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Perth, Feb 1, 2008 / 06:42 pm (CNA).- Obstetrician and associate professor of medicine Barry NJ Walters of the Australian Medical Association said recently he intends to propose a $5000 "baby levy" for every family having more than two children, followed by an annual carbon tax of up to $800 a child.
According to The Record, the Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, criticized the proposal this week and said such an opinion should be “a wake-up call” to everyone and “is an example of the profound aberration of modern society with regards to the place and value of the human person in the world.”
The cardinal added, “I’m not sure how rare it is that an obstetrician expresses an opinion like this or that a specialized, influential magazine makes such an opinion public.” Such a point of view, he went on, shows “where the neo-pagan and anti-human mentality of a minority wishes to lead us.”
According to the website kath.net, in Seoul in mid-January Cardinal Pell said, “The concern for the physical ecology is not always accompanied by an equal concern for the moral ecology of our society.”

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you read anymore of those articles you're gonna end up converting to (shock horror) christianity shamsy....
just joking...

Monument to John Paul II almost ready in Cuba

Havana, Jan 31, 2008 / 06:52 pm (CNA).- A tower, a bell, a cross and a statue of John Paul II make up the new monument dedicated to the late Pontiff who visited Cuba a decade ago and that will be inaugurated on February 23 by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican Secretary of State.
The monument, which will be erected in the city of Santa Clara, where the Pope celebrated his first Mass on Cuban soil, is the first one ever on public lands, that is, on land that is not the property of the Church.
The project was developed by the construction office of the Diocese of Santa Clara and was designed by architect Luis Orlando Fernandez Squitin. Flanked by the flags of Cuba and the Holy See, it consists of a tower with a bell, crowned by a cross, with a statue of John Paul II in front. Behind the tower is a 13 panel mural with an image of Our Lady of Charity with her mantle extended as a sign of protection. On one of the panels is John Paul II’s phrase: “Be not afraid, open the doors to Christ.”
Speaking to the SIR news agency, Bishop Jose Felix Perez, executive secretary of the Cuban bishops, said that during the ten years since the papal visit, “some things have changed for Catholics.” “The pastoral dynamism of the Church has changed positively, as well as the missionary spirit, but there is a lack of access to the media and a wider social action of the Church,” he said.
During the last decade, he added, “the number of Catholic communities has grown and the quality of the faith has improved.”
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I had very high regard for this legend too.
He passes away , when his presence is highly required.
Could he support American invasion in Iraq?
“Be not afraid, open the doors to Christ.”
I say Be not afraid, open the doors to the truth.
If you believe Christ symbolize for truth , I don’t find any ambiguity.

you read anymore of those articles you're gonna end up converting to (shock horror) christianity shamsy....
just joking...

No chance, either Islam otherwise go back to pavilion.
Not joking, I am seriously talking.
shamsery.

No chance, either Islam otherwise go back to pavilion.
Not joking, I am seriously talking.
shamsery.
yes i know you are seriously talking. now calm down.