Tag: catholic church
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#MorningMonarchy: March 2, 2017
Mass meditations, sex slaves and the next march + this day in history w/Charlie Chaplin’s body and our song of the day by Presentable Corpse on your Morning Monarchy for March 2, 2017.
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Bernard Gui: Inquisitorial Technique
from Gnosis.org: Bernard Gui was Inquisitor in Toulouse, 1307-1323. The medieval inquisition had been created during the reign of Pope Gregory IX (1227-1241). Its main technique was to extract confessions. Bernard describes the techniques used in interrogations. When a heretic is first brought up for examination, he assumes a confident air, as though secure in…
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Philadelphia Catholic Priest Is First Ever Sent To Prison For Cover-Up
Monsignor William Lynn is the first Catholic priest to be sentenced to prison for his mishandling of sex abuse claims. Lynn managed priest assignments and child sexual assault complaints at the church from 1992 to 2004.
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pope benedict peace message calls for wealth redistribution
from rns: Noting a “rising sense of frustration” at the worldwide economic recession, Pope Benedict XVI said that a more just and peaceful world requires “adequate mechanisms for the redistribution of wealth.” The pope’s words appeared in his message for the World Day of Peace 2012, released on Friday (Dec. 16) at the Vatican. The…
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vatican goes high-tech to preserve fragile ancient tomes
from msnbc: One of the world’s oldest libraries in Rome faces a huge problem — how to preserve 1,800-year-old manuscripts in a digital format that’s readable for next-generation computers. A format designed to store images taken by satellites and orbital telescopes such as the Hubble Space Telescope could offer a solution to the Holy See’s…
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what will the pope say to vodun leaders?
from the wild hunt: This Friday the head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, will be heading to Benin for a three-day visit where he is expected to unveil an “important document” relating to the Catholic Church’s role in Africa. What makes this visit distinctive is that Benin is thought to be the…
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catholics’ mass liturgy changing; ‘ritual whiplash’ ahead?
from washington post: English-speaking Catholics are bracing for the biggest changes to their Mass since the 1960s, a shift some leaders warn could cause “ritual whiplash.” The overhaul, which will become mandatory Nov. 27, is aimed at unifying the more than 1 billion Catholics worldwide with a translation that is as close as possible to…
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Vatican Kudos for Hackers, No Dispensation for Computer Crackers
Jesuit priest Father Antonio Spadaro wrote in the Vatican magazine Civilta Cattolica that hackers are doing God’s work.