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Cardinal Parolin on Pope Francis’ pontificate: No reversals on reformsCardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin discusses key issues roiling the Church during the presentation of the new book, “Five questions agitating the Church”, by noted Vaticanist Ignazio Ingrao.Answering the question, “What will happen with the reforms undertaken by Pope Francis?” Cardinal Pietro Parolin insisted on the need for prayer and patience, and said that discernment will indicate, at its own pace, “how to continue and what to make institutional.” Although some people might worry – or hope for – reversals, the Holy See’s Secretary of State said, “Precisely because it...

I just saw this statistic that 37 percent of all the pastors in America polled say that if you live a good life, you’ll go to heaven. Now, if we look at Galatians, we read, “Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is required to obey the whole law. You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace”...

The Head of the Samaria Regional Council, Gershon Mesika, said Tuesday that the latest statistics prove that the Jewish settlement enterprise in Judea and Samaria cannot be undone. "The data that are published, again and again, give a clear picture that shows that the settlement enterprise in Judea and Samaria has passed the point of no return,” he said. "The population beyond the Green Line currently numbers over 730,000 Jewish citizens,” he noted. The “Green Line” refers to the 1949 armistice line, and the territories beyond it include parts of Jerusalem, as well as Judea and Samaria. "There are more...

I was just googling "f-14 strait of hormuz dogfight" looking for old news article when Khaddafi's air force challenged  F-14's in the Strait of Hormuz. What I ended up reading is an interesting short story of a crazy but influential Pakistani former ace pilot now head of secret Inter-Service Intelligence duped specially picked Pakistan air force pilots with his cleverly forged orders signed supposedly by the Pakistani Prime Minister thirty minutes before they took off to do preemptive strike on India's nuclear sites. http://www.indolink.com/Stories/stories4.html

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein shouted Tuesday that he will not return "to an unjust court" when it convenes for a fifth session the following day. As the end of the session, when the judges decided to resume the trial Wednesday, Saddam suddenly shouted: "I will not return. I will not come to an unjust court! Go to hell!" Saddam also complained that he had no fresh clothes and had been deprived of shower and exercise facilities. "This is terrorism," he said. At that point, the audio was cut off to the media gallery and the curtain drawn so reporters...