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Pope Francis meets with leaders of the Latin American and Caribbean Confederation of Religious during a private audience at the Vatican June 6. Although news stories focused on leaked remarks in which the pope appeared to acknowledge the existence of a "gay lobby" at the Vatican, most of his remarks addressed concerns on church unity. (CNS/L'Osservatore Romano)
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A report that Pope Francis privately acknowledged the existence of a "gay lobby" inside the Vatican offers a sensational example of his unvarnished speaking style and a reminder of the challenge that style poses for the papacy in the age of digital communications and vanishing privacy.
On the other hand, an acknowledgment that the Catholic Church's central administration is troubled by factionalism and personal failings must be less than startling to anyone who has been following the news lately.
But the context of the headline-grabbing comment is a series of remarks most illuminating for what they reveal: not about divisions within the church, but about Pope Francis' vision of its harmony and unity.
Pope Francis' words to the leaders of the Latin American and Caribbean Confederation of Men and Women Religious, or CLAR, as originally reported on a website in Chile, have not been denied by anyone who was there.
A statement from CLAR -- issued after the Chilean report -- described the leaked account of the June 6 Vatican meeting as a "summary based on the memories of the participants" and a reliable record of the pope's "general meaning," though not a verbatim transcript.
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He urged the religious to "put all your commitment into dialogue with the bishops," even though "there are some (bishops) who have another idea of communion" from that held by many religious.
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"Maybe you will get a letter from the Congregation for the Doctrine (of the Faith) saying that you said this or that," the pope reportedly said. "But don't worry. Explain what you have to explain, but keep going."
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"You are going to make mistakes, you are going to put your foot in it. That happens!" he said. "I prefer a church that makes mistakes because it is doing something to one that sickens because it stays shut in."
Yet, Pope Francis did not hesitate to classify certain trends in the contemporary church as manifestations of ancient heresies. As an example of Gnosticism, he cited the case of an unnamed superior general of a congregation of women religious who encouraged members to "take a spiritual bath in the cosmos" in lieu of morning prayer.
Complaints about such innovations by religious orders are by now a familiar refrain from bishops, but the pope added what some might find a surprising link between doctrinal fidelity and the church's commitment to social justice.
Expressions of "pantheism" such as the sister's worry him, the pope is quoted as saying, "because they skip the incarnation! And the son of God was made our flesh, the word was made flesh, and in Latin America we have flesh to spare! What happens with the poor, the pains, that is our flesh ... ."
The pope also drew a link between the church's social and moral teaching by relating economic injustice and legalized abortion in an analysis that defies any division between "social justice" and "pro-life" categories of Catholicism.
"Abortion is bad, but that is clear," he reportedly told the religious. "But behind the approval of this law, what interests are behind it ... ." In an apparent reference to international organizations and private foundations that promote population control in underdeveloped countries, he added, "they are at times the conditions placed by the great groups to support with money, you know that?"
Pope Francis also offered his visitors a sort of parable about the unity of clergy and laity.
Recalling the 2007 conference of Latin American bishops in Aparecida, Brazil, which he described as a key step in a "continental mission," he noted that the event "was not celebrated in a hotel, nor in a retreat house."
Inside the conference rooms beneath the sanctuary of Brazil's greatest Marian shrine, the bishops could hear the singing of the faithful overhead as "background music," the pope said. "This made it very special."
According to Pope Francis, contact with the faithful at Aparecida made a crucial difference in the prelates' deliberations. He cited the case of Brazilian Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz, then archbishop of Brasilia and now prefect of the Vatican congregation that oversees religious orders, whom the pope described as having a relatively "stiff" manner.
Then-Archbishop Braz de Aziz "went out with his miter, and the people got close to him, and they brought the children near, and he greeted them, and hugged them like this," the pope recalled. "This same bishop then voted. He could not have voted the same way if he had been in a hotel!"
The little story is a rich and suggestive image of Pope Francis' hopes for the flock he has been chosen to lead: a church whose leaders are not shut in with each other but surrounded by -- in his words -- the "people of God."
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The report before councillors states: "The CSU have made good advances in joint working with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) and Jobcentre Plus to consider how best to support ex-offenders in developing their skills and improving their employment prospects.
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Double arm amputee competes in Ironman Triathlons
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Hector Picard, a double-armed amputee, doesn't let his lost limbs keep him from competing. The Ironman competitor inspires others to push through adversity to reach a goal.
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A woman at Campus Lodge Apartments fended off an attacker by kicking him and running to her apartment Tuesday, escaping an attempted kidnapping.
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Beginning April 25, the Transportation Security Administration's ban on small knives while traveling by airplane will be lifted.
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Though some local high school swim teams have already made their first splashes into the postseason, Class 2 squads from Gainesville and the surrounding area will have their turn in the pool Friday morning to compete for the District 4 Championship.
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After a decade as a National Collegiate Equestrian Association sport, equestrian has become the 21st conference sport to join the Southeastern Conference. The inaugural season of SEC equestrian begins Saturday.
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There's evidence that stickball, the Native American precursor to lacrosse, orginated in the 17th century. A little bit closer to the present, the Gator lacrosse team plays in the NCAA tournament tomorrow afternoon. Florida's 89.1, WUFT-FM's Jillian Baach reports on […]
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An increase in Charter School enrollment nationwide may be drawing money away from public school. Alachua County School Board Member Gunnar Paulson says funding has increased for the charter schools in Alachua County, leaving public schools behind. He says the […]
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Amenities· 24-hour front desk
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· Alarm clock
· All public areas non-smoking
· Business center
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· Cocktail lounge
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Queen bed, Non-smoking, Internet access, Meal included: full American breakfast
King bed, Non-smoking, Internet access, Meal included: full American breakfast
Queen bed, Non-smoking, Meal included: full American breakfast
Queen bed, Non-smoking, Meal included: full American breakfast
King bed, Non-smoking, Meal included: full American breakfast
King bed, Non-smoking, Sofa bed, Internet access, Meal included: full American breakfast
Queen bed, Non-smoking, Internet access, Meal included: full American breakfast
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· American Dollars is the native currency.
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· Check out time is 12:00 PM
· Time Zone is MST
· Opened in 1965
· Renovated in 01/01/2007
· 122 rooms.
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Restaurant InformationCappy's Restaurant
0.20 mile(s) from Cappy's Restaurant, bar/lounge, American, open for: lunch, dinnerThe Tavern
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Meeting FacilityAccommodates up to 125
Accommodates up to 125
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Cardiovascular exercise - EXCKOT
Fishing - 14.00 mile(s) from fishing
Lake - 20.00 mile(s) from Lake Seminoe and recreation
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99.00 mile(s) from Laramie- Cheyenne
150 mile(s) from Cheyenne- Casper
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Kelly Clarkson: "I Never Endorsed Ron Paul!"Submitted by pawnstorm12 on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 23:52
I was disappointed to hear that Kelly Clarkson sang at Obama's inauguration today.
Clarkson had supported Ron Paul during his campaign. She said lots of good things about him.
But then her liberal fans jumped down her throat and gave her grief for supporting him.
They said things to her like "Oh, you hate gay people?" AS THOUGH THAT'S wht Dr. Paul stood for???
And so, in a total about face, Clarkson not only voted for Obama, she SANG at his big deal today on top of it.
A question thus presents iteslf:
HOW can you go from supporting a liberty-candidate like Ron Paul to a NON-liberty, European-style socialist candidate like OBAMA???
I UNDERSTAND not supporting Romney - I sure didn't. But even though I hated Romney and the RNC/establsihment GOP with a purple passion, I sure couldn't vote for a socialist democrat either.
If Kelly Clarkson had a clue as to what Dr. Paul was all about, she would have written him in, voted for a 3rd party (protest vote) candidate, or just abstained.
It would have been better if she had NEVER supported Dr. Paul, than to abandon him when the cock crowed 3 times (ALA the disciple Peter denying Christ in the garden).
Here's a link to Clarkson shamelessly disavowing herself from Ron Paul:
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Used the liberty movement to promote a music carreer then
Disowned the very people who propelled the carreer. A typical social climber,
Life goes on...
Disappointment aside, it should not distract any of us from what we have to do, and what we ARE doing. For the first time in at least two centuries, if not in history, we are spreading the word, and the vision, of liberty, private property, and self-responsibility around the world! We can do this, on an ever larger scale, whether Ron Paul gets endorsement from Rand Paul, Glen Beck, Kelly Clarkson, or anybody else.
Celebrity endorsements may be helpful in the future, to help this or that cause: peace and an anti-interventionist foreign policy, audit-the-FED, the repeal of NDAA or the Patriot Act, and some other totalitarian horrors, or re-legalizing marijuana (and maybe other drugs), but our success with these issues is dependent upon whether WE alert and educate people to the fact that freedom provides a far better way of doing things, then centralized and despotic "authority", and that the appreciation of liberty is what is going to get us what we are after.
Celebrity endorsements, or defections, are just temporary distractions!
Appreciate celebrity support or endorsements when they come, but don't rely upon them, still less solicit them. They are not important, we are!
"The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is not to be attacked successfully, it is to be defended badly". F. Bastiat
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, finally they attack you, and then you win"! Mohandas Gandhi
I wondered about it too when
I wondered about it too when I saw her singing at Obama's inauguration. If she were a true Paul supporter, I doubt seriously she would've sung there. She never outright endorsed Paul, but she said she kind of liked what she had heard. Honestly, my first thought was that Obama's people paid her to sing there to upset the Paul people. It would be an attempt to lower our morale (which it didn't work for me). I'm sure they know how much we liked Kelly Clarkson for a short while. If that didn't happen, she probably did it to distance herself from the comments she made about Ron Paul (like you mentioned, liberal "friends" criticizing her for the comments). It was after those comments that her sales skyrocketed. I don't know how well they'll be doing now since she didn't stand on some kind of integrity. Good luck Kelly. I still like your music but I won't be buying anytime soon.
Well Miss Kelly...
If you HAD endorsed RP, who would really care?
God forgives always. Man forgives sometimes. But Nature never forgives.
As consolation for selling
As consolation for selling out, she got to have dinner with and meet the Obama family at the inauguration, a huge, gigantic, complimentary publicity boost.... What girl could ask for more?
simple answer to why she
simple answer to why she voted obama, Romney!!!
Ron Paul 2016
Who is she?
Hey, I've never even heard about this gal, so I really don't give a crap if she is or isn't with or not with whoever is or isn't.
Hey Archons', we are taking our planet back and there's nothing you can do about it!
Do you see thumbs down?
Our Blue Republicans did the same (voted for Obama.)
If you look closer at DP posters, some only come to spew anti-Jewish rant (some directly, some using the codeword Zionists, Rothscild or Goldman Sachs.) They really do not understand free society where Jews and Jewish bankers will do comparatively well. They are not here to promote Liberty.
I didnt realize that
If I am against the raping of the general public by big banks like Goldman Sachs that I am now a Jew hater. Thanks for clearing that up, because I thought I was standing up for myself...turns out I'm just a racist. Gosh, I better straighten up and start learning to love the big banks.
I'd rather have a bottle in front o' me than a frontal lobotomy
You've got it all wrong.
People aren't voting this down because they're upset ad the poster, they're upset at Kelley Clarkson. And according to Koerner's internal polling of Ron Paul Blue Dems, the overwhelming majority of them went with Gary Johnson.
she went from 41 to 14 on the charts when...
she said she liked Dr. Ron Paul.
Now, I turn her off every time I see, or hear, her!
its 'cos I owe ya, my young friend...
Rockin' the FREE world in Tennessee since 1957!
9/11 Truth.
Exactly! She went from 41 to 14 after her comments in favor...
...of Ron Paul.
At one point, Dr. Paul was immensely popular on college campuses, giving several speeches a week to standing room only crowds.
Lots of big dollar signs there if you're an artist marketing to that age group.
If it was a money-grab ploy, then shame on her.
But if she was sincere (which I think she was at the time), then she couldn't stay principled after her liberal fans screamed bloody murder at her for supporting Dr. Paul.
All she needed to say was she supported Dr. Paul because he didn't believe in using her tax dollars to drone bomb innocent wedding parties in Pakistan.
Who, (other than Bill Kristol, FOX News, Glenn Beck, Mark Levin, Michael Medved, Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity, Karl Rove, DICK Cheney, Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, Donald Rumsfeld, Bush, Fred Barnes, Rush Limbaugh, Mitt Romney, Obama and the CIA) could have argueed with that?
"We have allowed our nation to be over-taxed, over-regulated, and overrun by bureaucrats. The founders would be ashamed of us for what we are putting up with."
-Ron Paul
Two points.
First of all...who cares.
Second...who cares.
Not a question but a statement.
There were a lot of dems who like Ron Paul but he was not on the ballot so like others...they voted Obama.
It's simple
She thought that the young people of America (i.e. those who buy her albums) support RP. So, she was a supporter of RP. But now that RP is just a crazy 'ol retired congressmen from Texas, she supports Obama. Whatever makes a buck.
"Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish with yourself the habit of silence, especially on politics." -Thomas Jefferson
kelly flip flopper ;p
first starts singing "pop" music then the new idol winners do better than her with country music so she switches to country.
most likely someone who interviewed her for her performance with the obamas asked her about her support of ron paul and after that nice check she probably got "changed her tune" so to speak.
Homeland security statement: patriotism is now considered terrorism.
I love www.isidewith.com shared it with everyone I know. If anything they realize its not just a red and blue idiot running for reelection.
Q: who the fuck cares what kelly clarkson
Or the backstreet boys, or any other pop star has to say anyway.
A: people who are not old enough to vote
who cares?
"I respect her judgement on all matters political because she sings on key and looks nice in tight jeans."
She Is A Dingbat
Have you ever heard her talk? Dingbat.
If she never supported Dr. Paul...
It would have saved me the cost of her album...
"It would have been better if she had NEVER supported Dr. Paul"
Bad food, worse weather, please rEVOLution the states so I can bring my family back home!
Rosa Koire for for President!
That's what happens when you build a career
who's success is measured by the approval of a fan base. Much like the relationship of corporations and their shareholders. She's got a lot of people to pay too so that's where this "fame trap" sets in. Not everyone begins their career with integrity from the start like Lupe Fiasco for example. Let's not forget that Kelly Clarkson's success was a manufactured one on American Idol.
If the GOP didn't steal the nomination from Ron Paul, I bet we wouldn't be having this conversation.
But I think there is far more value in the way things played out. The Establishment has exposed itself. Whether that's in the mainstream or not isn't really significant. Many people know regardless because the information flow is changing, becoming more organic, more accessible.
We can't fault someone for chasing the American Daydream, then expect them to be Awake and owe the awakened something. Kelly at least said the name "Ron Paul" unlike most cowards in the spotlight. She's just stuck in the system. Not for too long I hope but I really don't care what her position is.
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience"—Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
bah, she's a crony capitalist
or at least her management is. Singing at the coronation is a good way to sell music. She supports whoever will make her the most money.
I heard her singing...
...at the inauguration sucked bad anyway.;-)
Clarkson's comments have been
Clarkson's comments have been consistent. She liked what Ron was talking about versus the other Republican candidates, but she was a Democrat. She was exactly the kind of voter who may have voted for Ron if he had gotten the nomination instead of Romney. The GOP really screwed the pooch.
The GOP Screwed The Pooch?
I disagree. I think they were much happier w/ Obama winning than they would have been w/ Ron Paul winning.
Well said...
"and just like a cat, she landed on her feet"....
Bad food, worse weather, please rEVOLution the states so I can bring my family back home!
Rosa Koire for for President!
The vast majority
The vast majority of the electorate see political races like sports competitions where you pick either the Yankees or the Mets for example. They see no harm is switching preference.
Most members of the GOP, particularly the leadership, go through this much evaluation process; "Humm, does the candidate place an "R" by their name? If so then I'll support them." It is just like saying: "Does that person wear a Yankee uniform? If so, I'll cheer for them."
Every member the Washington State's congressional delegation who claims to be a republican is actually a democrat infiltrator who runs, calling them self a republican but votes with the democrats. When I call this fact to the attention of party leaders, they don't care as long as "republicans" win the elections.
She's a PHONY 100%
My only regret was that I was one of those who bought her CD. What a pig she is, imo. She had so much shame that she couldn't even sing into the eyes of the audience on TV. She is a disgusting, selfish young woman looking for a buck, singing for a buck, and prostituting her own values for a buck. What an idiot.
But, I agree these movie stars are shills for the elites of Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, etc., the big banks who own most of Hollywood. Look at how each and every one of them spew anti-gun rhetoric in that TV ad, then, turn around and participate in hugely violent movies firing off hundreds of rounds of automatic weapons, guns, and semi-automatics. It makes me puke!
I disagree
She gave Ron Paul a COMPLIMENT on her twitter account. MOST celebrities do not do even that much.
Also, if you notice, Kelly Clarkson never actually retracted her original statements. She never turned around and stated that she did not like Ron Paul, nor did she ever make a statement that she would have voted for Obama over Dr. Paul. It's really not fair to expect Kelly Clarkson to risk her career; she went against her father's advice by revealing her political opinion to the public and I think the fact that she stuck her neck out even a little is a lot more than you get from 99% of people in the entertainment industry.
As far as being a phony, she is being a phony towards the political establishment: yes she will take their money to play at their inauguration, but when it comes down to voting, had Obama been running against Dr. Paul, she would have been voting AGAINST Obama. That's what counts.
She never said she was voting
She never said she was voting for Ron. Calm down.
actually she did
She stated that IF Dr. Paul were to win the nomination, he would have her vote, and she also stated that it was ashame that he probably would not win.
In absence of Dr. Paul's name on the ballot, like 98% of the US public, she got duped into the, "you have 2 choices" argument, and she (probably) voted for Obama over Romney ... and honestly under a scenario where somebody believes those are their choices, it is totally understandable that somebody would NOT want to vote for Romney. As much as I think Obama is a terrible president, I could at least think of some good things to say about him, whereas I cannot think of anything nice to say about Romney.


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Marieke Penterman, center, owner of Holland's Family Cheese LLC in Thorp, Wis., reacts after winning first place in the U.S. Cheese Championship Contest at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis., on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Penterman's winning cheese was an aged Gouda. (AP Photo/The Green Bay Press-Gazette, Evan Siegle) NO SALES
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin Gouda won top honors Wednesday night at the 2013 U.S. Championship Cheese Contest, edging out entries from Vermont and Illinois.
Marieke Penterman, of Holland's Family Cheese in Thorp, Wis., won the two-day competition in Green Bay with her Marieke Mature Gouda. Out of a possible 100 points, Marieke Gouda scored 98.31 in the final round of judging.
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Wisconsin captured the most gold medals, with 47 of the 81 categories judged. Vermont and New York came in second, with six gold medals each. Oregon had four gold medals, while California, Idaho, Illinois and Ohio each took three. Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico and Utah each captured one apiece.
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" Only in America could this person, who should have been fired for incompetence, be considered a 'victim', and be rewarded for not doing the job she was paid to do. "
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I am pretty conservative but there should be some compassion here. "
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