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December 23 - 'None' could be religion's new normal in Britain, USA
Article: Signs Of The Last Times
Merry what? Just in time for Christmas,
new statistics show "no religion is the new religion" in Great Britain,
according to a study released Monday. The study, by Westminster Faith Debates,
finds 38 percent adults in Great Britain, and
48 percent of those ages 18 to 29, checked no religion in online surveys
conducted in January and June by YouGov.
"Whilst it's always
possible that this trend could be reversed, it gets less and less likely as the
chain of memory connecting young people to religion stretches and snaps,"
said Lancaster University sociologist, an organizer of the
public debates on religion topics and author of the study.
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January 2 - Fr. Paul Schenck on Mary, Mother of God
Article: Roman Catholic Church And The Last Days
The wonder of Mary is found in the two aspects
of her being - that of the Daughter of Israel, a young, Jewish mother of her
time, and The Mother of God, who is the
eternal Advocate, Helper, Benefactress, and Mediatrix, [960] who
shares God's eternal plan of salvation with the whole world;
Jew and Gentile. She is indeed, Mary, Mother of Christ, Mother of the
Church. [966] The Catechism continues -
In The Acts of the Apostles, as the disciples in Jerusalem awaited the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, it says that the Apostles
(1:12-14) - returned to Jerusalem
from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's
journey away; and when they had entered, they went up to the upper room,
where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and
Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the
Zealot and Judas the son of James. All these with one accord devoted
themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus.
Now, the
Upper Room symbolizes the Church: it is the mystical place where Jesus
celebrated the Passover, instituted the priesthood and first offered the
Eucharist. Now it is the place where they would receive the Baptism of the
Holy Spirit.
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January 1 - Pope: Devoid of magic or fatalism, the Christian hope for peace, with Mary the Mother of God
Article: Roman Catholic Church And The Last Days
The hope for a New Year full of "peace and every
good" expressed by Pope Francis has nothing to do with the "magic and somewhat
fatalistic connotations of a new cycle that begins". "My hope - said the Pope -
is that of the Church, it is Christian hope! ... We know that history has a
centre: Jesus Christ, incarnate, dead and risen; it has a goal:
the Kingdom of God, kingdom peace, justice, freedom,
love, and has a force that moves toward that end : the Holy Spirit .
This Spirit
is the power of love that has fertilized the womb of the Virgin Mary, and is the
same that animates the projects and efforts of all the peacemakers".
This year's theme, chosen by Francis, is
"Fraternity; Foundation and Path to Peace ."
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We hope the Weekly News In Review has been a
blessing to you.
Sincerely,
Roger Oakland
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It's likely the
world in the not-so-distant future will be increasingly populated by
computerized people like Amal Graafstra. The 37-year-old
doesn't need a key or password to get into his
car, home or computer. He's programmed them to unlock at the mere wave of his
hands, which are implanted with radio frequency identification tags. The
rice-size gadgets work so well, the Seattle resident says, he's sold similar
ones to more than 500 customers through his company Dangerous Things.
Recent efforts
from Christians and Muslims in India have united the communities to end the
practice of untouchability, including a Dec. 11 march in
which peaceful protesters were subjected to beatings and being sprayed with
water cannons.
Forget wearable technology.
It may not be too much longer before sensors are actually put inside your
body. It may sound a
little bit futuristic and far-fetched, but the reality is that ingestible
sensors and implantable chips are already in use and growing.
Federal officials will decided in the "coming
weeks" whether to require new cars to include
smart technology that would alert drivers of a coming crash, even in vehicles
that are two or three cars away. The vehicle-to-vehicle --
or V2V -- technology has undergone testing in recent years and
has already been installed in some cars that are on the
road. 
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has
said the Korean peninsula will be engulfed by ''massive
nuclear disaster'' if war breaks out there again, warning the US it will not be
safe in the event of a conflict.
Are you tired of carrying multiple bank cards and
remembering personal identification numbers (PIN)? Your plight will end soon.
A man in Brazil has joined
a long list of people claiming they are Jesus Christ
incarnate.
A campaign for
the European Union to become a "United States of Europe" will be the "best
weapon against the Eurosceptics", one of Brussels' most senior officials has
said. 