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July 13, 2016 6:02 PM
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The Holy Father decided on the surprise visit after a dental appointment in the Vatican. Having been informed of the complicated security protocols involved in such an impromptu jaunt, Pope Francis responded, “Don’t worry: we’re in God’s hands.”
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July 10, 2016 4:21 PM
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A new letter from Pope Francis to Argentina to mark the 200th anniversary of independence has been read as a rebuke to the current government, but if you know his thought, it's actually a bold statement about Latin American unity and independence,...
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July 3, 2016 4:10 PM
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In a new interview with an Argentine journalist, Pope Francis says there's a wing of the Catholic Church that "says no to everything," and while he's going ahead, he has no intention of launching a crackdown: “I don’t cut off heads. That was never my style. I’ve never liked doing that," he said.
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June 27, 2016 2:09 PM
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"The destinies of men are subject to immutable laws that must fulfill themselves. But man has it in his power to shape his fate, according as his behavior exposes him to the influence of benevolent or destructive forces. When a man holds a high position and is nevertheless modest, he shines with the light of wisdom; if he is in a lowly position and is modest, he cannot be passed by." - The I Ching: Ch'ien / Modesty (15). Image via Adriana Poeta Janaina on Facebook
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June 24, 2016 5:42 PM
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It was the will expressed by the people, and this requires a great responsibility on the part of all of us to guarantee the well-being of the people of the United Kingdom, as well as the well-being and coexistence of the entire European continent.” — Pope Francis
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June 16, 2016 7:48 PM
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Two weeks ago, the pope presided over an event in Rome at which medals were awarded to Hollywood celebrities George Clooney, Salma Hayek and Richard Gere, who have agreed to be ambassadors for the charity. Shortly afterwards, Macri made the donation.
But according to the Vatican Insider – a publication specializing in papal affairs published by the Italian newspaper La Stampa – Francis wrote to the Argentinian branch of the foundation, asking them to return the money. In a postcript, he wrote: “I don’t like the 666.”
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June 13, 2016 9:35 PM
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On Sunday, June 5, 2016, finally Pope Francis backed down and approved tough measures to sack the clergy who mishandle, or involve in, child sexual abuse. As the Pontiff empathised, bishops who are negligent in dealing with priests committing abuse will be removed under the new legal procedures. Ordinarily, the canon law allows for a bishop to be removed for negligence to sanction priests who involve in sexual abuse, but this time round the new measures precisely prescribe child abuse as 'grave reasons' that could lead to dismissal. The Papal stance intends to hold the clergy accountable if they fail to protect their flocks from paedophiles. Morally and spiritually speaking, religious leaders have the responsibility to protect their followers from sexual abuses.
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June 11, 2016 8:20 PM
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No single person is more valuable than another, especially when it comes to those with disabilities, Pope Francis said on Saturday, insisting that these people have a unique richness, and that discriminating against them is “one of the ugliest things” we can do.
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June 3, 2016 12:29 AM
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The Nirvana Sutra is the final message of the Buddha before his parinirvana, and is considered the supreme and definitive expression of Mahāyāna. The Sutra presents an anonymous chronicler who documents the Buddha's responses to a series of interlocutors who query the Buddha on all matters of faith. The heart of the Sutra was completed around 300 C.E., with the text being expanded with additional material over the next century, and the Chinese edition finished in 421 C.E.[4] This places the Sutra in temporal relation to the works of Gregory, who wrote in the fourth century C.E. But the more substantive correspondence is with the doctrine of universal salvation. The Nirvana Sutra maintains that even the icchantika (those who have slandered Dharma and rejected the Buddha) still retaining the capacity for enlightenment, for their essential Buddha-nature cannot be destroyed—and in this respect, it stands in tension with the Chinese Yogācāra tradition. It is here that the Nirvana Sutra and the works of Gregory share more than an incidental resemblance. Both reach toward the other from their respective traditions on the subject of universal salvation.
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April 15, 2016 2:56 PM
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This is a picture of me and my kid brother, Anthony James Wiggins (a.k.a. Tony). Born on August 23, 1967, Tony passed away on January 15, 2016. May he rest in peace. Photo by Linda Mae Pickett. Edited by Mister Al.
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April 3, 2016 2:58 PM
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"Herukhuti is the dispenser of divine justice. It is the faculty that protects us from our enemies. It is the spiritual mechanism behind our physical and spiritual immunity and our ability to overcome the resistances of the physical environment. In the same manner that our physical immunity cannot protect us if we violate the laws of our body (eat incorrectly, indulge in excesses, etc.), this part of our spirit cannot protect us from the injustices of others and from psychic invasion if we violate its law. In conformity with the law that you reap what you sow, the [practitioner] at this state meditates on being just with others, and makes a commitment to confess to his peers and kin (not enemies) any injustice that has been done to another. The spiritual strength to carry this out awakens this faculty to its role of providing protection [for oneself and others]." - Excerpts from The Metu Neter, Volume One by Ra Un Nefer Amen
(ISBN 1-877662-03-8):
Stages of Initiation - The Fifth Sphere, Herukhuti. Editor's note: In defining the influences of Herukhuti, Ra Un Nefer Amen states that the language of the Yoruba, Herukhuti is called, Ogun. Additionally, Herukhuti belongs to the planet Mars and assumes the attributes of astrological signs Aries & Scorpio. Finally, select attributes of Herukhuti can be directly traced to the teachings of Kundalini Yoga and the Dravidians. Excerpts edited by Al Wiggins Jr:: Creator of The Destroyers (Data Mining Project) at The Destroyers (Data Mining Project) Photo: Herukhuti (Earthwalker) by Al Wiggins Jr.
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February 25, 2016 10:15 AM
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Explanation: The clouds surrounding the star system Rho Ophiuchi compose one of the closest star forming regions. Rho Ophiuchi itself is a binary star system visible in the light-colored region on the image right. The star system, located only 400 light years away, is distinguished by its colorful surroundings, which include a red emission nebula and numerous light and dark brown dust lanes. Near the upper right of the Rho Ophiuchi molecular cloud system is the yellow star Antares, while a distant but coincidently-superposed globular cluster of stars, M4, is visible between Antares and the red emission nebula. Near the image bottom lies IC 4592, the Blue Horsehead nebula. The blue glow that surrounds the Blue Horsehead's eye -- and other stars around the image -- is a reflection nebula composed of fine dust. On the above image left is a geometrically angled reflection nebula cataloged as Sharpless 1. Here, the bright star near the dust vortex creates the light of surrounding reflection nebula. Although most of these features are visible through a small telescope pointed toward the constellations of Ophiuchus, Scorpius, and Sagittarius, the only way to see the intricate details of the dust swirls, as featured above, is to use a long exposure camera.
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January 31, 2016 1:33 PM
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Explanation: Do you see the horse's head? What you are seeing is not the famous Horsehead nebula toward Orion but rather a fainter nebula that only takes on a familiar form with deeper imaging. The main part of the above imaged molecular cloud complex is a reflection nebula cataloged as IC 4592. Reflection nebulas are actually made up of very fine dust that normally appears dark but can look quite blue when reflecting the light of energetic nearby stars. In this case, the source of much of the reflected light is a star at the eye of the horse. That star is part of Nu Scorpii, one of the brighter star systems toward the constellation of the Scorpion Scorpius. A second reflection nebula dubbed IC 4601 is visible surrounding two stars on the upper right of the image center.
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July 11, 2016 10:54 AM
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On Monday, Pope Francis had a Steph Curry moment, scoring three points on a single shot by naming Greg Burke to replace Father Federico Lombardi as his chief spokesman and director of the Vatican’s Press Office.Francis also tapped a lay woman, Paloma Garcia Ovejero, previously the Rome and Vatican correspondent for the Spanish broadcaster COPE, to the number two position in the Press Office, instantly making her one of the Vatican’s most visible female officials. A lay woman has never before held the post.Both appointments take effect August 1.
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July 7, 2016 3:01 PM
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Pope Francis met on Wednesday with the parents of an American college student whose body was found in the Tiber River this week, a victim of what the police are calling robbery and murder.
In an early morning private and unscheduled meeting with the parents before his usual audience with pilgrims, Francis expressed “feelings of deepest sympathy and compassion, and his closeness in prayer to the Lord” for the family’s loss, the Vatican said in a statement. The Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, identified the parents as Nick and Jodi Solomon.
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June 29, 2016 11:46 PM
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Pope Francis has made no secret of his intention to radically reform the administrative structures of the Catholic church, which he regards as insular, imperious, and bureaucratic. He understands that in a hyper-kinetic world, inward-looking and self-obsessed leaders are a liability.
Last year, just before Christmas, the Pope addressed the leaders of the Roman Curia — the Cardinals and other officials who are charged with running the church’s byzantine network of administrative bodies. The Pope’s message to his colleagues was blunt. Leaders are susceptible to an array of debilitating maladies, including arrogance, intolerance, myopia, and pettiness. When those diseases go untreated, the organization itself is enfeebled. To have a healthy church, we need healthy leaders.
Through the years, I’ve heard dozens of management experts enumerate the qualities of great leaders. Seldom, though, do they speak plainly about the “diseases” of leadership. The Pope is more forthright. He understands that as human beings we have certain proclivities — not all of them noble. Nevertheless, leaders should be held to a high standard, since their scope of influence makes their ailments particularly infectious.
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June 26, 2016 5:17 PM
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In a press conference Sunday on the flight back to Rome after his weekend trip to Armenia, the pontiff said bluntly: "The church must say it's sorry for not having comported itself well many times, many times.""I believe that the church not only must say it's sorry ... to this person that is gay that it has offended," said the pope. "But it must say it's sorry to the poor, also, to mistreated women, to children forced to work."
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June 20, 2016 7:44 PM
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Stop being judgmental hypocrites and take a look at yourself in the mirror — without covering up your wrinkles — Pope Francis advised Catholics in a sermon that reprised one of his favorite themes.
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June 15, 2016 11:22 PM
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“Poverty has a face! It has the face of a child; it has the face of a family; it has the face of people, young and old. It has the face of widespread unemployment and lack of opportunity. It has the face of forced migrations, and of empty or destroyed homes,” the Pope said on June 13 during a visit to the Rome headquarters of the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP).
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June 12, 2016 6:53 PM
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June 5, 2016 11:55 PM
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Pope Francis has pledged zero tolerance for anyone in the church who abuses children, and has likened such abuse to a "satanic Mass."
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April 23, 2016 8:41 PM
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The New Horizons spacecraft sent back images of halo-shaped craters on the surface of Pluto.
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April 15, 2016 1:06 PM
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The brevity of the second,
the whole universe in the mirror,
miracle, reality and dreams,
atoms, stars
and charm. - Atom and trajectory by Adriana Janaina Poeta (Excerpt). English translation by Google. Photo via Adriana Janaina Poeta on Facebook.
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March 15, 2016 10:31 PM
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A dive
to bring to the surface
the wave
which drags
and frees
the consciousness
this vast ocean,
stars and grains
lowercase of sand,
unknown universes
inside and outside
from me.
The words,
musical notes
pooled,
harmonious colors
that mixed together
the words express
what I see and feel
flowing,
slipping away from me,
air
escaping from my lungs ...
The words,
swimming around to the surface,
hasty and free,
are always in search of the future
this sea
finding,
sun and stars,
poetry and flowers,
free. Diving and surface by ©Adriana Janaína Poeta
Photo by ©Enric Adrian Gener
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February 8, 2016 11:49 PM
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