Ireland’s closure of the Vatican embassy was the correct decision



Embassy closure sparks debate



By Irish Voice Editorial,



The Irish government decision last week to close its Vatican Embassy in Rome was the correct one.



It has ignited some controversy in Ireland, where many have claimed it is payback time for the Vatican interfering in the church abuse scandals in Ireland.



Taoiseach (Prime Minster) Enda Kenny has stated that the closure was no such thing, but that might be taken with more than a grain of salt.



So what if it is? Someone needed to make clear to the Vatican that their action in blocking a legal Irish investigation into pedophile priests was criminal activity in itself.



The Vatican, because of its lofty role in the world, has tried to portray itself as above any such considerations, but it is a tale being retold far too often around the world.



The church as an institution is still on the back foot on this one, unable or unwilling to recognize the damage done and act accordingly.



Only in recent times, and thanks to inspirational figures like Archbishop Diarmuid Martin in Dublin and Cardinal Sean O’Malley in Boston, have we seen church elders stand up and take responsibility for the horrific acts that were done by professed priests.



The lives of thousands of children were destroyed by sexual predators, and many in the Vatican saw no evil.



Amazingly, it was this current Irish government that spoke up loudly and clearly soon after they took office.



Kenny’s speech in the Dail on the matter has already gone down in history as one of the most important he will ever make.



It established a marker that such behavior would not be tolerated in the future, and that the Irish government was no longer prepared to turn a blind eye to Vatican complicity in a cover-up.



The fact that Ireland is the Vatican’s longest standing satellite and where the church had by far the greatest influence makes that move all that more courageous.



Now the Irish government has taken the next obvious step. The closure of the Vatican Embassy is, no doubt, a direct result of the child abuse cover-ups.



The backlash made such a closure possible, and there has been remarkably little negative comment apart from the usual hierarchy suspects to it in Ireland.



The Vatican has no one to blame but its own institutional rules and determination to protect the privileged at all costs.



We are seeing the corrosive effects of that child abuse across Irish society where, in times of economic hardship, the church had a major role as bulwark of the community and society.



A recent opinion poll showed that barely 50% of the Irish people had any faith anymore in church institutions.



Currently we are witnessing the church making superfluous changes to the language of the Mass, and portraying the move as some kind of major initiative.



Would it not be better to get its house in order on issues like sex abuse, deeply consider why such a catastrophe befell the church, and try and find a new way in the future to become more open and responsive?



Nero, Rome and fiddling come to mind when reading about the new language for the Mass, which seems right now to be the church’s greatest priority.



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Vacating the Vatican

Sir, – The Conference of Religious of Ireland (Cori) is surprised and disappointed with the Government’s decision to close the embassy to the Holy See. We ask the Government to reconsider this decision, for which no reasonable justification has been offered.

An embassy exists in the first place, not for economic or market reasons, but to keep the Government in the home country informed on issues and secondly to cultivate good relations with the host country and other serving diplomats stationed in that country.

There are close to 80 ambassadors accredited to the Holy See and based in Rome with a further 100 located elsewhere. This extensive network provides unparalleled opportunities for exchanges on a range of issues. In addition to this the Vatican has over 200 embassies worldwide.

Last week, Russia raised its embassy to the Vatican to ambassadorial level. We need every possible international connection and good relationship in these difficult times – and closing an embassy, which has served us well over the decades, seems like a retrograde and unnecessary step. – Yours, etc,

MARIANNE O’CONNOR OSU,

Director General,

Cori, Bloomfield Avenue,

Donnybrook, Dublin 4.

Sir, – Vincent Twomey (Opinion, November 10th) seems confused about the difference between Church and State, both in Ireland and the Vatican. The Pope, unique among religious leaders, is both a head of state (or should I say statelet) and head of the Roman Catholic Church. The International Eucharistic Congress in 2012 is an Irish Catholic Church event and the bishops can invite to it anyone they want to. The Pope can attend it as head of the Catholic Church as the previous Pope did in Scotland in 1982 where he made a pastoral visit. The Government can make it a State visit if it wants to, but I doubt if there is a public appetite for that.

By the way, now that we have closed the embassy to the Vatican, will the Angelus on RTÉ be the next thing to go? I certainly hope so. – Yours, etc,

TOM FULLER, Old Finglas Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 11. Read more at www.irishtimes.com

 

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Vatican Calls For World Government

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Rerum Novarum



http://inquisitionnews.blogspot.com/p/rerum-novarum.html



Centesimus Annus



http://inquisitionnews.blogspot.com/p/centesimus-annus.html



Caritas In Veritate



http://inquisitionnews.blogspot.com/p/caritas-in-veritate_05.html



The Popes Plans On Organizing Political, Economic And Religious Activities Worldwide



http://www.scribd.com/doc/22319643/Pope-Plans

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Vatican Calls For World Government

November 2011

The current global economic crisis has pushed world leaders to begin recommending a world government. The Vatican is now calling for a “global public authority,” including a world central bank controlling global financial affairs. An 18-page document released by the Vatican’s Justice and Peace department was entitled, “Towards Reforming the International Financial and Monetary Systems in the Context of a Global Public Authority.” It condemned the “idolatry of the market” and called for an in-depth examination of “the principles and the cultural and moral values at the basis of social coexistence.” “Selfishness, collective greed and hoarding of goods,” is blamed for the economic crisis which, it predicted, would lead to “a climate of growing hostility and even violence, and ultimately undermine the very foundations of democratic institutions, even the ones considered most solid.”

France’s top financial regulator, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, was quick to agree that, “the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace is right to emphasize in its latest report the need to strengthen global governance.” He pointed out that the “states have increasingly fallen under the control of markets….States, politics, must regain control of things.” As a first step, Jouyet emphasized the need to “strengthen” the powers of the new European banking and insurance regulators.

Of course, this also fits neatly with the U.S. President’s stated goal to “share the wealth around.” The world is succumbing to the false idea that more laws and regulations by the government is the solution to the “selfishness, collective greed and hoarding of goods.” Lost in all this is the biblical concept that the basic problem is the human heart and only when it is changed by the Holy Spirit will social, economic, cultural and political problems be solved.

Part of the government’s job is to suppress evil, but it cannot do it alone. That is why America’s founding fathers made sure that we were free to promote biblical truth. Churches, Bible schools, and charities were given tax favor so the government would not hamper the dissemination of the gospel. In this level playing field the church’s job was to counter Satan’s strategies at the most basic level, the condition of the human heart. None of the devil’s lies of evolution, humanism, Islam, Catholicism, atheism, socialism, etc. can stand against a robust and dynamic soul winning and discipleship effort.

Unfortunately today, the church finds itself playing catch-up. And Satan has hobbled the churches with defective bibles leaving pastors doubting the word of God and the people in confusion. Using that doubt, the Devil has convinced us that hell may not be so bad, homosexuality is not really a sin, evolution may be part of God’s creation process, worldly music and entertainment is okay, marriage vows don’t really mean what they say, and whoever dies with the most toys wins.

Institutions such as Harvard and Yale that were established to train pastors have become hotbeds of anti-Christ philosophies: humanism, naturalism, atheism, Marxism and evolution. Their graduates have firmly planted these godless viewpoints in our public schools and government institutions, driving out the Ten Commandments and forbidding any reference to our Creator.

The crises we are facing are designed by God to shock us awake. But once awake, people need to know the truth and that is not always where they are likely to find it. But, over the years, thousands of people have told us that a no-nonsense gospel tract is where they first discovered the Truth. From it, they eventually found their way to their Creator, committed their lives to Him, and began to stand in righteousness against Satan’s whispers of doubt. Only the gospel can forestall the chaos prophesied for the end times and allow a few more into the Kingdom. We need to saturate our communities with biblical truth. The easiest way that anyone can do that is with gospel tracts. Read more at www.chick.com

 

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Offense of Marriage Act (S.598)

I can’t believe what I am seeing.



The back and forth on the Senate floor right now sickens my soul.



It’s unbelievable that such disgusting acts are freely spoken about and even openly supported in our nation’s highest legislative body -- it sullies the dignity of the United States Senate.



And I fear we are about to lose.



I am truly afraid of what is in store for our nation if the Offense of Marriage Act passes...



...and that’s why even at this late hour, I cannot surrender!



All this week, pro-Family Americans have flooded Capitol Hill with phone calls as Public Advocate has led the charge to protect the Defense of Marriage Act.



And I am seeing the powerful effect that you and I had the past few days.



Though outnumbered, there are Senators standing up for Family Values in this debate.



But by themselves it will not be enough.



This fight needs one last push!



That’s why I am asking you to intervene right now. It’s never too late to fight.



Please call your Senators right now and help me defeat the Offense of Marriage Act (S.598).



Sen. Bob Casey, Jr.

(202) 224-6324



Sen. Pat Toomey

(202) 224-4254



We do not have a moment to spare.



Thank you,





Eugene Delgaudio

President, Public Advocate of the United States

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U.N. prepares for urgent battle to extract $100 billion from U.S.

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HEAT OF THE MOMENT

Global warming showdown: And skeptics are winning

U.N. prepares for urgent battle to extract $100 billion from U.S.

Michael F. Haverluck

The U.S. and other developed nations are reconsidering their commitments to fight global warming before the upcoming 17th Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa. The United Nations wants representatives of world governments and international organizations to advance its agenda to fight climate change at Durban 2011. But despite Barack Obama's full-fledged support for the green agenda early in his presidency, he has become increasingly hesitant to engage in some of the U.N.'s costly climate programs. A major topic on the Durban agenda, Nov. 28 through Dec. 9, is the extension of the Kyoto Protocol. The agreement binds 37 developed nations to reduce greenhouse emissions from 1997 to 2012 through implementing regulations. But doubts about global warming science, as well as the declining world economy, have contributed to many developed countries getting cold feet.

"Of the major players in the Kyoto Protocol, my sense is that the EU is the only one still considering signing up in some fashion to a second commitment period," said U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern while discussing Durban 2011 at a meeting on global warming in Mexico City. "Japan is clearly not, Russia is not, Canada is not and Australia appears unlikely."

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Yet the organizers of the Durban Conference continue to promote global warming agreements, insisting man-made pollutants are causing an environmental apocalypse.

Despite questions raised about the science behind the theory of man-made global warming – questions intensified by reports of inflated temperature readings exposed during the Climategate scandal – organizers will still call for international adherence to prescribed green policies.

Obama and other leaders have not yet fully committed to pay the high price of going green into the future, and the host nation knows the stakes are high.

"It is clear that Durban is the end of the line for some of these pressing climate change issues, and we cannot delay it any longer," said South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, the incoming president of Durban's 17th Climate Change Conference.

Nkoana-Mashabane's dire plea for action at a press conference in Stellenbauch, South Africa, signaled tough times for the green agenda. It followed pre-Durban talks amongst representatives of 42 nations.

As the conference approaches, the U.N. will assume a role in the global redistribution of wealth, expecting the United States to provide generous contributions. The U.N. is banding with global leaders to point the finger at whom and what to blame for climate change. Portrayed as the victims of global warming caused by industrialized nations, poorer countries are seeking significant gifts labeled as "reparations."

"The impact of climate change is already evident globally in the increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, coastal erosion and flooding as a result of rising sea levels, increase of the occurrence of certain diseases, loss of biodiversity and economic impacts and an increase in the number of environmental refugees," South African President Jacob Zuma said before ministers at Tshwane, South Africa, in a pre-Durban meeting.

"Adapting to climate change is a key priority for many developing countries, particularly small island developing states, least developed countries and Africa," said Zuma. "Ministers, you will agree that finance remains an issue of critical importance, not only for a comprehensive climate deal, but also to place the global community on a path that will allow us to build resilient societies."

The greatest pressure for funds so far this year has been placed on the U.S. and China.

Last year, at the 16th Annual Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, negotiators from 194 nations agreed that billions would be disbursed to dozens of poorer nations every year. Since then, the Obama Administration has been reminded of its obligation to submit funds.

"In Cancun, a [Green Climate Fund] package that included a collective commitment by developed countries to provide new and additional Fast Start Financing through international institutions in the amount of 30 billion U.S. dollars between 2010 and 2012, as well as setting a goal of mobilizing jointly 100 billion U.S. dollars by 2020, was agreed," Zuma said.

Commitments to the Green Climate Fund are scheduled to be ironed out at Durban 2011.The goal is for $100 billion to be collected yearly by 2020. The U.S. is expected to be a major contributor.

But many nations are asking the U.S. and others to give more, sooner.

"The scientific evidence available to us says we have to act now," Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Malielegaoi urged at a news conference before last week's Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit in Perth, Australia.

For Malielegaoi and leaders of developing nations, that action begins with Obama and the world's major leaders paying out astronomical sums.

The late October meeting of 48 developing and small island nations was organized Down Under to set the stage for Durban by equipping them with convincing arguments to solicit the anticipated funds.

Neither recent scandals in climate change science nor the signatures of more than 31,000 scientists rejecting climate change have deterred the U.N.'s marketing campaign, which repackaged its pleas for Durban. Instead of selling images of drowning polar bears, claiming that glaciers are rapidly melting, or highlighting the undocumented disappearance of low-lying tropical islands under rising sea levels, a different approach leads the rally for funds: Promoters insist that untold tens of billions of dollars must be collected yearly to pay off nations and implement environmental policies to keep global temperatures from rising four degrees over the next 10 years.

But disappearing islands haven't lost their appeal with those on board with the climate change agenda. They insist that developed nations' negligence to surrender billions will reduce island nations to sunken cities.

"If we fail to do so, we can kiss goodbye to some small island states," Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd warned at a pre-summit news conference to justify the need for the Green Climate Fund.

Global corporations are also on board with the U.N. and developing nations, as the Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change garnered support through The 2⁰C Challenge Communiqué. It calls businesses to back the U.N.'s assertion that if $100 billion a year isn't collected by 2020 to assist developing nations, the Earth will heat up by two degrees Celsius (four degrees Fahrenheit) within a decade, destroying the lesser nations.

The communiqué was developed with 38 corporations, including Nestlē, Shell and Ricoh. So far, 278 companies have signed on, including Coca-Cola, eBay and Yahoo.

But despite the pressure from governments and corporations worldwide, the Obama administration is unlikely to buckle. Obama has shown a dwindling commitment to environmentalists due to climate change skepticism, the failing economy and criticism of the administration's deficit spending.

Not taking kindly to this change of heart, nations looking to capitalize on climate change claims are putting pressure on Obama and the world's fastest-growing economy, China.

"Two of the biggest countries … which are responsible for about 40 percent of emissions, do not seem to be forthcoming in their commitments," Malielegaoi stressed before the Australian summit.

The Samoan leader spoke up for undeveloped nations, urging that "the funds that have been mobilized need to be released speedily to the most disadvantaged and most affected countries … to ensure countries that have promised funds to own up, to provide help to countries."

The impact of presidential politics

With Obama's growing unpopularity just a year out from the next presidential election, the chances of the U.S. jumping on board to contribute to the Green Climate Fund are looking slim. The odds look even bleaker for the future, as most major GOP presidential candidates take a hard stance against climate-change alarmism.

Even former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, one of the top Republican presidential candidates and a former supporter of fighting climate change, has recently joined his GOP competitors as a global warming skeptic.

"My view is that we don't know what's causing climate change on this planet," Romney said last week at a fundraising speech in Pittsburgh. "And the idea of spending trillions and trillions of dollars to try to reduce CO₂ emissions is not the right course for us."

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, an early frontrunner in GOP polls, has taken a long-standing hard line against global warming, which he calls "one contrived phony mess" in his recently published book, "Fed Up!"

Another leading candidate for the presidency, Herman Cain, is no fan of climate change science.

"We have a path to energy independence in this country and it just baffles me as to why the leadership … doesn't pursue it," Cain told The Hill earlier this year. "We simply need to remove the regulatory barriers and stop overreacting to the concerns of the environmentalists."

Ron Paul has been anything but shy to bash the green agenda, especially after the Climategate scandal of 2009. He had much to say about the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen that year.

"[The Copenhagen Treaty] cannot help the economy," Paul told the Alex Jones Show. "It has to hurt the economy, and it can't possibly help the environment, because they're totally off track on that. It might turn out to be one of the biggest hoaxes of all history, this whole global warming terrorism that they've been using."

GOP presidential hopeful Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., has no allegiance to global warming orthodoxy either and has strongly spoken out against it to her colleagues for years.

"Carbon dioxide, Mr. Speaker, is a natural byproduct of nature," Bachman declared while taking the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2009. "As a matter of fact, carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn't even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas."

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich also has no kind words for global warming alarmists. He got some flack a few months ago for appearing in a 2008 TV ad with then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection, but he has since revised his stance.

"I don't think we're faced with a crisis of global warming," Gingrich said in an interview with Human Events last year. "I think, in fact, that the scientific data is very unclear."

In his bid for the presidency, former Senator Rick Santorum told WND earlier this year that human-induced global warming simply defies logic.

"I believe the Earth gets warmer, and I also believe the Earth gets cooler, and I think history points out that it does that," Santorum said. "The idea that man … is somehow responsible for climate change is, I think, patently absurd."

With the changing political and economic climate, the U.N. and developing countries are coming to a hard realization: Persuading Obama and representatives of other developed nations to commit to extending the Kyoto Protocol and contribute to the Green Climate Fund will be a hard sell at Durban. Read more at www.wnd.com

 

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Alert! YU55 Update - NASA and Vandenburg Air Force Base

Something is going on with NASA and Vandenberg Air Force Base regarding asteroid YU55.

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Something is going on with NASA and Vandenberg Air Force Base regarding asteroid YU55.

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