Turkey: Erdogan called Christian Byzantium a "dark chapter"
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called the rule of the Christian Byzantines in Turkey today a "dark chapter". With the conquest of Constantinople and the victory over the Byzantine Empire in the 15th Century, the Muslim Ottomans started an "age of enlightenment" , Erdogan said on Wednesday, according to the German Catholic news agency KNA.
The Islamic-conservative Premier spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony for a new highway bridge over the Bosphorus in Istanbul, on the anniversary of the conquest of Byzantium (Constantinople) which took place on 29 May 1453. "Today we are making history," Erdogan said in reference to the construction of the bridge, the third connection between Asia and Europe in Istanbul. The Istanbul authorities mark the anniversary of the victory over the Byzantines with traditional ceremonies and receptions.
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Court judgement expected after raid on Cardinal's home in 2010
The Supreme Court focused on Tuesday for the fourth time on documents seized by the Brussels magistrate Wim De Troy in June 2010 from Archbishop's Palace of Mechelen and from offices and the private residence of Cardinal Danneels. The highest court in the country must decide if the Court of Indictment in Brussels had reason to exclude these documents from the file because the searches were not legal.
Searches conducted on 24 June 2010 were within the framework of Operation Chalice, the investigation by the Brussels judge, Wim De Troy of evidence for sexual abuse of children by clergy and the possible cover-up of these cases within the Catholic Church. Three differently constituted Court of Indictments decided one after the other that these searches were initially irregular, then they were perfectly legal and finally they were illegal. In their last judgment of November 29, 2011, the Court of Indictment found that the documents seized during the searches should be excluded from the file. The Court of Cassation quashed the decision because it was inadequate but the judgment declaring the raids irregular has not been finally broken. The Court of Indictment again decided in December 2012 that these parts should be excluded from file, but according to several plaintiffs, the Court is wrong and it must be overturned when the public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation takes the opposite view. The Court will deliver its judgment on May 28
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Searches conducted on 24 June 2010 were within the framework of Operation Chalice, the investigation by the Brussels judge, Wim De Troy of evidence for sexual abuse of children by clergy and the possible cover-up of these cases within the Catholic Church. Three differently constituted Court of Indictments decided one after the other that these searches were initially irregular, then they were perfectly legal and finally they were illegal. In their last judgment of November 29, 2011, the Court of Indictment found that the documents seized during the searches should be excluded from the file. The Court of Cassation quashed the decision because it was inadequate but the judgment declaring the raids irregular has not been finally broken. The Court of Indictment again decided in December 2012 that these parts should be excluded from file, but according to several plaintiffs, the Court is wrong and it must be overturned when the public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation takes the opposite view. The Court will deliver its judgment on May 28
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Pope praises good works of atheists
"Atheists should be seen as good people if they do good, Pope Francis has said in his latest urging that people of all religions, and none, work together.
The leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics made his comments in the homily of his morning mass at his residence, a daily event at which he speaks without prepared comments."
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Cathcon comments:
Matthew 5:46 For if you love them that love you, what reward shall you have? do not even the publicans this?
The point is not to do good, but to be good and to be good as a result of doing good requires God's grace. And where is grace to be found?
St Thomas on Whether anyone without grace can merit eternal life?
The leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics made his comments in the homily of his morning mass at his residence, a daily event at which he speaks without prepared comments."
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Cathcon comments:
Matthew 5:46 For if you love them that love you, what reward shall you have? do not even the publicans this?
The point is not to do good, but to be good and to be good as a result of doing good requires God's grace. And where is grace to be found?
St Thomas on Whether anyone without grace can merit eternal life?
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