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					  <title><![CDATA[Barbara Walters Critiques the White House Christmas Card]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2007/12/post_53.html</link>
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&#13;&#10;Originally authored by Jill Stanek and posted on www.jillstanek.com: 
Last week on &#34;The View&#34;, Barbara Walters was surprised to receive a Christmas card from President Bush with a Bible verse inside. &#34;Does this also go to agnostics and atheists and Muslims?&#34; Walters wondered. Here's Walters:





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  Barabara Walters and her panelon the daily talk show &#34;The View&#34;.
What Walters received was a birthday card. Christmas is a celebration of Jesus' birthday. I don't recall the last time I celebrated someone's birthday but was disallowed to mention the one being celebrated for fear of offending someone else who either wasn't sure the person existed, didn't believe the person existed, or didn't like the person. 
In fact, although the card shows a Christmas tree in the window, it never says, &#34;Merry Christmas.&#34; The theme of the verse and the particular watercolor chosen carry out the White House's National Parks theme for the season, which gives glory to God for creation.The White House mixed all that into one card, for which I give them lots of credit for savvy. We also received that Christmas card. Note the RNC paid for the card, and it was postmarked from Crawford, TX. I am so fed up with stupid people who think they're so smart, with intolerant people who consider themselves so tolerant, with mean-spirited people who think they are just the opposite. Here is that card close up:


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					  <pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Papal Homily at Midnight Mass - &#34;God Made Himself Small So That We Could Understand Him&#34;]]></title>
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VATICAN CITY, DEC. 25, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Here is a Vatican translation of the homily Benedict XVI gave at the Christmas Midnight Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. * * * Dear Brothers and Sisters, We have just heard in the Gospel the message given by the angels to the shepherds during that Holy Night, a message which the Church now proclaims to us: &#34;To you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger&#34; (Lk 2:11-12). Nothing miraculous, nothing extraordinary, nothing magnificent is given to the shepherds as a sign. All they will see is a child wrapped in swaddling clothes, one who, like all children, needs a mother's care; a child born in a stable, who therefore lies not in a cradle but in a manger. God's sign is the baby in need of help and in poverty. Only in their hearts will the shepherds be able to see that this baby fulfils the promise of the prophet Isaiah, which we heard in the first reading: &#34;For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder&#34; (Is 9:5). Exactly the same sign has been given to us. We too are invited by the angel of God, through the message of the Gospel, to set out in our hearts to see the child lying in the manger.]]></description>
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					  <pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[World needs a savior despite modern advances, pope says at Christmas]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0607343.htm</link>
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By John ThavisCatholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Celebrating Christmas at the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI said the world still needs a savior, despite technological advances that make humanity consider itself the &#34;self-sufficient master of its own destiny.&#34;At Midnight Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, the pope said the birth of Christ should focus attention on all the suffering and abused children in contemporary society.Later, in a Christmas Day blessing &#34;urbi et orbi&#34; -- to the city of Rome and the world -- he said recent developments like space travel, genetic engineering and the Internet only accentuate man's need for spiritual salvation.]]></description>
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					  <pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Pope&#39;s Dec. 10 Homily at a Roman Parish]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=100513</link>
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VATICAN CITY, DEC. 25, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Here is a Vatican translation of the homily Benedict XVI gave Dec. 10 when visiting Our Lady Star of Evangelization Parish, in Rome. * * * PASTORAL VISIT TO OUR LADY STAR OF EVANGELIZATION PARISH OF ROME HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI II Sunday of Advent, 10 December 2006 Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Parish of Our Lady Star of Evangelization, I am pleased to be with you for the dedication of this beautiful new parish church: the first that I have dedicated to the Lord since I took up office as Bishop of Rome. The solemn liturgy for the dedication of a church is a moment of intense and common spiritual joy for all God's people who live in the area: I wholeheartedly join in your joy today. I greet with affection the Cardinal Vicar of Rome, Camillo Ruini, Bishop Paolino Schiavon, Auxiliary Bishop of the Southern Sector, and Auxiliary Bishop Ernesto Mandara, Secretary of the Roman Commission for the Preservation of Faith and for the Provision of New Churches in Rome. I extend my deep gratitude to them and to all who have contributed in various capacities to making this new parish centre a reality.]]></description>
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					  <pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Church Asks Ch&#225;vez to Avoid an Oppressive System]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=100343</link>
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Shows Concern About the Ideologizing of Education
CARACAS, Venezuela, DEC. 21, 2006 (Zenit.org).- The Venezuelan bishops' conference has asked President Hugo Ch&#225;vez not to impose a socialist model on the country oriented to &#34;totalitarianism&#34; or &#34;Marxist philosophy.&#34; In a letter to the recently re-elected Ch&#225;vez, the bishops instead urge a system that is open to religion, said Bishop Ram&#243;n Viloria Pinz&#243;n, secretary-general of the conference. In its letter, the bishops' conference asked for a meeting with the Venezuelan president. The letter, sent last Friday, asks that the model for the country's progress be opposed to &#34;unbridled capitalism and Marxist and statist ideology, whose results have been negative in the countries where it has been implemented.&#34; Bishop Viloria, 47, explained that the ecclesiastical authorities hope that the socialist model to be applied in Venezuela will be &#34;a means for the country's transformation, open to transcendence and religion, promoting the inclusion of all Venezuelans in the path of dialogue.&#34; Cardinal Jorge Urosa, archbishop of Caracas and president of the bishops' conference, told the press: &#34;We hope this socialism, which has yet to be defined, will not follow any of these lines: a line of totalitarianism, a statist vision -- all-encompassing, even less so to be inspired by Marxist philosophy.&#34;]]></description>
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					  <pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Benedict XVI on the Goal of Diocesan Newspapers]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=100274</link>
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&#34;A Means of Gospel Penetration&#34;
VATICAN CITY, DEC. 20, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Here is a Vatican translation of an address Benedict XVI delivered Nov. 25 to the Federation of Italian Catholic Weeklies. * * * Dear Brothers and Sisters, I greet you with joy and gratitude for your kind visit. I offer my cordial greeting to all, and first to Bishop Giuseppe Betori, Secretary of the Italian Bishops' Conference, and Fr Giorgio Zucchelli, President of the Italian Federation of Catholic Weeklies, whom I thank for interpreting your common sentiments. I extend my greeting to the editors of the more than 160 diocesan papers and to the many collaborators who contribute in various capacities to publishing the individual weeklies. I greet the Editor and journalists of SIR Agency as well as the Editor of the daily, Avvenire. I am particularly grateful to you because, at the end of your Congress on the theme &#34;Catholics in politics: Scattered or free?&#34;, you have wished to visit the Successor of the Apostle Peter. You thus renew the attestation of your faithfulness to the Church, to whose service you dedicate your human and professional energies every day. In this regard, I also feel duty bound to thank you for the work of sensitization to the initiatives of good of the Successor of Peter for the needs of the universal Church that you carry out among the faithful. The Federation of Italian Catholic Weeklies, which includes, as your President has just said, the diocesan newspapers, is celebrating its 40th anniversary in these days. Indeed, it was on 27 November 1966 that your predecessors decided to join forces and to pool the intellectual and creative potential of the various information services that were already carrying out a useful service in Italian Dioceses. The initiative was born from the desire to give greater visibility and effectiveness to the presence and pastoral action of the Church, whose commitment it intended to support, especially at the most demanding moments.]]></description>
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					  <pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Recognize the Child Jesus in All Children, Urges Pope]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=100338</link>
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...During Visit by Youths of Italian Catholic Action
VATICAN CITY, DEC. 21, 2006 (Zenit.org).- This Christmas, Benedict XVI urged that the Child Jesus be recognized in all children, whom he called the &#34;joy of the Church&#34; and &#34;hope of the world.&#34; The Pope suggested this today when receiving a traditional visit from youngsters of Italian Catholic Action, who came to the Vatican to express their best wishes for Christmas. &#34;The wonder we feel before the enchantment of Christmas is reflected in a certain sense in the wonder that every birth arouses and invites us to recognize the Child Jesus in all children, who are the joy of the Church and the hope of the world,&#34; the Holy Father told his young guests.]]></description>
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					  <pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Pope, Israeli official discuss problems of Christians in Holy Land]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0607108.htm</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[By Cindy WoodenCatholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Meeting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Pope Benedict XVI raised questions regarding the situation of the dwindling Catholic population in the Holy Land, including in Bethlehem, the Vatican said.The Vatican said the pope voiced his concerns particularly in light of the approaching celebration of Christmas.The pope and prime minister met for 26 minutes Dec. 13 in a small meeting room in the back of the Vatican's audience hall.Bethlehem Mayor Victor Batarseh told a press conference Dec. 11 that a serious drop in Christian tourism to his town, emigration and Israel's erection of a security fence cutting many Bethlehem residents off from jobs in nearby Jerusalem were having a disastrous impact on Bethlehem and its residents.]]></description>
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					  <pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Religious leaders declare hope for Mideast, urge strong U.S. role]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0607148.htm</link>
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By Jerry FilteauCatholic News ServiceWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Leaders of 29 national Christian, Jewish and Muslim organizations issued a joint call for the Bush administration and the new Congress to make Arab-Israeli-Palestinian peace a top foreign policy priority.Peace is &#34;an essential of faith&#34; in all three religious traditions, they said.They asked U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to meet with them to discuss the &#34;urgent situation&#34; in the Middle East and the need for &#34;active, fair and firm leadership by the United States&#34; to promote a comprehensive peace in the region.In a consensus statement and a letter to Rice, both dated Dec. 12 and released Dec. 14, the leaders expressed the belief that the current crisis can be turned into an opportunity for change and that the current Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire offers hope for restarting negotiations.]]></description>
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					  <pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[&#39;Rosary at the Rose Bowl&#39; planned for May aims to draw 65,000]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0607236.htm</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[By Mark PattisonCatholic News ServiceWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Attendance expectations for a &#34;Rosary at the Rose Bowl&#34; in May won't quite get to the 92,000-plus expected for the New Year's Day Rose Bowl tilt between Michigan and Southern Cal.But that's only because organizers need one of the end zones for logistics and the choir.Still, rosary organizers expect about 65,000 people to head to the venerable football stadium in Pasadena, Calif., for the three-hour event. The 65,000 figure represents 1 percent of all Catholics in Southern California.]]></description>
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					  <pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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