that the official figures are invariably low, because most cases of persecution go unreported, either because the victim and witnesses are too frightened to speak out, or because the police ignore the harassment and fail to file mandatory First Information Reports.
Jewish Rabbi tortured, mutilated children, claimed to be 'Exorcising Demons'
Posted for those who claim I only pick on the Catholics.
10 MORE CHRISTIANS KILLED LAST WEEKEND IN NIGERIA BRINGING TOTAL TO 140, MEDIA STILL SILENT
Another 10 Christians were killed by jihadists in Nigeria last weekend, bringing the total number of Christians killed in the country to 140 since February 10.
Reports indicate that another 10 Christians were murdered in Nigeria on Saturday, March 16, as religious violence in the country continues to reach fever pitch. This brings the total number of Christians murdered to 140, with an additional 160 homes destroyed in the violence.
Morning Star News reported:
Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed 10 Christians in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria on Saturday (March 16), bringing the lives lost in the past five weeks to 140 with 160 houses destroyed, sources said.
People in countries where they can practice their religion without getting hurt or killed, need to take into account how lucky they are.
KARADZIC SENTENCE INCREASED TO LIFE FOR BOSNIA GENOCIDE: UN
United Nations judges have ordered former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to spend the rest of his life in prison for genocide and war crimes, increasing his original sentence of 40 years.
Karadzic, 73, was convicted in 2016 for the July 1995 Srebrenica massacre of more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys by Bosnian Serb forces. He was also found guilty of leading a campaign of ethnic cleansing that drove Croats and Muslims out of Serb-claimed areas of Bosnia.
A panel of appeals judges in The Hague "imposes a sentence of life imprisonment" after rejecting Karadzic's appeal against his original 2016 conviction, head judge Vagn Joensen said on Wednesday.
Judges at the original trial "underestimated the extreme gravity of Karadzic's responsibility for the most grave crimes committed during the period of conflict, noted for their sheer scale and systematic cruelty", Vagn Joensen said.
I hope that the man understands how lucky he was, in light of the reality that the UN court judges do not ever use the death penalty. The Death Penalty and International Law
Feminism: Satan's Plan to Destroy Your Family
The title of this article alone will probably deter most feminists and their supporters from reading further, but my job is to provide the facts, not make people read and understand them. As the title suggests, feminism is a design of Satan for the express purpose of destroying families, and the destruction of the family has been one of the key foundations in building a communist nation in the U.S.
Top US General Denies Plans to Leave 1,000 Troops in Syria
US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joe Dunford issued a statement Monday denying weekend media reports that the US plans to leave around 1,000 troops in Syria, saying the reports are "factually incorrect."
Dunford presented the current planned "residual force" as 200, saying that this hadn't changed since February. The US announced 200 would stay on February 21, but on February 22 officially increased that number to 400.
It's not clear from Dunford's statement where the "incorrect" aspect of the new report, which came out of a Wall Street Journal, exists. That report suggested that the 1,000 figure was not yet finalized, but was being discussed. Dunford's comments didn't include any details on what is actually being discussed, but just that nothing was finalized.
I think the multiple troop numbers being given, are simply a way of creating confusion about how many US troops the US does have in Syria.
Pope 'REFUSES to accept resignation of French cardinal convicted of failing to report sex abuse allegations'
Philippe Barbarin, the French Roman Catholic cardinal convicted of failing to report sexual abuse allegations, said Pope Francis had turned down his offer to resign.
In a statement set by France's Lyon Catholic Church, Barbarin said he had put forward his resignation, but that 'invoking the presumption of innocence, the Holy Father declined to accept this resignation.'
A Vatican spokesman later confirmed Barbarin's statement, saying Pope Francis instead asked Barbarin during their audience to do what he thinks is best for the Lyon archdiocese.
Thousands Of Orthodox Faithful March On Kiev – Affirm Anathema Against Schismatic Bartholomew
On March 17th, a procession of worshipers of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate took place in Kiev.
According to Strana.ua, the procession was in honor of a holiday of Orthodoxy, which ends the first week of Great Lent, more than two thousand Kyivans took part.
But the critical feature of this years holiday procession was the public re-declaration of the anathema against the Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew, his moves against the Church which have resulted in the present schism.
Why Does The Mainstream Media Purposely Ignore The Mass Killings Of Christians That Happen All Over The Globe?
Nigerian Muslim Militants Kill 120 Christians in Three Weeks
The recent death toll of Christians in Nigeria has reached 120 with this week's slaughter of more than 50 by Fulani Muslim militants in the Kaduna state of Nigeria, the Christian Post reported.
The Fulani jihadists, who have become a greater threat to Nigerian Christians than the Islamist terror group Boko Haram, stormed the villages of Inkirimi, Dogonnoma, and Ungwan Gora in the Kajuru Local Government Area last Monday, destroying 143 homes, killing 52 people, and wounding dozens more.
The assailants reportedly split into three groups, the first of which fired upon the people, the second set fire to buildings, and the third chased down people fleeing from the scene. Victims of the assault included women and children.
Trump Offers 'best wishes' to New Zealand shooting victims: '
Trump blasted for offering 'best wishes' to New Zealand shooting victims: 'This is a massacre — not a wedding'
(*alright , alright lets stop victimizing the naieve , most powerful man in the world , and start alleging some facts )
Megachurch pastor who was invited to Trump's White House declares New Zealand terror attack a 'false flag'
The Child-Rape Assembly Line
Rabbi Nuchem Rosenberg—who is 63 with a long, graying beard—recently sat down with me to explain what he described as a "child-rape assembly line" among sects of fundamentalist Jews.
Critics Say Anti-Semitism Bill Infringes On 1st Amendment By Banning Criticism Of Israel
Critics of a Florida House bill that aims to crack down on anti-Semitism say the legislation is too narrow because it fails to address other forms of xenophobia and hate crimes, and that it violates the First Amendment by criminalizing legitimate criticisms of the State of Israel.
HB 741, which would specify that the term "religion" include anti-Semitism for purposes of the hate crime statute, among other things, passed unanimously in the Criminal Justice Subcommittee Tuesday morning.
The bill is sponsored by Representatives Randy Fine (R-Brevard County), who is Jewish, and Michael Caruso (R-Delray Beach). The cosponsors are Representatives Jason Fischer (R-Jacksonville), Chip LaMarca (R-Lighthouse Point) and Spencer Roach (R-North Fort Myers).
IF this gets passed by the Florida legislature, I hope that there is a counter-argument, all the way up to the Supreme Court, that this absolutely is a First Amendment issue, and needs to be trounced on its head.
To say that one cannot legitimately criticize the government of Israel, is a clear violation of the First Amendment.
Mass 'JEXODUS' of Jewish People to Leave the Democratic Party
Young Jewish Americans are leading a mass exodus out of the Democratic Party. The new movement, called 'JEXODUS' calls itself a group of " proud Jewish Millennials tired of living in bondage to leftist politics."
On Monday, JEXODUS Spokeswoman and Former Trump Campaign Staffer Elizabeth Pipko told "Fox & Friends" that it was a shift in policy under the Obama administration that sparked anti-Israel sentiments in the Democratic Party. Pipko discussed the strong U.S. Israel relationship under the Trump Administration and the Embassy move to Jerusalem as obvious successes for the Jewish community in America. However, Pipko said the Jewish left fails to recognize these achievements.
A cautionary note here; President Trump's fealty to both Israel, and Netanyahu personally, may well translate into massive wars in the Middle East, which the US may well not be able to win.
One has to wonder how Elizabeth Pipko will feel if, because we are understaffed in all areas of our military, that she will be called up in the reinstitution of the draft, to provide more "fodder" for these wars.
Because if you remember, the next draft will include both our sons and our daughters, that has already been decided by Congress.
Or, does she think that her relationship with President Trump, will mean she will be deferred, at least for a time?!? She is, after all, the perfect age to be drafted, at 24.
Bombshell report detailing the shocking activities of paedophile priests working under Cardinal George Pell is set to be released after his sex assault conviction
The conviction of Cardinal George Pell paves the way for blanked out pages from the child abuse royal commission report to be released for the first time.
The Royal Commission redacted more than 60 pages of its 2017 final report about the Ballarat diocese, at least some of which was believed to relate to Pell.
Pell, 77, was born and grew up in the regional Victorian city, and served as a priest and as a senior administrator in the Catholic church there from 1973 until 1987.
The mystery pages are believed to report on what was done about paedophile priests in the diocese where Pell was in a position of power.
One of Australia's worst paedophile priests, Gerald Francis Ridsdale, worked in the area. He was most recently found guilty of abusing 11 boys and one girl from 1962 to the 1980s.
Catholic Church's Brooklyn Diocese Calls Pete Davidson's Anti-Faith Joke 'Disgraceful'
"Saturday Night Live" star Pete Davidson (shown above left) has earned a fair amount of criticism since the taping of the latest "SNL" episode.
Musician R. Kelly was the big focus of the episode. The show's cold open mocked the rapper — who was recently indicted on multiple counts of sexual assault.
He came up again later in the show when Davidson appeared in the Weekend Update segment.
Davidson compared being a fan of R. Kelly to being a Catholic churchgoer.
The joke earned both applause and boos from the "SNL" studio audience.
"But if you support the Catholic Church, isn't that the same thing as being an R. Kelly fan? I don't really see the difference — only one's music is significantly better," joked Davidson.
The Brooklyn Diocese was no fan of the joke.
KANSAS BISHOP WON'T CAVE TO LGBT PRESSURE
Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas is refusing to compromise Catholic doctrine — and his Catholic schools — by supporting one school's decision to refuse enrollment to the child of a same-sex couple. Naumann is facing backlash from critics who insist the archbishop should show greater "mercy."
Saint Ann School in Prairie Village is the school at the center of the controversy. Its pastor, Fr. Craig Maxim, sent a letter to parishioners last month explaining the decision to decline admission to the child.
Why is the child being punished for the perceived "sins" of the parents?
Cult Raid Reveals Dozens of Slaves Striving for Salvation Ahead of Doomsday
The investigation, which is now underway, posits that the alleged religious cult slaves did not view themselves as such and worked there out of their own volition.
Police have discovered a group of 79 people living in slave-like conditions on a Brazilian farm, The Independent reported.
An ongoing investigation found that what was viewed as a religious cult is run by Igreja Adventista Remanescente de Laodiceia, a religious community of about 300 people in the capital city of Brasilia. The apparently slavish people are believed to have laboured on the farm for little or no pay, as members of the cult preferred to silently endure all hardships instead of asking for assistance.
AIPAC's Open Secret, Exposed by Ilhan Oma
By: ravenise
Flashback: Aipac President Quits After Boasting of Influence over Baker and Clinton
By: Cactus Moon
Transcript: https://www.wrmea.org/1992-december/january-1993/the-complete-unexpurg...
"We'll have to get you involved. I like you, we have a lot to talk about, about real estate, you know, I have so many great activities going on at AIPAC, you ought to think about coming to some of these things. I'll have a dinner this fall. I'll have 18-20 senators there. I run programs in Washington. We just had a, I had at Ted Kennedy's house last month kosher dinner. I brought foremost caterers down. I had 60 people on the couch for dinner. Last year, I did it in Al Gore's house."
Student forced to remove Ash Wednesday cross
A Utah teacher is apologizing after she didn't allow one of her students to wear a religious symbol at school.
KSTU-TV reports, like millions of Catholics and Christians around the world, William McLeod received an ash cross on his forehead to commemorate Ash Wednesday. But the boy's teacher made him wipe it off when he got to school.
"They put it on your forehead to show holiness," McLeod said of the ashes.
He was the only student in his class with an ash cross on his forehead.
An Ancient Japanese Shrine Debuts a Buddhist Robot
Kyoto, Japan's ancient former capital, is home to temples, shrines, and imperial gardens. As the birthplace of Japanese tradition, the city attracts some 53 million tourists every year.
Recently, the famed 400-year old Kodaiji Temple in Kyoto unveiled a modern makeover. The world's first sutra-chanting android deity, modelled after Kannon the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy, was introduced to the public last week. Kannon is worshiped by thousands of temples in Japan as a deity who helps people in distress; now the country's fascination with robotics has made its way into that worship.
Kodaiji Temple Administrator Tensho Goto wanted to spread the word of Buddhism to a younger generation losing touch with the tradition. He enlisted the help of pioneer Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro, head of intelligent robotics at Osaka University, who has made a name for himself in robotic research on the world stage.
The rape of nuns - another Catholic Church cover up?
Catholic nuns accused of sexual misconduct
the bible is a work of fiction.
By: poorrichard
it was wrtten for the purpose of by six jewish guys for the purpose of putting the jews ahead of all religions' as having god in back of them and are god"s chosen people.. the adopted jews of kazaria wrote this stuff..not hebrews
poorrichard's blog
Why the Outrage?
Why the Outrage? "Jewish Power" Party is the New Norm in Israeli Politics
Otzma Yehudit's (Jewish Power Party) platform only reinforces the existing "core values" of Israel, the same values that AIPAC itself champions without the slightest regard for human rights, international law and the principles of true democratic values argues Ramzy Baroud.
Russian oil imports surge in US as Venezuela's slow to a trickle
Only two ships carrying 766,000 barrels of crude oil from Venezuela arrived in the United States last week in the wake of debilitating oil sanctions lodged against the state-run oil company, PDVSA, according to investment bank Caracas Capital Markets, which tracks Venezuelan oil shipments.
Russian companies, meanwhile, sent nine ships carrying more 3 million barrels of crude oil and petroleum products, according to a review of the U.S. Bill of Ladings database by Caracas Capital.
That import data is clear evidence that Russia is profiting off the geopolitical battle, selling into the U.S. market while helping to prop up the Caracas leadership that Washington is aiming to replace, said Russ Dallen, a managing partner at the investment bank who advises U.S. officials on Venezuelan matters.
House Democrats to call for vote on condemning 'anti-Semitic' Ilhan Omar comments
Omar, D-Minn., suggested Wednesday that the pro-Israel lobby pushes lawmakers to show "allegiance to a foreign country" and said the charge of anti-Semitism is "designed to end the debate" about Israel's treatment of Palestinians.
Democrats Need to Face the Truth about Ilhan Omar
This prompted another bipartisan storm of protest. Far from retreating, Omar doubled down in her response to criticism from Representative Nita Lowey (D., N.Y.), a veteran liberal Jewish Democrat. When Lowey urged her to retract her comments, Omar tweeted, "I should not be expected to have allegiance/pledge support to a foreign country in order to serve my country in Congress or serve on a committee."
Note: Sad but true about the Jewish lobby.
Kevin Annett: Man Whose Work Prompted the End of Pope Ratzinger
Day of reckoning: A wave of fresh accusations against priests has been unleashed
After decades of anguish and argument over sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, a final reckoning may be coming for New York parishioners.
Over the last quarter century, sexual abuse allegations, some of them horrendous, have been lodged in fits and starts against more than 400 priests and others associated with the church in New York state. The church hierarchy has been accused of concealing the truth about sexual misconduct as well.
But the number of past accusations and admissions pale in comparison to what's happening today, and what will happen in the months ahead. The Democrat and Chronicle has found this confluence of events:
Feb 28 15:44
Our Worst Nightmare Isn't Coming, It's HERE: A Hefty Warning You Can't Afford To Ignore!
Evangelicals Unwittingly Pushing America Toward Atheism And Paganism
The influence of America's evangelical churches has been in steep decline ever since the two administrations of professed evangelical Christian President George W. Bush at the beginning of this century. Again and again on my radio talk show and in this column, I tried to warn Christians about the way the Bush presidency was distorting Christ's teaching and how millions of our countrymen were being turned off to Christianity as a result. For the most part, of course, my appeals fell on deaf ears. But I Pollyannaishly thought we had seen the worst of it with Bush. Boy was I wrong! Donald Trump has taken up where Bush left off—in spades.
Vatican summit organizer: Gay subculture in seminaries has 'nothing to do with sex abuse of minors'
Decades of widespread homosexuality in US seminaries had "nothing to do with the sexual abuse of minors," a key organizer of the Vatican abuse summit said on Friday.
At today's summit press briefing, LifeSite asked Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, adjunct secretary for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and papal appointee to the summit's organizing committee, a follow-up to a question posed yesterday by Italian journalist Sandro Magister.
'Who needs religion like that?' Catholic Church will be gone in 25 years, Duterte says
In a fiery, profanity-ridden tirade, outspoken Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte lashed out at the Roman Catholic Church, saying it will not survive long with all the controversies brewing around its clergy.
"This Catholic [Church] will disappear. In almost 25 years, it will disappear. No more, people will forget it," Duterte said on Monday.
Speaking at a public event in the nation's capital, Manila, the Philippines leader warned that the church will meet its demise as a result of the string of sexual abuse cases and corruption within its ranks. "People won't forget the ways of Catholic clergy," he said.
SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: How a Vatican portrait of child sex abuser Cardinal Pell links him to an ancient Catholic order frequented by British high society
It has suddenly become the most embarrassing painting in the Vatican. But the portrait of Cardinal Pell — unveiled in the Vatican just two and a half years ago — now threatens to engulf one of the oldest and grandest Catholic orders in controversy.
For I can disclose that the portrait of 77-year-old Pell, who has just been convicted of historic sex offences, was commissioned following a fundraising event in London held by the Knights of Malta, the Roman Catholic order founded more than 1,000 years ago to care for the poor and the sick.
The order's senior officers have included some of the most eminent figures in society, including Field Marshal Lord Guthrie and the late Hugh van Cutsem, one of the Prince of Wales's close friends.
JANET STREET-PORTER: Pope Francis has proved that the Catholic Church is totally incapable of tackling the stomach-churning sexual and financial abuses that are rotting it from the inside out
When Pope Francis was elected he won our hearts when he washed the feet of beggars, chose to live in a simple hostel rather than sumptuous Papal apartments, and opted for a second-hand car - a far cry from his predecessor who wore beautiful hand made slippers costing thousands of pounds.
We wanted Pope Francis to signal a new set of values for the Catholic Church, but sadly that has not turned out to be the case.
Six years on, Francis has just hosted the first Papal conference into sexual abuse, and at the end of four days, you might well ask - why did he bother?
Third Most Powerful Man in the Vatican Convicted Sexual Abuse of a Child
Year after year.
Decade after decade.
Century after century.
Countless atrocities piled upon countless atrocities.
Maybe a re-brand is necessary.
How about: The Catholic Church of Satan?
Damning evidence against Cardinal George Pell | 60 Minutes Australia
George Pell: Cardinal found guilty of sexual offences in Australia
Cardinal George Pell has been found guilty in Australia of sexual offences against children, making him the highest-ranking Catholic figure to receive such a conviction.
Pell abused two choir boys in Melbourne's cathedral in 1996, a jury found. He had pleaded not guilty.
As Vatican treasurer, the 77-year-old Australian was widely seen as the Church's third most powerful official.
Pell, due to face sentencing hearings from Wednesday, has lodged an appeal.
His trial was heard twice last year because a first jury failed to reach a verdict. A second jury unanimously convicted him of one charge of sexually penetrating a child under 16, and four counts of committing an indecent act on a child under 16.
O'Malley wants Vatican report on who knew what about McCarrick
Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston wants to see a report from the Vatican detailing who knew what and when about Theodore McCarrick, once among the most influential men of the Church in the United States - and, as of last Saturday, an ex-priest found guilty of sexual sins with both minors and adults.
O'Malley said he believes that report will include information sent to the Holy See by the four dioceses where McCarrick served, meaning New York, Metuchen, Newark and Washington, D.C.
Vatican Sex Abuse Summit Dodges Homosexuality Issue
The Vatican's summit on clerical sex abuse ended Sunday without ever confronting the strong statistical links between homosexuality and priestly abuse, confirming warnings from a number of prelates.
Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, one of the summit's organizers and a defender of gay priests, denied any relationship between homosexuality and abuse, and dismissed claims that "homosexual people are more prone to abuse children than straight people."
Another spokesman for the summit, Maltese Archbishop Charles Scicluna, took a similar position, stating that homosexuality does not predispose a person to sinful actions.
Dozens of journalists accused of breaking Pell suppression order face possible jail terms
Dozens of journalists have been threatened with a charge of contempt of court – and could face possible jail terms – over reporting of the Cardinal George Pell trial.
Victoria's director of public prosecutions, Kerri Judd QC, has written to as many as 50 individual publishers, editors, broadcasters, reporters and subeditors at the media giants News Corp Australia, Nine Entertainment, the ABC and several smaller publications, accusing them of breaching a nationwide suppression order imposed during the case.
Show-cause notices were sent to the journalists in early February saying that they had potentially interfered with the administration of justice and scandalised the court.
The ones who do not have a strong enough explanation could be prosecuted.
Why Australian media couldn't report George Pell's conviction last year
By: Gman
For months, journalists in Australia were not allowed to report one of the biggest stories in the world.
That story has now been revealed: Cardinal George Pell was found guilty of multiple child sex offences in December last year.
Pell is the most senior Catholic cleric in the world to be convicted of such offences and the case was reported in many international news outlets.
Australian media were not able to report on the decision because Cardinal Pell was also due to face charges at a second trial in early 2019, related to alleged abuse committed in Ballarat, reportedly at a swimming pool.
A suppression order was put in place because publication of the first conviction could prejudice the second case.
Australian cardinal George Pell - third most powerful man in Vatican - convicted of molesting two choirboys
The most senior Catholic cleric ever charged with child sex abuse has been convicted of molesting two choirboys moments after celebrating Mass, dealing a new blow to the Catholic hierarchy's credibility after a year of global revelations of abuse and cover-up.
Australian Cardinal George Pell, Pope Francis' top financial adviser and the Vatican's economy minister, bowed his head but then regained his composure as the 12-member jury delivered unanimous verdicts in the Victoria state County Court on December 11 after more than two days of deliberation.
The court had until today forbidden publication of any details about the trial.
Nun says 'storm will not pass' as Vatican ends summit
A top Catholic cardinal has admitted that pedophiles were allowed to prey on children after Church files on priests who sexually abused minors were destroyed.
The revelation came as a Vatican summit on a pedophilia crisis that has devastated lives in countries across the globe came to a close on Sunday, with Pope Francis warning victims to lower their expectations.
The meeting was marked by horror stories from abuse victims, some of whom told painful stories of abuse and cover-up when the conference began on Thursday.
One of the victims said she was forced to have three abortions after being abused for years by a priest who beat her, while another said he had been molested more than 100 times.
Pope Francis compares child sex abuse to human sacrifice as he vows to confront clergy abusers 'with the wrath of God' at extraordinary summit on paedophilia in the Catholic Church
Pope Francis has vowed to confront clergy sex abusers with 'the wrath of God' and compared their actions to human sacrafice.
He made the remarks during a mass in the Vatican City to conclude his extraordinary summit on preventing clergy sex abuse.
Francis also pledged to end the cover-ups by their superiors and prioritise victims of this 'brazen, aggressive and destructive evil'.
The Guardian reported Pope Francis, concluded mass by comparing the abuse of children to 'human sacrifice'.
Cyborgs for God: New Robot in Kyoto Will Offer Buddhist Wisdom in Plain Terms
A humanoid robot modeled after Kannon, the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy, has been tasked with explaining the teachings of Buddha in colloquial language at the Kodaiji Temple in the city of Kyoto, Japan.
On Saturday, Mindar, the robot, gave its first speech on the Heart Sutra, a key scripture in Buddhist teaching that — in part — offers a path to "overcome all fear, destroy all wrong perceptions and realize perfect nirvana," while temple music played in the background, the Japan Times reported.
"If an image of Buddha speaks, teachings of Buddhism will probably be easier to understand," Tensho Goto, the chief steward of the Kodaiji temple said in a news conference about the robot's release. "We want many people to come to see (the robot) to think about the essence of Buddhism."
Church files on paedophile priests 'destroyed', cardinal admits
A top Catholic cardinal admitted on Saturday that Church files on priests who sexually abused children were destroyed or never even drawn up, a move which allowed paedophiles to prey on others.
"Files that could have documented the terrible deeds and named those responsible were destroyed, or not even created," German Cardinal Reinhard Marx said in a speech to a landmark Vatican summit on tackling paedophilia in
the clergy.
"Instead of the perpetrators, the victims were regulated and silence imposed on them. The stipulated procedures and processes for the prosecution of offences were deliberately not complied with, but instead cancelled or overridden," he said.
Marx was speaking on the third day of an unprecedented meeting of the world's top bishops which Pope Francis has called in an effort to get on top of a crisis that has dogged the Roman Catholic Church for decades.
Pope Francis: Church will focus on 8 points in 'all-out battle' against abuse
Pope Francis Sunday outlined eight points that the Church will focus on in an "all-out battle" against the sexual abuse of minors to, he said, "turn this evil into an opportunity for purification."
Suuuuure...
Verbal attack on French philosopher new anti-Semitism jolt
An upsurge in anti-Semitism in France reached a climax this weekend with a torrent of hate speech directed at a distinguished philosopher during a march of yellow vest protesters, adding to questions about the radicalized fringes of the movement hidden within French society and troubling the nation. Paris judicial authorities opened an investigation Sunday into anti-Semitic remarks hurled at Alain Finkielkraut a day earlier as he accompanied his mother-in-law to her Left Bank home in Paris. The investigation is being conducted into "public insult based on origin, ethnicity, nationality, race or religion" after a band of men in the protest march raged at Finkielkraut. "Go back to Tel Aviv," "Zionist," and "France is our land" were among the insults captured on video.
Note: No, no, go back to Poland and Europe where you came from you trespassers!
Anti-Semitism rising sharply across Europe, latest figures show
Anti-Semitism is rising sharply across Europe, experts have said, as France reported a 74 per cent increase in the number of offences against Jews last year and Germany said the number of violent anti-Semitic attacks had surged by more than 60 per cent. The figures confirm the results of three recent Europe-wide surveys showing Jewish people feel at greater risk, and are experiencing markedly more aggression, amid a generalised increase in racist hate speech and violence in a significantly coarser, more polarised political environment ... The French president, Emmanuel Macron, denounced the trend as "unacceptable", telling ministers that anti-Semitism in France was "a repudiation of the Republic and its values". Petra Pau, an MP for Germany's Die Linke party, said more and more people felt free to "deny the Holocaust and engage in anti-Semitic agitation".
Flashback: 'Ah, How Sweet It Is To Be Jewish ...'
Alain Finkielkraut is a professor of philosophy at France's eliteÉcole Polytechnique who for years has been a darling of a certain section of the Parisian intelligentsia ... "Ah, how sweet it is to be Jewish at the end of this 20th century! [he writes] We are no longer History's accused, but its darlings. The spirit of the times loves, honors, and defends us, watches over our interests; it even needs our imprimatur. " ... Obviously, it is "sweet" to be Jewish in these final years of the century, but only a Jew has the right to say so. In effect, as Finkielkraut acknowledges, it is no longer possible to publish without the imprimatur of organized Jewry.
The Growing Anti-Semitism Scam
The alleged increase in anti-Semitic incidents is largely fueled by how those incidents are defined. Israel and its friends have worked hard to broaden the parameters of the discussion, making any criticism of Israel or its activities either a hate crime or ipso facto an anti-Semitic incident. The U.S. State Department's working definition of anti-Semitism includes "...the targeting of the state of Israel," and it warns that anti-Semitism is a criminal offense. Recent legislation in Washington and also in Europe has criminalized hitherto legal and non-violent efforts to pressure Israel regarding its inhumanity vis-à-vis the Palestinians ... All of the media exposure of so-called anti-Semitism has a political objective, whether intended or not, which is to insulate Israel itself from any criticism and to create for all Jews the status of perpetual victimhood
Note: Is anti-Palestinanism a crime.
Vatican summit on child sex abuse: What to expect
Pope Francis has summoned senior bishops from all over the world to Rome for a landmark meeting on sexual abuse.
From Thursday to Sunday, 190 Catholic leaders, including 10 women, will gather in the Italian capital at the pope's request; the event marks the first time in history that a pope has called senior bishops to discuss sexual abuse.
Scandals have struck the Catholic Church for decades, with pressure increasing after journalistic and judicial investigations revealed patterns of sexual abuse and cover-ups.
Further cases in 2018 heightened the crisis - some senior bishops have said the issue puts the very credibility of the Catholic Church at stake.
Supreme Court rejects abortion provider's attempt to get bishops' internal documents
The US Supreme Court has rejected hearing an appeal from Whole Woman's Health, a Texas-based abortion facility chain, which aimed to get the Texas Catholic bishops' internal communications about abortion.
In December 2016, Whole Woman's Health sued over a Texas law that requires abortion facilities to bury or cremate aborted human remains.
The Texas Catholic bishops offered to provide burials to all unborn children who were aborted, which led to the abortion chain subpoenaing decades of internal religious deliberations among the bishops regarding abortion, even though they were not part of the lawsuit.
Two Catholic cardinals say 'homosexuality' is to blame for sexual abuse committed by priests - not the clerics themselves
Two Catholic cardinals claim homosexuality is to blame for the sexual abuse scandal engulfing the Church - not the clerics themselves.
American Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke and German Cardinal Walter Brandmueller wrote in an open letter on Wednesday that the approach to the paedophilia crisis was wrong.
They argue that Pope Francis' criticism of clerical power did not address the 'primary fault' which was a corruption of the absolute law, including by 'the plague of the homosexual agenda.'
Pope Francis has previously analysed the problem as a structural and cultural one which he calls, 'clericalism.'
US Vice President Mike Pence makes his first Auschwitz visit
US Vice President Mike Pence visited the memorial site of Auschwitz on Friday along with the Polish president and Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Donald Trump, viewing a train car, crematoriums and the hair of victims ... The Pences held hands and the vice president adjusted a banner reading "From The People of the United States of America." Kushner was among a second group that then approached the wall and wreaths ... It also comes a day after Pence accused Britain, France, Germany and the European Union as a whole of trying to evade US sanctions on Iran, and called on the EU to join the Trump administration in withdrawing from the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. In his speech, Pence said that "the Iranian regime openly advocates another Holocaust."
Hungary tells UK Jewish group to 'mind its own business' over antisemitism
A Hungarian government minister has accused a senior representative of British Jews of politically-motivated lying, telling her to "mind your own business" following a meeting in which she raised concerns about antisemitism. ... The [Jewish] board also raised language used by the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, in relation to the Hungarian-born Jewish philanthropist George Soros which, it said, "whether intentionally or not, represent[s] the oldest anti-semitic tropes and this has to stop". Orbán attacked Soros at an election rally last year, saying: "We are fighting an enemy that is different from us. Not open, but hiding; not straightforward but crafty; not honest but base; not national but international; does not believe in working but speculates with money; does not have its own homeland but feels it owns the whole world."
Zionism Contradicts Judaism
The plain fact is that we Jews are not a race and we should not let the Zionists persuade us that we are. Proof to the contrary lies in Palestine, plain for all to see. You had my letter, Mother, from my Army furlough there. I was second to none in my enthusiasm for. what my co-religionists had done for a desert brought to bloom, for clean new cities rising out of age-old sand dunes. All of these wonders had come to pass while only a few fanatics talked of statehood. One evening I went to see a performance of an opera in Jerusalem. In that theater lobby you could distinguish almost at a glance the Yiddish-speaking Ashkenazic Jew from Poland, the Spanish-speaking Sephardic Jew from North Africa or Turkey, the German Jew, Jews from a score of countries all differing in dress, language, manners and mental attitudes. I had visual proof of the arguments of anthropologists. who laugh at the notion of a distinct Jewish race.
Pope defrocks top US cardinal Theodore McCarrick after church found him guilty of sexually abusing minors and soliciting sex 'during confession'
Pope Francis has defrocked a former US Cardinal after the church found him guilty of sexually abusing minors.
Theodore McCarrick, 88, who once led the Archdiocese of Washington and was a powerful figure within the Catholic Church in the U.S., was accused of sexually abusing three minors and harassing adult seminarians and priests.
He was also found guilty by the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith of soliciting sex while hearing confession, the Holy See said in a statement on Saturday.
An investigation last year detailed settlements paid to men who had complained of abuse when McCarrick was a Bishop in New Jersey in the 1980s.
World Council of Churches rebuts 'antisemitism' claim by Israel advocacy group
The World Council of Churches (WCC) has rejected claims by an Israel advocacy group that its Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) "embodies anti-Semitism".
According to The Church Times, the WCC was responding to a document published by NGO Monitor, an Israeli organisation which routinely attacks regional and international human rights groups.
As the paper noted, the EAPPI sends "ecumenical accompaniers" (EAs), who "aims to offer a protective presence to vulnerable communities, monitoring and reporting human-rights abuses".
NGO Monitor has accused the WCC of "singling out Israel" and thus "antisemitism", through its EAPPI initiative. The group also urged donors to rethink giving to the programme.
Pope Francis, Microsoft Chief Discuss Prospects of AI Development - Holy See
Pope Francis received Microsoft's President Brad Smith in Vatican City and discussed the prospects of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies with the businessman, Alessandro Gisotti, The Holy See's spokesman, has said.
During the meeting on Wednesday, Smith emphasised that AI should be used for the well-being of society. Moreover, Microsoft's chief spoke about some ways to overcome a global gap in the development of digital technologies.
The iPope?
Trump backs push for Bible classes in schools
President Trump appeared to endorse efforts by legislators in several states to allow public schools to offer Bible classes.
"Numerous states introducing Bible Literacy classes, giving students the option of studying the Bible. Starting to make a turn back? Great!" Mr. Trump tweeted Monday morning after "Fox and Friends" ran a segment on the topic.
Christian lawmakers in six Republican-controlled state legislatures across the country are pushing for legislation that would allow public schools to offer elective classes on the New and Old Testaments.
Isn't that what Sunday School is for?
And how does learning about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin prepare you for the job market?
The pope and Islam's most important imam just signed a covenant that pushes us much closer to a One World Religion
By: cyberknight
A historic interfaith covenant was signed in the Middle East on Monday, and the mainstream media in the United States has been almost entirely silent about it. Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb is considered to be the most important imam in Sunni Islam, and he arrived at the signing ceremony in Abu Dhabi with Pope Francis "hand-in-hand in a symbol of interfaith brotherhood".
The Pope Encourages Those Attending "The World Government Summit" To Enthusiastically Embrace Sustainable Development
Catholic archbishop in Brazil bans priests from being alone with children
New Gun Bill Would Require Buyers To Reveal Social Media History…
By: PatriotRising
Before Nicholas Cruz killed 17 people at Florida's Parkland High School last year he posted images of guns, bullets and a dead frog on Instagram. And before former Marine Ian David Long gunned down 12 last year at a California bar he posted on Facebook, "I hope people call me insane."
Spanish priest says 'powerful Jews' canceled his anti-Israel film event
A Spanish priest whose church canceled a planned projection of an anti-Israel film blamed the cancellation on threats and how "dying Negroes are less important than the powerful Jews." Pastor Javier Baeza's comments about blacks in a newspaper interview on Friday were decried by the pro-Israel ACOM group as part of a "fundamentally anti-Semitic narrative," ... On Saturday, the controversial film, "Gaza, a look into the eyes of barbarism," which critics say is one-sided and inaccurate, won the "Best Documentary" category of the Goyas, the Spanish equivalent of the Oscars ... But "there were pressures from the Jewish community" to cancel the projection Friday of the film, he told El Pais, before proposing his conclusion about powerful Jews.
Amid uproar, Vatican clarifies Pope's comments on 'sexual slavery' of nuns
A day after Pope Francis created an international uproar by saying Catholics nuns had been subjected to "sexual slavery" by the founder of a French order, the Vatican sought to clarify his remarks.
"When the Holy Father, referring to the dissolution of a Congregation, spoke of 'sexual slavery,' he meant 'manipulation,' a form of abuse of power which is reflected also in sexual abuse," said Vatican spokesman Alessandro Gisotti.
The Pope's shocking comments were the first time he has publicly acknowledged the sexual abuse of nuns by Catholic bishops and priests. To date, much of the clergy abuse scandal has focused on minors, who represent the vast majority of cases.
But many Catholics say abuse of vulnerable adults, including nuns and seminarians, has long been a problem in the church.
Nancy Pelosi's Favorite Bible Quote is Not in the Bible
During a speech last week at the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi quoted her favorite Bible verse.
Only, there's one problem: the quote is not actually in the Good Book.
In her opening statement, Pelosi said, "To minister to the needs of God's creation is an act of worship. To ignore those needs is to dishonor the God who made us."
She admitted, though, that she was unable to find the verse in the Bible. "I quote it all the time. And I keep reading and reading the Bible. I know it's there someplace. It's supposed to be in Isaiah," she said.
Is The Debate Over? New Survey Discovers That Religious People Are Far More Likely To Be "Very Happy"
TRUMP: 'WE HAVE TO PROTECT ISRAEL,' SHIFTING AGAIN ON SYRIA WITHDRAWAL
ASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump indicated this weekend that some US troops in Syria would remain there "to protect Israel," in an apparent shift from his earlier insistence on an absolute withdrawal.
In an interview with Margaret Brennan of CBS News, Trump was pressed to identify precisely how much of America's force presence there would be coming home – and how quickly.
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump indicated this weekend that some US troops in Syria would remain there "to protect Israel," in an apparent shift from his earlier insistence on an absolute withdrawal.
"We're going to be there and we're going to be staying. We have to protect Israel," he replied. "We have to protect other things that we have. But we're – yeah, they'll be coming back in a matter of time."
The logical question which should have been asked by this alleged CBS reporter, and of course was not is, with all the money and equipment with which the US has gifted Israel, why in the name of heaven does Israel need protecting at all, more than what the US has already given, and committed to give to Israel?!?
Apparently,"amazingly intellectually lazy and woefully uninformed " is the new "standard" for reporting at CBS. Because had she actually bothered to do her homework, she would have understood the following:
US Defense Budget Prioritizes Securing Israel over Deterring IranThis article goes on to state the following:
"Securing Israel. The FY 2019 budget codifies the 10-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) that the Obama Administration signed with the Israeli government in September 2016. This MOU offered "the single largest pledge of military assistance in US history"—$38 billion over a decade. The language included in FY 2019 is unprecedented in its scope and content, lavishing US support on one single ally. The decision to help Israel with unmanned aerial systems came after Iran, Hezbollah, and IS flew drones in Syria during the past few years. This US support comes as the Israeli government seems increasingly concerned about the backlash of US-Iranian tensions and the potential for a growing number of heavy rockets and long-range missiles launched toward Israel. The FY 2019 budget urges the Trump Administration to begin talks with the Israeli government to determine "the quantity and type of precision guided munitions in the event of a sustained armed confrontation" with Hezbollah and Hamas."
Please let that number sink in : $38 billion dollars over ten years. means that Israel will be receiving $3,800,000,000 per year over 10 years.
So if, in fact, Israel is being provided getting nearly 4 billion dollars per year for the next decade, courtesy of the highly generous US taxpayers, (who, of course, had utterly no say in this matter), then why is this nuclear-armed, self-proclaimed theocracy, pathologically incapable of defending itself against Syria, or, in fact, Iran?!?
And forgive me, President Trump, but is it not totally illegal for the US government to give any aid or military assistance to Israel because it refuses to have its nuclear sites inspected, and to join the NNPT, as Iran has done, because such aid is in flagrant violation of both the Mann Act, and the Symington Amendment?!?
just doing a little "reality check" here, sir.
Sorry, Mr. President, with these statements regarding the the reasons for the US military staying in Syria, you just threw logic right smack on its head, and it is suffering from a severe concussion.
The US presence at al-Tanf in Eastern Syria, has utterly nothing to do with "defending Israel", but everything to do with having a military "beach head" for a potential invasion of Iran.
The maps tell the story:
Map of the Middle East
Al Tanf: why it matters
This is also the reason why US troops will not be leaving Iraq any time soon, either, even though the Iraqi government has asked it to leave, and so far, nicely.
And Mr. President, you would do well to remember the most powerful politically man in Iraq right now, but who holds no office: Muqtada Al Sadr.
If you do not remember his influence on the timing of the first US military withdrawal from Iraq, you might want to have one of your researchers take a look.
And you might want to look at a companion piece. also from blacklistednews.com, and based on the above referenced interview:
Trump kneels - again - before AIPAC
Philadelphia priest placed on leave following sex assault allegations
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has placed one of its priests on administrative leave over an allegation that he sexually abused a minor in the 1970s.
Last month, the archdiocese says it was made aware of the allegation against 71-year-old Reverend Steven J. Marinucci.
This is the first accusation against the priest.
As a result, Marinucci has been placed on administrative leave and is not allowed to perform his duties at Saint Matthew Parish in Mayfair where he serves.
Marinucci has denied the allegation.
List of Holocaust films
A listing of films, from the 1940s to the present, that deal with the Holocaust in Europe. Add to that the books and other propaganda and you get history rewritten. Worth saving.
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, honor 6 million murdered Jews by showing solidarity with Jews alive today
On Holocaust Remembrance Day we must ask: How can Hitler, who devoted his life to fanning the flames of anti-Semitism and murdering Jews, have so underestimated the resurgent hatred for the Jewish people? And why has this ancient and poisonous hatred survived and grown in our own lifetimes? ... So how should Americans respond this International Holocaust Remembrance Day? Take your kids to a museum that tells the story of the Holocaust if you can - now or in the next few months ... Read "The Diary of Anne Frank" together ... And finally, we should all heed the words British Prime Minister Theresa May wrote this week in the Book of Commitment at the Holocaust Educational Trust in her country to honor Holocaust Remembrance Day
Note: We should respond by making the accusers produce evidence and questioning every aspect of this holocau$t including Anne Frank's diary being partially written with ball point pen invented in 1951!!
Holocaust Remembrance: What's Behind the Campaign?
Holocaust remembrance is not, as its supporters claim, a noble effort motivated by sincere concern for humanity. Instead, this relentless campaign is an expression of Jewish-Zionist power, and is designed to further Jewish-Zionist interests ... Jewish death and suffering do not deserve to be venerated more than the death and suffering of non-Jews. The Holocaust remembrance campaign deserves scorn, not support, because it is a one-sided effort that serves narrow Jewish and Israeli interests and bolsters Jewish-Zionist power.
Note: And if you present facts disproving the holocau$t you will be put in jail.
Vatican official who handled sex abuse cases quits after being accused of sex abuse
A Vatican official who handles sex-abuse cases for the Catholic Church has quit two months after being accused of sexual abuse.
On Monday, Hermann Geissler resigned from his position as chief of staff in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, a body that handles discipline in sexual abuse cases within the Catholic Church, according to a statement from the Holy See's press office.
Geissler maintained his innocence but said he was resigning to protect the church.
"Fr. Geissler decided to take this step to limit the damage already done to the Congregation and to his Community," the office stated.
Trump Touts Bible Literacy Classes In State Schools
Holocaust Deceit, 'Remembrance,' and Reality
Lurid falsehood and outright lies are routinely promoted, even by supposedly reputable media, as part of the seemingly endless campaign of "Holocaust Remembrance." A recent item in Canada's most prestigious daily newspaper about the wartime German concentration camp of Buchenwald is a good example. Specific falsehoods are cited, and discredited. Such historical deceit is a routine part of the relentless "Holocaust" campaign, which plays such an important role in our society because it's an expression of Jewish-Zionist power, and is meant to further Jewish-Zionist interests.
The secular religion of "the Holocaust", a tainted product of consumer society
The religion of "the Holocaust" is a secular one: it belongs to the lay world; it is profane; in actuality, it has at its disposal the secular arm, that is a temporal authority with dreaded power. It has its dogma, its commandments, its decrees, its prophets and its high priests. As one revisionist has observed, it has its circle of saints, male and female, amongst whom, for example, Saint Anne (Frank), Saint Simon (Wiesenthal) and Saint Elie (Wiesel). It has its holy places, its rituals and its pilgrimages. It has its sacred (and macabre) buildings and its relics.
Note: People have been and are put in jail for not believing, some have been executed because of this monstrous lie. Holocau$t....prove it! Can't be done because it never happened!
Holocaust Memorial Day: 'Shocking' levels of denial remain
Five per cent of UK adults do not believe the Holocaust took place and one in twelve believes its scale has been exaggerated, a survey has found. The poll of more than 2,000 people was carried out by Opinion Matters for the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (HMDT). Meanwhile, people have gathered across the country to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. More than 11,000 activities took place, including a national commemorative ceremony in Westminster. In the survey, 45 percent of those polled said they did not know how many people were killed in the Holocaust, while one in five (19%) believed fewer than two million Jews were murdered.
Note: holocau$t the biggest lie ever perpetrated in the history of mankind and it takes only a couple of hours to expose the lie. 6 million, 6 million!
Pope condemns 'senseless' stigmatizing of migrants
Pope Francis said on Friday it was "senseless and irresponsible" to stigmatize migrants and see all of them as threats to society, weighing in again on one of the most divisive issues in the United States.
Pope Heads To Caravan Country To Push Central American Migration
Pope Francis is the most pro-Islamic, subjugated Pope in modern history. Yet they still threaten to kill him, which is further proof that submission and accommodation to Islam is perceived as weakness and gives way to more demands, more conquest, more attacks in the cause of Islam.
This Pope is a disgrace. He is selling out his people, condemning them to futures of unimaginable misery.
The evolving response of the Church in Kentucky to Covington Catholic incident
However, both statements, along with the entire websites of the Diocese of Covington and the high school, have since been taken down, after subsequent, longer footage and additional information complicated the original interpretation of the video.
In longer videos, the students appear to have first been provoked by a group called the Black Israelites, who were shouting disparaging remarks at them largely about the Catholic Church and Trump. The videos also showed that the students were approached by the demonstrators from the Indigenous People's March, including Phillips, which contradicted prior reports that the students had surrounded them.
As additional information emerged, the Diocese of Covington released a new statement on Monday, Jan. 22, in which they announced both the temporary closing of Covington Catholic High School and a third-party investigation into the events at the Lincoln Memorial.
Former Minneapolis rabbi avoids jail time after being snared in online child-sex sting
A former rabbi at a Jewish learning center in Minneapolis won't serve jail time for making arrangements online with someone he thought was a child for sex.
Aryeh Cohen, 44, received a stayed 30-day sentence from a Ramsey County district judge at his sentencing hearing Wednesday afternoon.
Vatican 'knew paedophile Argentine bishop who Pope Francis treated as his 'spiritual son' had taken naked selfies and performed sex acts in public'
The actions of an Argentinian bishop who allegedly sexually abused his Catholic students, took naked selfies and performed sex acts in public was known to the Vatican, it has emerged.
Pope Francis accepted Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta's resignation in August 2017, after priests in a remote northern Argentine diocese complained about his behaviour.
Other colleagues also reported allegations of abuses of power and sexual harassment of adult seminarians, said former vicar of the same parish Juan Jose Manzano.
The new reports undermine Vatican claims that allegations of sexual abuse were only made a few months ago.
Pope Francis: World Government Must Rule U.S. 'For Their Own Good'
Pope Francis's idea that Americans would be better off under a world government doesn't stop there. The radical leftist pontiff also went on record stating that Europe should become one country under one government.
In the same interview, according to La Repubblica, Pope Francis said that Europe must take on a "federal structure," resembling feudal times when the peasants were ruled by unimpeachable monarchs.
Terror-free Slovakia completely refuses Islam and won't allow a single mosque
Slovakia is the last EU Member State without a single mosque, TRT World reports. Previous attempts to build have been halted by politicians.
The country does not recognise Islam as a religion and only have a few thousand Muslim residents. Islam must not be taught in schools and the 5,000 Muslims, mostly European ones, who reside in the country are not officially recognised. They account for only 0.1% of the population.
In 2007, politicians changed the country's laws so that 20,000 signatures from members were required to be recognised by the state. In 2017 they more than doubled the number of necessary signatures.
Not being officially recognised poses major difficulties for the group. Among other things, they are not allowed to have official religious leaders, conduct Muslim marriages or receive financial contributions from the State, rights which 18 other recognised religions have.
(2009) Robocall featuring Nancy Cartwright using her Bart Simpson voice to promote an upcoming Scientology Conference
Israeli Museum To Take Down 'McJesus' Statue After Christians Clash With Police
The controversial artwork features McDonald's mascot Ronald McDonald nailed to a cross - something the author views as a touch of consumerism on Christian values. The artist himself, however, asked the museum to withdraw the statue from display after joining a pro-Palestinian movement.
The Haifa Museum of Art has been forced to take down an artwork which offended the country's Arab Christian minority community.
The exhibit called "McJesus", which depicts a crucified Ronald McDonald, will be removed "as soon as possible", Haifa Mayor Einat Kalisch-Rotem said, as quoted by the Haaretz newspaper.
Muslim Boys Attack Toddler Leaving 15 Bite Marks On Her Face – Media Blackout
Video . The founder of America's first Islamic TV station decapitated his wife with a sword... He launched that TV station to portray Islam in a positive light.
Then he decapitated his wife in the studio. This story received practically no MSM coverage.
Ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick's key accuser has met with New York City prosecutors as part of sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church in which 1,000 priests sexually abused children
The key accuser in the sex abuse case against ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has met with New York City prosecutors, evidence that the scandal that has convulsed the papacy is now part of the broader U.S. law enforcement investigation into sex abuse and cover-up in the Catholic Church.
James Grein gave testimony last month to Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Sara Sullivan, who is investigating a broad range of issues related to clergy abuse and the systematic cover-up by church superiors, Grein's attorney, Patrick Noaker, told The Associated Press.
The development is significant, given that the Vatican investigation against McCarrick has already created a credibility crisis for the Catholic hierarchy including Pope Francis, since it was apparently an open secret that McCarrick slept with adult seminarians. Grein's testimony, however, includes allegations that McCarrick, a former family friend, also groomed and abused him starting when he was 11.
Researchers Establish a Link Between Brain Damage and Religious Fundamentalism
By: WakingTimes
Neuroscientists looked at how authoritarianism and religious fundamentalism
'Most of them are gay': Duterte urges Vatican to allow its 'useless' priests to have boyfriends
Democrats Embrace Anti-Catholic Bigotry
"The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States." —Article VI, U.S. Constitution (emphasis added)
Pushed increasingly leftward by a cadre of new members who demand it, the Democrat Party's animus toward organized religion is becoming impossible to hide. In one of the more ugly displays of that animus, Senators Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) attempted to impose their own religious test on Brian Buescher, an Omaha, Nebraska, lawyer nominated by President Donald Trump to sit on the U.S. District Court in that state. Both women asserted that Buescher belonged to an organization that promoted "extremist" views.
British Parents Removing Children from Lessons on Islam, Report Finds
A report that found that parents in Essex are removing their children from Religion Education (RE) lessons on Islam and school trips to mosques.
The Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE) has found that parents in Thurrock, South-East England, "have objected to the teaching of Islam and withdrawn children from lessons and visits to places of worship," the Thurrock Gazette reports.
SACRE, which recommends the teaching of religion in schools, said that it would need to launch an investigation into how many parents are pulling their children from aspects of religious education teaching.


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Speaker Series: Andrea Ballestero, Anthropology, Rice University
A future history of water, or, how to wonder with techno-legal devices?
"How do people commit to intervening in the future while acknowledging its unruliness? I propose the figure of the techno-legal device as a lively space where we can learn how people constantly negotiate the form of the worlds they want to bring about. In this talk, I will focus on one device: a list of water types produced by Costa Rican congressional representatives during the discussion of a constitutional reform to recognize water as a public good and a human right. During the fifteen years it lasted, Libertarian representatives made a series of seemingly outrageous claims: they theatrically declared that if the reform passed, ice cubes would become state property; they claimed that since all human bodies are 70% water, the reform would automatically turn 70% of their bodies into state property. Session after session, they produced a typology of state-owned waters that challenged any definition of what water is, of where its borders sit, and of what liberal ideas such as public goods entail. In this paper I explore their list as a techno-legal device to ask how people establish relations with facts, matter, and politics. I will argue that when taken as a techno-legal device, the list helps us see the making of a future history of water, a series of preconditions that can only be recognized as meaningful in the yet to come."
Photo and bio courtesy of Andrea Ballestero
Andrea Ballestero is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Rice University and she is also the founder and director of the Ethnography Studio. Her background includes a law degree, training in Natural Resource Policy, and a PhD in anthropology. She has more than fifteen years of experience researching how societies define, distribute, and value water. She is interested in how technical knowledge embodies ethical and political values. Her recent book, A future History of Water (Duke, 2019), examines the daily work of implementing the human right to water in Costa Rica and in Northeast Brazil. This book is open access and available for download for free on her website. She is currently researching cultural imaginaries of the underground in Costa Rica, particularly of aquifers, to understand how the social world is expanding downwards, how people attempt to establish new forms of responsibility towards inaccessible places, and how property is changing in the 21st century. Her publications can be found at https://andreaballestero.com/

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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
By Nelson Mandela
Afterword by Sharon Gelman
Read by Michael Boatman
Nelson Mandela Little, Brown & Company 9780316545853
Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa's anti-apartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. He is revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality. Long Walk to Freedom is his moving and exhilarating autobiography, destined to take its place among the finest memoirs of history's greatest figures. Here for the first time, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela tells the extraordinary story of his life—an epic of struggle, setback, renewed hope, and ultimate triumph.
A Barack Obama Reading List Pick
A BookRiot Pick of Must-Read Books about Racism
Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa's anti-apartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. He is revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality.
Long Walk to Freedom is his moving and exhilarating autobiography, destined to take its place among the finest memoirs of history's greatest figures. Here for the first time, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela tells the extraordinary story of his life—an epic of struggle, setback, renewed hope, and ultimate triumph.
"Should be read by every person alive." —Boston Sunday Globe
"Narrator Michael Boatman has a gentle but insistent voice that suggests a certain grace and is well suited for the memoir of this worldwide symbol of persistence and justice…Boatman's authentic pronunciation of South African tribes and other words also lends great credibility to his reading." —AudioFile
"An engrossing tapestry of recent South African history that grips the reader from the first pages…Riveting and sometimes painfully honest." —San Francisco Chronicle
"One of the most extraordinary political tales of the twentieth century and well worth the investment for anyone truly interested in the genesis of greatness." —Financial Times (London)
"To read of Nelson Mandela's fascinating journey…is to be reminded of the indomitable human spirit. Yet the reminder is delivered with such grace and subtlety that it intensifies its meaning." —San Diego Union-Tribune
"The famously taciturn South African president reveals much of himself in Long Walk to Freedom. A good deal of this autobiography was written secretly while Mandela was imprisoned for twenty-seven years." —Amazon.com
"This fluid memoir matches South African President Mandela's stately grace with wise reflection on his life and the freedom struggle that defined it…The story fascinates." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"This is an articulate, moving account of Mandela's life…Highly recommended for all collections." —Library Journal
"This memoir is remarkably free of polemics, self-pity, and self-aggrandizement. It is the work of a man who has led by action and examplea man who is one of the few genuine heroes we have." —Kirkus Reviews
Author Bio: Nelson Mandela
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I have a dashboard published on Tableau Server which I need to embed into my web application.
Now scenarios is like, application has it's own login credentials which validates on application server, how Tableau Server can validate which user has been logged in & which dashboard user is permissible to access.
Can I embed dashboard in such a way that before going to report page a user has to provide credentials which would be validated against tableau server groups.
P.S.- Credentials at application server & credentials at tableau server are different for the same user, how handshaking between these 2 servers can be achieved ?
Now my doubt is tableau server will identify which user is logged in & load respective dashboard but when these dashboards are on a web application, which is using different credential format, how application would identify which user is logged in ? Should I implement in such a way that application would ask for tableau server credentials once going to report page ?
If any alternative approach please let me know.
In your web aop, Use the tableau server Active directory with single sign on. your user filter will work.
All this articles are leading me to how I can handle on Tableau Server, but I need to handle it on Web Application level.
How adding user directory will communicate to Application server, I am getting this concept.


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Q: How do i rebind the listview datasource from jquery? I have a listview that needs to be updated after a comment is added. The submission is handled through jquery, and I'll like to force a refresh after the comment is successfully submitted. Animation would be nice, i was hoping that there is a simple solution. i tried calling a page method to force the rebind but it having to be static has totally lost me as I cannot access the control directly. any help? tia

A: Since the listview is a server side control, it will only be possible to rebind though a postback.  One way I've done this in the past is to put a hidden "refresh" button on the page
<asp:button runat="server" id="btnRefresh" onclick="ReBindListView" style="display:none;" />

And then use javascript to cause the postback
function refresh() {
      __doPostBack('<%= btnRefresh.ClientID %>', '');
 }

On the server side of the btnRefresh click you can then rebind your listview

A: You can rebind your RadListView anytime necessary to update it with the new comments.  Here's an example:
<telerik:RadCodeBlock ID="RadCodeBlock1" runat="server">
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function RefreshRadListView() {
            var listView = $find("<%= RadListView1.ClientID %>");
            listView.rebind();
        }
    </script>
</telerik:RadCodeBlock>

http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/listview-rebind.html

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