So with anything I find interesting, I usually try to dig into things a little to understand a bit more of these things.
Which brings me to reading up on the history of the church a bit. Some pretty interesting stuff to say the least. It seems that throughout history (and recently comparitively) there have been some popes who really led quite different lives then our recently departed pope.
Read on for these interesting characters:
http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/history/borgias/2.html?sect=6
Hope everyone has a happy monday.....
Monday, April 4, 2005
Sunday, April 3, 2005
The History of Daylight Savings Time...
In 1918, the first national legislation for a daylight-saving plan passed under Woodrow Wilson. Opponents lobbied for a return to "God's time," arguing the plan would disrupt international trade, render almanacs useless and cause an "increase in the nervous diseases." The legislation was repealed in 1919.
More background:
http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_title=Did-Ben-Franklin-Start-Daylight-Savings-&story_id=32224
Hope everyone remembered to change all their clocks.
Happy Sunday to all.
More background:
http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_title=Did-Ben-Franklin-Start-Daylight-Savings-&story_id=32224
Hope everyone remembered to change all their clocks.
Happy Sunday to all.
Saturday, April 2, 2005
The Holy See
The Holy See
The above is the official website of the Vatican.
Lots of interesting information and there is also a link to an email address for sending corrospondance to the vatican.
A breif biography of this leader of the world's biggest church follows:
Karol Józef Wojtyła , known as John Paul II since his October 1978 election to the papacy, was born in Wadowice, a small city 50 kilometres from Cracow, on May 18, 1920. He was the second of two sons born to Karol Wojtyła and Emilia Kaczorowska. His mother died in 1929. His eldest brother Edmund, a doctor, died in 1932 and his father, a non-commissioned army officer died in 1941.
He made his First Holy Communion at age 9 and was confirmed at 18. Upon graduation from Marcin Wadowita high school in Wadowice, he enrolled in Cracow's Jagiellonian University in 1938 and in a school for drama.
The Nazi occupation forces closed the university in 1939 and young Karol had to work in a quarry (1940-1944) and then in the Solvay chemical factory to earn his living and to avoid being deported to Germany.
In 1942, aware of his call to the priesthood, he began courses in the clandestine seminary of Cracow, run by Cardinal Adam Stefan Sapieha, archbishop of Cracow. At the same time, Karol Wojtyła was one of the pioneers of the "Rhapsodic Theatre," also clandestine.
After the Second World War, he continued his studies in the major seminary of Cracow, once it had re-opened, and in the faculty of theology of the Jagiellonian University, until his priestly ordination in Cracow on November 1, 1946.
Soon after, Cardinal Sapieha sent him to Rome where he worked under the guidance of the French Dominican, Garrigou-Lagrange. He finished his doctorate in theology in 1948 with a thesis on the topic of faith in the works of St. John of the Cross. At that time, during his vacations, he exercised his pastoral ministry among the Polish immigrants of France, Belgium and Holland.
In 1948 he returned to Poland and was vicar of various parishes in Cracow as well as chaplain for the university students until 1951, when he took up again his studies on philosophy and theology. In 1953 he defended a thesis on "evaluation of the possibility of founding a Catholic ethic on the ethical system of Max Scheler" at Lublin Catholic University. Later he became professor of moral theology and social ethics in the major seminary of Cracow and in the Faculty of Theology of Lublin.
On July 4, 1958, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cracow by Pope Pius XII, and was consecrated September 28, 1958, in Wawel Cathedral, Cracow, by Archbishop Baziak.
On January 13, 1964, he was nominated Archbishop of Cracow by Pope Paul VI, who made him a cardinal June 26, 1967.
Besides taking part in Vatican Council II with an important contribution to the elaboration of the Constitution Gaudium et spes, Cardinal Wojtyła participated in all the assemblies of the Synod of Bishops.
Since the start of his Pontificate on October 16, 1978, Pope John Paul II has completed 104 pastoral visits outside of Italy and 146 within Italy . As Bishop of Rome he has visited 317 of the 333 parishes .
His principal documents include 14 encyclicals , 15 apostolic exhortations , 11 apostolic constitutions and 45 apostolic letters. The Pope has also published five books : "Crossing the Threshold of Hope" (October 1994); "Gift and Mystery: On the 50th Anniversary of My Priestly Ordination" (November 1996); "Roman Triptych - Meditations", a book of poems (March 2003); "Rise, Let Us Be On Our Way" (May 2004) and "Memory and Identity" (pubblication spring 2005).
John Paul II has presided at 147 beatification ceremonies ( 1,338 Blesseds proclaimed ) and 51 canonization ceremonies ( 482 Saints ) during his pontificate. He has held 9 consistories in which he created 231 (+ 1 in pectore) cardinals . He has also convened six plenary meetings of the College of Cardinals .
From 1978 to today the Holy Father has presided at 15 Synods of Bishops : six ordinary (1980, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1994, 2001), one extraordinary (1985) and eight special (1980, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998[2] and 1999).
No other Pope has encountered so many individuals like John Paul II: to date, more than 17,600,000 pilgrims have participated in the General Audiences held on Wednesdays (more than 1,160). Such figure is without counting all other special audiences and religious ceremonies held [more than 8 million pilgrims during the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 alone] and the millions of faithful met during pastoral visits made in Italy and throughout the world. It must also be remembered the numerous government personalities encountered during 38 official visits and in the 738 audiences and meetings held with Heads of State , and even the 246 audiences and meetings with Prime Ministers .
The above is the official website of the Vatican.
Lots of interesting information and there is also a link to an email address for sending corrospondance to the vatican.
A breif biography of this leader of the world's biggest church follows:
Karol Józef Wojtyła , known as John Paul II since his October 1978 election to the papacy, was born in Wadowice, a small city 50 kilometres from Cracow, on May 18, 1920. He was the second of two sons born to Karol Wojtyła and Emilia Kaczorowska. His mother died in 1929. His eldest brother Edmund, a doctor, died in 1932 and his father, a non-commissioned army officer died in 1941.
He made his First Holy Communion at age 9 and was confirmed at 18. Upon graduation from Marcin Wadowita high school in Wadowice, he enrolled in Cracow's Jagiellonian University in 1938 and in a school for drama.
The Nazi occupation forces closed the university in 1939 and young Karol had to work in a quarry (1940-1944) and then in the Solvay chemical factory to earn his living and to avoid being deported to Germany.
In 1942, aware of his call to the priesthood, he began courses in the clandestine seminary of Cracow, run by Cardinal Adam Stefan Sapieha, archbishop of Cracow. At the same time, Karol Wojtyła was one of the pioneers of the "Rhapsodic Theatre," also clandestine.
After the Second World War, he continued his studies in the major seminary of Cracow, once it had re-opened, and in the faculty of theology of the Jagiellonian University, until his priestly ordination in Cracow on November 1, 1946.
Soon after, Cardinal Sapieha sent him to Rome where he worked under the guidance of the French Dominican, Garrigou-Lagrange. He finished his doctorate in theology in 1948 with a thesis on the topic of faith in the works of St. John of the Cross. At that time, during his vacations, he exercised his pastoral ministry among the Polish immigrants of France, Belgium and Holland.
In 1948 he returned to Poland and was vicar of various parishes in Cracow as well as chaplain for the university students until 1951, when he took up again his studies on philosophy and theology. In 1953 he defended a thesis on "evaluation of the possibility of founding a Catholic ethic on the ethical system of Max Scheler" at Lublin Catholic University. Later he became professor of moral theology and social ethics in the major seminary of Cracow and in the Faculty of Theology of Lublin.
On July 4, 1958, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cracow by Pope Pius XII, and was consecrated September 28, 1958, in Wawel Cathedral, Cracow, by Archbishop Baziak.
On January 13, 1964, he was nominated Archbishop of Cracow by Pope Paul VI, who made him a cardinal June 26, 1967.
Besides taking part in Vatican Council II with an important contribution to the elaboration of the Constitution Gaudium et spes, Cardinal Wojtyła participated in all the assemblies of the Synod of Bishops.
Since the start of his Pontificate on October 16, 1978, Pope John Paul II has completed 104 pastoral visits outside of Italy and 146 within Italy . As Bishop of Rome he has visited 317 of the 333 parishes .
His principal documents include 14 encyclicals , 15 apostolic exhortations , 11 apostolic constitutions and 45 apostolic letters. The Pope has also published five books : "Crossing the Threshold of Hope" (October 1994); "Gift and Mystery: On the 50th Anniversary of My Priestly Ordination" (November 1996); "Roman Triptych - Meditations", a book of poems (March 2003); "Rise, Let Us Be On Our Way" (May 2004) and "Memory and Identity" (pubblication spring 2005).
John Paul II has presided at 147 beatification ceremonies ( 1,338 Blesseds proclaimed ) and 51 canonization ceremonies ( 482 Saints ) during his pontificate. He has held 9 consistories in which he created 231 (+ 1 in pectore) cardinals . He has also convened six plenary meetings of the College of Cardinals .
From 1978 to today the Holy Father has presided at 15 Synods of Bishops : six ordinary (1980, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1994, 2001), one extraordinary (1985) and eight special (1980, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998[2] and 1999).
No other Pope has encountered so many individuals like John Paul II: to date, more than 17,600,000 pilgrims have participated in the General Audiences held on Wednesdays (more than 1,160). Such figure is without counting all other special audiences and religious ceremonies held [more than 8 million pilgrims during the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 alone] and the millions of faithful met during pastoral visits made in Italy and throughout the world. It must also be remembered the numerous government personalities encountered during 38 official visits and in the 738 audiences and meetings held with Heads of State , and even the 246 audiences and meetings with Prime Ministers .
Something WEIRD is going on in Rome!!
Ok...so I am just about to go to bed...but i just heard on CNN that the Pope is "in and out of consinsous and actually spoke and thanked all the people of the world for their prayers!!"....something weird is going on in Rome.....
......Maybe a "miracle"??? Yesterday, the news sites DID report he was dead....then he was alive....then he was close to death and in a coma and his body was going through "Renal Failure" and now this......
And on the 3rd day he arose....
I tell you, this all seems a little erie (and sinister) to me. What really is going on over there in Italy??
I fear the world may never really know. Another conspiracy starting. I can feel it. Look at all the news stories and put one and one together. It just doesnt add up to "Two" as far as I am concerned.
Someone is really "turning the screws" on this one.
A link to some of the newest updates via CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/02/pope1/index.html
Happy Saturday to all
......Maybe a "miracle"??? Yesterday, the news sites DID report he was dead....then he was alive....then he was close to death and in a coma and his body was going through "Renal Failure" and now this......
And on the 3rd day he arose....
I tell you, this all seems a little erie (and sinister) to me. What really is going on over there in Italy??
I fear the world may never really know. Another conspiracy starting. I can feel it. Look at all the news stories and put one and one together. It just doesnt add up to "Two" as far as I am concerned.
Someone is really "turning the screws" on this one.
A link to some of the newest updates via CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/02/pope1/index.html
Happy Saturday to all
Friday, April 1, 2005
Friday April 1st, 2005-The Pope has died?
A cruel April Fools joke?
I dont think so.
CNN is reporting that Pope John Paul the 2nd has passed away.
Other news channels (on tv and the web) are reporting that he is in "grave condition" and that his heart and brain are still "functioning"...can anyone say "Terri Shaivo"?
Too strange.
But according to CNN, Reuters News Service in Itally is reporting that he has passed away.
What a week for the world. A story (Shaivo) that has captured the world, the head of the Catholic church (my church) dying, A world famous lawyer (Jonny Cocharin) dying, the ongoing trial of Michael Jackson, the massive (2nd one in months) earthquake in Indonesia, new info on Iraq and the intelligence being totally wrong about why the U.S invaded that country.......I could go on and on.
Signs of something? Who knows.
All I know is that alot of strange things are happening in the world right now.
Links to these stories and more:
NEWS
Contradictory Italian Media Reports on Pope Health
Fri Apr 1, 2005 01:49 PM ETVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Italian media gave contradictory reports about Pope John Paul's vital signs on Friday, first saying his heart and brain activity had stopped and then reporting this was not true. Full Article
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Schiavo's Relatives Continue to Feud
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I dont think so.
CNN is reporting that Pope John Paul the 2nd has passed away.
Other news channels (on tv and the web) are reporting that he is in "grave condition" and that his heart and brain are still "functioning"...can anyone say "Terri Shaivo"?
Too strange.
But according to CNN, Reuters News Service in Itally is reporting that he has passed away.
What a week for the world. A story (Shaivo) that has captured the world, the head of the Catholic church (my church) dying, A world famous lawyer (Jonny Cocharin) dying, the ongoing trial of Michael Jackson, the massive (2nd one in months) earthquake in Indonesia, new info on Iraq and the intelligence being totally wrong about why the U.S invaded that country.......I could go on and on.
Signs of something? Who knows.
All I know is that alot of strange things are happening in the world right now.
Links to these stories and more:
NEWS
Contradictory Italian Media Reports on Pope Health
Fri Apr 1, 2005 01:49 PM ETVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Italian media gave contradictory reports about Pope John Paul's vital signs on Friday, first saying his heart and brain activity had stopped and then reporting this was not true. Full Article
More Top News Articles
Schiavo's Relatives Continue to Feud
U.S. Soldier Convicted of Killing Iraqi Walks Free
U.S. Intelligence 'Dead Wrong' on Iraq-Report
U.S. Soldiers Arrested for Colombian Cocaine Plot
U.S. Forces Hold Suspected U.S. Insurgent in Iraq
MORE
The Pope being given Last Rights....Ikkes
The Pope's health seems to be going downhill rapidly and I doubt he will last much longer.
(I could be wrong....but this time I dont think so. )
UPDATE: The Vatican has confirmed the Pope has a high fever and is receiving "appropriate antiobiotic therapy," but it has not commented on the report of low blood pressure.
A side note: Wouldnt it be ironic if the Pope lapsed into a coma and suffered severe brain damage.
Left to depend on life support and unable to carry out his duties as Pope.
Now isnt it right that the only way the Pope changes is due to death?
So...we Catholics are stuck with a PVS(persistent vegetive state) Pontiff and morally bound by our archaic rules to keep him alive for possibly years?
I sure do hope that his suffering isnt as long and drawn out as Shaivo's was.
And another sidenote: If the Pope dies the same week as Terri Shaivo.....I feel alot of Catholics will take this as some weird omen.....we will see.
Happy Friday
(I could be wrong....but this time I dont think so. )
UPDATE: The Vatican has confirmed the Pope has a high fever and is receiving "appropriate antiobiotic therapy," but it has not commented on the report of low blood pressure.
A side note: Wouldnt it be ironic if the Pope lapsed into a coma and suffered severe brain damage.
Left to depend on life support and unable to carry out his duties as Pope.
Now isnt it right that the only way the Pope changes is due to death?
So...we Catholics are stuck with a PVS(persistent vegetive state) Pontiff and morally bound by our archaic rules to keep him alive for possibly years?
I sure do hope that his suffering isnt as long and drawn out as Shaivo's was.
And another sidenote: If the Pope dies the same week as Terri Shaivo.....I feel alot of Catholics will take this as some weird omen.....we will see.
Happy Friday
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