woensdag, maart 25, 2009

Condooms, abortus Angola? Geen enkel probleem! Van wie is die baarmoeder?







Bilaterale Commissie Angola/China vergadert vrijdag
Bron: Angola Press - Editado por AD
Wednesday, 25 March 2009


Luanda - De vierde zitting van de bilaterale intergouvernementele commissie Angola / China vindt vrijdag in Luanda plaaats, laat een het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken vandaag weten.


Volgens het bericht zal de meeting gezamelijk worden voorgezeten door de angolaanse vice-minister van buitenlandse zaken, Exalgina Gâmboa, en de Chinese vice-minister van handel, Jiang Zengwei.
Tijdens de ontmoeting, die zal plaatsvinden in het amfitheater van Buitenlandse Zaken, zal de balans van de bilaterale samenwerking tussen de 2 landen en de toekomstige akties voor 2009-2010 worden bekeken.




Naar beicht wordt de Chinese delegatie wordt donderdag vanuit Johannesburg (Zuid Afrika) in Luanda verwacht.


De Chinese vertegenwoordiger zal, aldus deze berichtgeving, beleefheidsontmoetingen hebben met verschillende lokale organisaties. Bovendien zullen bezoeken aan het Gerechtshof en het wooncomplex van Kilamba Kiaxi deel uitmaken van de ontmoeting.














bron: crispie, mijn meest geliefde vriendin van Mars

dinsdag, maart 24, 2009

FSSPX priesterlijke zingeving: waartoe zijn wij op aarde








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’Gebaar van verzoening’
Pius X broederschap verplaatst diakenwijding op verzoek Vaticaan
Geplaatst door onze redactie op woensdag 25 maart 2009 om 00:05u

MENZINGEN (RKnieuws.net) - De omstreden Pius X priesterbroederschap heeft op verzoek van de H. Stoel besloten de wijding van een aantal subdiakens aanstaande zaterdag te verplaatsen van Zaitskofen in Duitsland naar het officiële Pius X seminarie in Ecône in Zwitserland. De verplaatsing van de plechtigheid van het seminarie van Zaitskofen naar Ecône kan te maken met een uitspraak van de bisschop van Regensburg Mgr. Gerhard Müller, in wiens bisdom het seminarie ligt. Hij zei onlangs dat het “illegale” seminarie in Zaitskofen gesloten moet worden.

“Dit besluit mag worden gezien als een gebaar van verzoening na het opheffen van de onterechte veroordelingen die zijn uitgesproken over de bisschoppen van onze broederschap en de felle reacties die daar op volgden”, schrijft de generale overste van de Pius X broederschap, Mgr. Bernard Fellay (foto) op de Pius X website. Situatie Pius X niet volmaakt

Mgr. Fellay schrijft dat de Pius X broederschap het betreurt dat sommige episcopaten van de situatie hebben geprofiteerd om een openlijke aanval op de paus te openen. “Wij weten dat de situatie waarin wij verkeren kerkrechterlijk gezien onvolmaakt is. Dat is niets nieuws en heeft veel te maken met de crisis die door de kerk waart. Het heeft geen zin zich op het recht te beroepen om het leven van onze priesterbroederschap te doven”, aldus Mgr Fellay.“Wij walgen van Duitse episcopaat”

En passant levert Mgr. Fellay felle kritiek op de Duitse bisschoppen. “Wij walgen van de houding van het Duitse episcopaat, dat niet ophoudt zijn onbarmhartige vijandschap jegens ons te tonen en iedere vorm van naastenliefde ontbeert. Wij worden door hen net zo behandeld als de paus zich behandeld voelde toen hij in zijn brief van 10 maart schreef dat er vol haat op hem is ingehakt”.

Andere wijdingen gaan gewoon door

De diaken- en priesterwijdingen die zijn voorzien op 30 mei en 27 juni aanstaande gaan gewoon door. “Er is nooit sprake geweest dat die zouden worden opgeschort. Juist dan zou de welwillende daad van de H. Stoel kunnen worden uitgelegd als een poging om de Pius X broederschap te laten stikken”, aldus Mgr. Bernard Fellay.

Joost Middelhoff

De aanfluiting

heremetijden wat ben ik het, eventjes, met die man eens!


Kardinaal Schönborn:
“Berichtgeving over pausreis ronduit onacceptabel”

Geplaatst door Theo Borgermans op dinsdag 24 maart 2009 om 11:40u
WENEN (RKnieuws.net) - De voorzitter van de Oostenrijkse bisschoppenconferentie, kardinaal Christoph Schönborn, heeft scherpe kritiek op de manier waarop de media het bezoek van paus Benedictus XVI aan Afrika hebben verslagen. “Het is bijna een schandaal als je ziet hoe selectief de media over deze reis hebben bericht. Wil men in Europa niets anders horen en lezen dan deze uitgefilterde falsificaties? Dit heeft niets meer met serieuze berichtgeving te maken”, aldus de aartsbisschop van Wenen.
Volgens Schönborn heeft de paus in Afrika zeer belangrijke thema’s aangesneden zoals de verschillen tussen arm en rijk, corruptie, persvrijheid, de positie van de vrouw en de toekomst van de jeugd. “Die boodschap van de paus was essentieel en zou een aansporing moeten zijn voor de rijke landen. Men zou eens de moeite moeten nemen die passages te lezen”, aldus kardinaal Schönborn.Werkelijke schandalen“Waar blijven wij in het westen met onze millenium-doelstellingen? Waar zijn de geneesmiddelenfabrikanten met hun hulp voor de noodzakelijke medicijnen voor Afrika? Dat zijn de werkelijke schandalen en dus niet die uitspraken van de paus die bewust uit hun verband zijn gehaald om hem te beschadigen en de kerk belachelijk te maken”, aldus de aartsbisschop van Wenen.

Joost Middelhoff

Paus breekt lans voor verbetering positie vrouw



Nu de wereld nog steeds niet weet wat de paus nu wel of niet heeft gezegd over condooms
schijnt dat wel duidelijk te zijn over wat hij zei over vrouwen. En mannen.
Dat was, zeker naast zijn oproep tegen ethnocentrisme en particularisme in Kameroen, belangrijk! En niet alleen voor het Zuiden.

Inclusief al mijn bedenkingen, wat een bereklus. Wat goed dat die Paus in Afrika was en daar voor het eerst met en over zoveel vrouwen sprak!

Paus breekt lans voor verbetering positie vrouw
Geplaatst door onze redactie op zondag 22 maart 2009 om 19:35u

LUANDA (RKnieuws.net) - In een van de laatste toespraken gedurende zijn bezoek aan Angola heeft de paus vanmiddag een lans gebroken voor de verbetering van de positie van de vrouw. In een bijeenkomst in Luanda met vertegenwoordigers van vrouwenemancipatiebewegingen benadrukte de paus dat de vrouw in de samenleving vaak het kind van de rekening is.

“Ik roep iedereen op zich terdege te realiseren onder welke vijandige omstandigheden veel vrouwen leefden en nog steeds moeten leven. Bijzondere aandacht mag in dit verband worden gevraagd voor het gedrag en de houding van mannen, omdat zij zich vaak ongevoelig en onverantwoordelijk ten opzichte van vrouwen gedragen”, aldus de paus. Hij riep de aanwezigen op de gelijkwaardigheid van mannen en vrouwen te erkennen, te bevestigen en te verdedigen.
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DEFEND THE EQUAL DIGNITY OF MAN AND WOMAN

VATICAN CITY, 22 MAR 2009 (VIS) - At 4.45 p.m. today, in the parish of Santo Antonio located in a densely populated area on the outskirts of Luanda, Angola, the Pope met with representatives of Catholic movements for the promotion of women.

Two female members of the movements spoke to the Holy Father of their problems and hopes.

In his remarks the Pope called everyone "to an effective awareness of the adverse conditions to which many women have been - and continue to be - subjected, paying particular attention to ways in which the behaviour and attitudes of men, who at times show a lack of sensitivity and responsibility, may be to blame".

After highlighting the need to "recognise, affirm and defend the equal dignity of man and woman", Benedict XVI explained how both are "called to live in profound communion through a reciprocal recognition of one another and the mutual gift of themselves, working together for the common good through the complementary aspects of masculinity and femininity.

"Who today", he added, "can fail to recognise the need to make more room for the reasons of the heart'? In a world like ours, dominated by technology, we feel the need for this feminine complementarity, so that the human race can live in the world without completely losing its humanity. Think of all the places afflicted by great poverty or devastated by war, and of all the tragic situations resulting from migrations, forced or otherwise. It is almost always women who manage to preserve human dignity, to defend the family and to protect cultural and religious values".

The Pope lamented the fact that "history records almost exclusively the accomplishments of men, when in fact much of it is due to the determined, unrelenting and charitable action of women".

"No-one today should doubt that women have 'a full right to become actively involved in all areas of public life, and this right must be affirmed and guaranteed, also, where necessary, through appropriate legislation. This acknowledgement of the public role of women should not however detract from their unique role within the family. Here their contribution to the welfare and progress of society, even if its importance is not sufficiently appreciated, is truly incalculable'".

Furthermore, "a woman's personal sense of dignity is not primarily the result of juridically defined rights, but rather the direct consequence of the material and spiritual care she receives in the bosom of the family.

"The presence of a mother within the family is so important for the stability and growth of this fundamental cell of society, that it should be recognised, commended and supported in every possible way. For the same reason, society must hold husbands and fathers accountable for their responsibilities towards their families".

Benedict XVI concluded his remarks by highlighting how "the building up of every Christian family takes place within the larger family, the Church, which sustains the domestic family and holds it close to her heart, giving it the assurance that it is protected, now and in the future, by the 'yes' of the Creator".

The meeting concluded, the Pope travelled to the apostolic nunciature where he dined and spent the night.
PV-ANGOLA/CATHOLIC MOVEMENTS/LUANDA

Pauselijke turtle blijft in Angola.



De schildpad waarmee de Baka pygmeeen bij het afscheid van de Paus hun wijsheid deelden heeft inmiddels zijn werk al heeft gedaan. Het Vaticaan heeft besloten dat het beest beter in Afrika kon blijven en een plekje kon krijgen bij de pauselijke nuntius waar het veilig rond zal kunnen scharrelen in de tuin.

Er werd gevreesd voor een cultuurshock.

Om te voorkomen dat het in de tuin verdwaalt en vermist zal worden zal hij worden voorzien van een aantal balonnen.

Hoewel een aantal jongeren uit de Vlaamse jeugdbeweging hierop direct hun hulp toezeiden bij de verzorging heeft de pauselijke nuntius inmiddels laten hierdoor geroerd te zijn maar enige theologische problemen te voorzien ten gevolge van regionale verschillen in gezangbundels.

Gezien de opdracht van de paus -educatie boven condooms - en niet onmogelijk verblijfsrechterlijke problemen, stelde Mgr. voor voor deze samenwerkingsbarriere een beroep te doen op de internationale theologenconfenferentie in Leuven.
Wat gezien de leeftijdsverwachting van de schildpad in ieder geval geen probleem zal zijn.
De Nuntius, die voorstelde dit werk een aanvang te laten nemen bij samenzang over Adam en Eva, drukte op grond van gedeelde vreugde en belgisch inzicht dankzij haar traditionele Afrikaanse banden over de eerste 2 regels van deze jubelzang
10 pond bananen
bananen zijn gezond
zijn volste vertrouwen in een gezamelijke toekomst uit.

de Paus en zijn Angolaanse gereedschapskist; Radio Ecclesia


Het gaat niet goed met de evangelicale radio en televisie in Amerika.
Ze maken zich zorgen. Communicatiewetenschappelijke zorgen. Geen theologische zorgen. Het gaat ze om communicatie. Niet om inhoud.
Logisch, het zijn geen theologen. De vraag is alleen of inhoud en communicatie los verkrijgbaar zijn.


Het reformatorisch pleidooi voor de Bijbel in de volkstaal zou zonder boekdrukkunst zinloos geweest zijn. Toevallig was de boekdrukkunst net uitgevonden. Toevallig?

Zo is er een verband tussen de opkomst van de radio en de opbloei van de evangelicals. Met de radio kon je, voor ’t eerst, mensen thuis aanspreken. Er was wel een maar. De boodschap moest eenvoudig zijn en eenduidig. En dat was, en is, de evangelicale boodschap. De Bijbel Gods onfeilbaar Woord. De mens een zondaar die verlossing behoeft door Jezus’ kruisdood. Een overzichtelijke ethiek met de bekende vier keer Tegen. Tegen abortus, euthanasie, seks buiten het huwelijk en homoseksualiteit. Zo schiep de radio een evangelicale gemeenschap over ras, sekse, geografie en klasse heen.

Radio heeft iets anoniems. Bij de stem vul je zelf een spreker in. Bij televisie is dat anders. Televisie is mannetjesmakerij. Je vertrouwt de brenger van de boodschap. Of je vertrouwt hem niet.

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En wat deed de paus nog meer daar in Luanda ? radio Ecclesia.

"- garantir o direito dos Angolanos à informação; - difundir valores evangélicos, de modo a tornar a sociedade angolana mais justa, fraterna e solidária; - respeitar e participar no desenvolvimento integral da pessoa, que implica as dimensões culturais, transcendentais e religiosas do homem e da sociedade angolana; - criar um espírito de tolerância, respeito e convivência pacífica entre todos os angolanos."


A actual programação, é emitida em FM 97.5 MHz para Luanda e arredores e via Internet (Emissão Online;">Emissão Online ), com 24 horas de emissão diária.


Cordaid

Achtergrond:

Vier jaar geleden werd, na 30 jaar oorlog, de vrede getekend tussen de strijdende partijen in Angola. Sindsdien is het redelijk rustig en maakt het land een geweldige economische groei door. Dit laatste komt echter alleen ten goede aan een kleine elite en gaat samen met een groeiend deel van de bevolking dat onder de armoedegrens leeft. Voor echte en duurzame vrede is democratie en burgerlijke vrijheid van fundamenteel belang. Vrije toegang tot goede informatie is daarbij essentieel. De Angolese bevolking heeft nauwelijks toegang tot zulke informatie. De media zijn in de praktijk het monopolie van de staat, die eenzijdig informeert via de enige landelijke krant en de enige landelijke omroep nl. de radio en TV van Angola.

Nuns are ill-treated in church, reveals cardinal's book

Naveen Nair / CNN-IBN
Sat, Mar 21, 2009

Thiruvananthapuram: After a former nun dropped a bombshell by revealing in her autobiography about the sexual abuse and mental harassment nuns go through in the Catholic Church, a sitting cardinal has written a book in which he says many nuns are ill-treated.

The book titled Straight from the Heart by Varkey Vidayathil talks about how a section of the priests treat the nuns making them wash their clothes and cook food, all without any pay.

The biographer who is also the spokesperson of the Catholic Bishops' Council says he has penned down exactly what the cardinal has told him.

“In many of the bishop conferences he has heard such complaints coming up and even though they are rare they are surely happening. That is what he has said in the book,” says Syro-malabar church spokesperson Paul Thellekat.

Last year, a study by the Catholic Church found that 25 per cent of the nuns in Kerala were unhappy with life inside the four walls of a convent. This book Straight From The Heart confirms the result of that study.

“I would say to a great extent our nuns are not emancipated women. They are often kept under submission by the fear of revenge by priests. That's how the priests get away with whatever humiliation they heap upon them,” says Major Archbishop of Syro-Malabar church, Cardinal Varkey Vidayathil.

The bishop also says in his biography that there is a lot the church and the communists can do together for the common man, an argument that has not gone down well with pastrol council which feels such comments will certainly misguide the Christian voters to the CPM's advantage in an election year.

But on the issue of nuns, even the pastoral council maintains a long silence, perhaps it is time for the church in Kerala to introspect.

With inputs of R Raghuraj

Church group criticises Cardinal's political viewMUMBAI, Maharashtra
(SAR NEWS):
March 21 2009

Bombay Catholic Sabha has expressed shock and dismay at the statement of the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil, March 18, that the “Bharatiya Janata Party was a lesser evil compared to the communists”.

“While the Sabha does not hold a brief for either the BJP or the Marxists, but to compare them and what they stand for is odious, to say the least,” said a press statement released here March 20 by the Sabha president, Dolphy D’Souza.

“Religion is a personal matter and when it is mixed with politics – like what the BJP is doing currently – is leading to a divisive polity, demonising the minorities and hate-mongering, resulting in loss of innocent lives and properties,” the statement said. Cardinal Vithayathil’s statement lacks sensitivity to all those Christians who have been victims of such propaganda at Kandhamal in Orissa, Karnataka, the genocide in Gujarat and several other parts of the country, it said.

“We are also shocked that one of the leaders of the Church has chosen to speak in this fashion in the run-up to the elections. The Church all along has maintained that we need to vote on secular lines and this statement is misleading. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India must clarify its position and Cardinal Varkey should withdraw his statement,” the Sabha statement said.

Bombay Catholic Sabha represents over 44,000 members of the Christian Community in Mumbai.

ter kennisgeving

gezien de rol die zij grenzenloos kon vervullen binnen en buiten een gemeenschap c.q. waartoe zij door (voormalig)rorate-forum bestuur, moderatoren, deelnemers en andere belanghebbenden binnen en buiten die gemeenschap uitbundig in de gelegenheid werd gesteld.
Haar en haar gezin, net als haar slachtoffers, het allerbeste wensend:

Forum: Geloof en cultuur. Geplaatst op 23/3 '09 23:28u. Onderwerp: Voor altijd ??
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Op 22 maart ’09 21:04u schreef Pastoor Andy Penne:
Durven wij te geloven in Gods Blijvende trouw ?


Ja, dat durf ik!!

Al vele malen heb ik (al dan niet door eigen fout) een beroep mogen doen op Zijn trouw en Zijn beloften aan elke mens van goede wil. En altijd heeft Hij mijn gebeden gehoord en verhoord op ZIJN manier.

Menig gebed gebeden met resultaat:
- Hij leert mij die ander met wie ik in onmin was terug lief te hebben (al houdt dat lang niet altijd in dat ik meteen weer met de ander dikke maatjes ben).
- Hij heeft mijn man en mij in huwelijkscrisis de weg gewezen hoe wij aan onszelf en aan onze relatie kunnen blijven werken. Deze crisis is nu bijna 3 jaar geleden en ons huwelijk is goed en wordt steeds beter
- Hij heeft een (wonderbaarlijke) lichamelijke genezing gebracht bij mij, vooruitgang bij onze zoon (waar stilstand of zelfs achteruitgang voorspeld was), groeiend geloof bij ons allevier, kracht gegeven om woorden om te zetten in daden
- enz. ...

Ik klopte en de deur van mijn hart deed Hij voor Hemzélf open
Ik zocht en Hij vond mij (nadat ik me jaren voor Hem verstopt had)
Ik vroeg om hulp en Hij gaf me het gereedschap waarmee ik het zelf of samen met anderen kon doen

Voor mij houdt geloven in Zijn Blijvende Trouw in dat ik stappen zet om met Hem in contact te komen, werk aan een relatie met de Levende Heer. Enkele van die stappen zijn voor mij:
- deelname aan de Eucharistieviering (liefst vaker dan 1x/wk) ;
- bidden (formuliergebeden, maar meer nog in eigen woorden of in de stilte van m’n hart);
- (hardop) lezen in de H.Schrift en deze beschouwen;
- zo nu en dan biecht;
- Hem aanbidden in de H.Eucharistie, maar ook Hem in mijn hart!! (want dat kan op elk moment van de dag)
- me door Hem laten beminnen, gewoon door stil te zijn en Hem laten weten: hier ben ik;
- vele malen door de dag heen concreet vragen: wat wilt U dat ik nu doe? ... en ook al hoor ik dan geen stem of zo, bijna altijd weet ik daarna wat ik doen mag (ook al stemt dat lang niet altijd overeen met mijn eigen plannen);
- enz.

Zo eenvoudig kan het zijn om te geloven in Zijn Trouw: door overgave, waardoor ikleven kan in overvloed ivp te moeten overleven.

Lieke

maandag, maart 23, 2009

Bim bam beieren, jongeren vergooien hun eieren. Topoverleg Sarkouzy en Vaticaan over inzet zwitserse garde?

Rellen over aidsuitspraken paus
PARIJS (ANP) - Extreemrechtse en extreemlinkse jongeren zijn zondag in Parijs slaags geraakt naar aanleiding van omstreden uitspraken van paus Benedictus XVI. De kerkvorst zei afgelopen week bij het begin van zijn reis naar Afrika dat het uitdelen van condooms niet de manier is om de ziekte aids te bestrijden, maar het probleem juist verergert.

Een groep van circa dertig linkse activisten gooide zondag condooms op de grond bij de Notre-Dame, op het moment dat gelovigen net de kathedraal verlieten. Daarop braken gevechten uit met circa twintig extreemrechtse jongeren, die posters met daarop de tekst 'Laat mijn paus met rust' bij zich hadden. Er viel een gewonde. De politie arresteerde drie mensen.
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Condoom-uitspraken leiden tot relletjes in Parijs
Geplaatst door Theo Borgermans op maandag 23 maart 2009 om 10:55u
PARIJS (RKnieuws.net) Een twinogtal militanten van Act Up, een vereniging die opkomt tegen aids, heeft zondag actie gevoerd aan de Notre Dame kathedraal in Parijs uit protest tegen de recente condoom-uitspraken van paus Benedictus.

De manifestanten stelden onder meer dat de kerk medeplichtig is aan aids. Jonge katholieken die de kathedraal na de mis verlieten scholden de manifestanten uit. Zij zongen Latijnse liederen en gooiden eieren naar de manifestanten.

Bij de incidenten viel er één gewonde. De politie verrichtte drie manifestaties. (tb)

zondag, maart 22, 2009

Miss Landmine: A group of 15 Baka Pygmies shared their wisdom with Benedict XVI: Turtles can fly Vaticans spokesman Lombardi still doubting.



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God heeft mensen nodig!
Rome/Kameroen









Bahman Ghobadi 2004
Iran/Irak Koerdistan


zien






(Osservatore Romano/Pool/Reuters)


The 81-year-old pope, showing signs of fatigue in the humid heat,received a rock-star welcome when he arrived from the youths who filled thestadium. The pontiff remembered landmine victims when he spoke to the crowdsaying he was thinking of the countless tears that have been shed for the lossof victims relatives and friends.
Angola is one of the most densely mined countries in the world. Despitean extensive de-mining program since the end of the civil war there are stillthousands of square kilometres (miles) of uncleared land. As many as 80,000 people have been injured by landmines and the livesof more than 2 million people have been affected.


















Turtles can fly


Stap by stap.

(Moorten Travik, Noorwegen)

10 Years in Force of the Mine Ban Treaty: ICBL Campaigners Celebrate in 65 Countries!

In February and March, campaigners from 65 countries and areas around the world are taking action to commemorate 10 years of the Mine Ban Treaty’s entry into force and to push for its further universalization and implementation. At the same time striving to bring the new Convention on Cluster Munitions into force!

Under the slogan "A Mine-Free World: Mission Possible", campaigners from Afghanistan to Zambia are organizing roundtables, press briefings, street actions, photo exhibitions and art installations, film screenings, marches, rallies, workshops, petitions, TV and radio shows, and other events to draw the world’s attention to the scourge of landmines and call for a mine-free world.













Geen poot om op te staan?
Gay pride:
Miss Landmine 2009: Cambodja

Ubuntu!!


zaterdag, maart 21, 2009

BXVI en de afhaalchinees.

Het gevolg van het bestaan van de afhaalchinees is dat weet ik veel wie allemaal maar geloven dat BXVI dement is...!



os vampiros

... A toda a parte cegam os vampiros
poisam nos prédios poisam nas calçadas
trazem no ventre despojos antigos
mas nada os prende as vidas acabadas
são os mordomos no universo todo
Senhores à força mandadores sem lei
enchem as tulhas bebem vinho novo
dançam a ronda no pinhal do rei
no chão do medo tombam os vencidos
ouvem-se os gritos na noite abafada
jazem nos fossos vítimas dum credo
e não se esgota o sangue da manada
se alguém se engana com seu ar sisudo
e lhe franqueia as portas à chegada
eles comem tudo eles comem tudo eles comem tudo
e não deixam nada

"...When he first heard about a Vatican-sponsored course on exorcism for priests, journalist Matt Baglio was intrigued by the idea of this ancient ritual taking place in the modern world.

In his new book, The Rite, Baglio follows American priest Father Gary — sent to Rome to train as an exorcist — and his apprenticeship with Father Carmine.
Baglio talked to TIME about belief, skeptical priests and the particulars of the exorcism ritual.

TIME: The thing that inspired this book was a class on exorcism. Tell me about it.
BAGLIO: I was a freelance journalist living in Rome and had heard about this course called Exorcism and the Prayer of Liberation. It was organized by the Legion of Christ and their school, the Regina Apostolorum, which is Vatican-affiliated. Not knowing anything about exorcism or if the Church even still believed in it, I was intrigued by the idea of a university-level course teaching priests about exorcism..."

What an awfully dumm article!(probably book?)
At least in this article this freelance journalist, intervieuwer and Time obviously are obsessed - this kind of rubbish talk sells!
Unfortunatly enough for victims (girl-)children).
Baglio is right: "the question is just too big to ignore."
Reason enough to look very! serious at his remarks about the sect Legion of Christ and their school(s).
Maybe the papal African visit does show him what he could have find out in Rome as well, had he had the courage to meet the non-catholic devil-and witchbelievers.
While Baglio could have been part of solutions needed, if his book is only half as dumm as this article, he's part of the problem though.


...E é amar-te, assim, perdidamente...

E é seres alma, e sangue,e vida em mim

E dize-lo cantando a toda a gente!


Florbela Espanca

Zout in de wonden

...Dear Angolans, your land is abundant and your nation is mighty. Make use of these advantages to build peace and understanding between peoples, based upon loyalty and equality that can promote for Africa the peaceful future in solidarity that everyone longs for and to which everyone is entitled. To this end, I ask you: do not yield to the law of the strongest!

God has enabled human beings to fly, over and above their natural tendencies, on the wings of reason and faith. If you let these wings bear you aloft, you will easily recognize your neighbour as a brother or sister, born with the same fundamental human rights.

Unfortunately, within the borders of Angola, there are still many poor people demanding that their rights be respected. The multitude of Angolans who live below the threshold of absolute poverty must not be forgotten. Do not disappoint their expectations!



























vrijdag, maart 20, 2009

Femidom !!! Pope: year of the priests: education is the most important, not the condoms.Too much Latin: Failing women, witholding protection.

Galileo was een mannetje!!

Magnificat anima mea Dominum
Et exultavit spiritus meus in Deo salutari meo.


Bisschop wil ’condooms voor vrouwen’
Geplaatst door Ben Lange op vrijdag 20 maart 2009 om 17:50u

HAMBURG (RKnieuws.net) - Bisschop Hans-Jochen Jaschke van Hamburg heeft zich ’zonder taboes’ over het thema condooms uitgesproken. De bisschop schreef in de krant Die Zeit: Wie aids heeft en seksueel actief is en wie met wisselende partners omgaat, moet anderen en zichzelf kunnen beschermen. Daar moet je over kunnen praten.

Dat betekent volgens de bisschop geen taboes op het onderwerp condooms, maar ook geen mythen in omloop brengen. Condooms kunnen beschermen, maar mannen weigeren vaak condooms te gebruiken. Daarom hebben vrouwen eerder hulp nodig. Er zouden bijvoorbeeld eigen condooms voor vrouwen moeten komen. Dan kunnen ze zichzelf beschermen.
Volgens bisschop Jaschke zit de kerk niet in een sinistere anti-condoom-hoek van waaruit ze mensen wil intimideren. Maar christenen behoren wel verantwoordingsvol met seksualiteit om te gaan.


Belang van vrouwencondoom al jarenlang onderbelicht

Talloze vrouwen zijn in ontwikkelingslanden al onnodig gestorven doordat beleidsmakers het vrouwencondoom bewust negeren. Dat melden Oxfam International en de World Population Foundation in hun rapport 'Failing Women. Withholding protection', dat zij op 6 augustus presenteerden in Mexico-Stad tijdens de Internationale Aids Conferentie.

Het enige, werkzame vrouwenpreventiemiddel
Het vrouwencondoom bestaat al vijftien jaar. Het is, aldus het rapport, het enige middel voor vrouwen om zichzelf te beschermen tegen tegen soa's en tegelijkertijd ongewenste zwangerschappen te voorkomen.

Eén model

Toch is er maar één model op de markt en zijn er geen verbeteringen aangebracht sinds de uitvinding in 1993. Het rapport noemt het 'schandalig' dat er zo weinig geld en aandacht voor is. Vrouwencondooms zijn daardoor veel te duur en haast niet te krijgen.

Farah Karimi, directeur van Oxfam Novib: "De hiv-epidemie treft nu meer vrouwen dan mannen, vooral in Afrikaanse landen beneden de Sahara.

Miljoenen vrouwen zouden niet besmet zijn als zij het vrouwencondoom hadden gehad." Meer investeringen nodig

In tien jaar is nog geen vier miljoen euro besteed aan de ontwikkeling van een nieuw vrouwencondoom, maar aan andere technologieën om hiv te voorkomen alleen al in 2006 meer dan 640 miljoen. Daardoor is de prijs ten opzichte van mannencondooms hoog. Dertien miljoen euro is genoeg is om nieuwe vrouwencondooms op de markt te brengen, de concurrentie te stimuleren en de prijs te verlagen, aldus het Oxfam-rapport.

Oproep Oxfam roept alle regeringen en internationale organisaties op vrouwencondooms op te nemen in hun beleid voor gezinsplanning en hiv-preventie. Karimi: "Iedereen kan erbij winnen. Vooral jonge vrouwen, de meest kwetsbare groep."

- Bekijk het filmpje van Oxfam Novib waarin zij hardnekkige vooroordelen over het vrouwencondoom wegneemt op YouTube .

Dit filmpje is ook vertoond tijdens de presentatie van het rapport in Mexico.-

Download het rapport 'Failing Women. Withholding protection'.


When he was working for the UN in Rome, he was earning a lot of money and wearing Armani suits, but felt horrible

Priest get suspended sentence for sexual abuse

A 70 year old priest who sexually abused two Dublin schoolboys nearly 40 years ago has walked free from court.Fr Henry Moloney of The Holy Ghost Fathers, Kimmage Manor , has been given an 18 month suspended sentence because he suffers from cancer.He's already served 15 months for abusing two other 12 year olds.

The court heard fr Moloney sexually assaulted the schoolboys in the late 1960’s at St. Mary’s College, Rathmines

He abused them in corridors, classrooms and at least on one occasion in class with other students were present.
One of the boys gave evidence of the effect this has had on his life - He said one week he was working for the U.N. in Rome, "earning a lot of money and wearing Armani suits", but felt horrible and the next thing he was on the streets "where he actually felt more comfortable."

Moloney has already served 15 months for abusing two other 12 year old schoolboys (in the 1970s.!)
– Judge Katherine Delahunt handed down an 18 month suspended sentence noting his age, his guilty plea and his battle with cancer.

Victoria onderzoek Have Your Say on Maximum Penalties

Sentencing for Sexual Penetration Offences: A Statistical Report
This statistical report examines sentencing outcomes in Victoria between July 2006 and June 2008 for five sexual penetration offences.

Selma Milovanovic
March 20 2009
The Sentencing Advisory Council is seeking submissions on the adequacy of maximum penalties for sexual penetration of children under 16.
Attorney-General Rob Hulls asked the council to review laws after Stephen Maurice, 32, was jailed for nine years for molesting a girl who had turned 10 less than two weeks before the offence.

Sexual penetration of a child under 10 attracts a maximum 25-year jail term. If the victim is aged 10-16, the maximum term is 10 years. Offenders who sexually penetrate children aged 10-16 under their care, supervision or authority — such as a teacher or a priest — can be jailed for 15 years.

gebaseerd op deze 5 casus:
Figures show that in the two years to June 2008, 93 per cent of sexual offenders whose victims were aged 10-16 had not previously committed sexual offences. Meanwhile, 22 per cent of sexual offenders who attacked children aged under 10 had prior sex convictions.

Council chairman Arie Freiberg said the figures reflected long-standing national and overseas trends, despite the public viewing sex offenders as recidivist predators.
"The sex offender registration and notification laws — the huge investment we are putting into those — is probably misdirected," he said.

Professor Freiberg said the national sex offenders register ensured convicted offenders were identified and prevented from being near or working with children. "But most of the people convicted don't have a prior record, so no amount of monitoring or registration would have caught these people."

Only half the offenders sentenced for sexual penetration of children aged 10-16 — the most common child sex offence — received immediate jail terms. But Professor Freiberg said the judges would have taken into account the fact that half of these offenders were aged under 24 and most had no relevant prior convictions.

But he said he was surprised to find that the highest jail term for multiple sexual penetration of children under 10 was 18 years and not closer to 27 yearsa jail term given for rape.

Mr Hulls said the State Government was "taking action to ensure the sentencing options in Victoria reflect community expectations. We will review the maximum penalties in light of any issues raised by the council in its final report."

Public submissions close on May 1, with details available on the council's website.
http://sentencingcouncil.vic.gov.au/

Confirmations go ahead without Magee!

It was the rising crescendo of the children’s choir that did it.
Like a baby laughing from the pit of its stomach, a good children’s choir can be the sound of innocence and something that can sneak a smile on even the most drily cynical face.
With good direction, it becomes a purity of sound that can stop you breathing.
And so it was in Midleton, Co Cork yesterday, as children from the town and its hinter- land were Confirmed.

This year, the Confirmation ceremony was somewhat different to previous years, as Bishop of Cloyne John Magee did not preside over the ceremony. Instead, it was Dean Eamonn Gould.
Bishop Magee had said he was overburdened with the workload stemming from the Dublin Archdiocese’s Commission of Inquiry into child protection practices in the diocese.

Hearing the children sing in unison, watching the dean raise his hands over the Confirmation candidates and then offer each of them a warm smile and a little word of congratulations before they marched back down the aisle beaming, you couldn’t help but feel the children’s bursting pride and sense of occasion.

You also couldn’t help but think — in light of the damning accusations stemming from the National Board for Safeguarding Children’s report — Bishop Magee could never have stood there surrounded by the children of the diocese. It would have insulted his congregation.It was children like these that he was accused of putting at risk by not immediately reporting abuse complaints to gardaí or the HSE.

Confirmation day, like communion day, is all about the children.
Yesterday, they sang, they decorated the church with their artwork and they hung garlands around the church grounds. They played the violin, tin whistle and the flute.They sung their hearts out in the school choir and they brought their hopes and dreams into the Church in their prayers of the faithful.
It was also a day for parents as they watched another milestone being laid: their children becoming adult members of the Church.
It was also a day when extended family members came from far and near to be sponsors or to enjoy a big day in the children’s lives.

"It was a lovely day today. It was lovely to have Dean Gould. He is a gentleman. I didn’t think anyone thought that we lost out by not having the Bishop," said one member of the congregation.
Another woman smiled and pretended to zip her mouth when I asked her how parents felt about Bishop John Magee not being here. "People here won’t want to say anything but there is relief that we weren’t made to feel uncomfortable. It would have been difficult to see him up there with them after everything that has happened. Today, we got to concentrate on the children instead. It was a lovely Mass wasn’t it?" she beamed.

Another said: "It was nice having the Bishop but we didn’t really know him. We know the Dean. He’s a lovely man and I think that really came across today."

bron: Clerical Wishpers.

O lado que a imprensa deixou de contar pater rodrigues

(engelse vertaling hier)

O lado que a imprensa deixou de contar

Há cerca de oito dias, nossa cidade foi tomada de surpresa por uma trágica notícia de um acontecimento que chocou o país: uma menina de 9 anos de idade, tendo sofrido violência sexual por parte de seu padrasto, engravidou de dois gêmeos. Além dela, também sua irmã, de 13 anos, com necessidade de cuidados especiais, foi vitima do mesmo crime. Aos olhos de muitos, o caso pareceu absurdo, como de fato assim também o entendemos, dada a gravidade e a forma como há três anos isso vinha acontecendo dentro da própria casa, onde moravam a mãe, as duas garotas e o acusado.

O Conselho Tutelar de Alagoinha, ciente do fato, tomou as devidas providências no sentido de apossar-se do caso para os devidos fins e encaminhamentos. Na sexta-feira, dia 27 de fevereiro, sob ordem judicial, levou as crianças ao IML de Caruaru-PE e depois ao IMIP (Instituto Médico Infantil de Pernambuco), de Recife a fim de serem submetidas a exames sexológicos e psicológicos. Chegando ao IMIP, em contato com a Assistente Social Karolina Rodrigues, a Conselheira Tutelar Maria José Gomes, foi convidada a assinar um termo em nome do Conselho Tutelar que autorizava o aborto. Frente à sua consciência cristã, a Conselheira negou-se diante da assistente a cometer tal ato. Foi então quando recebeu das mãos da assistente Karolina Rodrigues um pedido escrito de próprio punho da mesma que solicitava um "encaminhamento ao Conselho Tutelar de Alagoinha no sentido de mostrar-se favorável à interrupção gestatória da menina, com base no ECA (Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente) e na gravidade do fato". A Conselheira guardou o papel para ser apreciado pelos demais Conselheiros colegas em Alagoinha e darem um parecer sobre o mesmo com prazo até a segunda-feira dia 2 de março. Os cinco Conselheiros enviaram ao IMIP um parecer contrário ao aborto, assinado pelos mesmos. Uma cópia deste parecer foi entregue à assistente social Karolina Rodrigues que o recebeu na presença de mais duas psicólogas do IMIP, bem como do pai da criança e do Pe. Edson Rodrigues, Pároco da cidade de Alagoinha.

No sábado, dia 28, fui convidado a acompanhar o Conselho Tutelar até o IMIP em Recife, onde, junto à conselheira Maria José Gomes e mais dois membros de nossa Paróquia, fomos visitar a menina e sua mãe, sob pena de que se o Conselho não entregasse o parecer desfavorável até o dia 2 de março, prazo determinado pela assistente social, o caso se complicaria. Chegamos ao IMIP por volta das 15 horas. Subimos ao quarto andar onde estavam a menina e sua mãe em apartamento isolado. O acesso ao apartamento era restrito, necessitando de autorização especial. Ao apartamento apenas tinham acesso membros do Conselho Tutelar, e nem todos. Além desses, pessoas ligadas ao hospital. Assim sendo, à área reservada tiveram acesso naquela tarde as conselheiras Jeanne Oliveira, de Recife, e Maria José Gomes, de nossa cidade.

Com a proibição de acesso ao apartamento onde menina estava, me encontrei com a mãe da criança ali mesmo no corredor. Profunda e visivelmente abalada com o fato, expôs para mim que tinha assinado "alguns papéis por lá". A mãe é analfabeta e não assina sequer o nome, tendo sido chamada a pôr as suas impressões digitais nos citados documentos.

Perguntei a ela sobre o seu pensamento a respeito do aborto. Valendo-se se um sentimento materno marcado por preocupação extrema com a filha, ela me disse da sua posição desfavorável à realização do aborto. Essa palavra também foi ouvida por Robson José de Carvalho, membro de nosso Conselho Paroquial que nos acompanhou naquele dia até o hospital. Perguntei pelo estado da menina. A mãe me informou que ela estava bem e que brincava no apartamento com algumas bonecas que ganhara de pessoas lá no hospital. Mostrava-se também muito preocupada com a outra filha que estava em Alagoinha sob os cuidados de uma família. Enquanto isso, as duas conselheiras acompanhavam a menina no apartamento. Saímos, portanto do IMIP com a firme convicção de que a mãe da menina se mostrava totalmente desfavorável ao aborto dos seus netos, alegando inclusive que "ninguém tinha o direito de matar ninguém, só Deus".

Na segunda-feira, retornamos ao hospital e a história ganhou novo rumo. Ao chegarmos, eu e mais dois conselheiros tutelares, fomos autorizados a subirmos ao quarto andar onde estava a menina. Tomamos o elevador e quando chegamos ao primeiro andar, um funcionário do IMIP interrompeu nossa subida e pediu que deixássemos o elevador e fôssemos à sala da Assistente Social em outro prédio. Chegando lá fomos recebidos por uma jovem assistente social chamada Karolina Rodrigues. Entramos em sua sala eu, Maria José Gomes e Hélio, Conselheiros de Alagoinha, Jeanne Oliveira, Conselheira de Recife e o pai da menina, o Sr. Erivaldo, que foi conosco para visitar a sua filha, com uma posição totalmente contrária à realização do aborto dos seus netos. Apresentamo-nos à Assistente e, ao saber que ali estava um padre, ela de imediato fez questão de alegar que não se tratava de uma questão religiosa e sim clínica, ainda que este padre acredite que se trata de uma questão moral.

Perguntamos sobre a situação da menina como estava. Ela nos afirmou que tudo já estava resolvido e que, com base no consentimento assinado pela mãe da criança em prol do aborto, os procedimentos médicos deveriam ser tomados pelo IMI dentro de poucos dias. Sem compreender bem do que se tratava, questionei a assistente no sentido de encontrar bases legais e fundamentos para isto. Ela, embora não sendo médica, nos apresentou um quadro clínico da criança bastante difícil, segundo ela, com base em pareceres médicos, ainda que nada tivesse sido nos apresentado por escrito.

Justificou-se com base em leis e disse que se tratava de salvar apenas uma criança, quando rebatemos a idéia alegando que se tratava de três vidas. Ela, desconsiderando totalmente a vida dos fetos, chegou a chamá-los em "embriões" e que aquilo teria que ser retirado para salvar a vida da criança. Até então ela não sabia que o pai da criança estava ali sentado ao seu lado. Quando o apresentamos, ela perguntou ao pai, o Sr. Erivaldo, se ele queria falar com ela. Ele assim aceitou. Então a assistente nos pediu que saíssemos todos de sua sala os deixassem a sós para a essa conversa. Depois de cerca de vinte e cinco minutos, saíram dois da sala para que o pai pudesse visitar a sua filha. No caminho entre a sala da assistente e o prédio onde estava o apartamento da menina, conversei com o pai e ele me afirmou que sua idéia desfavorável ao aborto agora seria diferente, porque "a moça me disse que minha filha vai morrer e, se é de ela morrer, é melhor tirar as crianças", afirmou o pai quase que em surdina para mim, uma vez que, a partir da saída da sala, a assistente fez de tudo para que não nos aproximássemos do pai e conversássemos com ele. Ela subiu ao quarto andar sozinha com ele e pediu que eu e os Conselheiros esperássemos no térreo. Passou-se um bom tempo. Eles desceram e retornamos à sala da assistente social. O silêncio de que havia algo estranho no ar me incomodava bastante. Desta vez não tive acesso à sala. Porém, em conversa com os conselheiros e o pai, a assistente social Karolina Rodrigues, em dado momento da conversa, reclamou da Conselheira porque tinha me permitido ver a folha de papel na qual ela solicitara o parecer do Conselho Tutelar de Alagoinha favorável ao aborto e rasgou a folha na frente dos conselheiros e do pai da menina. A conversa se estendeu até o final da tarde quando, ao sair da sala, a assistente nos perguntava se tinha ainda alguma dúvida. Durante todo o tempo de permanência no IMIP não tivemos contato com nenhum médico. Tudo o que sabíamos a respeito do quadro da menina era apenas fruto de informações fornecidas pela assistente social. Despedimo-nos e voltamos para nossas casas. Aos nossos olhos, tudo estava consumado e nada mais havia a fazer.

Dada a repercussão do fato, surge um novo capítulo na história. O Arcebispo Metropolitano de Olinda e Recife, Dom José Cardoso, e o bispo de nossa Diocese de Pesqueira, Dom Francisco Biasin, sentiram-se impelidos a rever o fato, dada a forma como ele se fez. Dom José Cardoso convocou, portanto, uma equipe de médicos, advogados, psicólogos, juristas e profissionais ligados ao caso para estudar a legalidade ou não de tudo o que havia acontecido. Nessa reunião que se deu na terça-feira, pela manhã, no Palácio dos Manguinhos, residência do Arcebispo, estava presente o Sr. Antonio Figueiras, diretor do IMIP que, constatando o abuso das atitudes da assistente social frente a nós e especialmente com o pai, ligou ao hospital e mandou que fosse suspensa toda e qualquer iniciativa que favorecesse o aborto das crianças. E assim se fez.

Um outro encontro de grande importância aconteceu. Desta vez foi no Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de Pernambuco, na tarde da terça-feira. Para este, eu e mais dois Conselheiros, bem como o pai da menina formos convidados naquela tarde. Lá no Tribunal, o desembargador Jones Figueiredo, junto a demais magistrados presentes, se mostrou disposto a tomar as devidas providências para que as vidas das três crianças pudessem ser salvas. Neste encontro também estava presente o pai da criança. Depois de um bom tempo de encontro, deixamos o Tribunal esperançosos de que as vidas das crianças ainda poderiam ser salvas.

Já a caminho do Palácio dos Manguinhos, residência do Arcebispo, por volta das cinco e meia da tarde, Dom José Cardoso recebeu um telefonema do Diretor do IMIP no qual ele lhe comunicava que um grupo de uma entidade chamada Curumins, de mentalidade feminista pró-aborto, acompanhada de dois técnicos da Secretaria de Saúde de Pernambuco, teriam ido ao IMIP e convencido a mãe a assinar um pedido de transferência da criança para outro hospital, o que a mãe teria aceito. Sem saber do fato, cheguei ao IMIP por volta das 18 horas, acompanhado dos Conselheiros Tutelares de Alagoinha para visitar a criança. A Conselheira Maria José Gomes subiu ao quarto andar para ver a criança. Identificou-se e a atendente, sabendo que a criança não estava mais na unidade, pediu que a Conselheira sentasse e aguardasse um pouco, porque naquele momento "estava havendo troca de plantão de enfermagem". A Conselheira sentiu um clima meio estranho, visto que todos faziam questão de manter um silêncio sigiloso no ambiente. Ninguém ousava tecer um comentário sequer sobre a menina.

No andar térreo, fui informado do que a criança e sua mãe não estavam mais lá, pois teriam sido levadas a um outro hospital há pouco tempo acompanhadas de uma senhora chamada Vilma Guimarães. Nenhum funcionário sabia dizer para qual hospital a criança teria sido levada. Tentamos entrar em contato com a Sra. Vilma Guimarães, visto que nos lembramos que em uma de nossas primeiras visitas ao hospital, quando do assédio de jornalistas querendo subir ao apartamento onde estava a menina, uma balconista chamada Sandra afirmou em alta voz que só seria permitida a entrada de jornalistas com a devida autorização do Sr. Antonio Figueiras ou da Sra. Vilma Guimarães, o que nos leva a crer que trata-se de alguém influente na casa. Ficamos a nos perguntar o seguinte: lá no IMIP nos foi afirmado que a criança estava correndo risco de morte e que, por isso, deveria ser submetida ao procedimentos abortivos. Como alguém correndo risco de morte pode ter alta de um hospital. A credibilidade do IMIP não estaria em jogo se liberasse um paciente que corre risco de morte? Como explicar isso? Como um quadro pode mudar tão repentinamente? O que teriam dito as militantes do Curumim à mãe para que ela mudasse de opinião? Seria semelhante ao que foi feito com o pai?

Voltamos ao Palácio dos Manguinhos sem saber muito que fazer, uma vez que nenhuma pista nós tínhamos. Convocamos órgãos de imprensa para fazer uma denúncia, frente ao apelo do pai que queria saber onde estava a sua filha.

Na manhã da quarta-feira, dia 4 de março, ficamos sabendo que a criança estava internada na CISAM, acompanhada de sua mãe. O Centro Integrado de Saúde Amaury de Medeiros (FUSAM) é um hospital especializado em gravidez de risco, localizado no bairro da Encruzilhada, Zona Norte do Recife. Lá, por volta das 9 horas da manhã, nosso sonho de ver duas crianças vivas se foi, a partir de ato de manipulação da consciência, extrema negligência e desrespeito à vida humana.

Isto foi relatado para que se tenha clareza quanto aos fatos como verdadeiramente eles aconteceram. Nada mais que isso houve. Porém, lamentamos profundamente que as pessoas se deixem mover por uma mentalidade formada pela mídia que está a favor de uma cultura de morte. Espero que casos como este não se repitam mais.

Ao IMIP, temos que agradecer pela acolhida da criança lá dentro e até onde pode cuidar dela. Mas por outro lado não podemos deixar de lamentar a sua negligência e indiferença ao caso quando, sabendo do verdadeiro quadro clínico das crianças, permitiu a saída da menina de lá, mesmo com o consentimento da mãe, parecendo ato visível de quem quer se ver livre de um problema.

Aos que se solidarizaram conosco, nossa gratidão eterna em nome dos bebês que a esta hora, diante de Deus, rezam por nós. "Vinde a mim as crianças", disse Jesus. E é com a palavra desde mesmo Jesus que continuaremos a soltar nossa voz em defesa da vida onde quer que ela esteja ameaçada. "Eu vim para que todos tenham vida e a tenham plenamente" (Jo, 10,10). Nisso cremos, nisso apostamos, por isso haveremos de nos gastar sempre. Acima de tudo, a Vida!

Pe. Edson Rodrigues
Pároco de Alagoinha-PE

donderdag, maart 19, 2009

Opvoeding is belangrijker dan condooms, Spanje:miljoen condooms naar Afrika

"God is goed, pastoor is beter "

In Khayelitsha, Cape Town’s largest township, Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) activists distribute over 500,000 condoms every month.

’Nederlandse Bisschoppen aan Regering:
’Leg rekening crisis niet bij de allerarmsten"

God heeft mensen nodig, zei Dorothee Sölle .BXVI was het helemaal met haar eens, en grijnsde nog eens vriendelijk naar Kierkegaard.
En die H. Geest? Die floot: opvoeding is belangrijker dan condooms, gaf ze een knipoog en fladderde vrolijk verder.











Ubuntu!

Pope demands halt to sexual, financial scandals Rape survivors need better emergency care - MSF

In the face of evil, Christians cannot remain silent, said the Pope in Africa

Pope demands halt to sexual, financial scandals
Bishops must have greater oversight of priests and religious, Benedict says

’Rechten armsten verdedigen’
Paus waarschuwt tegen particularisme en ethnocentrisme
Geplaatst door Theo Borgermans op donderdag 19 maart 2009
YAOUNDE (RKnieuws.net) - In een toespraak tot de Kameroense bisschoppen in een kerk in Yaounde heeft paus Benedictus woensdag de Afrikanen gewaarschuwd tegen alle particularisme of buitensporig ethocentrisme. Hij riep de bisschoppen ook op de rechten van de armsten te verdedigen en liefdadigheid bij de gelovigen aan te moedigen. Op die manier kunnen de gelovigen ervaren dat de Kerk werkelijk familie van God is, wat elke ethnocentrisme en buitensporig particularisme uitsluit en bijdraagt tot verzoening en samenwerking tussen alle etnieën, aldus de rooms-katholieke kerkleider... rest artikel


Yaoundè, CameroonOn a day in which his focus turned largely to the inner life of the church, Pope Benedict XVI indirectly, yet unmistakably, demanded a halt to financial and sexual scandals that have recently tarnished the image of Catholicism in Africa, a continent that is otherwise perhaps the most compelling “good news” story for the church in the world in light of dramatic 20th century growth.


Speaking to the bishops of Cameroon, the pope called for greater oversight of priests and religious.
“I urge you to be especially vigilant regarding the faithfulness of priests and consecrated persons to the commitments made at their ordination or entry into religious life,” Benedict told the bishops in a meeting in Christ the King Church in Tsinga, outside the national capital of Yaoundè.
“The authenticity of their witness requires that there be no dichotomy between what they teach and the way they live each day,” the pope said.
While welcoming the bumper crop of candidates for the priesthood in Cameroon, the pope urged bishops to exercise “serious discernment” to ensure that future priests are “mature and balanced men.”

Though Benedict did not spell out the backdrop to his comments, local observers say the recent spate of scandal is well-known. In fact, the very setting of the pope’s address to the bishops offered an ironic reminder of the point.

Benedict met the bishops in a parish church rather than the main Yaoundè cathedral, because the cathedral is still undergoing renovations that were supposed to be completed well before the papal visit. Mass-goers and the local government had been asked to contribute funds so that the cathedral’s new bells would be in place to ring out when Benedict arrived. In fact, however, the bells never arrived, the work is not completed, and the former rector of the cathedral was recently replaced amid speculation about missing funds.

The cathedral is not an isolated case. In September 2007, the bishop of the Buea diocese suspended a popular priest, Fr. James Ekwede, amid charges of embezzling church funds. Bishop Immanuel Bushu read the letter of suspension during Mass in his cathedral, ordering Ekwede to vacate his rectory and seek refuge “anywhere he likes.”

Similarly last January, Bishop George Nkuo of the Kumbo diocese had to step in after a spat erupted in a local parish, which had led to the pastor placing the entire parish community under interdict, refusing to say Mass or celebrate the other sacraments. In the background were accusations of embezzlement, and the peace deal negotiated by Nkuo involved an agreement that some $500,000 in parish money would be independently audited.

In a nation where corruption and mismanagement of resources is widely regarded as pervasive, it’s perhaps not terribly surprising that there are echoes of it also within the church. Nevertheless, the cases have given the church a black eye.

The church has also been hit by a number of sexual scandals, most involving reports of priests involved in either causal or long-term relationships with women, and, in some cases, having fathered children.

Cameroonian human rights activist Emanuel Neba Fuh published a blistering commentary on these cases in a national newspaper in early March, asking: “What lessons can an already morally impoverished society learn from a bishop or priest who fathers children haphazardly in his community? Or who sponsors a girlfriend’s trip abroad so she can bear him kids, and when he takes his vacation or study leave, he is welcomed abroad by his wife and children? … Or from priests who have become predators to vulnerable children, or who indulge in homosexual acts?”

In an evening vespers service, Benedict XVI returned to the theme. Speaking directly to priests and religious, he insisted that “the way you live ought to show clearly what inspires you, and your actions must not conceal your deepest identity.”

In other comments to the bishops, Benedict praised the contributions of priests and religious, as well as lay catechists and movements, for pursuing “authentic inculturation of the faith,” meaning a distinctively African expression of Catholic identity. He also called upon the bishops to prioritize the liturgy and the family.

Facing the challenge of what Benedict called “sects and esoteric movements,” “the growing influence of superstitious forms of religion,” as well as “secularism,” he urged the bishops to concentrate on formation of children and young adults.

The pope asked Catholic movements, including women’s associations, to be active in promoting “the dignity of women and their particular vocation in the ecclesial community and in society.” ......rest artikel John Allen NRC

Automatische Excommunicatie?

NAIROBI, 9 March 2009 (PlusNews) - People who have suffered sexual violence in countries facing humanitarian crises need much more accessible, comprehensive and confidential care than is currently available, says a new report by the international medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

"We find that the specific emergency care needed for victims of rape is either very rare or completely absent in the countries where we operate," said Thilde Knudsen, MSF's sexual and reproductive health advisor.

"The damage cannot be completely undone; some level of psychological impact is likely to remain for life."

In the report, Shattered Lives, released on 5 March, ahead of International Women's Day on 8 March, MSF highlights its experience with sexual violence in Burundi, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia and South Africa. As part of the comprehensive care required for sexual violence victims MSF lists counselling, post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV-infection, treatment for other sexually transmitted infections, such as Hepatitis-B, tetanus injections for those physically injured, and emergency contraception.

"With the right package of timely medical care, coupled with trauma counselling and social and legal support, the damage can be limited and the victim helped to survive," Knudsen stressed. MSF also said aggressive awareness-raising campaigns were necessary to break social taboos and encourage survivors of sexual violence - including male survivors, who often went unrecognised and untreated - to report.
"Our teams hear painful stories of horrible abuse every day," said Meinie Nicolai, operational director of MSF in Belgium.

"There can be no excuse for sexual violence, no matter how prevalent these violations may be in some of the places where we work."

Medische hulp van levensbelang voor verkrachtingsslachtoffers
MSF 05-03-2009

In de aanloop naar Internationale Vrouwendag, 8 maart, brengt Artsen zonder Grenzen een rapport uit over slachtoffers van seksueel geweld. In het rapport onderstreept Artsen zonder Grenzen het belang van onmiddellijke medische hulp aan verkrachtingsslachtoffers. Zij moeten een compleet pakket medische zorg krijgen, waarbij hun identiteit beschermd wordt. Het rapport 'Shattered Lives' is gebaseerd op de ervaringen van Artsen zonder Grenzen in meerdere landen, waaronder Liberia, Burundi, Democratische Republiek Congo, Zuid-Afrika en Colombia.

'In 2007 hebben onze teams wereldwijd meer dan 12.000 slachtoffers van seksueel geweld behandeld,' zegt Meinie Nicolai, operationeel directeur Artsen zonder Grenzen in Brussel. 'Ofwel elke dag 35 mensen, in onze projecten alleen al. Dit is maar een topje van de ijsberg. Slachtoffers vertellen ons verhalen vol vernedering, pijn en gruwelijke taferelen.

Vaak zijn de daders dezelfde mensen die hen zouden moeten beschermen: vaders, ooms, buurmannen of soldaten.
En de slachtoffers lopen nog meer gevaar: ernstige gezondheidsproblemen als gevolg van de verkrachting.'

Onmiddellijke medische hulp is cruciaal voor verkrachtingsslachtoffers. Vrouwen lopen het risico besmet te worden met hiv en hepatitis en om ongewenst zwanger te raken. Tijdige medische zorg kan hen hiervoor beschermen:
een PEP-behandeling binnen 72 uur (3 dagen) voorkomt besmetting met hiv
antibiotica voorkomen soa's
inentingen voorkomen besmetting met hepatitis B en tetanus (bij fysieke verwondingen)
een anticonceptiepil binnen 5 dagen voorkomt een ongewenste zwangerschap.


'Specifieke spoedzorg voor verkrachtingsslachtoffers is erg zeldzaam of compleet afwezig in de landen waar wij werken,' zegt Thilde Knudsen, medisch adviseur van Artsen zonder Grenzen en gespecialiseerd in vrouwengezondheidszorg.

'Niets kan wegwissen wat er gebeurd is: de psychologische littekens gaan nooit meer weg. Maar met het juiste pakket aan tijdige medische zorg, in combinatie met trauma-, sociale en juridische hulp, kun je de schade beperken en het slachtoffer helpen haar leven weer op te pakken.'

Eén van de problemen, schrijft Artsen zonder Grenzen in het rapport, is dat mensen niet – op tijd – om medische hulp durven te vragen. Daarom moet medische zorg voor slachtoffers van seksueel geweld zoveel mogelijk in de normale zorg worden geïntegreerd zodat slachtoffers zo anoniem mogelijk kunnen blijven. Daarnaast moet ter plaatse een proactieve, grootse voorlichtingscampagne worden gevoerd om taboes te doorbreken en iedereen te laten weten dat slachtoffers medische hulp kunnen krijgen.

'Het rapport komt voort uit een dringende behoefte onze ervaringen te delen met gezondheidswerkers en hulporganisaties over de hele wereld, opdat er meer hulp komt voor slachtoffers van seksueel geweld,' verklaart Meinie Nicolai. 'Het rapport komt ook voort uit enorme woede. Elke dag vertellen mensen de meest hartverscheurende verhalen over gruwelijke mishandeling aan onze teams.


Het is onze plicht ons hierover uit te spreken.

Er is geen excuus voor seksuele mishandeling, hoe vaak het ook voorkomt in de gebieden waar wij werken.'


Lees het rapport


woensdag, maart 18, 2009

Children must be protected from the will of a conspiring Church

We've finally realised that children are not to be fed to the Church's power or sacrificed to its ministers, writes Emer O'Kelly

en misschien is dat, na alle berichten over een negen jarig meideke, lebrebvrianen (maar óók die haha theologen, en off all people Ruud Lubbers, die -in de publiciteit- daarover zo graag wilden struikelen!) naast de steeds duidelijk wordende berichtgeving rond Maciel en het Vaticaan wel een van de meest verstandige opmerkingen die ik in jaren hoorde.

There is something in the human psyche that no amount of authoritarianism can snuff out: we will rise from any cowed depth to protect children. That was the Vatican's mistake; that was John Magee's mistake: neither the organisation nor the man comprehended that.

Verpletterend verstandig.

Goddank zijn er nog de berichten over een stel gekken in de Filipijnen, een bisschop die het boek van een Indiaase non bevestigd, een eigenwijs die een uitroepteken schrijft achter Dafur, een non die in Chile werkt aan een archief, een non die haar mond open doet over de controle van de vrouwenkloosters in de VS, een O' Callaghan in Cork “deeply hurt by the method, and especially by the words you chose, to announce your stepping-aside and the appointment of an apostolic administrator’’, en en een monument van openbare rouw dat wordt opgericht en die mammoedt.

Omdat anders naast cynische constateringen over kerkelijke repressie bij
“Artificial contraception opened the possibility of sex without procreation; now in-vitro and related technologies proffer procreation without sex. Such technologies divorced from moral reasoning devalue the meaning of human sexuality itself”

die Emer O'Kelly misschien wel te verstandig verpletterend is ?