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Pope Benedict XVI speaks about faith in new generations

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Pope Benedict XVI recently said “To transmit the faith to new generations, the Church must show young people that Christianity does not put obstacles to the joy of love.”

The Pope delivered this message Monday when opening the ecclesial congress of the Diocese of Rome. The theme of the congress which continues through Thursday is “The Joy of Faith and the Education of New Generations.” The congress aims to elaborate the diocese’s pastoral program for the coming year.

Monday’s meeting was held in the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the cathedral of Rome. The Holy Father addressed the priests, religious and laity participating in the congress, seated behind a wooden table as he did during his years as a theology professor.

“He who knows he is loved, feels in turn called to love,” the Pontiff said explaining the meaning of the transmission of faith to new generations. “Precisely in this way the Lord, who first loved us, asks us to put love of him and of the people he has loved at the center of our lives.”

“Adolescents and youths especially, who experience strongly within themselves the call to love, are in need of being liberated from the widespread prejudice, according to which, Christianity, with its commandments and prohibitions, puts too many obstacles to the joy of love,” Benedict XVI said.

This explains why young people see in Christian life something that “prevents them from experiencing that happiness that man and woman find in their reciprocal love,” the Holy Father explained.
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Priest says: No more navel gazing in church

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An Italian priest is resorting to some innovative theology to rid his church of young women’s bare midriffs.

“God knew what your navel looked like even before you were born, so there is no need to expose it in church,” commands a sign at the entrance to the church in Cinisello Balsamo.

Guards at major churches in Italy routinely keep out people wearing skimpy attire. But Father Felice says he resorted to the signs because his parish cannot afford guards to keep out the low-cut jeans and high-cut tops, newspapers reported Monday.

What do you think, is the priest respectfully asking for a proper dress code or is he being overly prudish?

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A man so stupid even God could not save him

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A man shouting that God would keep him safe was mauled to death by a lioness in a Kiev (Ukraine) zoo after he crept into the animal’s enclosure, a zoo official said on Monday.

“The man shouted ‘God will save me, if he exists’, lowered himself by a rope into the enclosure, took his shoes off and went up to the lions,” the official said. “A lioness went straight for him, knocked him down and severed his carotid artery.” (Ugh!)

The incident, Sunday evening when the zoo was packed with visitors, was the first of its kind at the attraction. Lions and tigers are kept in an “animal island” protected by thick concrete blocks.

Instead of reading just “the Bible” he should’ve read “Why Don’t Tigers Eat Bananas?” or somesuch book about cat species and their preys, but that seems to have been his point, so he should’ve grown some common sense.

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Woman struck by lightning while praying

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Worried about the safety of her family during a stormy Memorial Day trip to the beach, Clara Jean Brown stood in her kitchen and prayed for their safe return as a strong thunderstorm rumbled through Baldwin County.

But while she prayed, lightning suddenly exploded, blowing through the linoleum and leaving a blackened area on the concrete. Brown wound up on the floor, dazed and disoriented by the blast but otherwise uninjured.

She said “Amen” and the room was engulfed in a huge ball of fire. The 65-year-old Brown said she is blessed to be alive.

Firefighters said its likely she was hit by a bolt of lightning that apparently struck outside and traveled into the house yesterday afternoon. She was found lying on the floor by her 14-year-old granddaughter.

Fire officials think the lightning likely struck across the street from the couple’s home and traveled into the house through a water line. The lightning continued into the couple’s backyard and ripped open a small trench.

A family member said he will no longer assume it is safe to be indoors during a lightning strike.

According to weather reports that day, dime-sized hail and wind gusts of up to 45 miles-per-hour moved across coastal Baldwin County. As much as three inches of rain fell in some areas in three hours.

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