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Pope Benedict XVI Says He Will Resign
Pope Benedict XVI Says He Will Resign
ROME — Citing advanced years and infirmity, Pope Benedict XVI
stunned the Roman Catholic world on Monday by saying that he would
resign on Feb. 28 after less than eight years in office, the first pope
to do so in six centuries.
After examining his conscience “before God,” he said in a statement that
reverberated around the world on the Internet and social media sites,
“I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age,
are no longer suited to an adequate exercise” of his position as head
of the world’s one billion Roman Catholics.
A profoundly conservative figure whose papacy was overshadowed by
clerical abuse scandals, Benedict, 85, was elected by fellow cardinals
in 2005 after the death of John Paul II.
Rev. Federico Lombardi, the Vatican
spokesman, said the pope would continue to carry out his duties until
Feb. 28 and a successor could be elected by Easter, which falls on March
31. But, he added, the timing for an election of a new pope is “not an
announcement, it’s a hypothesis.”
While there had been questions about Benedict’s health, the timing of
his announcement sent shock waves around the world, even though he had
in the past endorsed the notion that an incapacitated pope could resign.
“The pope took us by surprise,” said Father Lombardi, who explained that
many cardinals were in Rome on Monday for a ceremony at the Vatican and
heard the pope’s address. Italy’s prime minister, Mario Monti, said he
was “very shaken by the unexpected news.”
The announcement plunged the Roman Catholic world into intense
speculation about his likely successor and seemed likely to inspire many
contrasting evaluations of a papacy that was seen as both conservative
and contentious.
The pope made his announcement in Latin but his statement was translated
into seven languages — Italian, French, English, German, Polish,
Portuguese and Spanish.
“In today’s world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by
questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern
the bark of St. Peter and proclaim the gospel, both strength of mind and
body are necessary, strength which in the last few months has
deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my
incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me,” the pope
said.
“For this reason, and well aware of the seriousness of this act, with
full freedom, I declare that I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome,
Successor of St. Peter.”
Benedict, the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, was elected on April 19, 2005.
At a news conference, the Vatican spokesman said the pope did not
express strong emotion as he made his announcement but spoke with “great
dignity, great concentration and great understanding of the
significance of the moment.”
Father Lombardi said that the pope would retire first to his summer
residence in Castelgandolfo, in thehills outside Rome and later at a
monastery in Vatican City.
At the time of his election, Benedict was a popular choice within the
college of 115 cardinals who chose him as a man who shared — and at
times went beyond — the conservative theology of his predecessor and
mentor, John Paul II, and seemed ready to take over the job after
serving beside him for more than two decades.
In the final years of John Paul II’s papacy, which were dogged by
illness, Benedict, then Cardinal Ratzinger has said if the pope “sees
that he absolutely cannot do it anymore, then certainly he will resign.”
When he took office, Pope Benedict’s well-known stands included the
assertion that Catholicism is “true” and other religions are
“deficient;” that the modern, secular world, especially in Europe, is
spiritually weak; and that Catholicism is in competition with Islam. He
had also strongly opposed homosexuality, the ordination of women priests
and stem cell research.
Born on April 16, 1927, in Marktl am Inn, in Bavaria, he was the son of a
police officer. He was ordained in 1951, at age 24, and began his
career as a liberal academic and theological adviser at the Second
Vatican Council, supporting many efforts to make the church more open.
But he moved theologically and politically to the right. Pope Paul VI
named him bishop of Munich in 1977 and appointed him a cardinal within
three months. Taking the chief doctrinal job at the Vatican in 1981, he
moved with vigor to quash liberation theology in Latin America, cracked
down on liberal theologians and in 2000 wrote the contentious Vatican
document “’Dominus Jesus,” asserting the truth of Catholic belief over
others.
The last pope to resign was Gregory XII, who left the papacy in 1415 to
end what was known as the Western Schism among several competitors for
the papacy.
Benedict’s tenure was caught up in growing sexual abuse scandals in the
Roman Catholic Church that crept ever closer to the Vatican itself.
In 2010, as outrage built over clerical abuses, some secular and liberal
Catholic voices called for his resignation, their demands fueled by
reports that laid part of blame at his doorstep, citing his response
both as a bishop long ago in Germany and as a cardinal heading the
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which handles such cases.
In one disclosure, news emerged that in 1985, when Benedict was Cardinal
Ratzinger, he signed a letter putting off efforts to defrock a
convicted child-molesting priest. He cited the priest’s relative youth
but also the good of the church.
Vatican
officials and experts who follow the papacy closely dismissed the idea
of stepping down at the time. “There is no objective motive to think in
terms of resignation, absolutely no motive,” said the Rev. Lombardi, the
Vatican spokesman. “It’s a completely unfounded idea.”
For his supporters, it was a painful paradox that the long-gathering
abuse scandal finally hit the Vatican with a vengeance under Benedict.
As Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, charged with leading the powerful
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, he had been ahead of many of
his peers in recognizing how deeply the church had been damaged by
revelations that priests around the world had sexually abused youths for
decades, even longer. As early as 2005, he obliquely referred to
priestly abuse as a “filth in the church.”
He went on to apologize for the abuse and met with victims, a first for
the papacy. But he could not escape the reality that the church had
shielded priests accused of molestation, minimized behavior it would
have otherwise deemed immoral and kept it secret from the civil
authorities, forestalling criminal prosecution.
The church’s 265th pope, Benedict was the first German to hold the
title in half a millennium, and his election was a milestone toward
Germany’s spiritual renewal 60 years after World War II and the Holocaust. At 78 he was also the oldest new pope since 1730.
The church he inherited was in crisis, the sexual-abuse scandal being
its most vivid manifestation. It was an institution run by a largely
European hierarchy overseeing a faithful — one billion strong — largely
residing in the developing world. And it was increasingly being torn
between its ancient, insular ways and the modern world.
For the church’s liberal elements, rather than being the answer to that
crisis, Benedict’s election represented the problem: an out-of-step
conservative European academic. Many wondered if he would be a mere
caretaker, filling the post after the long papacy of the beloved John
Paul until a younger, more dynamic heir could be elevated.
In 2006, less than two years into his papacy, Benedict stirred ire
across the Muslim world, referring in a long, scholarly address to a
conversation on the truths of Christianity and Islam that took place
between a 14th-century Byzantine Christian emperor, Manuel II
Paleologus, and a Persian scholar.
“The emperor comes to speak about the issue of jihad, holy war,” the
pope said. “He said, I quote, ‘Show me just what Muhammad brought that
was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as
his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.’”
While making clear that he was quoting someone else, Benedict did not
say whether he agreed or not. He also briefly discussed the Islamic
concept of jihad, which he defined as “holy war,” and said that violence
in the name of religion is contrary to God’s nature and to reason.
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Wednesday 12 December 2012
Human Rights Day, December 10th
Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on 10 December.
The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly's adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights and one of the first major achievements of the new United Nations. The formal establishment of Human Rights Day occurred at the 317th Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly
on 4 December 1950, when the General Assembly declared resolution
423(V), inviting all member states and any other interested
organizations to celebrate the day as they saw fit.
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Monday 15 October 2012
World Food Day 16th October
World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on 16 October in honor of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945. The day is celebrated widely by many other organisation concerned with food security, including the World Food Programme.
The World Food Day theme for 2012 is "Agricultural cooperatives – key to feeding the world".
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Sunday 7 October 2012
29 September 2012. World Heart Day
World Heart Day was created in 2000 to inform people around the globe
that heart disease and stroke are the world’s leading cause of death,
claiming 17.3 million lives each year and the numbers are rising. By 2030, it is expected that 23 million people will die from CVDs annually – that is more than the population of Australia!
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Friday 28 September 2012
World Rabies Day.. September 28
World Rabies Day is an international campaign coordinated by the Global Alliance for Rabies Control, a non-profit organization with headquarters in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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World Tourism Day September 27
Since 1980, the United Nations World Tourism Organization has celebrated World Tourism Day
on September 27. This date was chosen as on that day in 1970, the
Statutes of the UNWTO were adopted. The adoption of these Statutes is
considered a milestone in global tourism. The purpose of this day is to
raise awareness on the role of tourism within the international community and to demonstrate how it affects social, cultural, political and economic values worldwide.
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Friday 17 August 2012
Thursday 16 August 2012
Wednesday 15 August 2012
Sunday 12 August 2012
International Youth Day 2012, 12th August 2012
The theme for International Youth Day 2012 is “Building a Better World: Partnering with Youth".
Sunday 5 August 2012
International Friendship Day
International Friendship Day is a day for celebrating friendship. The day has been celebrated in several southern South American countries for many years, particularly in Paraguay, where the first World Friendship Day was proposed in 1958.
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Friday 27 July 2012
Wednesday 18 July 2012
Wednesday 11 July 2012
World population day Wednesday, 11 July 2012.
World Population Day is an annual event, observed on July 11, which seeks to raise awareness of global population issues. The event was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. It was inspired by the public interest in Five Billion Day on July 11, 1987, approximately the date on which the world's population reached five billion people.
The world population on July 9, 2012 (As of 6.31 UTC), was estimated to have been 7,025,071,966.
Monday 9 July 2012
DNS changer... Server is going to shutdown!
An estimated 300,000 computer connections are going to get scrambled when the FBI turns off the command and control servers for the DNS Changer botnet on Monday.
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Sunday 1 July 2012
10 years The Champ: John Cena
Say what you want, but for the past 10 years, WWE and John Cena have been synonymous. One cannot be so readily identified without the other. Cena is considered one of the most recognizable Superstars in WWE history - an incredible feat when one considers the pantheon of sports-entertainment immortals that have preceded him, or the fact that he is such a polarizing figure among the passionate members of the WWE Universe. To them, Cena is either WWE's greatest hero, or its most reviled Superstar. There is no middle ground, nor is there ever likely to be.
Cena's ring debut - a match against Kurt Angle on the June 27, 2002, edition of SmackDown - didn't end in victory on the canvas. Many cite Cena's arrival that night, though, as the dawn of a new era in WWE. Fast-forward 10 years, and you'll see a 12-time World Champion who's a first-ballot WWE Hall of Famer ... and he's still in the prime of an already stellar WWE career.
Perhaps the question that needs to be asked isn't what the WWE Universe has seen in John Cena throughout the past decade, but what the Cenation leader has assessed about himself in that time. Thankfully, Cena was kind enough to discuss the subject with WWE.com, in which he speaks candidly about his first days with WWE; the steps he took to develop into the once (and future?) Champ; making his mark as a worldwide role model and a champion for Make-A-Wish; and the kind of person he is today ...
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Sunday 24 June 2012
June 14, 2012, WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY,
June 14, 2012 is a red letter day, when the world comes together to celebrate World Blood Donor Day (WBDD).
" " " " " " " Every Blood Donor is a Hero " " " " " " "
World Music Day celebrated on 21st June.
World Music Day celebrated on 21st June all over the world..
Earth Quake in Russia, June 24th 2012, NO TSUNAMI WARNINGS REPORTED
ST LOUIS (LALATE) Strong earthquakes in Russia and China today did not prompt tsunami threats. A 6.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia Sunday June 24, 2012 did not prompt an tsunami alert for the region, officials confirmed to news. The quake was followed by a 5.5 magnitude quake in central China.
USGS indicates to news that a massive quake struck Russia today in the evening hours. Shortly after 4 pm local time today, the quake struck the east coast of Russia. But USGS reports to news that the quake had virtually no depth. The 6.1 magnitude quake erupted at just ten miles below the earth’s surface. But despite such numbers, officials confirmed to news that no tsunami alert resulted.
The quake happened off the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia today. The quake was centered roughly two hundred miles southwest of Il’pyrskiy, the same distance northwest of Komandorskiye Ostrova. The quake was also roughly three hundred miles northeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy and approximately 1800 miles from Tokyo, Japan.
Thereafter, an unrelated 5.5 magnitude quake struck China. Around 4 pm local time today, the quake erupted, but with no depth. USGS indicates to news that the quake struck only six miles below the earth’s surface. However, the quake was centered in a sparsely populated region. The quake was thirty-two miles west of Qiaowa, seventy miles northeast of Dayan. Local news indicates that the quake was ninety-one miles west of Xichang and one hundred miles northwest of Dadukou, China. No reports of damage have yet to be indicated by local news.
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Thursday 31 May 2012
May 31st World NO Tobacco Day.
World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is observed around the world every year on May 31. It is meant to encourage a 24-hour period of abstinence from all forms of tobacco consumption across the globe. The day is further intended to draw global attention to the widespread prevalence of tobacco use and to negative health effects, which currently lead to 5.4 million deaths worldwide annually. The member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) created World No Tobacco Day in 1987. In the past twenty years, the day has been met with both enthusiasm and resistance across the globe from governments, public health organizations, smokers, growers, and the tobacco industry.
World No Tobacco Day is one of many other world health awareness days throughout the year organized by the WHO, including World Mental Health Day, World AIDS Day, and World Blood Donor Day, among others.
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Wednesday 30 May 2012
Peter Carl Fabergé's 166th birthday, 30th May 2012
Peter Carl Fabergé also known as "Karl Gustavovich Fabergé"was born on May 30th 1846. He was a Russian jeweller, best known for the famous Fabergé eggs, made in the style of genuine Easter eggs, but using precious metals and gemstones rather than more mundane materials.
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Sunday 27 May 2012
World Environment day June 5th
World Environment Day (WED) is a day that stimulates awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and public action. It is on 5 June. It was the day that United Nations Conference on the Human Environment began. The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was from 5–16 June 1972. It was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972. The first World Environment Day was on 1973. World Environment Day is hosted every year by a different city with a different theme and is commemorated with an international exposition in the week of 5 June. World Environment Day is in spring in the Northern Hemisphere and fall in the Southern Hemisphere.
Theme 2012
Green Economy: Does it include you? The UN Environment Programme defines the Green Economy as one that results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities. In its simplest expression, a green economy can be thought of as one which is low carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive.
Practically speaking, a Green Economy is one whose growth in income and employment is driven by public and private investments that reduce carbon emissions and pollution, enhance energy and resource efficiency, and prevent the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. These investments need to be catalyzed and supported by targeted public expenditure, policy reforms and regulation changes.
But what does all this mean for you? If the Green Economy is about social equity and inclusiveness then technically it is all about you! The question therefore asks you to find out more about the Green Economy and assess whether, in your country, you are being included in it.
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Wednesday 23 May 2012
Robert Moog's 78 th Birthday
Robert Arthur "Bob" Moog was born on May 23, 1934, he is the founder of Moog Music, was an American pioneer of electronic music, best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer.
Bob Moog's innovative electronic design is employed in numerous synthesizers including the Minimoog Model D, Minimoog Voyager, Little Phatty, Moog Taurus Bass Pedals, Moog Minitaur, and the Moogerfooger line of effects pedals.
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Sunday 22 April 2012
April 22, 2012 Earth Day.
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Saturday 14 April 2012
14th April 2012, Robert Doisneau's 100th birthday.
Robert Doisneau was a French photographer. He was born on 14 April 1912. In the 1930s he used a Leica on the streets of Paris; together with Henri Cartier-Bresson he was a pioneer of photojournalism. He is renowned for his 1950 image Le baiser de l'hôtel de ville (Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville), a photo of a couple kissing in the busy streets of Paris. Robert Doisneau was appointed a Chevalier (Knight) of the National Order of the Légion d'honneur in 1984.
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Wednesday 11 April 2012
10th April, World Homeopathy day
Samuel Hahnemann
Hahnemann (10 April 1755[1] – 2 July 1843) was a German physician, known for creating an alternative form of medicine called homeopathy.
Homeopathy is a form of alternative medicine. Practitioners treat patients using highly diluted preparations[1][2] believed to cause symptoms in healthy individuals similar to the undesired symptoms of the person treated. Scientific evidence has found homeopathy no more effective than a placebo.
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Earthquake Indonesia 11 april 2012, TSUNAMI WARNING FOR 28 NATIONS!!!
Earthquake Indonesia 11 April 2012
Earthquake Indonesia 11 April 2012
Country: Indonesia
Date: 11.4 2012
Time: 08:38:40
Region - Northern Sumatra, Indonesia
Depth: km 33
Magnitude: 8,7
Indonesia has issued a tsunami warning after a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.9 hit waters off westernmost Aceh province. Tsunami alerts have been issued for 28 countries
The US Geological Survey said today the quake was centred 33 kilometres beneath the ocean floor around 495 kilometres from the provincial capital of Banda Aceh.
Said, an official at Indonesia's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency who goes by only one name, said a tsunami warning has been issued.
Indonesia straddles a series of fault lines that makes the vast island nation prone to volcanic and seismic activity.
A giant 9.1-magnitude quake off the country on December 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed 230,000 people, nearly three quarter of them in Aceh.
Tremors were also elt in Indian cities such as Kolkata, Bangalore, Vishakhapatnam and Patna. Kolkata Metro services have been suspended.
A tsunami warning for Chennai and the east coast of India at 4:57 pm yesterday had been sounded out. As a precautionary measure, the Nuclear Power Corporation has decided to shut down Kalpakkam nuke plant.
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Monday 9 April 2012
9th April 2012, Eadweard J. Muybridge 182nd Birthday
Eadweard J. Muybridge was born on 9th April 1830, He was an English photographer of Dutch ancestry who spent much of his life in the United States. He is known for his pioneering work on animal locomotion which used multiple cameras to capture motion, and his zoopraxiscope, a device for projecting motion pictures that pre-dated the flexible perforated film strip. He died on 8 May 1904.
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Sunday 8 April 2012
8th April 2012 Easter..
John 20:16
Happy Easter to the whole world!!!
Saturday 7 April 2012
Prevent Shutdown.
If you need to cancel a shutdown in progress.
Go to the computer hit Windows Key + R then type command below:
shutdown -a
This will abort the shutdown, assuming there is a counter and it hasn’t reached zero yet!
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Go to the computer hit Windows Key + R then type command below:
shutdown -a
This will abort the shutdown, assuming there is a counter and it hasn’t reached zero yet!
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Friday 6 April 2012
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Wednesday 4 April 2012
The Rock Beats Cena at Wrestlemania XXVIII
In his first Wrestle Mania since 2004, The Rock pinned John Cena with the Rock Bottom as the crowd erupted in the main event of Wrestle Mania XXVIII on Sunday at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens.
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Thursday 29 March 2012
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