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October 1 - Pope to atheist: all people can receive grace, seek the Good
Article: Roman Catholic Church And The Last Days
Emphasizing that grace
is available to all people, Pope Francis
stressed dialogue and encounter rather than
proselytism and underscored the need for each person to seek the Good
while following his conscience.
"Even you, without knowing it, could be touched by
grace," Pope Francis told Eugenio Scalfari,
the atheist with whom he recently
corresponded.
From there, Scalfari
asked Pope Francis if he himself feels
touched by grace. The Roman Pontiff replied, "No one can know that.
Grace is not part of consciousness, it is the amount of light in our
souls, not knowledge nor reason."
Pope Francis added that grace can be given to
those without faith, those who do not believe, because "grace has to do
with the soul." Although Scalfari said he does not
believe in the soul, the Pope said, "You do not believe in it but you
have one."
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September 23 - MasterCard tracks global 'cashless journey'
Article: Miscellaneous
MasterCard (NYSE:
MA) today unveiled a new global
report, "The Cashless Journey," that tracks how 33 major economies
are progressing from cash-based to cashless societies.
The report,
produced by MasterCard Advisors,
identifies new technologies, government
programs and consumer preferences as key factors that are
driving this shift, creating more productive and inclusive
economies.
Key findings of MasterCard's "Cashless
Journey" report:
The report identifies Belgium
(where an estimated 93% of the value of consumer spend was
cashless), France (92%), Canada (90%), the UK (89%), Sweden
(89%), Australia (86%) and the Netherlands (85%) as countries
where cashless payments are nearly ubiquitous, and attributes
the broad movement away from cash to the uptake of new cashless
payment technologies such as mobile, contactless and EMV Chip
and a modern payments infrastructure.
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We hope the Weekly News In Review has been a
blessing to you.
Sincerely,
Roger Oakland
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Using Department of Motor Vehicles records as its core, the
state government is quietly developing a master identity
database of Virginia residents for use by state agencies.
Senior representatives of
Christian Churches of Jerusalem expressed their
solidarity with the local Muslim community
on Monday. According to Fides News Agency,
the delegation visited
the Al-Aqsa mosque to give their support in response to
"recent provocative actions staged by Jewish settlers"
near the Muslim holy site.
Fifty
hand-picked Christians were part of a seminal conference
last week planned by Matthew Vines, a 23-year-old
gay Christian who believes
Scripture allows for monogamous homosexual activity, in
an effort to spread the idea in the American church over
the next decade. 
During a visit to Rome the World Council
of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav
Fykse Tveit called on the churches to be
congregations of peacemakers. Tveit also met with
Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church as part of
his participation in an event sponsored by the
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.
Morpho has
announced the launch of a new product,
the Morpho IAD
(Iris at a Distance), which the company says
is capable of capturing iris images at a
distance of one metre.
In light of the jubilee instituted by
Benedict XVI
in honor of the Eucharistic miracle in
Orvieto, Italy, the number of pilgrims
coming to the area has increased, deepening
the faith of those who come.