1. "The [Jewish] organizations represented [at Assisi III] are: ... the Anti-Defamation League (Rabbi Eric Greenberg), B’nai B’rith International (David Michaels), ..."http://angelqueen.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=422380#422380(That quotation apparently comes from a report published before Assisi III got underway, strictly speaking, though I'm not aware of any cancellations other than
the unrelated cancellation, on his own initiative, of A. C. Grayling.)
Labels: A.D.L., Assisi III, B'nai B'rith, Jews 2. "Pepsi Shareholders Demand It Stop Using Aborted Fetal Cells"http://angelqueen.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39467Labels: abortion, Pepsi, Senomyx3. H.H. The Pope on "healthy secularism", "freedom of worship", and religious educationHis Holiness's speech of October 31, 2011 to the new Ambassador of Brazil to the Holy See is
not yet available in English at the relevant Vatican web-page so I took the following quotation from VIS 20111031 (530), "BRAZIL: FRUITFUL COOPERATION BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE", an item in a recent edition of the Vatican Information Service's daily e-mail bulletin:
One important chapter of this "shared fertile history" was the agreement the Holy See and the Brazilian government signed in 2008, which "officially and juridically sealed the independence and collaboration of the two parties". In this context, the Pope also expressed the hope that the State would recognise that "healthy secularism must not consider religion as a mere individual sentiment, relegated to the private sphere, but as a reality which, being organised into visible structures, requires public recognition of its presence".
"It is therefore up to the State to ensure that all religious confessions enjoy freedom of worship, and the right to practice their cultural, educational and charitable activities, when these do not contrast with morality or public order", he said. ...
Benedict XVI identified a number of fields of mutual cooperation, including that of education in which the Church has "many institutions which enjoy prestigious recognition in society. The role of education cannot, in fact, be reduced to the mere transmission of knowledge and abilities for professional formation", he explained. "Rather it must comprehend all facets of the individual, from social factors to the longing for transcendence. We must, therefore, reiterate that the teaching of a particular religion in State schools, ... far from indicating that the State assumes or imposes a certain religious belief, is recognition of the fact that religion is an important value in the formation of the individual. ... Not only does this not prejudice the secularism of the State, it guarantees parents' rights to chose the education of their children, thus helping to promote the common good".
[all ellipses, except the one at the end of the second paragraph, in the original]
The State imposing Catholicism on those who were never Catholic is one thing, but what's wrong with the State assuming Catholicism?
(That speech was also reported at
CathNews and
AQ:
http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=28834http://angelqueen.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39563)
Labels: Benedict XVI. Ratzinger, education, religious liberty, secularism4. An interesting discussion on H.M. The Queen's authority in Australiahttp://scecclesia.com/?p=5898#commentsLabels: Constitution5. St. Ambrose on how the civil ruler is a minister of God:St Ambrose affirmed in his Commentary on Luke’s Gospel: “The institution of civil power derives so clearly from God that whoever exercises it is also a minister of God” (Expositio evangelii secundum Lucam 4:29). ...
[http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2011/october/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20111014_prefetti-italia_en.html]
Labels: political science, St. Ambrose, theologyReginaldvs Cantvar
Feast of
the Four Crowned Martyrs,
A.D. 2011
