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Pope wants new international order to keep peace
Reuters | January 1, 2004 | Claire Soares

Posted on 01/01/2004 5:55:35 AM PST by HAL9000

VATICAN CITY, Jan 1 (Reuters) - The world needs a "new international order" to solve its conflicts and ensure peace, Pope John Paul said in his New Year's Day address on Thursday.

The ghosts of 2003 -- when the United States invaded Iraq without United Nations approval -- dominated the pope's first speech of 2004.

"More than ever we need a new international order which draws on the experience and results of the United Nations," the 83-year-old pontiff said at a mass in St Peter's Basilica.

"An order which is capable of finding adequate solutions to today's problems, based on the dignity of human beings, on integrating all society, on solidarity between rich and poor countries, on the sharing of resources and the extraordinary results of scientific and technological progress," he added.

Speaking at Christendom's largest church, the pope urged people not to lose hope of finding peace in the Holy Land, which the Vatican feels is vital to winning the war on terror.

"The land in which Jesus was born sadly continues to live in a dramatic condition. And in other parts of the world sparks of violence and conflict have not been extinguished either. But we need to persevere and not bow to the temptation of losing hope."

Turning to Africa, the pope paid tribute to his Burundi ambassador, Michael Courtney, killed on Monday in an ambush the army has blamed on rebels who have refused to join a peace process to end a 10-year conflict.

"(He) was tragically killed...while he was going about his mission of promoting dialogue and reconciliation. We pray for him and hope his example and sacrifice will bear the fruits of peace in Burundi and the world," the pope said.

The leader of the world's one billion Catholics, who suffers from Parkinson's disease that makes it difficult for him to talk, seemed alert and read all of his homily in a clear voice.

But it is unclear what 2004 holds for him. For the first time since his election in 1978, the pope enters the new year with no firm plans for travel, although there have been some invitations.

He was particularly weak on his last foreign trip, a visit to Slovakia in September, when aides had to read most of his addresses for him.



TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: johnpaulii; newnwo; pope; un; unitednations
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To: ninenot
Is it true that Yossarian from the Biography "Catch 22" married that girl from "Mork and Mindy" and now flys for Delta?
441 posted on 01/01/2004 5:58:56 PM PST by Bluntpoint
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To: HAL9000
We should push Congress to issue a formal Declaration of Independence from the UN.

It worked when we declared our sovereignty from Great Britian and King George, it's time we did the same to the UN.

442 posted on 01/01/2004 6:01:33 PM PST by StopGlobalWhining (Cheney - Rumsfeld in '08)
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To: Matchett-PI
Now there you've gone and done it!! We can't have common sense and facts in this thread.
443 posted on 01/01/2004 6:05:41 PM PST by Big Bopper
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To: Matchett-PI
Now there you've gone and done it!! We can't have common sense and facts in this thread.
444 posted on 01/01/2004 6:05:44 PM PST by Big Bopper
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To: ninenot
If you actually READ the text

I did read the text, thank you very much. So what if he's calling for a "new" world body? I don't want ANY world body with the power to interfere with sovereign nations, which is exactly what any such body would attempt to do. I don't want ANY world body to dictate any more "sharing" of resources between rich and poor. And on and on.

MM

445 posted on 01/01/2004 6:06:03 PM PST by MississippiMan
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To: Bluntpoint
Nope. TWA
446 posted on 01/01/2004 6:07:48 PM PST by ninenot (So many cats, so few recipes)
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To: MississippiMan; Bluntpoint
Well, that's fine. You don't want one.

Tally the votes, blunt...
447 posted on 01/01/2004 6:09:45 PM PST by ninenot (So many cats, so few recipes)
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To: Matchett-PI; Big Bopper
Now there you've gone and done it!!

Indeed! You've spammed yet another Catholic thread with a post that is, thankfully, so damn long no one will ever read it. (Of course, if they scroll down to the screen name, no one will read it regardless.)

448 posted on 01/01/2004 6:12:16 PM PST by Polycarp IV
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To: cebadams
Welcome back. Stick around again.

Time will tell.

449 posted on 01/01/2004 6:15:17 PM PST by Polycarp IV (http://www.cathfam.org/)
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To: CAtholic Family Association
I never read long posts. I just figure somewhere in all those words there is something that pisses me off and I go away mad and look for a nice long Debka or Newsmax article to post in rebuttal.
450 posted on 01/01/2004 6:16:20 PM PST by Bluntpoint
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To: CAtholic Family Association
Really? If it’s only a small handful, them I'm sure it will be easy for you to list them here.

And then we can compare the 2000 year old interpretation of those scriptures to YourOwnPersonalInterpretationOfScripture

Matthew 16:18 for starters. It all goes down hill from there. Peter is not the rock. The belief that Jesus is the Son of the Living God is the rock. Because if Peter is the rock in verse 18, why is he Satan in verse 23. And no I did not call him Satan, Jesus did that. Five verses after He called him the rock.

Your turn: 3 questions

Catholicism: the other sacred teachings.

451 posted on 01/01/2004 6:21:26 PM PST by Tao Yin
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To: Tao Yin
As long as you are asking the questions, find out what is up with this:


452 posted on 01/01/2004 6:26:07 PM PST by Bluntpoint
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To: Tao Yin
Matthew 16:18 for starters.

We obviously have differing interpretations of Matthew 16:18.

I say yours is wrong. You say mine is wrong. Prove it, infallibly, that mine is wrong and yours is correct.

453 posted on 01/01/2004 6:26:47 PM PST by Polycarp IV (http://www.cathfam.org/)
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To: Tao Yin
What did Luther misinterpret?

Matthew 16:18 ;-)

454 posted on 01/01/2004 6:27:30 PM PST by Polycarp IV (http://www.cathfam.org/)
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To: Captain Culpepper
He like MOST of us is fed up with the U.N.....he is calling for an end to the U.N. and a new "order" I believe.

Could he be talking about a "new order" under the "Kingship of Jesus Christ"? I do reall him asking us to pray the rosary for the conversion of Islam.

Christians comprise one sixth of the world's population. That is probably more than either of the present contenders (Communists or Fabian Socialists) for world hegenomy have.

455 posted on 01/01/2004 6:28:59 PM PST by saradippity
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To: CAtholic Family Association
Then please explain Matthew 16:23

But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man."

456 posted on 01/01/2004 6:29:12 PM PST by Tao Yin
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To: Tao Yin
Is the Catholic Church infallible?

Do you even know what "infallible" means to the Catholic Church? If so, please define it so we are not arguing apples and oranges.

Why does the Catholic Church need to add to scripture?

The Church simply does NOT add to scripture.

But Why do you believe in sola scriptura and YOPIOS when neither are scriptural?

457 posted on 01/01/2004 6:30:11 PM PST by Polycarp IV (http://www.cathfam.org/)
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To: Tao Yin
Well that was prior to Pentecost, so I'm not too concerned about it. Even after his misstep, Jesus Thrice instructed Peter to feed His sheep. Peter was still in charge. Your excerpt does not change that.
458 posted on 01/01/2004 6:31:50 PM PST by Polycarp IV (http://www.cathfam.org/)
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To: CAtholic Family Association
...with a post that is, thankfully, so damn long no one will ever read it. (Of course, if they scroll down to the screen name, no one will read it regardless.)

LOL.  Ya know, I think that's funny and sad at the same time:  this thread contains the complete text (number 253) of JPII's letter, but *clearly* it has gone unread by the majority of those who opine.  Interesting to note that some consider demonstration of their cut and paste "skills" more worthwhile than discussion of the news item itself.  Sad that posting acumen [among other things] stinks, eh?
FReegards.

459 posted on 01/01/2004 6:31:56 PM PST by GirlShortstop
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To: GirlShortstop
Definitely. Things haven't improved around here during my brief absence.
460 posted on 01/01/2004 6:33:17 PM PST by Polycarp IV (http://www.cathfam.org/)
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