Posts Tagged ‘vatican’
A cat tells all about the Pope
5 Oct 2007
Apparently Pope Benedict (A.K.A. Joseph Ratzinger) — the pontiff known to damn people to hell — has a soft side. He’s letting a kitty cat tell his life story in a new illustrated biography narrated by “Chico the cat”:
In “Joseph and Chico: A Cat Recounts the Life of Pope Benedict XVI,” the orange tabby cat tells readers the pope is “my dearest friend, a wonderful man with whom I’ve spent many happy moments.”He recounts Benedict’s childhood and his passion for reading and playing the piano. The books depicts the future pope’s early steps in the Catholic Church, from when he entered a seminary in 1939 to his ordination as a priest in 1951.
The Pope wants you be a better driver
5:09 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Religion|society|World · Comments Off
19 Jun 2007
It’s not enough that the Pope wants to tell us what to do and what not to do with our own bodies — now he wants to cramp our driving style. The Vatican announced today, via press release, its Ten Commandments of Driving. Heed thee:
The 36-page document was put together by the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant People.“Thou shalt not drive and drink”, “thou shalt not make rude gestures behind the steering wheel” and “help accident victims” are among the 10 recommendations for motorists.
The document also warns that driving can bring out “primitive” behaviour in motorists, including “cursing, blasphemy, loss of sense of responsibility”.
It says that automobiles can be “an occasion of sin” – particularly when they are used for dangerous overtaking or for prostitution.
I’m guessing the Pope-mobile has never been the site of such transgressions.
Via / BBC News
Pope: No more limbo, it’s heaven or hell
2:02 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|Religion · 4 Comments
23 Apr 2007
While the words of the Pope have long gone unchallenged in Latin America and other countries with large Catholic communities, even the staunchest supporters of the Vatican’s doctrines must be scratching their heads at this: after 800 years, Pope Benedict XVI has done away with the concept of “limbo”:
The decision was taken after Benedict XVI was presented with Vatican studies that said there were “serious” grounds that such souls could go to heaven, rather than exist between heaven and hell as they have done for almost 800 years.
Bloggers: Make Rocío Jurado a saint
3:42 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Blogs|Celebrities · Comments Off
4 Jul 2006
A group of bloggers is demanding the beatification of the late Spanish singer Rocío Jurado, who passed away after a bout with cancer last month, according to Spain’s 20 Minutos newspaper:
The blog http://rocio-jurado-santa.blogspot.com/ has opened up debate about “la más grande” whom it describes as an exceptional singer that has inspired such artistic devotion, the intensity of which is comparable only to spiritual devotion.
Somehow I don’t see the Vatican signing off on this anytime soon, but props to these people (who appear to be from Estonia) for their enthusiasm 
Via / 20 Minutos
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