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Millions say farewell to Pope John Paul II (2005-Apr-08)
         CTV.ca News Staff : Much of Rome came to a standstill Friday as political and religious leaders from around the world joined hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful for the funeral of Pope John Paul II. While crimson-clad cardinals said mass and the soaring strains of choirs filled the air, the Pope's body lay at the centre of it all -- in the heart of St. Peter's Square in a plain wood coffin. When it was brought into the square, the crowd broke into loud applause, as a sign of respect for the 84-year-old man Catholics called the Holy Father. This was one of the largest religious gatherings in the West in modern times.
         German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the dean of the Catholic Church's College of Cardinals, led the solemn funeral rites. He will later join his fellow cardinals in choosing a successor to John Paul. Their conclave is set to begin on April 18. Before the actual funeral, high-ranking prelates placed a pouch of silver and bronze medals and a scrolled account of John Paul's life in his plain cypress coffin. After the service, that wooden coffin was placed inside two other coffins -- one made of zinc and another of oak -- and the Pope was buried in the crypt below St Peter's under a simple stone slab. The Mass itself began in the open air with the singing of the hymn, "Eternal Rest Grant Him, O Lord." "Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality," Ratzinger said in his homily, which was delivered in Italian. "Our hearts are full of sadness, yet at the same time of joyful hope and profound gratitude. "Our Pope -- and we all know this -- never wanted to make his own life secure, even for himself," Ratzinger went on to say. "He wanted to give himself unreservedly to the very last moment."
           Interrupted by applause
         The homily was interrupted no less than 13 times by applause from the assembled crowd. Ratzinger went on to praise John Paul for his leadership and dedication to the Church, even as his health declined. He reminded everyone of how strong John Paul once had been, and how he ushered in the era of the travelling global papacy. "In the first years of his pontificate, while he was still young and full of energy, the Holy Father went to the very ends of the earth". Before final prayers were said for the Pope, the crowd again burst into long and loud applause. They chanted for John Paul to be named a saint, and waved banners saying 'Santo' (meaning saint). Flags from every country were also waved, most noticeably red and white ones from John Paul's beloved homeland, Poland.
         Private burial
         After the 2 1/2-hour Mass, 12 black-suited pallbearers came forward to carry the coffin into St. Peter's Basilica for a private burial that was not open to the public nor broadcast in any form. John Paul's remains joined those of popes from throughout the ages near the traditional tomb of the apostle Peter, the first pope. As the coffin left the square and the choir sang, the crowd once again erupted in cheering, clapping, and flag waving. And, for several minutes on end, people chanted: "Giovanni Paolo," John Paul's name in Italian. While all this happened, much of Rome remained under a rigid security cordon, with most of its airspace closed -- all to make sure the funeral went smoothly. Two Italian fighter jets did have to head off a suspicious plane heading to Rome's Ciampino airport, hours after the funeral. The jet was escorted to a local airport, Italian news agencies reported. The ANSA agency said the Lear Jet 131 was searched, but nothing was found. The plane had reportedly taken off from Belgrade.
         Police estimated that several million people had jammed the surrounding streets to be a part of the funeral. Giant video screens were dotted around the city for the millions of other pilgrims who flocked to the Italian capital. "They have been here for several days camping out," reports CTV's Tom Kennedy from Rome. "Everyone is simply trying to be as close as possible to the Vatican. There are hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of people crammed into these streets simply wanting to be as close as possible." Canadian Mary Perotta told CTV she "felt the calling" to come all the way to Rome to say goodbye to the Pope. "For me he brought the Church down to a very personal level and took away more of the bureaucratic part of it."
         Kings, queens, princes, presidents, and prime ministers joined religious leaders from around the globe to pray for the Pope. Among those in attendance were Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper, as well as Phil Fontaine, Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Prince Charles and British Prime Minister Tony Blair were there, as was U. S. President George Bush and his wife, Laura. Bush was joined by his Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, as well as by former presidents, Bill Clinton and Bush's father, George Bush Sr.
         John Paul, who was Pope for 26 years, was the third-longest serving pontiff in the history of the Catholic Church. He was born Karol Jozef Wojtyla on May 18, 1920 in the Polish town of Wadowice, about 55 kilometres southwest of Krakow. [Sympatico.Msn.Ca, with files from CTV News]

Le décès de Jean-Paul II (2005-Avr-04)

De nombreux pays décrètent un deuil national
         Radio-Canada.Ca : Un deuil national a été décrété après la mort de Jean-Paul II dans de nombreux pays européens et latino-américains, peuplés majoritairement de catholiques. Plus surprenant, l'Inde, l'Égypte et l'île communiste de Cuba ont emboîté le pas. La Pologne, patrie de Jean-Paul II, a décrété un deuil national dès samedi soir. Il durera jusqu'aux funérailles du souverain pontife, prévues d'ici la fin de la semaine prochaine.
           - Sept jours de deuil national ont été décrétés au Brésil, plus grand pays catholique du monde;
           - cinq au Paraguay et au Gabon;
           - quatre au Costa Rica;
           - trois en Italie, au Portugal, à Malte, au Chili, en Bolivie, au Cap-Vert, aux Seychelles et au Timor-Leste;
           - la journée de lundi en Espagne et au Pérou.
         Par ailleurs, les drapeaux ont été mis en berne dans plusieurs pays n'ayant pas décrété un deuil national, comme la France, l'Allemagne et le Canada.

           Des décisions inattendues
         Dans l'île communiste de Cuba, le président Fidel Castro a signé un décret pour un deuil officiel de trois jours, qui a été lu à l'ouverture du journal télévisé. En outre, une note officielle a annoncé la suspension de toute célébration pendant cette période et l'annulation des matchs du championnat cubain de baseball, actuellement en phase finale.
         En Inde, le gouvernement a aussi décrété trois jours de deuil national, au cours desquels toutes les festivités officielles seront annulées. La communauté chrétienne du sous-continent ne représente qu'un peu plus de 2 % de la population. Mais mère Teresa, fondatrice de l'ordre des Missionnaires de la charité de Calcutta, a été béatifiée par Jean-Paul II en 2003.
         La décision du président égyptien Hosni Moubarak de décréter un deuil officiel de trois jours est tout aussi inattendue. L'Égypte, pays arabe musulman, compte une petite minorité chrétienne.

           Des messes célébrées aux quatre coins de la planète
         Dimanche, des millions de catholiques de partout dans le monde ont pleuré la disparition de leur chef spirituel.
           - À Londres, les choeurs de l'abbaye de Westminster ont chanté pour le salut de l'âme de Jean-Paul II;
           - Les Français étaient invités à se recueillir à l'intérieur de la cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Paris;
           - Des images de larmes et de consternation aussi chez les catholiques d'Irlande;
           - En Amérique Latine, continent d'une grande piété, plusieurs cérémonies ont eu lieu, notamment à la cathédrale de Sao Paolo, au Brésil;
           - À Jérusalem-Est, en terre sainte, des prêtres sont allés se recueillir à l'Église du Saint-Sépulcre;
         - Enfin, aux Philippines, les gens ont chanté et dansé à la mémoire du Saint-Père.

 Le deuil public pour le pape choque les libres-penseurs
           Le Monde : "On en fait trop". Telle est la tonalité générale de ce qu'il est convenu d'appeler les milieux laïques sur les hommages officiels qui accompagnent la mort du pape. "Aurait-on mis les drapeaux en berne pour un grand imam ou pour le dalaï-lama ?", s'interroge Jean-Marc Roirant, secrétaire général de la Ligue de l'enseignement, qui juge "un peu anachronique que l'on considère encore le Vatican comme un Etat". Cet hommage est "malvenu", juge Michel Tubiana, président de la Ligue des droits de l'homme (LDH). S'il ne critique pas la présence de Jacques Chirac à Notre-Dame de Paris, dimanche 3 avril, "à titre privé", il juge l'attitude des pouvoirs publics "disproportionnée".
           Les libres-penseurs militants sont les plus virulents. Christian Eyschen, rédacteur en chef de La Raison, le journal de la libre-pensée, parle de "violation de la liberté de conscience" à propos de la mise en berne des drapeaux et qualifie de "scandaleuse" la présence de M. Chirac dans la cathédrale de Paris en tant que président de la République. "Il y a un vrai questionnement à mener, ajoute-t-il, sur le traitement médiatique de l'événement". "Il y a une overdose médiatique, renchérit M. Eyschen. "C'est la télévision catholique et non plus cathodique !" "On fait un cinéma de la commémoration de la loi de 1905, proteste-t-il encore, mais on voit bien, qu'en violation du texte, la religion n'est plus une affaire privée."
           "Nous les laïques nous sommes légitimistes", assure M. Roirant un ton au dessous. Si Alain Bauer, ancien grand maître du Grand-Orient de France, aurait préféré que "la République s'abstienne" des démonstrations de deuil public, celles-ci ne le choquent pas outre mesure. Là n'est pas selon lui "l'essentiel". La façon dont le pape, "homme de paradoxe", est mort constitue pour lui "un message en faveur du droit de mourir dans la dignité adressé aux éléments les plus rétrogrades de sa hiérarchie".
            Tous fustigent son conservatisme en matière morale et sexuelle. "Il a changé la peau de l'Eglise et non son contenu" juge le président de la LDH qui voit en Jean Paul II un partisan de l'"ordre moral". "Il y a deux personnalités chez le pape, pense M. Bauer. Une force moralisatrice et un immense pragmatisme". Laïques et libres-penseurs apprécient diversement le legs du pontificat de cet "homme plein de paradoxes". Et s'ils comprennent l'affliction des catholiques, ils estiment tous que l'Etat n'aurait pas dû s'en mêler. [Nicolas Weill]

PSALM 23 : 4 (2005-Apr-02)
         Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

La Femme de l'Apocalypse (2005-Mar-26)

           Docteur Mailloux : J'ai été moi-même dans un coma de quatre jours, mais c'était un coma réversible. Je n'ouvrais pas mes yeux mais j'entendais. Les médecins font de leur mieux mais dans ce cas-ci (de Schiavo) ce serait de l'acharnement. On dit que la vie n'a pas de prix, mais si, la vie a un prix. Si on rebranche les tubes, son coeur continuera de battre, mais (on gardera les tubes) pour combien de temps encore ? [ Dans l'émission "Un psy à l'écoute" du vendredi 25 mars, CKAC ]

         Saint John : A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; and she was with child; and she cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.
         Then another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems.
         And his tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
         And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up to God and to His throne.
         Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she had a place prepared by God, so that there she would be nourished for one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
         And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war, and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven.
         And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
         Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night.
         "And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.
         "For this reason, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time."
         And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.
         But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.
         And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood.
         But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon poured out of his mouth.
         So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. [ REVELATION 12 : 1-17 ]

Jesus over the divorce (2005-Mar-24)
         Getting up, He went from there to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan; crowds gathered around Him again, and, according to His custom, He once more began to teach them.
         Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce a wife.
         And He answered and said to them, "What did Moses command you?"
         They said, "Moses permitted a man TO WRITE A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND her AWAY."
         But Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. (...)"
                                                                                         [ Mark 10 : 1-5 ]

ROMANS 7 : 1-2  (2005-Mar-23)
         Or do you not know, brethren (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has juridiction over a person as long as he lives? For the married woman is bound by law to her husband while he is living; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law concerning the husband. [ Saul or Saint Paul ]

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