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NATO leaders were beaming with pride and daring yesterday. That is, as they celebrated Finland joining NATO as the 31st member. Because Turkey finally lifted its unilateral embargo… Finland joins NATO President Putin threatened dire consequences if NATO expanded its borders with Russia. Yet, with Finland joining, NATO is now doubling its borders with Russia.… Read more.
After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths due to an advanced age are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry. (Pope Benedict XVI, BBC, February 11, 2013) This, in part, is the papal announcement that shocked the world this morning. Here,… Read more.
Nothing can compete with last Friday’s royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton for pomp and ceremony signifying nothing. But last Sunday’s beatification service for Pope John Paul II came pretty damn close. The service was conducted by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI. For the uninformed heathens among you: The beatification is the first… Read more.
Well done – my good and faithful servant. Thou art blessed as the Pope of popes. No doubt Catholics would like to think that’s how God greeted John Paul II in Heaven. But President Bill Clinton created quite a furor yesterday with the following: The Pope centralized authority in the papacy again and enforced a… Read more.
