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October 14 -China state media blasts US shutdown, calls for a 'de-Americanized' world
Article: One World Government
With days to go
before the United States debt default deadline, Beijing aired its
frustrations with the shutdown Sunday,
saying it was time to consider a
"de-Americanized" world order. With $1.28
trillion in U.S. Treasuries, China is easily the biggest foreign
holder of American debt.
"As U.S.
politicians of both political parties are still shuffling back and
forth between the White House and the Capitol Hill without striking
a viable deal to bring normality to the body politic they brag
about, it is perhaps a good time
for the befuddled world to start considering building a
de-Americanized world," according to a stinging
op-ed article by state news agency, Xinhua. The article, published
Sunday, conveyed Beijing's frustration with the spending and debt
impasse that has paralyzed Washington for more than two weeks.
"Days when the destinies of others are in the
hands of a hypocritical nation have to be terminated, and a new
world order should be put in place, according to which all nations,
big or small, poor or rich, can have their key interests respected
and protected on an equal footing," the piece
added.
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October 22 - Toward Big Hearted Ecumenism: Pope Francis Speaks to Lutheran Leaders and Shows Us the Way
Article: Ecumenical Movement - Protestants Uniting With Roman Catholics
On Monday, October
21, 2013, Pope Francis met with
members of the Lutheran World Federation and representatives of the
Lutheran-Catholic Commission on Unity. Like his
predecessors, Blessed John Paul II and His Holiness Benedict XVI,
Francis is a Pope of Christian unity.
His words to the Lutheran leaders are further
evidence of his intention to continue the work of authentic
ecumenism. After some personal reflections on
our call to promote authentic Christian collaboration, I set them
forth in full below.
Francis said:
Divisions among us, but also divisions among the communities:
evangelical Christians, orthodox Christians, Catholic Christians,
but why divided? We must try to bring
about unity. Let me tell you something, today, before leaving home,
I spent 40 minutes more or less, half an hour, with an evangelical
pastor. And we prayed together, seeking unity.
But we Catholics must pray with
each other and other Christians. Pray that the Lord gift us (with)
unity! Unity among ourselves! How will we ever have unity among
Christians if we are not capable of having it among us Catholics, in
the family, how many families fight and split up? Seek unity, unity
builds the Church and comes from Jesus Christ. He sends us the Holy
Spirit to build unity!
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October 21 - Pope Francis' Address to the Lutheran World Federation and Members of the Lutheran-Catholic Commission for Unity
Article: Ecumenical Movement - Protestants Uniting With Roman Catholics
At 11
o'clock this morning, the Holy Father Francis received in
audience a delegation of the Lutheran World Federation and
members of the Lutheran-Catholic Commission for Unity. Here
is a translation of the greeting the Pope addressed to those
present. Dear
Lutheran Brothers and Sisters,
and Dear Catholic Brethren, I gladly welcome all of you,
delegation of the Lutheran World Federation and
representatives of the Lutheran-Roman Catholic International
Commission on Unity. This meeting follows the very cordial
and pleasant one I had with you, esteemed Bishop Younan, and
with the Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation,
Reverend Junge, on the occasion of the celebration of the
beginning of my ministry as Bishop of Rome.
I look, with
a sense of profound gratitude to the Lord Jesus Christ,
at the numerous steps that relations between Lutherans and
Catholics have taken in the last decades, and not only
through theological dialogue, but also through fraternal
collaboration in many pastoral areas, above all, in the
commitment to progress in spiritual ecumenism. The latter
constitutes, in a certain sense, the soul of our journey to
full communion, and enables us to look forward henceforth to
some fruit, even if imperfect: in the
measure in which we come close with humility of spirit to
Our Lord Jesus Christ, we are certain to come close also
between ourselves, and in the measure in which we invoke
from the Lord the gift of unity, we are certain that He will
take us by the hand and He will be our guide. We must let
ourselves be taken by the hands of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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October 23 - Pope Francis draws non-believers to notice Gospel, cardinal says
Article: Ecumenical Movement - Miscellaneous
The
president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Cardinal
Gianfranco Ravasi, said that
in the first six months of his pontificate Pope Francis "has
gotten the world, and non-believers as well, to focus their
attention on the Gospel."
In an interview with Madrid-based news
agency Europa Press published Oct. 17, Cardinal Ravasi said
this fact is part of the reform that the Pope is carrying
out at the pastoral level, but that
one of the most important reforms will
consist of making the Roman Curia "lighter" and "more
essential", without "so much structure, so many diacasteries,
so many people."
Cardinal Ravasi said
the reform is also aimed at making the Curia "more
international" and "strengthening the relationships with
dioceses, with bishops, with local Churches."
In his view, Pope Francis' connection
with people stems from three elements of communication that
he has adopted: the use of
simple phrases, as in 'Tweets'; the use of images or symbols
employed in advertising in today's television world, such as
when he compared the Church to a field hospital; and the use
of body language.
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Roger Oakland
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NXT-ID has announced that
it has submitted a patent application for its digital wallet
technology - the Wocket.
"Rather than attempting to replace the wallet, as companies
such as Google and Isis are doing by putting contactless
payment capability on smartphones, our method brings the
wallet into the 21st century,"
Gino Pereira, CEO of NXT-ID said.
Aware has announced that
several Government
of Canada departments and agencies have deployed its
software as part of a new biometric visa applicant
screening tool.
A Denver-area parish's
mission week seeks
new and creative ways to bring people to church and
to encourage Catholics to create "a culture of the
new evangelization."