Post by pegasus on May 27, 2014 8:02:49 GMT -7
Sun Screen Day
Good evening my friends.
The temp is creeping up on 80 today but otherwise a great sunny day. I'm going to miss May.
For the first time since his election, the pope said that it is “not a dogma” that members of the clergy must abstain from sex. He made the remark in a chat with reporters on his way back to the Vatican from a historic trip to the Middle East. The Catholic Church has been under pressure to abandon the celibate tradition. Priestly celibacy is a tradition dating 1,000 years, but it is not considered dogma, or unchangeable. Priests can marry in the Anglican and some other Protestant churches, and in the Orthodox Church. Francis made similar remarks about celibacy when he was archbishop of Buenos Aires. The pope has sought to change the direction of the church, urging a focus less on culture-war issues like abortion and gay marriage and more on pastoral outreach and helping the poor. The church is finding it difficult to fill priestly posts here in this country, so maybe this would be a solution - let priests be married like their Protestant counterparts.
Has winning the Australian Open, the year's first Grand Slam, become harbinger of doom to its winner Today, Li Na lost her opening match at the French Open to become the second reigning Australian Open champion to fall in the first round at this year's tournament. Li, who won the French title in 2011, lost to Kristina Mladenovic of France 7-5, 3-6, 6-1. In January, Li won the title in Melbourne, a day before Stan Wawrinka won the men's Australian Open title for his first major. Wawrinka lost in the first round of this year's French Open on Monday. Dum de dum dum!!
Thought for Today:
"Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts."
--Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) British novelist, playwright, critic, and essayist,
Ranunculus in memory of Sparkle
Happy Tuesday everyone
Good evening my friends.
The temp is creeping up on 80 today but otherwise a great sunny day. I'm going to miss May.
For the first time since his election, the pope said that it is “not a dogma” that members of the clergy must abstain from sex. He made the remark in a chat with reporters on his way back to the Vatican from a historic trip to the Middle East. The Catholic Church has been under pressure to abandon the celibate tradition. Priestly celibacy is a tradition dating 1,000 years, but it is not considered dogma, or unchangeable. Priests can marry in the Anglican and some other Protestant churches, and in the Orthodox Church. Francis made similar remarks about celibacy when he was archbishop of Buenos Aires. The pope has sought to change the direction of the church, urging a focus less on culture-war issues like abortion and gay marriage and more on pastoral outreach and helping the poor. The church is finding it difficult to fill priestly posts here in this country, so maybe this would be a solution - let priests be married like their Protestant counterparts.
Has winning the Australian Open, the year's first Grand Slam, become harbinger of doom to its winner Today, Li Na lost her opening match at the French Open to become the second reigning Australian Open champion to fall in the first round at this year's tournament. Li, who won the French title in 2011, lost to Kristina Mladenovic of France 7-5, 3-6, 6-1. In January, Li won the title in Melbourne, a day before Stan Wawrinka won the men's Australian Open title for his first major. Wawrinka lost in the first round of this year's French Open on Monday. Dum de dum dum!!
Thought for Today:
"Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts."
--Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) British novelist, playwright, critic, and essayist,
Ranunculus in memory of Sparkle
Happy Tuesday everyone