Year: 2010

Hallelujah Chorus – Quinhagak, Alaska [VIDEO]

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I put this on Facebook. It is great.

From the creator of the video: Hallelujah Chorus -Kuinerrarmiut Elitnaurviat 5th Grade – Quinhagak, Alaska

Wow!! Thank you for all for the wonderful comments. The village of Quinhagak is glowing because of them. The amount of views is mind blowing!! Considering this video was intended for an audience of about 200. As many of you have thought, the kids worked very hard on this project. They put in 10 hours of work shooting all the scenes (on a weekend nonetheless!!) I am very proud of them!

Thank you also for pointing out the apostrophes! I now have a very teachable moment once we start school again. One they will never forget!! I’m just glad I spelled “Hallelujah” correct.

Thank you on behalf of Quinhagak, Alaska!! Merry Christmas!!

Patsourakos: Catholic Church Must Be Serious in Defrocking Abusive Priests

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Pope Benedict

From George Patsourakos’ website Theology and Society. George is a commentator and contributor to the AOI Observer. I have only one quibble with this otherwise strong editorial. The problem of pedophilia (a misnomer, it is really pedastery) was not a “…result of the Catholic Church’s policy of secrecy in which bishops transferred pedophile priests to different communities,” but caused by the Catholic Church ordaining practicing homosexuals to the priesthood.

Pope Benedict XVI this week in his end-of-the-year speech to Vatican cardinals and bishops said revelations of child abuse by Catholic priests in 2010 reached “an unimaginable dimension” that required the church to accept the “humiliation” as a call for renewal.

At the same time, the pope said that society must share the blame for this phenomenon, because we are living in a society in which the mistreatment of children is “common.”

Blaming a secular society in which mistreatment of children is common, can only be considered as an excuse — or at least a softening — by the pope for the abusive priests’ inappropriate behavior. The fact is that there should be no sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests, regardless of how society treats children.
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Random Act of Culture

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Say no to the soul-stultifying grey mendacity of secularism!

Opera Company of Philadelphia at Macys.

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Digital Christmas

Piero A. Tozzi: The New Global Morality: DADT Repeal and Secretary Clinton’s embrace of “Universal Standards”

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Apart from from the health care rationing that Obamacare would foster on American citizens, I argue too that the questionable morality of the self-selected administrators of the project would drive policy decisions in directions that violate traditional norms. “Do you really want people like Hillary Clinton or Barbara Boxer making your health care decisions?” I ask. Sound alarmist? Read the reasoning behind Clinton’s praise of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal below and you will see that the goal is much broader than many advocates are letting on.

Source: Alliance Defense Fund

http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/12/153126.htm
Press Statement – Repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
December 18, 2010
This is a historic step forward for all Americans, a step toward a more perfect union and a more perfect reflection of our core values. As the President and I have repeatedly said, we are committed to universal standards abroad and here at home. Our progress on equality here strengthens our advocacy for human dignity everywhere.

PRN: 2010/1842

Comment by Piero A. Tozzi
Senior Legal Counsel, Alliance Defense Fund
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