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POPE’S EXIT AND CONDOM DEBATE

From: Ouko joachim omolo
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2013

Since Pope Benedict XVI announced he is going to resign at the end of this month many of our News Dispatch readers have consistently asked whether we could comment on condom usage and whether his successor would maintain his stand. I have been reluctant to comment on it given its sensitivity and controversy.

When pope was quoted in November 2010, to have said that the use of condoms is acceptable in exceptional circumstances, according to his new book, where he was quoted to have said condoms could reduce the risk of HIV infection, such as for a male prostitute, in a series of interviews given to a German journalist, the Vatican immediately clarified what pope meant-click here to read Vatican clarification its most authoritative clarification.

Clarification was made shortly Aids activists were calling the pope’s comments a breakthrough. The New York Times reported to its readers on November 21:

“Pope Benedict XVI has said that condom use can be justified in some cases to help stop the spread of AIDS . . . .”Click here to read more-George Weigel, wrote in National Review Online.

On November 20, 2010 UNAIDS immediately issued a press statement in Geneva that it welcomes the reported statement of Pope Benedict XVI calling for “a humane way of living sexuality” and that the use of condoms are justified “in the intention of reducing the risk of HIV infection”. Michel Sidibé, said in a statement.

“This is a significant and positive step forward taken by the Vatican today,” said UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé. “This move recognizes that responsible sexual behaviour and the use of condoms have important roles in HIV prevention.”

Aids activists argue that if used properly condoms can block sperm from coming in contact with the inside of the vagina, where it could reach an egg. (If sperm reaches an egg, pregnancy can result.) A condom also prevents disease-causing substances from spreading from one person to another.

The activists argue further that a female condom if used properly can also prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/ Aids. The female condom fits inside the vagina. It has two rings to keep the condom in place — one ring is placed over the woman’s cervix and another one is placed over her vulva.

This positioning prevents the condom from being pushed up into the vagina, and creates a protective covering over the outside of the vagina, which prevents sperm from contacting the area.

The book – Light of the World: The Pope, the Church and the Signs of the Times – is based on a series of interview the Pope gave the German Catholic journalist, Peter Seewald where pope is quoted to have given the example of the use of condoms by male prostitutes as “a first step towards moralisation”, even though condoms are “not really the way to deal with the evil of HIV infection”.

Responding to the book, the Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi called Benedict’s remarks unprecedented, the first time such comments had come “from the mouth of a pope,” but he added that they were “not a revolutionary turn,” as they echoed the stance of other moral theologians — and had been offered “colloquially,” not as part of official church teaching.

According to Aids activists, since the official teaching of the Church is based on Humanae Vitae, issued by Pope Paul VI before the deadly killer HIV/ Aids was discovered, the Vatican should review its stand for the sake of saving life.

According to Humanae Vitae, the concern of the church however, it comes as no surprise to the Church that she, no less than her divine Founder, is destined to be a “sign of contradiction.” She does not, because of this, evade the duty imposed on her of proclaiming humbly but firmly the entire moral law, both natural and evangelical. Click here to read more-“Humanae Vitae.

The Encyclical states that the teaching of the Church regarding the proper regulation of birth is a promulgation of the law of God Himself. Therefore it must be obeyed by all means. The Encyclical was given at St. Peter’s, Rome, on the 25th day of July, the feast of St. James the Apostle, in the year 1968 by Pope Paul VI.

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KENYA: KISUMU CHURCH LEADERS FIGHT OVER MONEY.

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By Our Reporter.

For the second time church leaders within Kisumu are up in arms with a leading female priest within the laleside town with her bunch of hanger ons of taking away with them offerings which was collected in Kisumu during peace prayer day at Jommo Kenyatta Sports Ground

This comes only days after she took off with money a politician had given her to share with men of clothe when they met in Kisumu.

And now angry church Leaders in Kisumu are now up in arms against her accusing her of having gone underground with funds which was given out by as aspirant in the newly created Kisumu Central constituency.

The female woman of God is said to have is said to have duped other bishops and Pastors that she would pick over 200,000/- which had been given out by a an aspirant in the area as their token following a lengthy meeting at a Kisumu Hotel last week.

She is said to have convinced the clerics that it would not be prudent to take the money inside the hotel since it is fitted with CCTV cameras hence severe reprisals from the independent electoral and boundaries commission monitors.

The angry bishops have threatened to storm both her private and church locations residences.

The clerics have tried in vain to locate her on her cell phones which have been ringing unattended to for more than days after the meeting.

Those who are familiar with the modus oparendi of the self styled Bishop say that this is not the first time she has disappeared with money meant for other clerics.

“That kind of behavior is not strange to us since it was witnessed at the last general elections and the referendum” quipped one of the cleric on condition of anonymity. Mrs Owiti is said to be a pretender who feigns artificial smiles in order to cover up her inward weird character.

Church leaders in Kisumu now want her probed since her latest character border of blasphemy of the Holy church and are at most sacrilegious.

They want their share of the loot which the aspirant gave out as a token to various churches noting that it was not a bribe but geared towards the work of God in Kisumu and its environs. They have threatened to storm her residence in the next few days if the funds are not released immediately.

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WHY SOME CHURCHES TAKE SIDES IN KENYAN POLITICS

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From: Ouko joachim omolo
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Although the clerics drawn from various denominations argue that they have endorsed Amani Coalition presidential candidate Musalia Mudavadi because he is non-confrontational, peaceful and the only one who can unite the country, the fact that the East Africa Methodist Secretary General Isaya Deye who endorsed him on behalf of church leaders come from his ethnic community tell a lot how some churches in Kenya are tribal.

To understand how churches became tribal in Kenya we should go back to history. It started when formal partnership between Kanu and Kadu made the collaboration not less but more painful to minority tribes.

Kanu was a giant party dominated by Kikuyu and Luo elites. As such it became a discriminative to the minority ethnic groups such as Kalenjin, miji kenda, Maasai, Luhya, and Kamba among other ethnic communities.

When Kadu was formed to cater for the needs of minority communities, churches were also started to cater for the minority tribes who felt were discriminated. Kanu was identified with Roman Catholic given that in Central and Eastern among the Kikuyu, Embu and Meru the Consolata missionaries had already taken deep roots, while in Nyanza were the Mill Hill missionaries.

But even though not many people from these two communities were happy with Catholicism, which is why the first breakaway church was Nomiya Luo church founded by John Owalo.

Like Catholicism, Anglican churches in Kenya were run by white missionaries. That is why when Owalo had realized that the Church of England was biased and viewed black people as beggars, people who must be fed, their children taken to school, free medical care, among other things, Owalo left Anglican to become a Muslim.

He did not last long as a Muslim because he realized that followers were forced to pray and learn things in Arabic. He saw this as discrimination of the high class. He then tried Catholicism and still felt the church was discriminating against the black.

Owalo then opted to found Nomiya church in 1907 to cater and serve the needs of the minorities. Dini ya Roho (Holy Ghost Church) was the next to be founded in Maragoli location in October 1927 by Jakobo Buluku and Daniel Sande.

The two founders had broken away from the American friends’ mission at Kaimosi. They claimed that Americans were running the church like colonials. Against the background that Buluku and Sande preached against foreign religious leadership and advocated the expulsion from Kenya of the American missionaries.

The African Israel church was the third church to be founded in 1940 in Nyangori location near Kisumu by Kivuli. He broke from Pentecostal assembly and preached the expulsion of foreign missionaries, advocating leadership of the church by Africa Christians.

Other church to be founded to cater for minorities and particular tribes were Dini ya Msambwa by Elijah Masinde. It was called so because it adapted to African tradition, or the religion of the old customs.

Masinde claimed that the kingdom of Africa had been ruined by the British Empire and as such it was time churches in Kenya went tribal to cater for a particular interest of some communities.

His sect became so popular, spreading all over Western Province and between the Kalenjin and some parts of Uganda. The Mill Hill missionaries (MHM) tried to convert these sects into Catholicism in vain.

Before the Mill Hills, Friends African mission (FAM), Church Missionary Society (CMS), Church of God (COG), Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC), Nioltic Independent Mission (NIM) and Seventh Day Adventists (SDA) had already taken root in Western Kenya, while in Central other churches like Akorino were being formed.

In Nyanza and Western the Mill Hills only managed to establish itself in Lugulu in 1914, Kibubii in 1931, Nangina in 1927 and Rangala in 1920. This time though, Ngiya and Butere were captured by CMS in 1921 and 1912 respectively.

Other areas Mill Hills managed to occupy included Mumias, 1904, Mukumu, 1906 and Eregi, 1914, Kisumu, 1903, Asumbi, 1913 and Nyabururu in 1911. The Mill Hills could not manage to penetrate Kendu Bay because SDA had taken a strong hold in Gendia by 1906 before spreading to Kamagambo in 1913 and Kisii.

Although in Rift Valley among the Kalenjin major Christian sects include the Africa Inland Church (AIC), Anglican and Roman Catholic, there are some Kalenjin communities that still hold on traditional religion based upon a belief in a supreme god, Asis or Cheptalel, who is represented in the form of the sun, although the sun is not God himself. Beneath Asis is Elat, who is believed to control thunder and lightning.

Against the background that it is almost impossible for churches in Kenya to unite in one voice in calling for a national peace policy that will advocate for co-existence among all communities. As such it is very difficult for churches to preach against tribalism for the sake of peace in the country.

Churches cannot take strict position against tribalism because they were part of the 2007 skirmishes because they took sides just as some have already began now. In 2007 some churches retreated to their respective tribes, going as far as publicly supporting particular presidential candidates.

Tribal clashes have been a recurrent feature in Kenya’s political scene especially since the birth of multiparty democracy in 1992. But the worst case was after the 2007 elections in which 1,133 people died and more than 600,000 displaced. The church either took sides or failed to condemn the acts.

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-Anne Montgomery, RSCJ UN Disarmament Conference, 2002

KENYA: WHY UHURU MAY NOT IMPLEMENT CONSTITUTION

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From: Ouko joachim omolo
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2013

Given that Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta will be voted as the fourth president of Kenya by some sections of Kenyans only, that is Gema and Kalenjins, the communities that have the highest registered voters it will be difficult for him to implement the new constitution.

Kenyans will not stand steadfast in their demand for the truth based on a new constitution because they will have the president who will serve the interest of the communities that voted him.

In this way the constitution will not be people driven because it will not be at the center of people themselves but the parliament or politicians. This will kill the constitution preamble,” We Kenyans”.

Parliament will be forced to amend the constitution that gives much power to those in authority. As such they will use it to intimidate and dictate to people whatever they feel it is on their favor. They will use it to intimidate and dictate because it would have no objectives and visions.

It will not talk about democratic principles that Kenyans should be committed to. It will give the president all the powers to use it in any way he likes. As such it will fail to define the duties of the head of the state and those of head of Government. It will place the president above the law. It will give him power to appoint ministers, public and constitutional officials of his own and taste.

Since the amendment will make president to be above the law, he can dissolve the parliament any time he feels like. He will also not be impeached. With its weakness and indecency, the amended constitution will not protect violation of human rights, guarantee free and fair elections, or directive principles on the management and use of natural resources such as public land, forest, water, wild life, etc.

It will mean that Kenya will be taken back when the police wantonly broken-up peaceful meetings of lobby groups and political parties, even clobbering harmless journalists covering such stories.

It will take us back where many opposition supporters have been inhumanly beaten, injured, and even died. This will give birth to the informal groupings as chinkororos, Jeshi la Mzee and Bagdad boys. In such well planned violence no arrests will be made.

It will also mean that Kenyan people will not unite actively together to re-build Kenya. As such it will deter a clear reflection of the past, a critical look at the present and a focused charting out of the way forward in resuscitating our country and giving it a new lease of life, in the firm belief that we can and are able to reshape our nation’s destiny.

Even churches will have no voice to call to an end the restoration of the separation of powers between Executive, the Legislative, and the Judiciary, the restoration of the security of tenure of office, the judges, attorney general and the controller and auditor general.

It will take us back when President Jomo Kenyatta’s had little change in cabinet after the General Election of October 1974. He kept Moi, Mbiyu Koinange, Julius Kiano, Mwai Kibaki, Jeremiah Nyagah, James Gichuru, Jackson Angaine, Isaac Omolo-Okero and Charles Njonjo in their jobs, the most stable ministerial team Kenya has ever seen. It will mean appointing only few new ministers.

For his government to be protected Jomo Kenyatta had to bring in Munyua Waiyaki, who had resigned in 1966 in sympathy with former Vice-President Oginga Odinga, not only to replace Njoroge Mungai as foreign minister but also brought in Daniel Mutinda to replace Eliud Mwendwa as the minister for Ukambani among others.

Against the background that amongst Kenyatta’s 12 nominations to Parliament were two representatives of Kenya’s increasingly influential ethnic or tribal unions: Njenga Karume, chairman of Gema, and Mulu Mutisya, leader of the New Akamba Union (NAU).

In this way Kanu was used by Jomo Kenyatta to discriminate the minority ethnic groups such as Kalenjin, miji kenda, Maasai, Luhya, among others. Kanu was predominantly Luo and Kikuyu party.

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-Anne Montgomery, RSCJ UN Disarmament Conference, 2002

William Henry comments on – – Mideast; World crisis vs. citizens activism for mutual love;

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Hi:

In the midst of concerns about attacks on liberty and peace, by those who may care to notice, comes a significant comment from William Henry. Audio of his message is at web link below.

Indeed it is time for sovereign peoples of many nations to reach out to each other, opposing run-away leaderships’ quests to bring chaos and atrocities.

Audio Link

Source:
Whitley Streiber’s website, Unknowncountry.com; section titled Revelations with William Henry;

http://www.unknowncountry.com/revelations/latest#ixzz2KhpYZjaC
Wednesday February 6, 2013
The Threat to Our Freedom and the Looming Danger in the Middle East

WHAT CANON LAW SAYS ABOUT THE RESIGNATION OF THE POPE

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From: Ouko joachim omolo
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Although Canon Law does not specify any particular individual or body or people to whom the pope must manifest his resignation, the Code of Canon Law, the basic legal document of the Latin Church, states: If it happens that the Roman Pontiff resigns his office, it is required for validity that the resignation is made freely and properly manifested but not that it is accepted by anyone (Can. 332 §2).

Canon law states further: by virtue of his office, the Supreme Pontiff possesses infallibility in teaching when as the supreme pastor and teacher of all the Christian faithful, who strengthens his brothers and sisters in the faith, he proclaims by definitive act that a doctrine of faith or morals is to be held.

That means the pope is no longer infallible the moment he leaves office, until the next pope steps in, no bishop possesses infallibility, just like the period between a pope’s death and election of a new pope.

Although Canon Law does not state specifically, Benedict XVI would technically retain the title, Bishop of Rome Emeritus. It means he will not use the papal titles. It is something to be decided on.

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WHY VATICAN WON’T FIRE ARCHBISHOP PAGLIA

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From: Ouko joachim omolo
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Following my article of yesterday about Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, head of the Pontifical Council for the Family’s remarks that gay couples should be given legal rights, many of our readers have responded back wondering whether the Vatican will spare or fire him.

Some of the readers went as far as connecting the issue with that of Dr Willy Mutinga where some churches attempted to block him from becoming Chief Justice because of his stand in defending the rights of homosexuals.

In my own opinion I don’t think Vatican will fire Monsignor Vincenzo Paglia because he only suggested that they should be given legal rights, but remained farm that marriage should remain between a man and a woman. It explains why, even though the Catholic Church considers homosexuality sinful, it is opposed to any discrimination against gays.

Against the background that the church will continue “to uphold the values of marriage and family life” while defending “the basic human dignity and human rights of all” and condemning “violence, hatred and bigotry directed against any person.”

Back to Dr Willy Mutunga, the churches concern was that, even though he is not gay, churches attempt to block him from becoming Chief Justice was based on the fact he has been associated with the gay community in Kenya a view sociologists, psychologists, and religious leaders point out as not suitable for the young people. Kenyan Chief Justice Willy Mutunga: ‘Gay Rights are Human Rights.

Arguably, according to some churches that were opposed to his appointment as Chief justice Willy Mutunga should be a role model rather than a vice for the society, despite the fact that the stand of the Vatican is that gay rights are human rights.

Some of our readers also went as far as wondering why the Vatican has criticised sharply a 2005 book by a US theologian and nun on sexual ethics, where she defends gay rights and equal marriage.

This is a bit complicated and tricky question for me to answer. The only thing I may say is that the Vatican might have reacted on Sister Margaret Farley’s book, Just Love, because it posed ‘grave harm’ to the faithful, and that her ideas on masturbation, homosexuality, equal marriage and remarriage were in ‘direct contradiction’ to traditional Catholic teaching on sexual morality.

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith declared that her writings betrayed a ‘defective understanding of the objective nature of natural moral law,’ that is why the Vatican banned the use of the book by Catholic teachers, in a notification signed by the department head Cardinal William Levanda and approved by Pope Benedict XVI.

Sister Farley has defended her work, however, saying that the ideas they contain were entirely coherent with theological tradition. In her book, she writes that ‘same-sex oriented persons as well as their activities can and should be respected.’

Her book also argues for equal marriage as a means for reducing hatred against and stigmatisation of gay people. The Vatican however reaffirmed its position that homosexual acts are ‘intrinsically disordered’ and ‘contrary to natural law.’ Marriage, it says, can only be the union between a man and a woman.

In a statement, Sister Farley, who has eleven honorary degrees to her credit, and is an emeritus professor at Yale, said that she used a ‘criteria (sic) of justice’ in evaluating sexual morality.

”The fact that Christians (and others) have achieved new knowledge and deeper understanding of human embodiment and sexuality seems to require that we at least examine the possibility of development in sexual ethics,” she said.

Like the church, even in some cultures there are some norms that are set to guide the society. For example, while in some cultures, body piercing and tattooing are considered to be immoral, as they are considered to be acts that defile the human body, in other cultures, body piercing and tattooing are religious expressions. It all depends partly on geography.

Many cultures are opposed to same sex-marriage because their norms put great value in the traditional family unit that is why they sanction programs that promote moral behavior. It explains why, for example, some cultures view human sexuality principally as a sacred reality.

Even in religions, in a number of moral theologies, God designed human sexuality for the purpose of procreation, and commanded all human beings, from Adam and Eve onward, to be fruitful and multiply, engaging in sex strictly in accordance with the order of the divine plan.

St. Thomas Aquinas argued this philosophically, concluding that every emission of semen, ordered in such a way that generation cannot follow, is contrary to the good and nature of man, and if done deliberately, a sin.

Every sexual act must, in principle, follow a form that is open to life, whether or not the couple’s union is fertile, infertile, or sterile. To engage in sex in any way contrary to the good, human nature, and God’s design makes the person or persons involved arbiters of God’s plan, manipulators of something holy, grave sinners.

They believe that the giver of the gift of sex makes the rules, and they must follow these norms. That is why they consider sexual intercourse outside marriage and masturbation sinful.

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-Anne Montgomery, RSCJ UN Disarmament Conference, 2002

A HIGH-RANKING VATICAN OFFICIAL WANTS GAY COUPLES GIVEN LEGAL PROTECTION

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From: Ouko joachim omolo
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2013

As a high-ranking Vatican official on Monday (Feb. 4) voiced support for giving unmarried couples some kind of legal protection even as he reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s opposition to same-sex marriage, British Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to see off a rebellion within his ruling Conservative party on Tuesday over his government’s plans to legalise gay marriage.

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, head of the Pontifical Council for the Family, was quoted to say the church should do more to protect gays and lesbians from discrimination in countries where homosexuality is illegal.

This was his first Vatican press conference since his appointment as the Catholic Church’s “minister” for family. He conceded that there are several kinds of “cohabitation forms that do not constitute a family,” and that their number is growing.

Against background that Paglia suggested that nations could find “private law solutions” to help individuals who live in non-matrimonial relations, “to prevent injustice and make their life easier.

Although Paglia was adamant in reaffirming society’s duty to preserve the unique value of marriage, he said the church must defend the truth, and the truth is that a marriage is only between a man and a woman.

Responding to journalists’ questions, Paglia also strongly condemned discrimination against gay people, who he said “have the same dignity as all of God’s children.”

“In the world there are 20 or 25 countries where homosexuality is a crime,” he said. “I would like the church to fight against all this.”

In Britain, even though parliament is likely to vote to give the draft law its initial approval, more than 100 of Cameron’s 303 Conservative lawmakers are expected to vote against it on what they say are moral grounds.

Behind in the polls, Cameron is trying to perform a tricky, and some analysts believe, impossible balancing act: to reconcile his desire to show his party is progressive with the views of many of those inside it uncomfortable with such reform, amid growing talk of a possible leadership challenge against him.

Many Conservative lawmakers say they feel Cameron is not a real conservative and is sacrificing what were once core party values on the altar of populism. Such talk is rife among some Conservative lawmakers and follows a spate of articles in the British press in which a handful of MPs raised the possibility of replacing Cameron with someone else, a prospect most commentators regard as far-fetched before the next election in 2015.

The new law proposes legalising same-sex marriage in England and Wales in 2014. It would also allow civil partners to convert their partnerships into marriages. Faced with strong opposition from the Anglican and Catholic churches, the new law would not force them to conduct gay marriages, but critics say gay people may launch legal challenges.

In France while the process of legalizing same-sex marriage despite fierce opposition from the Catholic Church, a similar fight is brewing in Britain with the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches sharply opposed to the move.

The Conference of the Bishops of France (CEF) issued a nine-page paper outlining the main debating points for and against the reform planned for next year and detailed several legal and anthropological objections to same-sex marriage, avoiding religious reasoning.

The paper stresses that the Church respects homosexuals and rejects discrimination, but argues that the demand for gay marriage reduces a complex social institution to a question of equal rights for individuals based on “amorous sentiment, which is by definition ephemeral”.

It claimed those calling for it do not take seriously enough issues of procreation, paternity and the duties of spouses to each other and parents to children.

France’s Catholic bishops are backing plans for a national demonstration against same-sex marriage legislation, which is expected to be approved by lawmakers later in January.

A coalition of 30 French family groups, “Manif Pour Tous” (Demo For All), plans a Jan. 13 Paris rally against a bill allowing same-sex marriage, introduced Nov. 7 by the Socialist government of President Francois Hollande under the slogan, “Marriage for All.”

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VIDEO ON UNCONDITIONAL LOVE BY MIRIAM

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From: Ouko joachim omolo
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2013

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Unconditional love is the most difficult one to embrace. Many marriages today are ending in separation or divorce because they are not based on unconditional love, despite the fact that when the couple got married, they had the most meaningful ceremony, a festive reception and the sweetest and longest of honeymoons.

Most of such relationships which are not based on unconditional love are rooted on emotional feelings. It begins when one partner has an extremely close relationship with a person of the opposite sex that transforms from regular friendship to sexual affairs.

It is a condition where the partner begins having feelings of attraction for the other person. Generally they begin talking intimately about things they should only be discussing with their significant other. Eventually this may turn to what we can now call marriage.

The problem with such type of relationship is that it can badly hurt when one partner replaces time, feelings, and intimacy with someone other than their partner it hurts the relationship between them and their partner.

It hurts because such affairs involve all the lying and mistrust that physical affairs do, and their damage often takes much longer to overcome, especially for a woman who discovers that her man is cheating on her.

Such affairs can also break the family when emotional affairs start between co-workers where what may start out innocently enough as time working on a project may evolve into a deeper emotional relationship with a wife or a husband of someone.

Generally emotional affairs involve emails that your partner doesn’t want you to see, or they may take a phone call in another room and shut the door without telling you what it was about. If your partner begins to pull away from you and seems distant, they may be engaging emotionally with someone else.

Several women have complained that they have come across strange messages in their husband’s mobile phone. Some women have even complained that the latest their husbands got home was 10 pm, and they sometimes would even call to say he was still in the office.

When the husband comes home late and the wife insists on having sex, he would put her off saying he is tired because of the accumulated work in the office. The wife becomes suspicious when it comes routine.

What makes it even more painful to women is when she recalls how close and emotional they were before they got married. They shared a sense of humour that made them laugh and have fun together. They stood by each other.

Some cheating partners go as far as to buy a second cell phone to use solely for conducting the affair. Women begin to become suspicious when the second cell phone is kept at work.

By contrast, unconditional love is frequently used to describe love between family members, comrades in arms and between others in highly committed relationships. An example of this is a parent’s love for their child.

In psychology, unconditional love refers to a state of mind in which one has the goal of increasing the welfare of another, despite any evidence of benefit for oneself.

Conditional love requires some kind of finite exchange, whereas unconditional love is seen as infinite and measureless. Unconditional love separates the individual from her or his behaviours that are unacceptable in a particular situation.

In Christianity, the term “unconditional love” may be used to indicate God’s love for a person irrespective of that person’s love for God. It involves generosity, alms, sacrifice and charity.

This is the ancient morality of the gift, which has become a principle of justice. The gods and the spirits accept that the share of wealth and happiness that has been offered to them and had been hitherto destroyed in useless sacrifices should serve the poor and children.

Jainism prescribes a path of non-violence to progress the soul to this ultimate goal. Jains believe that to attain enlightenment and ultimately liberation, one must practice the following ethical principles (major vows) in thought, speech and action. The degree to which these principles are practiced is different for householders and monks. They are: Non-violence (Ahimsa), Truthfulness (Satya), Non-stealing (Asteya), Celibacy (Brahmacharya).

This was also the central teachings of Jesus found in the Gospel, especially in the Sermon on the Mount. He talks of love of our neighbour more than our ourselves. 1 John 4 states that for one to love God one must love his fellowman, and that hatred of one’s fellowman is the same as hatred of God.

German philosopher Max Scheler distinguishes two ways in which the strong can help the weak. One way is a sincere expression of Christian love, “motivated by a powerful feeling of security, strength, and inner salvation, of the invincible fullness of one’s own life and existence”.

The central faith in Sikhism is that the greatest deed any one can do is to imbibe and live the godly qualities like love, affection, sacrifice, patience, harmony, truthfulness. This is based on the teaching to the fifth Nanak, Guru Arjun Dev who sacrificed his life to uphold 22 Carats of pure truth, the greatest gift to humanity, the Guru Granth.

And in the Ninth Nanak, Guru Tegh Bahadur Sacrificed is his head to protect weak and defenseless people against atrocity.

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NEVER SEEN STRONG FAITH LIKE THIS OF ARCHBISHOP CREPALDI

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2013

I have never seen strong faith like this of an Italian Archbishop Giampaolo Crepaldi of Trieste. He revealed recently that when he was confined to his home, forced to remain inside his “besieged” residence, when homosexual activists staged a protest there earlier this month, and warned that gay-rights campaigners aim to prosecute all who oppose their agenda, a book by American sociologist helped him to remain firm.

Archbishop Giampaolo Crepaldi told the diocesan newspaper Vita Nuova (New Life) by the time he was confronted by gay activists ready to kill him he was reading a book by American sociologist, Rodney Stark, titled The Triumph of Christianity, “which analyzes, among other things, the many persecutions suffered by Christians in two thousand years of history”.

The book, he said, “demonstrates…that in the end, the persecutors pass and Christians continue, because the persecutions purify them and make them stronger. It’s a book that he recommends.

One thing I have learnt from Archbishop Crepaldi and has challenged my faith as well is that he remained firm and was ready to die but never to betray his church he so loves very much. He publicly defended the Catholic Church’s teaching on the nature of marriage in the diocesan newspaper.

The activists outside his door January 12th accused Crepaldi of reviving the “classic racist campaign against gay, lesbian and transgender people” and announced they intend to “prosecute” anyone who opposed their agenda, including churchmen.

Local news reported that two members of the Trieste city council were part of the crowd. Councilors Peter Faraguna and Paul Menis signed a petition “to fight discrimination” against homosexuals and the “promotion of non-discriminatory policies”.

David Zotti, an organizer of the protest and president of the Rainbow Club, indicated that the bishop should not be allowed to speak on Catholic teaching outside the confines of his church.

The demonstration, he added, was also in response to the homily of Pope Benedict XVI on December 21st in which he identified “gender theory” and the global homosexualist movement as a “threat to the foundations” of western society.

It was supported by provincial councilors – Štefan ?ok, Gianluca Balbi, Nadja Debenjak, Sandy Klun, Matthew Puppi, Sabrina Morena, Marcello Bergamini, Elena Legiša and Majda Canziani and an extreme-left environmentalist political party Sinistra Ecologia e Libertà.

Bishop Crepaldi responded that the accusations made against him are “false and serious,” particularly since he has dedicated his life “to fighting racism and has contributed a great pool of international jurists to rewrite the document of the Holy See against racism”.

Archbishop Giampaolo Crepaldi, who is also the president of the Cardinal Van Thuân International Observatory for the Social Doctrine of the Church, wrote this in an article to appear Thursday in the weekly magazine Tempi. The article, titled “The Pope Knows Where We Have to Go,” was posted recently on the observatory’s Web site.

Archbishop Crepaldi said that the protest was organized against him because of “the false and very grave accusation of being intolerant and racist.” The press quoted him saying that gay-rights activists are determined to gain approval for same-sex marriage, and toward that end will accuse all opponents of “homophobia.”

Archbishop Giampaolo Crepaldi is one of the people who best know the pope’s encyclical “Charity in Truth”. “Caritas in veritate” – Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Benedict XVI- He states that Christian doctrine has always drawn a distinction between “free will” and “freedom”. The former is the faculty to make a choice. The latter is the concrete choice for good. In fact, whosoever chooses evil is no longer free, even if his free will remains the same.

In ant interview in 2009 the archbishop explained that this encyclical cannot be perceived simply as a document aimed at solving the economic crisis. That’s why he emphasizes Benedict XVI’s message about the environment in which the pope seeks to merge respect for life with respect for nature. Caritas in Veritate: man as the engine of the economy

The choice of good, that being the exercise of true freedom, can be made in the light of reason. Pertaining to Revelation is the idea that man has this faculty: in his rational conscience he finds the light of good and evil.

This light, however, often wanes, and in the wake of the fall of our distant forefathers it falls into error and leaves the straight road. Without the Christian faith it is lost. In other words, reason on its own is not able to give man that freedom he has by virtue of his selfsame nature. Needed in order for this to take place are revelation and the faith.

As we see, it isn’t possible for religions to be equivalent in their ability to confirm and bolster true human freedom. Preserved in the choice of one religion over another is the exercise of free will, but not true freedom. This is because not all religions are equally true, and only one of them is “true”. And this alone truly permits man to be free. In fact, we are free only according to truth.

Freedom of religion does not mean the choice of just any religion confirms and validates the freedom of religion. This would be tantamount to the religious relativism clearly decried by Benedict XVI also in “Ecclesia in Medio Oriente”.

It means that freedom of religion is a natural right and hence no one religion can be imposed upon people by the force of might. But that natural right is not merely free will and does not exist irregardless of truth; it draws nourishment from truth and good, with respect to which only the true religion may respond in full. It alone renders man truly free.

While on one hand it is right and just to acknowledge freedom of religion, it must be recognized on the other hand how, once chosen, there are religions that are detrimental to freedom of religion.

If freedom is considered only as the exercise of free will, freedom can be exercised even without any relationship with truth. If, however, freedom is considered as a right whose exercise is linked to good, then freedom does not exist outside the relationship with truth.

If freedom does not exist outside the relationship with truth this means it has to do with truth from the very outset and not at a hypothetical later stage, and hence also has to do with God and therefore religion. The truth-religion link exists from the very outset and with it the bond between freedom and true religion.

His Holiness Benedict XVI focused attention anew on the theme of freedom of religion in the recent Apostolic Exhortation “Ecclesia in Medio Oriente”, especially dedicating paragraphs 25 and 27 to it, with which we must also consider paragraphs 29 and 30 dealing with laicity and fundamentalism. On the basis of these teachings of the Holy Father and his predecessors I would like to offer some food for thought and discussion.

Crepaldi is close to Pope Benedict and was granted the personal rank of archbishop, though Trieste is not an archdiocese. He is the founder and president of the International Observatory Cardinal Van Thuan, a think tank that provides “reasoned information” and “reflections, evaluations and in-depth studies” on the Church’s social doctrine.

In a paper for the Observatory, Archbishop Crepaldi warned of a “colonization of human nature” by an ideology that is spreading from Europe around the world, “gender,” an expression of “a nihilistic culture that intends to overcome completely the concept of human nature.”

Catholics, he said, are not asked to take refuge in a small enclave to “cultivate traditional values,” but to compete in the world with a vision of the nature of the human being. “There is a huge cultural work to be done to educate this sense of nature and of human nature. And I’m sorry to see that within the Church and among the Christian communities themselves the importance of this point is often overlooked.”

Archbishop Crepaldi continued: “Without denying the diverse levels of truth and competence, and hence without denying its own limits, the Church knows it announces the definitive Word and that this Word is not sort of added on from the outside like an opinion, but professes to be the response to human expectations.

“If God is only useful, then Christianity is nothing more than ethics. God is indispensable and therefore the faith purifies reason and charity purifies justice. Purify means making them reason and charity in the full and effective sense of the words. It is like saying that reason without faith is unable to be reason, and justice without charity is unable to be justice.”

He has recommended very strongly that faith schools could also be “compelled” to teach a definition of marriage which goes against Church teachings and individual teachers could see their freedom of expression curbed. He believes such teachings will enable children as they grow up that marriage is between man and woman.

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SPECULATIONS SURROUNDING RESIGNATION OF BISHOP DEOGRACIAS

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2013

Since Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Caloocan Bishop Deogracias Iñiguez, one of the figures in the Philippine Church hierarchy known for openly voicing their opinions on various political issues, a lot of speculations have been going around.

The information relayed to the media office of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Friday by the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Archbishop Guiseppe Pinto does not say the reason.

The information only stated that the 72-year-old Iñiguez, who is chair of the CBCP Public Affairs Committee, resigned before the mandated retirement age of 75. The Vatican stated that it was made under Canon 401, par. 2 of the Code of Canon Law. The provision of the law states that a diocesan bishop who becomes “unsuited for duties due to illness or other grave reason is requested to tender his resignation from office.

Bishop Iñiguez is remembered for his move to file impeachment case against former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in 2006, a move that was sharply refused by the Roman Catholic bishops’ conference.

It could be argued that the bishops’ refusal to join calls for the resignation of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was the result of an admonition by the Vatican, which told them to stop meddling in politics.

As New York Times reports the Vatican’s reprimand, which stopped the bishops from asking Arroyo to resign, was first reported by the Manila newsmagazine Newsbreak and was independently confirmed by several bishops, who declined to be named because of the secretive nature of their deliberations.

The Vatican has long been uncomfortable about the partisanship of the church in the Philippines but tolerated it nonetheless because of the seriousness of the political problems being faced by Filipinos, such as the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos.

Iñiguez is not the first bishop to be critical against the sitting president. The late Cardinal Jaime Sin used his high-profile to involve in the campaigns against Marcos and President Joseph Estrada, who were toppled in church-supported uprisings in 1981 and 2001. Sin had been close to the late Pope John Paul II.

Bishop Deogracias Iñiguez is one of those clericals who are critical of Arroyo and has always defended the church’s involvement in politics. “It can be taken and viewed in different ways, but the bishops are always called to guide the people,” he said. “It is our obligation to give proper moral guidance to the people.”

Iñiguez explained that during crises like this “when political matters are heightened, moral concerns always crop up.” “So the bishops will have to speak out and guide the people,” he maintained.

Iñiguez has insisted that in the context of the Philippines, political activism by church people “may be called for,” pointing out that a bishop is also a citizen, saying Filipino bishops can always listen to the Vatican but they should not be prevented from forming their own minds about political matters.

Bishop Deogracias Iñiguez again found himself into bigger problem in 2011 when he conceded that seven Catholic bishops received luxury vehicles from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) and cash amounting to P8.3 million under the term of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

This was despite the fact that article 6 Section 29 of the Constitution bans charity on churches and clergy. Section 29 (2) states that no public money or property shall be appropriated, applied, paid, or employed, directly or indirectly, for the use, benefit, or support of any sect, church, denomination, sectarian institution, or system of religion, or of any priest, preacher, minister, or other religious teacher, or dignitary as such, except when such priest, preacher, minister, or dignitary is assigned to the armed forces, or to any penal institution, or government orphanage or leprosarium.

Mrs Arroyo came to power in January 2001 after Mr Estrada was thrown out for graft in what was seen as a military-backed coup led by the Church.

Iñiguez was the first bishop of Caloocan and had served the diocese since August 2003. A native of Cotabato City, he was ordained in 1963. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Malolos from 1985 to 1989 and as bishop of Iba, Zambales, from 1990 to 2003.

As an official of the CBCP, Iñiguez had been giving his voice to many social and political issues including the reproductive health law and land reform. He was also a steadfast advocate on environmental issues.

Aside from Iñiguez, San Pablo Bishop Leo Drona also resigned, which the Pope has also approved on Friday. Current Gumaca Bishop Buenaventura Famadico was appointed as Drona’s successor.

Drona, 71, was ordained a priest in December 1967 in Rome and was appointed bishop of San Jose, Nueva Ecija, in July 1987. He served there until 2004 when he was transferred to San Pablo City.

As the new bishop of San Pablo, Famadico, who is a member of the CBCP Episcopal Commission on Family and Life, will serve more than two million Catholics in the diocese.
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7 Days of Peace Activism- 25th Feb to 3rd March 2013

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Friends,

On the 3rd March 2013, we will host The National Prayers for a Peaceful General Elections at Uhuru Park and we will also issue Certificates of Appreciation to all the Teams that have made Kenyans for a Clean General Elections Campaign.

This will be preceded by 7 Day of Peace Activism starting on the 25th Feb and ending with the Prayer Session on the 3rd March at Uhuru Park and we will visit on a Daily Basis, all the perceived Hot Spot Areas in Nairobi. You are invited to be part of this Great Transformation shaping our attitudes towards each other as One People under God.

Mr. Cornelius Wamalwa- DC Dagoreti addressing residents of Kawangware 56 during the Dagoreti Human Peace Caravan. With him is Oto

These are the Team Members for Kenyans for a Clean General Elections Campaign so far;
A Better World/SOFDI
The Public Service Transformation Department
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission
The Provincial Administration- Nairobi
The City Council of Nairobi
The National Steering Committee on Peace Building and Conflict Management
The CHF International- Kenya Tuna Uwezo
PeaceNet Kenya
Kituo Cha Sheria
The Kenya Police Service
Administration Police Band
The Traffic Police Department
The World Vision Kenya
Transparency International
Radio Ramogi- Royal Media Services Ltd
Waumini FM
Kiss FM- Radio Africa Group
Citizen TV- The Power Break Fast Show
Freedom House
Dagoreti District Peace Committee
Kibera Community Justice Centre
Kariobangi Waste Management Alliance and
The People of Kenya

Mr. Stanslaus Alusiola of Kibera Community Justice Centre and Kituo Cha Sheria addresses the residents of Kawangware during the Dagoreti Human Peace Caravan

This Campaign has not been easy. Tomorrow we are heading to Dandora at 10am for a Consultative and Planning Forum for the Dandora Human Peace Caravan scheduled for 2nd Feb, and then at 2pm, we will pay a Courtesy Call on DC Westlands for the same. The Kangemi Human Peace Caravan will be on the 9th Feb.

This is our Revised Programme that also indicates what we have done, Courtesy of the Friends and Partners at The Kenyans for a Clean General Elections Campaign;

. 5th January 2013; Mathare in Starehe- Hosted

· 12th January 2013; Highrise in Langata- Hosted

· 16th January 2013; Kariobangi -Kasarani- Hosted

. 16th January 2013; Voter Education Launch at Dandora Sports Groun- Hosted

. 17th January 2013; Hosted at Radio Ramogi at 8.00am- Hosted

. 18th January 2013; Hosted at Radio Waumini at 10.00am for a Programme that will air at 7.30pm today.- Hosted

· 19th January 2013; Mathare Human Peace Caravan- Hosted

. 19th January 2013; Kongowea Clean-up Campaign- Hosted

. 19th January 2013; in the US; President Barack Obama joins in the National Day of Service- Hosted

. 19th January 2013; Kibabii DTTC Red Cross joins in cleaning Bungoma District Hospital- Hosted

· 21st January 2013; Courtesy Call on the DC Dagoreti- Hosted

. 24th January 2013; Planning Session with various Groups at Dagoreti.- Hosted

. 24th January 2013; A Meeting with the Director- Administration Police Band at 2.00pm- Hosted

. 26th January 2013; Dagoreti Human Peace Caravan- Hosted

· 29th January 2013; Consultative and Planning Session with DO and Team- Kariobangi

. 29th January 2013; Consultative and Planning Session with DC and Team- Westlands

. 31st January 2013; Consultative and Planning Session with DC and Team- Makadara

. 2nd February 2013; The Dandora Human Peace Caravan- Embakasi

· 9th February 2013; The Kangemi Human Peace Caravan- Westlands

. 11th February 2013; Consultative and Planning Session with DC and Team- Kisumu

· 13th February 2013; Makadara

· 16th February 2013; Kisumu

. 19th February 2013; Consultative and Planning Session with DC and Team- Kamukunji

· 23rd February 2013; Kamukunji

On the 25th February 2013, we will launch 7 Days of Peace Activism in Nairobi and this will be our Programme;
25th February 2013; Kayole Soweto
26th February 2013; Kariobangi North
27th February 2013; Kibera
28th February 2013; Embakasi Village
29th February 2013; Mathare
2nd February 2013; Kiambio
3rd March 2013; National Prayers for a Clean and Peaceful General Elections at Uhuru Park

Edgar and the Young Volunteers for the Environment with, Mr. Njoroge Nyagah of Freedom House and Oto after the Dagoreti Human Peace Caravan

Let us all work for a Clean Kenya, a Clean Africa and a Clean General Election as a Transformative Deliverable as we turn 50 in Kenya.

Odhiambo T Oketch,
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The Clean Kenya Campaign- TCKC

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FACEBOOK AND CHALLENGES FACING KENYAN AND INDONESIAN YOUTH

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From: Ouko joachim omolo
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2013

Following highlights from the 2013 Pope Benedict XVI’s prayer intentions for the year 2013 published by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano which include prayers for participants in World Youth Day, which is slated to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil during July, our chat with one of my Facebook friends from Indonesia, Mariss Stella revealed a lot to be desired. The core of the chat was to discern the challenges facing our youth today.

While other intentions emphasize global respect for human life and the environment as well as specific prayers for the protection of families, Pope Benedict will also be praying for the Year of Faith, which marks the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, and is set to conclude in 2013.

The general intention for January is that during this “Year of Faith” Christians may deepen their knowledge of the mystery of Christ and joyfully bear witness to the gift of faith in Him, whereas missionary intention is that the Christian communities of the Middle East, which frequently suffer discrimination, may receive the strength of fidelity and perseverance of the Holy Spirit.

Following our chat we came to common agreement that unemployment among youth was a major crisis. Of the total of 200 million people unemployed worldwide according to International Labour Organization (ILO), 75 million, or around 40 percent, are young people.

In Kenya there are about 500,000 youth who graduate from various tertiary institutions ready to enter the job market every year, but due to the slow economic growth, corruption, nepotism and demand for experience by potential employers, 75 percent remain unemployed.

This is despite the fact that population of youth in Kenya was expected to increase to 16 million by 2012 according to USAID -2009 report. As a result, an increasing number of youth are idle, making them highly vulnerable to involvement in petty crime, gangs and prostitution.

While almost 60 percent of Kenya’s population is aged 15 to 35, with youth comprising 61 percent of the country’s unemployed, nearly 80 percent of Indonesians aged 15 to 24 are at risk of being infected with sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/Aida due to lack of knowledge.

Apart from sexually transmitted diseases teenage pregnancy in Kenya, especially amongst school going girls has become a worrying trend. This means they have to drop out of school to first take care of themselves and the baby when it is born.

Although peer pressure is usually mentioned as one of the major causes of teen pregnancies, rape, cultural practices, broken families, poverty, lack of sexual awareness, abuse of alcohol and drugs are some of the identified causes.

Peer pressure is highly rated as one of the major causes because most young people trust their peers and are easily influenced to engage in sexual encounters as a way of belong to a group.

It has also come to knowledge that lack of a stable family structure push the girls to look for security else where and this is when they get lured in relationships which have devastating effects on their lives.

In Indonesia where teen pregnancy is on rise, an average of 2.3 million women, 30 percent of whom are teenagers, report having abortions in each year, according to a new report released last year.

Pregnancy among teenagers is increasing by a rate of between 150,000 and 200,000 cases annually according to Luh Putu Ikha Widani of the We Love Teenagers (Kisara) Bali non-governmental organisation. Like the rest of the world in Indonesia 28.5 percent of teenagers today are sexually active.

A religious court official in Indonesia recently blamed social networking site Facebook for a rise in teenage pregnancies and underage marriages. Siti Haryanti, a secretary at the religious court in Mount Kidul, a town in Central Java, said young couples were having sex after meeting online and she had seen the number of underage marriages increase in the past year.

According to Siti many couples admitted they got to know each other through the site and continued their relationship until they got pregnant outside wedlock. He was quoted as saying by Antara state news agency.

“The site is easy to access even to the remote villages so intensive relationships caused many teenagers to get pregnant outside marriage,” she said.

A study by Yahoo! found that Indonesia is the largest and fastest-growing online market in Southeast Asia, with online usage growth of 48 percent in 2010, compared with 22 percent in 2009. Indonesia has more than 22 million Facebook users.

Yet Information and Communication Technology (ICT) may arguably be the most powerful tool for social and economic change today globally. Rapid and continuing growth and development in ICT is transforming the ways in which youth live and work.

Using internet for example, youth can get access to both domestic and international education and job opportunities on line. They can also share interests with peers and friends.

An estimated million people now use social media in Kenya, such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. It is the eagerness to interact in social media that drives the start of internet usage.

The Communication Commission of Kenya shows that there are currently 14.3 million internet users in Kenya, which increased from 12.5 million. Also, 36.3 percent of the population has access to the internet, increasing from 31.8 percent. This growth is attributed to the spread of mobile phones throughout the country.

Against the background that Kenyan youth consume airtime worth Ksh. 23.6 billion while spending some Ksh. 64 billion annually on clothes and other accessories, according to a new study released by Youth Dynamix, Africa’s leading authority on youth matters recently.

The study further reveals that the youth consume over Ksh. 65 billion on entertainment and outings annually while up to 43 percent of youth aged between 18- 25 have registered as voters.

According to the study, the youth market in Kenya aged 16 – 24 years has a population of approximately 7.05 million, which is 18 percent of the total population with 48 percent being male while 52 percent is female. 63 percent of these youth live in rural areas.

The study identifies the key chill zones for the youth including shopping malls, cinema halls and eateries. The current Hot spots are Galleria, Prestige plaza, Nakumatt Junction, Sarit centre, West gate, Nyali Cinemax, Nakumatt Nyali mainly for the higher LSMs and Nandos, KFC, Kenchic, Lifestyle, Sharwama, Tarbush, Olympic for the middle class.

Studies further indicate that in future 39 percent would like to own an IPhone and 32 percent a Blackberry for LSM 7+. Below LSM 7 would like to own an Android or Nokia phone. 18.8 years was found to be the average age of the main internet users in Kenya with 41 percent of the youth using the internet on a daily basis.

Kenya is ranked fourth among Africa’s top internet countries as at December 31 2011 figures. Nigeria is ranked the number one country with 45 million users but this is attributed to its huge population of over 155 million people. Click here for more information Standard Digital News : Kenya ranked ahead of SA in Internet usage.

The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) quarterly sector statistics for the period October-December 2011 lauded the increase and attributed it to mobile internet subscriptions.

In that order, Uhuru Kenyatta ranks first among politicians with Martha Karua running a close second. According to the report, in the last one week, Uhuru Kenyatta’s page has been the fastest growing adding over 5000 fans followed by Martha Karua at about 3000. Click here for more information NAIROBITECH: TOP KENYAN FACEBOOK PAGES.

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-Anne Montgomery, RSCJ UN Disarmament Conference, 2002

UNDERSTANDING CHARACTER OF PROPHET MICAH

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From: Ouko joachim omolo
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013

Prophet Micah was hated and rejected by corrupt leaders, both political and religious. They hated and rejected him because he preached against their hypocrisy, for disconnecting justice and peace and serving their own needs.

They cried “peace,” but declared war on the poor by supporting and legitimizing the injustices of the land, which rob them of their food and well-being. Their power was self-serving.

His sermons can be divided into three roughly equal parts: Judgment against the nations and their leaders (chapters 1-3). His visionary mission was to restore Zion (chapters 4-5) – God’s lawsuit against Israel and expression of hope (chapters 6-7).

Micah also anticipated the destruction of the Judean state and promised its restoration more glorious than before. He prophesied an era of universal peace over which the Governor will rule from Jerusalem.

Being contemporary of Isaiah, Amos and Hosea, Micah never got discouraged despite rejection. There are several similarities in their two prophetic books (Isaiah 2:2-4 and Micah 4:1-3 are almost identical).

Answering the question as to what does the Lord require of you?! Micah 6:8 answers the question — “To do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.” “How will the world know that I am walking humbly with my God? They will know by the way I treat people.

Those who walk humbly with their God have a passionate concern for justice being done in society, and a deep concern to treat people lovingly and mercifully. This was precisely what he learnt from Isaiah, Amos and Hosea.

Amos lived in a time of considerable material prosperity for a few and poverty for most. His message of social justice and the downfall of the royal dynasty did not go down well at the royal sanctuary just over the border in Bethel.

The people were divided into two kingdoms, a more powerful northern kingdom of Israel and a weaker kingdom of Judah, centred on Jerusalem and ruled by kings of David’s line.

Amos was not only rejected by greedy and corrupt leaders, he was an unwelcome, claiming that he was uneducated foreigner from a poor neighbouring state who declaimed words of judgement from God for the evildoers of Israel.

Amos denounced in his poetry many injustices. The weights and measures in the marketplaces were false. The poor were treated with contempt by the law-courts. Foreign women were treated as prostitutes.

The corrupt upper-class women are compared to the fat cows of Bashan. Their husbands’ drunken songs are compared to David’s psalms. Amos’s constant theme is that the powerful people are corrupt and care for nothing but their own pleasure and increased wealth.

Their poorer compatriots, equally heirs of God’s promise, are fit only for oppression and exploitation. Since that is how they treat God’s covenant, God will destroy them and their whole society.

His desire for justice and peace was for a more equitable distribution of the world’s resources; a longing for a more compassionate society. He hated leaders whose services were designed to please themselves, not God (Amos 4:5).

Their worships were not thanks giving to God, and there was no content of repentance in it. It was not leading to holy living. (Amos 4:6-13). God he asserted will not accept worship without the practice of social justice. (Amos 5:24; 8:4-6; Amos 3:10; 5:6-17)

Prophet Micah is the author of the Holy Book of Micah. His name means “one who is like God”. Living between approximately 737 BC and 690 BC, he grew up to have prophetic visions. He used to prophesy not by word alone, but in visions also.

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WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY 2013 CALLS FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013

Rev Fr Charles Odira, the National Executive Secretary, Kenya Episcopal Conference (KEC) Commission for Ecumenism documented resource for week of prayer for Christian unity 2013- January 18- 25, 2013. The theme is drawn from Micah 6:6-8: “What does God require of us?”

The answer to the question is to do justice, lover tenderly and walk humbly with your God. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is traditionally observed from the 18th to the 25th January – the octave of St. Peter and St. Paul, even though some areas observe it at Pentecost or some other time.

The theme of the Week of Prayer 2013 was prepared in India. It was decided that in a context of great injustice to Dalits (“outcasts”) in India and in the church, the search for visible unity cannot be dissociated from the dismantling of the caste system and a greater appreciation of the contribution of the poorest of the poor to unity. For more information click here to read the resources for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Christian disunity in India within churches and between them is further accentuated by the caste system. Casteism, like apartheid, racism and nationalism poses severe challenges for the unity of Christians in India and therefore, for the moral and ecclesial witness of the Church as the one body of Christ.

Micah who was one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament who prophesied from approximately 737-690 BC in Judah, and who lived in the same political, economic, moral, and religious conditions as his contemporary Isaiah wept over the plight of his people as he harshly criticizes those in authority, both political and religious, for abusing their power and stealing from the poor: They “tear the skin off my people” (3:2), and “give judgment for a bribe” (3:11).

Micah’s strong call to justice and peace is concentrated in chapters 6:1 – 7:7, part of which forms the theme of this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (WPCU). He sets justice and peace within the history of the relationship between God and humanity but insists that this history necessitates and demands a strong ethical reference.

Micah compared the greed of those who exploited the poor to those who “eat the flesh of my people, flay the skin off them, break their bones in pieces” (3:3). His rejection of rituals and sacrifices which were impoverished by a lack of concern for justice, speaks of God’s expectation that justice ought to be at the core of our religion and rituals.

Day 1-8 themes:

Day 1: walking in conversation. We reflect on the importance of the practices of dialogue and conversation, as a means of overcoming barriers. Both in ecumenism, and in the struggles for liberation of people across the globe, the skills of speaking and listening are recognised as essential. In such authentic conversation we can come to recognise Christ more clearly.

Day 2: walking with the broken body of Christ. Recognising the solidarity between Christ crucified, and the “broken peoples” of the world, such as the Dalits, we seek as Christians together to learn to be more deeply a part of this solidarity ourselves. In particular, the relation of eucharist and justice is opened up, and Christians invited to discover practical ways of eucharistic living in the world.

Day 3: walking towards freedom. Today we are invited to celebrate the efforts of communities across our world that are oppressed, like the Dalits in India, as they protest against all that enslaves human beings. As Christians committed to greater unity, we learn that the removal of all that separates people from one another is an essential part of fullness of life, freedom in the Spirit.

Day 4: walking as children of the earth. Awareness of our place in God’s creation draws us together, as we realize our interdependence upon one another and the earth. Contemplating the urgent calls to environmental care, and to proper sharing and justice with regard to the fruits of the earth, Christians are called into lives of active witness, in the spirit of the year of Jubilee.

Day 5: walking as the friends of Jesus. Today we reflect on the biblical images of human friendship and love as models for God’s love for every human being. Understanding ourselves as beloved friends of God has consequences for relationships within the community of Jesus. Within the Church, all barriers of exclusion are inconsistent within a community in which all are equally the beloved friends of Jesus.

Day 6: walking beyond barriers. Walking with God means walking beyond barriers that divide and damage the children of God. The biblical readings on this day look at various ways in which human barriers are overcome, culminating in St Paul’s teaching that “As many of you were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.”

Day 7: walking in solidarity. To walk humbly with God means walking in solidarity with all who struggle for justice and peace. Walking in solidarity has implications not just for individual believers, but for the very nature and mission of the whole Christian community. The Church is called and empowered to share the suffering of all by advocacy and care for the poor, the needy and the marginalised. Such is implicit in our prayer for Christian unity this week.

Day 8: walking in celebration. The biblical texts on this day speak about celebration, not in the sense of celebrating a successful completion, but celebration as a sign of hope in God and in God’s justice. Similarly, the celebration of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is our sign of hope that our unity will be achieved according to God’s time and God’s means. The last day coincides with the feast of the conversion of St Paul.

Within the New Testament, Paul’s conversion experience is discussed in both Paul’s own letters and in the book known by the title Acts of the Apostles. According to both sources, Paul was never a follower of Jesus nor knew him before Jesus’s crucifixion; instead he persecuted the early Christians. Paul’s conversion occurred after Jesus’s crucifixion.

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-Anne Montgomery, RSCJ UN Disarmament Conference, 2002

KENYA: SPEECH BY ARCHBISHOP ZACCHAUES OKOTH ON KISUMU PEACE FORUM

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JANUARY 4, 2013

This speech was made on January 4, by Kenya Episcopal Conference Justice and Peace Chairman, Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth of Kisumu:

Dear people of God, fellow citizen’s ladies and gentlemen, I am happy to join you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for peace in the growth of our nation.

About Fifty Years ago the founding fathers of this nation in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, defined the destiny of this nation with clarity as we often sing in our national anthem “Justice be our shield and defender, may we dwell in Unity peace and liberty, plenty be found within our boarders’, This momentous declaration came as a great beacon light for posterity of this beautiful nation.

If you look at the Kenyan Flag, it stands out as the most beautiful of all the world’s flags, but I am afraid today that if one were to open the heart of many Kenyans, it would be area contradiction what our flag symbolizes-(A nation United in peace and liberty.)

This is due to the militarized conflicts this country has undergone in the past five decades which have greatly impacted on the stability and peace of this great nation.

That is why I stand before this august forum to invite you to join in the Journey towards peace and mutual co-existence as one family with one destiny. This peace whose heralds we have to be, is the only way to the new dawn, a dawn that says goodbye to impunity, inequality, abuse of human rights, violence and corruption amidst the many evils that have plagued and crippled the progress of this nation.

A dawn that upholds the dignity of the human person and its inalienable rights there by promoting the local aptitudes with its charisms and potentialities to celebrate the gift our rich and diverse heritage.

I stand here today as a witness to the growth of this nation amidst its challenges to date. At independence; Kenyans enjoyed a deep spirit of nation hood and peace; this was exemplified by harmony and unity that was all inclusive especially among the founding fathers of our nation and its political leadership.

In those days Kenyans were judged by the content of their character and not their ethnicity or other affiliations. This beautiful fabric has over the years degenerated and disintegrated into anarchy fuelled by ethnocentricism.

The last Five decades have been characterized with historical injustices, grabbing of the public utilities, tribal clashes (ethnic cleansing] leading to the degeneration of the systems of Justice and loss of credibility in the institutions of the Government.

On 30th December 2007, carne the darkest day in the history of this nation when all these ills reached their climax in the post election violence due to a disputed election. The Loss of over 1000 innocent lives, property of innumerable value, crimes against humanity that will never be forgotten through generations.

The gruesome sight of the events will forever leave indelible marks in the memories of innocent Kenyans some of whom have not found a home there since, living as internally displaced persons in their own country.

That is why I am here today to tell you the most important word; NEVER AGAIN,

Never again will the blood of the innocent be sacrificed at the altar of impunity, never again will Kenyans rich or poor live in the cold away from their homes because they have been driven away by their neighbors with whom they have lived in peace, Never again will Kenyans become refugees in their own land.

Never again will we subject this region to such atrocities. Never again will we see children and women undergoing the untold pain, never again will should this nation be in flames lit by its own citizens.

This proclamation “Never again” is a matter of Faith in Action that we believe in peace and work for it as a preferential and fundamental option for the growth and development of all institutions.

Never again means choosing peace and desisting from all forms of violence. This is why I am here today to invite you to join me in this caravan of peace, peace that is not just the absence of war but a true experience in the heart of every Kenyan.

Peace in our homes, peace in the neighborhood and the nation at large; peace which is synonymous to development. Since our destiny is defined by the choices we make in the present; choosing peace today is choosing a brighter future for this nation which has been guaranteed by the New Constitutional dispensation.

As we chose peace let us be aware of the seven evils enumerated by Mahatma Gandhi as deadly to the growth and survival of any nation; which in my opinion has deeply penetrated the leadership and structures of our beloved country;

1. Politics without principles (political affiliations based on Tribal outfits)

2. Pleasure without conscience (indulging into social evils without being mindful of the consequences- Kenya of a few billionaires against millions of people living in abject poverty and nobody cares).

3. Wealth without work (plundering public resources and institutions through corruption)

4. Knowledge without character (compromising academic prospects and truth because of money and positions)

5. Business without morality (making business through stealing, even some parts of the dead)

6. Science without humanity (not being mindful of the consequences of scientific research)

7. Worship without sacrifice (Inability to sacrifice personal ambition for the sake of the common good).

This is why I invite you as to join me to say Never again as I propose the following as the panacea of the past injuries in the region and the way forward;

1. Investment in peace as a personal prerogative since any act of violence affects each and every one of us directly.

2. That our politicians articulate their party manifestos during this electioneering period without insulting each other and inciting the populace against one another

3. That we give each party a chance in this region to conduct peaceful campaigns irrespective of their ideologies and foundations.

4. That we respect and appreciate each other within our neighborhoods, since we all belong to one tribe (called Kenya 😉 all Kenyans have the right and freedom to enjoy their fundamental rights in any part of the country without fear and intimidation.

5. That we resist from being hired or used by politicians to rise against each other in violence.

6. That we all work as a team towards a fair process towards the next general elections.

7. That we all become heralds of peace and preach it to one another since as you must have discovered; discord is more expensive than peace.

8. That we chose peace as a way towards economic recovery of the region and job creation since most of the investors are seemingly scared of Kenya since the experience of 2007 post election violence.

9. That the politicians treat each other with respect without contempt or provocation.

Yes We Can! We can have peace if we all choose peace today, True peace, reconciliation and justice as the way forward to a brighter destiny for each of us.

Remember with God nothing is impossible thus, I want to say peace is possible if we make a definitive decision to embrace it.

Kisumu for peace, Yes we can- Respect and love each other irrespective of our heritage- yes we can. Conduct violence free campaigns-yes we can-Resisting being used by politicians to fight each other -yes we can.

Kondele for peace-yes we can- Bodaboda for peace-Yes we can- Politicians for peace and mutual respect-ye we can- Women for peace-Yes we can.

I request you to join me in this wonderful prayer of peace which I here today propose for personal devotion and dedication before; during and after the forth coming elections.

The Peace Prayer of Saint Francis

“0 Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace!

Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

Where there is injury, pardon.

Where there is discord, harmony.

Where there is doubt, faith.

Where there is despair, hope.

Where there is darkness, light.

Where there is sorrow, joy.

Let me conclude by wishing each and every Kenyan a happy ride in this caravan of peace we have launched today, peace for positive change and economic prosperity.

Thank you all, may the Lord turn each and every one of you into instruments of Peace.

Fr Joachim Omolo Ouko, AJ
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-Anne Montgomery, RSCJ UN Disarmament Conference, 2002

KENYA: UHURU KENYATTA IS KENYA’S NEXT PRESIDENT

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From: Ouko joachim omolo
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MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2013

Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta’s Milele FM station through Nairobi wire reports that he is the Kenya’s next president according to renowned Venezuelan prophet Dionny Baez who claims that God has shown him that Kenyatta to be Kenya’s fourth president. Uhuru Kenyatta Is Kenya’s Next President: Venezuelan Prophet Proclaims .

He claims that in 2007, he prophesied that Kibaki would retain the presidency and he was right. This time round, he believes he is right again. In a prophetic message delivered on 2nd December 2012, and uploaded on Youtube just last week, where he tells worshipers at the World harvest International Church, Nairobi, that God has shown him that Kenya will get its next president from Mt Kenya.

The prophet further prophesied of another post election violence, with this time round more advanced weaponry including hand guns being used. He however said that the violence will be of lesser magnitude than the 2007/2008 one. Among his other prophesies delivered on 2nd December are:

1. Kenya will experience 17 years of acceleration after which it will be second to SA as an investment destination in Africa (vision 2030 comes to mind)

2.There will be an explosion in the telecommunication & tourism sector

3. Beginning April 2013, additional massive deposits of oil and gas will be discovered

4.We will have a born again president soon (not clear if it is the next)

5. The ICC cases will make the West to attack our sovereignty BIG time

6. MRC will rear its ugly head

7. There will be drastic changes in weather patterns precipitating drought

8. There will be election violence (pre & post) but of a lesser scale than 2007-2008’s yet this time the weapons used will be hand guns as opposed to machetes, stones like the previous one

9. An Asian oil company with a heavy presence in Nigeria will sign a mining contract with Kenya in 2013

10. Kenya will receive massive funding from European Development Fund to the tune of billions of dollars

11. EAC trade barriers will be removed; free trade within EA

12. China will do even more wonders especially infrastructure over the next 5 years
Embedded below is the video of the prophesy. Point your cursor to 1:20:10 for the ‘President From The Mountain’ proclamation.

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KENYA: UHURU LOOTED PROPERTY BIG DEBATE

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MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2013

When Prime Minister Raila Odinga hit out at Jubilee Alliance leaders Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto saying that they should be ready to return looted property, noting that the duo should live to the responsibility that comes with the Jubilee year as stipulated in the Bible, Uhuru was quick to hit back saying he has never looted any property

Raila who was in Western Province and attended mass at Webuye Catholic Church where the parish priest allowed him to campaign in the Church despite the fact that Kenya Episcopal Conference has banned political campaigns in Churches said Uhuru family have land they acquired illegally and they should be ready to surrender it.

Although Uhuru claims his family bought the land legally, the controversy lies on the fact that his father used his power to buy them cheaply from bank loan which some critics say were not secured at all. This is because Mzee Kenyatta’s name was all the security ever needed.

Mzee Kenyatta used his powers to buy, not only at the lowest price leading to many land owners being squatters but took advantage of the ignorance of land owners, which according to the Ndungu Report, the Kenyatta family has grabbed land that cumulatively is equivalent to the size of Nyanza province, home to more than eight million people.

Ever since squatters at the Coast have threatened to boycott the forthcoming general elections if they are not resettled in their stolen land which according to statistics from the Ministry of Lands show that over 130,000 families of squatters are identified and registered in the province with Mombasa having more than 50,000, Kwale-25,000, Lamu 4000, Kilifi-26,000, Tana River-1,500 and Malindi 22,000. The statistic does not indicate those of Kwale and Taita Taveta – with a total of 80, 000 hectares of land belonging to absentee landlords in the region- click here to read more squatters threaten to boycott elections.

It is also still fresh in Kenyans minds that Uhuru Kenyatta encountered a “computer error” during the 2009/10 Fiscal Year, which may have cost the taxpayer Ksh 9.67 billion.

Although he was later cleared of any wrongdoing, Uhuru found himself in yet another big problem when over Ksh 700 billion remained unaccounted for on his watch when he was Finance Ministers.

This was revealed during a parliamentary discussion on the infamous computer error, when Gem MP Jakoyo Midiwo said that: “We cannot have 16 top officials in these two departments from one community. Meaning that being from one community it was impossible to trace the money.

So far, Uhuru dodged Parliament thrice where MPs were demanding a Ministerial statement about the unaccounted for money despite the fact that the new Constitution states that the Finance Minister must submit to Parliament national budgetary estimates two months before the official Budget Day, a fact that Uhuru defied, claiming that there were teething problems in implementing the new policy.

Concurring with Jakoyo Midiwo Joe Kadhi wrote this about Uhuru’s computer error: “The only trouble is that at the Treasury all the top jobs are held by the Gema people. The Permanent Secretary, Joseph Kinyua, is from the “Big House”, so are the Director of Budget, Paul Ngugi, and the Accountant General Michael Gatimu.

The only non- Gema top official is the head of the ICT department Jerome Ochieng. All fingers will be pointing at this man now and many wonder whether he will be made the sacrificial lamb as he does not belong to the “Big House” and, worse still, has a name that sounds like that of an ODM sympathizer,” writes Kadhi.

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DISMISSED FROM SEMINARY OF BEING TESO

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From: Ouko joachim omolo
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 2013

Yesterday I spent much of my time in Kisumu City with one of my colleagues in Justice and Peace field. Mr Tom (not his real name) had longed to become a priest but could not make it because the Rector was not in good terms with Teso seminarians. He dismissed them all. He used to call them Punda (donkey). Any of them without rosary in his pocket was automatically dismissed.

When I told him that the said Rector who has since being made one of the highest church authorities has a Teso whom he taught in the same seminary and now he is not only a priest but his great friend and serves as his Diocesan Education Secretary.

Tom was quick to react that he knows the priest and that he was one of his colleagues, dismissed but joined a missionary congregation, and that now he is using him, not only because he is interested in education and has built one of the best academies in the diocese but also he is a source of income for him.

When I asked him why he brought this topic and yet now he is working with one of the internationally recognized NGO’s, he said he is still bitter with him and felt rejected. When I shared with him my own story that I was also once rejected in one particular diocese when the bishop heard that I was the one coming to talk to his Christians, when it was only remaining one week to go, Tom was still bitter.

I even tried to tell him that he was not the first to be rejected but even Jesus was. And when his disciples told him that in some houses they were rejected and were very bitter, Jesus told them that try to go to other houses and where you are welcome say peace to this house and where you are rejected even the dust in your shoes shake them and leave them there and they will serve as a curse for that house.

Jesus was rejected because he failed, in their eyes, to do what the Jews expected their Messiah to do—destroy evil and all their enemies and establish an eternal kingdom with Israel as the preeminent nation in the world.

The prophecies in Isaiah and Psalm 22 describe a suffering Messiah who would be persecuted and killed, but the Jews chose to focus instead on those prophecies that discuss his glorious victories, not his crucifixion.

The good news is that many Jews are turning to Christ today. The God of Israel has always been faithful to keep a “remnant” of believing Jews to himself. In the United States alone, some estimates say that there are over 100,000 Jewish believers in Jesus, and the numbers are growing all the time.

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-Anne Montgomery, RSCJ UN Disarmament Conference, 2002

ITALIAN PRELATES DECREASES AS ASIANS AND AFRICANS INCREASE

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 2013

Zenit Editorial Staff writer reports January 10, 2013 there are 99 apostolic nuncios stationed around the world, some of whom are in charge of more than one country according to data published last Sunday by the Italian newspaper Avvenire.

Report says just under half (48) are Italian, a lower percentage than in the past (in 1961, 48 nuncios out of a total of 58 were from Italy, that is, 83 percent; in 1978 there were 55 out of 75, or 73 percent).

Even though out of 41 Pope Benedict XVI raised to the episcopate for the first time, only 15 are Italian (37 percent), papal representatives in ecclesiastically and/or politically important countries such as France, Spain, Great Britain, Poland, the United States, Brazil and Italy itself are still Italians.

According to the report the other nuncios are mainly from Europe (26, of whom six are Polish, 5 Spanish and the same number French). There are also nuncios from Asia (12), North America (7, all Americans), Africa (5) and two from Hispanic America.

It further reports that vacant at present are the nunciatures of the Ivory Coast, El Salvador, Malta, Kenya and Uganda, while within the next few months the nuncio of Bulgaria will leave. The nunciature of Iran will also be vacant due to Archbishop Jean-Paul Gobel’s new post as apostolic nuncio to Egypt.

In Kenya the post remained vacant following the reassignment of apostolic nuncio to Kenya Archbishop Paul Alain Lebeaupin to the European Union in Brussels on the same capacity.

Nuncio is an ecclesiastical diplomatic title, derived from the ancient Latin word, Nuntius, meaning “envoy.” Click here to see the list of all Apostolic Nunciatures. In his capacity a Papal Nuncio is the equivalent of Ambassadors of other countries, although in Catholic countries, the nuncio often ranks above Ambassadors in diplomatic protocol serving as the liaison between the Holy See and the Roman Catholic diocesan episcopate in the nation or region to which he is assigned.

Not all the nations have the nuncio. In Africa the countries represented include Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Botswana, Cameroun, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Botswana, Congo (Republic of), Congo (Democratic Republic of), Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, and Egypt.

Others are Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sénégal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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-Anne Montgomery, RSCJ UN Disarmament Conference, 2002

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