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Earth Day 2012

noreply@blogger.com (ByCatholics) — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:30:21 PDT

Earth Day technology: the spray-on solar panel? - CSMonitor.com:

Anglican Church in North America

noreply@blogger.com (ByCatholics) — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:04:26 PDT

Anglican Church in North America:
"Archbishop Duncan Issues Statement Responding to Recent Attack on Religious Liberty Archbishop Robert Duncan released the following statement in support of the Catholic Church’s fight to maintain freedom of conscience in the midst of the U.S. federal government issuing a preventive care mandate in violation of its teaching."

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Miami Catholics Arrange Flights To Cuba For Pope's Visit

noreply@blogger.com (ByCatholics) — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:49:20 PDT

U.S. Catholics make plans to see the pope in Cuba
The Miami Herald
BY MIMI WHITEFIELD

The Archdiocese of Miami flights that will carry some 300 pilgrims to Cuba for Pope Benedict XVI’s visit next month are a study in logistics. Organized for the archdiocese by Airline Brokers, a Coral Gables company that is a veteran in the Cuba travel business, tandem pilgrimage flights will leave Miami International Airport on March 26 bound for Santiago, where the pope will celebrate a sunset Mass at Revolution Square.
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Miami Archdiocese Adds Charter Flights to Cuba for Papal Visit
Fox News Latino

Miami – The Catholic Archdiocese of Miami announced Friday that it has arranged for additional flights to Cuba for pilgrims who want to see Pope Benedict XVI during his March 26-28 visit to the island.
"Organized by Airline Brokers, additional flights are now available departing from Fort Lauderdale on March 24, and from Miami on March 25 and 27," the archdiocese said in a news release.
The archdiocese expressed satisfaction last month after receiving 1,000 requests to reserve seats on flights to Cuba for the papal visit.
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According to Havana Times, the cost of the trip, which includes flights, hotel stays, transfers and meals, is $2,000.

The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

noreply@blogger.com (ByCatholics) — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:39:13 PDT

Racism: an open wound in humanity's side
Vatican Radio website, the voice of the Pope

The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on 21 March.

On that day, in 1960, police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the apartheid "pass laws".

Proclaiming the Day in 1966, the United Nations General Assembly called on the international community to redouble its efforts to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination.

Since then, the apartheid system in South Africa has been dismantled. Racist laws and practices have been abolished in many countries, and an international framework for fighting racism, guided by the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has been drawn up.

However still, in all regions of the world, too many individuals, communities and societies suffer from the injustice and stigma that racism brings.

Linda Bordoni spoke to South African lawyer Mike Pothier about the significance of this annual observance.

First of all, Pothier, who works at the Cape Town-based Catholic Parliamentary Liason Office, explains that the office is a unit of the Southern African Bishops Conference. It was set up in 1997 in order to provide a mechanism of communication between the Church in South Africa and the country's governing bodies.

Pothier remembers the terrible events that put Sharpeville on the world map on that March day back in 1960, during which - he says - the apartheid regime perpetrated the single worst massacre of civilians during the apartheid struggle. This led, he continues, to the decision on the part of the liberation movvement to take up an armed struggle against apartheid, and of course it led to a great crackdown by the apartheid government against the liberation movement.

And today, in 2012, eighteen years since the beginning of democracy in South Africa, Pothier says that in his work at the Parliamentary Liason Office he still deals with issues that are connected to racial issues.

He says there are still deep seated racist attitudes in South Africa and this for example gives rise to criticism of the government based on racial prejudice. And he explains that one aspect of the Church's tasks is to try to educate people in that respect : that people are not competent or incompetent according to their race, but according to education, experience, and so on.

From the other direction there are hints of a kind of counter-racism with the the policy of affirmative action - because it makes use of racial categories to qualify people for jobs, positions,admittance to university and so on.

Pothier says the Government says this is a way to redress the balance. "We had well over 100 years of institutionalised racism in our legal system and before that more than 200 years of colonial racial discrimination. The Governemnt says that through affirmative action we are trying to undo some of that damage".

Pothier says the Church in South Africa broadly supports that policy. But it is also critical when necessary or if it feels it s being exceeded or is being applied in an unjust way.

Of course there are ohter areas across the world where there are examples of racial discrimination and racial thinking. Pothier remembers the document issued by the Pontifical Justice and Peace Commission back in 1988, in which racism is described as "a wound in humanity's side that mysteriously remains open".

He says that is a very good way of describing it, maybe we don't understand why "it mysteriously remains open", but, Pothier says, "if we look in the Middle East we can see examples of it. If we look elsewhere in Africa, in the newest nation South Sudan, as it struggles to get to its feet we find what we can call tribalism or ethnic divides but they are also racially based: people are finding reasons to discriminate against each other, even to the point of killing each other, based on the the characteristics of language, geographical origins, of tribe, etc". In the US recent studies show that how that in the economic downtown African Americans were predominantly, or worst affected".

So, in South Africa, Pothier continues, "we have made great strides". But we shouldn't think it was only in the systematised apartheid era that racism existed. It exists in a less systematic, less legalised way all over the world".

Regarding the Internation Day Against Racial Discrimination, Pothier says it is a public holiday, and it has been so since 1995. It is known as Sharpeville Day and commemorative events take place all over the country.

He says that if the very "acute manifestation of racism that occurred at Sharpeville 52 years ago can help people around the world to see that that kind of massacre of 69 people is the ultimate end of racial thinking and racial government, then hopefully it's a message that will serve some purpose all over the world."

Pothier speaks of the new generation of South Africans - the "Born Frees" - the generation born after 1994 - that generation that is now entering its early twenties has not known institutionalised discrimination and it makes a huge difference and one can see how easily young people mix with one another. the situation is much much better, the only question is "why did it take us so long to reallse that?"

30 Dolphins stranding and incredibly saved! Extremely rare event!

noreply@blogger.com (ByCatholics) — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:23:32 PST

About 30 Dolphins stranded and saved by local people at Arraial do Cabo (Brazil) in the morning at 8:00 AM on March 5th 2012.

Notlukewarm: Recipes

noreply@blogger.com (ByCatholics) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:31:18 PST

Easter Food
Chocolate Chip Biscotti
Slow Roasted Garlic Chicken
Eggplant Appetizer
Banana Bread
Chicken with Roasted Fennel
Quinoa with Vegetables
Baked Eggs with Prosciutto
Red Wine Chocolate Cake From Smitten Kitchen, excellent!

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Obama protestors arrested for praying

noreply@blogger.com (ByCatholics) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:04:19 PST

The Busy Catholic:

Catholic priest and five others protest outside White House against YSAhealth mandate
While it took Vancouver police five months to arrest some Stanley Cup rioters, it only took five minutes for police in Washington D.C. to arrest pro-life protesters for praying outside the White House.

Villa Maria Children Foundation

noreply@blogger.com (ByCatholics) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:04:55 PST

OUR MISSION

"The life span of the majority of parents in Uganda is short, leaving their children without help. Our vision is to teach these orphaned children practical skills like keeping poultry, fish farming, growing crops, brick laying and creative attitude for sustainable life goals. Our children are blessed despite the plight of being orphans. )"

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ZENIT - World Day of the Sick: Our Lady's Feast and Her Love for the Ill

noreply@blogger.com (ByCatholics) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:51:04 PST

ZENIT - World Day of the Sick: Our Lady's Feast and Her Love for the Ill: "Bishop of Lourdes on John Paul II's Spirit

By Anita Bourdin
ROME, FEB. 10, 2012 (Zenit.org).- The liturgical feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, which will be celebrated on Saturday, coincides with the World Day of the Sick.
For the occasion ZENIT spoke with Bishop Jacques Perrier of Tarbes-Lourdes.
ZENIT: Bishop Perrier, John Paul II decided that the World Day of the Sick should coincide with the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes: why observe this Day and why Lourdes?
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Meridianul Romanesc

noreply@blogger.com (ByCatholics) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:43:24 PST

Meridianul Romanesc:
PF Lucian Mureşan: Numirea mea drept cardinal al Sfintei Biserici Catolice onorează Biserica din România

"Preafericitul Lucian Mureşan, Arhiepiscop Major al Bisericii Române Unite cu Roma, Greco-Catolică, şi preşedinte al Conferinţei Episcopilor Catolici din România, care va fi numit cardinal de către Papa Benedict al XVI-lea, devenind astfel al treilea cardinal român, după Iuliu Hossu şi Alexandru Todea, consideră că numirea sa onorează Biserica din România şi întreaga naţiune română."

End Piracy, Not Liberty – Google

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End Piracy, Not Liberty – Google:

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It's a girl !

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Google+ - It's a girl !
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Pope urges international agreement on climate change

noreply@blogger.com (ByCatholics) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:04:48 PST

CNS STORY: Pope urges international agreement on climate change:

By John Thavis
Catholic News Service

"The pope made the remarks at his noon blessing at the Vatican Nov. 27, the day before officials from 194 countries were to begin meeting in Durban, South Africa, to discuss the next steps in reducing greenhouse gases and stopping global temperatures from rising.

"I hope that all members of the international community can agree on a responsible, credible and supportive response to this worrisome and complex phenomenon, keeping in mind the needs of the poorest populations and of future generations," the pope said."

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Iran: Blogger Arrested In Tehran

noreply@blogger.com (ByCatholics) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:35:22 PST

Iran: Blogger Arrested In Tehran: (Read the entire article)
Written by: Radio Zamaneh

November 25, 2011

Rojin Mohammadi, an Iranian blogger, was arrested in Tehran yesterday on undetermined charges.

The Human Rights Reporters Committee reports that Mohammadi, who is a medical student at the University of Manila, was arrested when she arrived at Tehran airport for a visit on November 14. She was released on bail 24 hours later but was arrested again yesterday.

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Global Worming Sucks

noreply@blogger.com (ByCatholics) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:19:48 PST

Inspired by Gabriel Vasile

The true size of our world

noreply@blogger.com (ByCatholics) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:09:21 PST

Uploaded by gnrpdenver on Apr 3, 2008

A graphical representation / size comparison of our universe. Made for my college astronomy class. I took the idea from the gif on Rense.com (the one with the 1993 graphics), and then fixed it up all fancy like.

To save this (and/or see it in a higher resolution), visit:

http://sizeofworldse.ytmnd.com/

to save it as a gif: right click on page, then "view background image".

Music is City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (Overture from The Black Hole)

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Bethlehem: two days dedicated to education

noreply@blogger.com (ByCatholics) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:14:45 PST

Bethlehem: two days dedicated to education : Associazione di Terra Santa a supporto della Custodia di Terra Santa:
The Ephpheta Paul VI Institute in Bethlehem for audio-phonetic rehabilitation was the site of a recent course entitled “Education as an introduction to total reality”. The course was developed as part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs project “Supporting emergency education in the Palestinian Autonomous Territories” promoted by the AVSI Foundation in collaboration with ATS pro Terra Sancta.
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multilateral musings: Think... before you 'Support Anna Hazare'

noreply@blogger.com (ByCatholics) — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:16:29 PDT

multilateral musings: Think... before you 'Support Anna Hazare'

European Landscape

noreply@blogger.com (ByCatholics) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:37:41 PST

Nice Pictures from Picasa Web Albums

USF geology prof looks for warning signs in Japan quake

noreply@blogger.com (ByCatholics) — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:00:09 PST

USF geology prof looks for warning signs in Japan quake

TBO.com - News From AP

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TBO.com - News From AP

Traditional Food for Fasting « By Catholics

noreply@blogger.com (ByCatholics) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:54:08 PST

Traditional Food for Fasting « By Catholics

Lent starts today.

noreply@blogger.com (ByCatholics) — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 05:12:43 PST

I guess it's appropriate to update the page for Lent in the - CatholicPedia

Catholic Poet: Friends in high places

noreply@blogger.com (ByCatholics) — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:57:43 PST

Catholic Poet: Friends in high places: "On lonely nights I whisper low a chant I taught my lips to know. I've got friends in high places watching my back. I've got friends with br..."

The day Niagara Falls ran dry

noreply@blogger.com (ByCatholics) — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:49:14 PST

Newly-discovered photos show the moment the iconic waterfall came to a standstill
By GRAHAM SMITH
Last updated at 8:32 AM on 16th December 2010

It's taken 41 years, but a previously unseen set of photos of the mighty Niagara Falls reduced to nothing more than a barren cliff-top have finally surfaced.
The stark images reveal North America's iconic - and most powerful - waterfall to be almost as dry as a desert.
In June 1969, U.S. engineers diverted the flow of the Niagara River away from the American side of the falls for several months.
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Earth Day 2012

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Miami Catholics Arrange Flights To Cuba For Pope's Visit

The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

30 Dolphins stranding and incredibly saved! Extremely rare event!

Notlukewarm: Recipes

Obama protestors arrested for praying

Villa Maria Children Foundation

ZENIT - World Day of the Sick: Our Lady's Feast and Her Love for the Ill

Meridianul Romanesc

End Piracy, Not Liberty – Google

It's a girl !

Pope urges international agreement on climate change

Iran: Blogger Arrested In Tehran

Global Worming Sucks

The true size of our world

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Bethlehem: two days dedicated to education

multilateral musings: Think... before you 'Support Anna Hazare'

European Landscape

USF geology prof looks for warning signs in Japan quake

TBO.com - News From AP

Traditional Food for Fasting « By Catholics

Lent starts today.

Catholic Poet: Friends in high places

The day Niagara Falls ran dry