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Pope Francis will clean the Vatican like San Francesco
(by pio dal cin)March 15th 2013 00:18 a.m (Rome Time GMT+1) As Pope Francesco begins His Papacy with a visit to the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome to pay respect to Mary Mother of Jesus. known to the people of Rome as
Even the +Dalai Lama made a +Google+ post to acknowledge that He knows and Loves Saint Francis of Assisi for His discipline,simple ways, and Love for All Creatures.
Being the first Pope ever to choose such a Great Name puts Him on a very important spot. Not easy to manage.
The need for a simple Man that can embrace the Original Message of Jesus through the New Testament withnessed in person by Saint Francis of Assisi was strongly needed in a corrupted and evil world that hasn’t spared even the Vatican in the past decade.
1)Vatican Leaks
2)Pedophile Scandals in the Catholic Church
3)The IOR Vatican Bank Scandals
4)Vatican richness
He has a though job ahead of Him, but His simple ways (He greeted the crowd in St.Peter with a “Fratelli e Sorelle Buonasera”) have already conquered the world. He asked the people who gathered in the Square to Bless Him, before He would Bless them.
How many Wolves will this Pope with Italian Origins will have to encounter inside the Vatican, like
Saint Francis with the Gubbio’s Wolf (see video here)
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With the Conclave Extra Hommnes from the Latin word ”cum clavem” (with key) that comes from what happened in 1270 when the people of Viterbo locked the cardinals in the City’s Palace until they reached the election of Gregory X
The process to elect the new Head of the Catholic Church will begin on Tuesday March 12th.
As I stated in a previous post( A fool’s prediction), trying to make a prediction is like to be able to guess the lottery numbers. Anyone can be right or wrong.
I was brought up a Christian Catholic in a very strict way. My name comes from Padre Pio da Petrelcina whom my dad met many times when he was a “small friar” battered by the Church and confined without the permission to Celebrate the Mass as he was becoming popular among the crowds for His “miracles”.
(Mons. Albino Luciani-Pope John Paul the I with my father) I met two Popes personally in my life: Pope John Paul
the I and Pope John Paul the II. (foto copyright pio dal cin 2013)
During my travelling around the World, as a photojournalist I came in touch and I studied
Islam, Ebraism, Buddhism and the Religion of the Native Americans, out of my curiosity of understanding where, if there is one, lies the Truth.
I must admit that I wasn’t thrilled about Pope Benedict VXI; not much for His great personality and profound culture, but for the fact that he “sported” those huge golden crosses on His neck and the “fisherman ring” was big enough to buy a couple of apartments.
I kept repeating to myself that “This cannot be Sacred..” Isn’t the Church supposed to support the poverty as one of the three wows?”
Native Americans have a saying “If it is Sacred it must be Free..” I like this. But how many controversial, not free items are there in the Catholic Church today? Why is the Legacy of Saint Peter obliterated by scandals of the Vatican’s funds of million of Euros?
I learned that the IOR (the Vatican Bank)is the most powerful bank in the whole world.
This should change, in my humble opininion. Saint Francis of Assisi was called by Jesus
to “Repair the Church”“Vai Francesco, ripara la mia Chiesa” and was cited here by Benedict VXI.
Times are very hard and the sex scandals, Vatican Leaks and not so transparent transactions of the Church are “rocking the Boat” like never before.
Given my statement that “You have to be a Fool to make a prediction of choosing a Pope”, I will have another approach and “write a letter of plead to the Holy Spirit“, asking to pick the only one I saw that fits the description of Saint Francis of Assisi: Cardinal Sean O’Malley (read His blog)
LETTER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT: I will start with this Song to the Holy Spirit, that is sung by the Cardinals upon entering the Conclave, to ask for Divine Inspiration.
Dear Holy Spirit,
I am just a grain of sand in the Universe. I understand nothing about the Laws and the Forces that balance the Great Space.
Many Humans call upon Your Force and Greatness. Some call You Great Spirit, other call You Holy Spirit, other do not even believe in You.
During these days the Catholic Church is called to elect the Captain of the Ship.
It is been very hard for me in these past years to believe that Your Holy Presence is among those walls, given all the scandals that we heard about.
It is very hard to boftenelieve that the Spirit of Jesus and of Saint Peter, and Saint Francis of Assisi is behind the gold and richness ofnen shown by those who are called to be Your servants, while there are million of people who suffer in the World.
So here is my humble plea: If You are really among those walls, Shed a Great LIght upon those who are called to elect the new Pope so that His ways will be as Jesus requested of
simplicity and trasparency. a real Sheperd that can show the World that Jesus is still among us human beings in the way HE taught us.
My pick is Sean O’ Malley
(I know that You don’t need suggestions but at least I casted my vote)
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To all corrupted politicians in Italy. On your last day, you’ll regret your behaviour
(by pio dal cin) To all the corrupted politicians out there. Listen to the voices of the People of Italy crying for some relief. Before you are a politician you are (or at least should be) a MAN.
Next time you hoover over a City with your helicopter on the way to make a multimillion euro deal, think of the person in despair because he just lost his job, or because the enterprise he started with great sacrifices is about to collapse, maybe for a bill, or a law that you voted.
Think of a mother trying to feed the children with less than a thousand euros a month, while you are getting a message on your Iphone telling you that your 90thousand euro pension has been deposited in your bank account.
Think of a young couple who will not be able to start a family because the Bank just denied them a mortgage as they only have one paycheck a month and it won’t be enough.
Think of all the money you stole, and you are stealing from the poor people. One day you are going to die too. You will die rich and perhaps you’ll regret on your death bed not having being able to be honest and it will be the moment you’ll meet your Creator, it will be the saddest moment of your life.
Honesty
To achieve honesty within yourself,
To recognize who and what you are ,
Do this and you can be honest with all others
Humility
Humble yourself and recognize that
No matter how much you think you know,
You know very little of all the universe.
Truth
To learn truth,
To live with truth, and
To walk with truth,
To speak truth
Wisdom
To have wisdom is to know the difference between good and bad, and
To know the result of your actions
Love
Unconditional love to know that when people are weak
They need your love the most,
That your love is given freely, and
You cannot put conditions on it
Or your love is not true
Respect
Respect others, their beliefs, and
Respect yourself.
If you cannot show respect,
You cannot expect respect to be given
Bravery
To be brave is to do something right,
Even if you know it’s going to hurt you.
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G+ Bradley Horowitz Describes his Tesla Model S driving experience
Bradley Horowitz
7:24 PM (edited) - Public
A few weeks ago, we decided that we’d take advantage of the long weekend to drive down from the Bay Area to Los Angeles to see friends and family. The notion of driving down (v. flying) was made infinitely more appealing by the thought of taking our Tesla Model S.
In the intervening time, the +The New York Times +Elon Musk kerfuffle unfolded. I must say, it gave me a moment of pause about whether taking the Tesla was actually a good idea.
But I’ve already got more than 3000 miles on the car, and have learned to trust it. So off we went. And I started out by resetting the trip odometer, staying acutely aware of my energy consumption, etc. But as the trip progressed (with another adult and two kids), we settled into the usual road trip rhythm of songs, games, and “Are we there yet? How much longer?!” It became clear that the fact that this was an electric car was a non-issue. And so I stopped any notions of meticulous logging and just had fun and stayed present. So this post is not in anyway intended as a rebuttal, filled with facts, figures, points and counterpoints. Just one happy Model S owner’s experience, on one particularly well-supported route.
We trip was ordinary in the best possible sense. We had the air-conditioner going when it was hot (toward LA), the heater on when it was cold (back here), and we drove like we like to drive. The car handled the steep grades on the path like a champ. In fact the only thing missing was the roar of an engine struggling to make it up the hill. ;-)
Per the attached map below, we stopped twice, breaking the trip into thirds. This gave us an opportunity to eat, switch drivers, refresh… and of course recharge. In a gas-powered car, at least one of these stops would have been “optional” for me… maybe we’d have broken the trip into halves instead of thirds. But we’d have still stopped to eat, and additionally I’d have definitely needed at least one bio-break and stand-and-stretch. So in reality, there was a bit of a compromise. For our second stop, what might have been a 15 minute pit-stop ended up being longer (by about 40 minutes.) We put the time to good use, and it didn’t feel burdensome.
I heard a couple of NPR Marketplace correspondents last week describe this tradeoff well. The first said (I paraphrase), “It’s not always appropriate to judge a new, disruptive technology against an incumbent across every dimension. For instance, landlines almost never ‘drop calls.’ Cell phones do… a lot. By that measure alone, you’d think that cell phones would fail. But the added convenience of portability has trumped every other disadvantage.” Another Marketplace reporter said (again paraphrasing), “I’m sure when gas-powered cars were first introduced some folks were dubious… since most of the oat-feeding stations in our national transportation network did not yet support gasoline pumps. But that of course changed.” ;-)
Here are some other random observations:
- One thing missing from the Supercharger stations – squeegees to clean the windshield of bugs! (+Tesla Motors help us out here!)
- This was my first experience using a Supercharger, and it’s pretty stunning how quickly it pours range back into the car.
- Lots of tumbleweeds blowing across I5. Really big ones that folks had to brake for.
- Cost of travel for four to LA and back: $0 (thanks +Tesla Motors!) versus approx. $1000 for the flights we wanted.
Details:
Here’s a map of our route: http://goo.gl/maps/wpKpE
Palo Alto -> Harris Ranch Supercharger: 158mi
Harris Ranch Supercharger -> Tejon Ranch: 116mi
Tejon Ranch -> Koreatown (LA): 80mi
Total Distance: 354mi
Note that I actually passed a Supercharger in Gilroy, simply because I didn’t need it. That was fun. ;-)Collapse this post
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Hangout on G+ with Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Youtube video)
Soyuz is the longest serving manned spacecraft design in history (1967– ) , upgraded regularly (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
+Samantha Cristoforetti will be the first Italian woman to have the honour of being sent into space to the ISS.
Thanks again for your time. I had a great time
+pio dal cin
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Gaza Strip photo story
These pictures were taken by me in 1991 in the Gaza Strip. It was very hard to go inside as a photojournalist because both sides (Israeli and Palestinian) looked at me with great suspect. I finally managed to make it inside and I encountered great poverty. The roads were all smashed up and covered with mud. Children were playing next to the trash. It looked to me like a very very poor place to live an “open sky sewer” I remember writing when I came back with my assignment. I do not know if things have changed now…I have not been back there ever since.
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Codognè- Meno male che c’è Roberto Bet
Oggi, leggendo un giornale locale ho avuto la conferma di quanto strisciante e meschina possa essere a volte la polemica, quando, fatta male, rende più danno a chi l’ha innescata che a colui al quale era rivolta.
La sinistra, con la maschera di lista civile, ha perso le elezioni amministrative a Codognè, provincia di Treviso, un paese di circa 5000 abitanti ovviamente Cristiani Cattolici. Un pesante 65% che ancor oggi brucia come mai e la prova del peso di tale sconfitta è data dagli interventi volti ad attaccare il neoeletto sindaco di Codognè il primo sindaco leghista nella storia del paese Bet avvocato Roberto.
La settimana scorsa una ordinanza che vuole tutelare la serenità e la tranquillità dei paesani nei confronti di chi dovesse girare a volto coperto per il paese, è stata attaccata come “propaganda elettorale”. Poi la Croce nel Parco della Mutera.
Un gruppo di cittadini chiede al sindaco di esporre una Croce (alta circa 4 metri) in un parco pubblico, fino a Pasqua.Il sindaco accetta ben volentieri, come ha fatto per il periodo Natalizio con il Presepe.
Due simboli cardine della nostra cultura Cristiana, Cattolica, Italiana, Veneta, Contadina, Trevigiana. La sinistra infuriata attacca Roberto Bet accusandolo di “strumentalizzare la Croce a fini elettorali”. Si parla di “Croce brutta”(ma come si fa a definire il simbolo della nostra fede “brutto”?) ed innesca la polemica.
Ieri, infine si arriva a definire la Croce “Falsa” poichè la Lega, organizzando uno spiedo durante il Venerdi’ di Quaresima si macchia di un grave peccato, in quanto, mangiar carne di venerdì, durante la quaresima è proibito.
Questa purtroppo è la sinistra di oggi. Priva di leader capaci di un’opposizione costruttiva, si abbassa a compromessi di ogni genere pur di attirare l’attenzione, solo che, attaccando queste “pietre miliari” della nostra cultura e tradizione Veneta, non si accorge del clamoroso autogol che infligge a se stessa.
Ergendosi a giudice dei presunti peccati altrui, non si accorge di svendere per pochi voti in più i pilastri della nostra cultura, cercando di minarne le radici più profonde quali i simboli religiosi che mai dovrebbero essere terreno di scontro tra Cristiani .
Ma cosa significa essere Cristiani al giorno d’oggi? Che significato ha una Croce, un Presepio, una Processione? Saremmo eventualmente disposti a difendere questi valori, queste tradizioni che se dipendessero dalla sinistra buonista verrebbero buttati letteralmente alle ortiche?
Come delle vecchie sagre paesane che sono scomparse negli anni vedremo sparire i simboli stessi della nostra fede.
Il Presepio? Turba la tranquillità tra le varie confessioni religiose(dicono) . Sembra però turbare di più i sonni tranquilli di chi vorrebbe cancellarli dalla “realtà” pubblica. Un presepe va bene in casa, ma in piazza no; quasi ci vergognassimo a sostenere l’origine della nostra fede.
La Croce? Togliamola dall’Europa, Togliamola dai luoghi pubblici, turba la sensibilità di chi non è Cristiano (e invece i fatti di questi giorni dimostrano che disturbano di più certi sedicenti cristiani)
Se questa è la linea politica della sinistra allora il 65% dei cittadini di Codognè che hanno appoggiato la Lega, ed il Pdl durante le ultime amministrative, dormano pure sonni tranquilli. Abbiamo eletto un sindaco che si batterà per tenere alti i nostri valori, quelli nei quali crediamo più di ogni altra cosa; le nostre radici, gli insegnamenti che arrivano dai nostri antenati e che sono sempre stati ben piantate nel nostro territorio come i tralci delle viti che coltiviamo.
Agli altri che hanno creduto ai leader della sinistra generosa e buonista, suggeriamo un ripensamento, in attesa che nascano dei nuovi leader più capaci di quelli attuali . Ma ci vorranno molti, molti anni ancora. Meno male che a Codognè c’è Roberto Bet con la sua squadra che subito dopo essere eletto ha dato una mano ai due asili di Codognè e Cimetta, sta ogni giorno combattendo la dura battaglia per avere una sanità che funzioni meglio sul territorio; l’ADSL per essere al passo con i tempi; che con iniziative nuove cerca di dare un nuovo volto al paese forse troppo spesso dimenticato da una sinistra disattenta ai problemi reali ma pronta a puntare un dito accusatore sui presunti “peccati” dell’attuale amministrazione.
Forse la carne mangiata di venerdì non è il peggiore dei peccati.
Sarebbe meglio astenersi dall’ipocrisia, dalla cattiveria, dal continuo scontro con l’avversario. Alla fine facciamo tutti parte della stessa comunità e vogliamo tutti il bene per il nostro paese , dove finalmente,all’inizio di un millennio si respira un’aria più buona e ci si proietta verso un futuro migliore per noi ed i nostri figli, senza dimenticare chi siamo e da dove veniamo. (pio dal cin)
Google thanks Zaia (Italian Minister of Agriculture) for his words in China
COMUNICATO STAMPA
GOOGLE DICE BRAVO A ZAIA PER LA SUA POSIZIONE SULLA LIBERTÀ DELLA RETE
“Mi ha fatto molto piacere ricevere oggi una lettera di ringraziamento da parte di Google per la posizione che ho preso, di ritorno dal mio viaggio in Cina, in favore della libertà d’espressione in rete.”
Così il Ministro delle politiche agricole alimentari e forestali Luca Zaia commenta la lettera di apprezzamento che ha ricevuto oggi da Google in merito alla situazione che si è creata in queste ultime settimane sul web cinese.
“Ribadisco che il web è ormai la più grande infrastruttura del pianeta e che la libertà dei navigatori coincide sempre di più con la libertà dei cittadini di tutti i Paesi del mondo moderno. Per questo sostengo che è un patrimonio dell’umanità e che va tutelato in nome della libertà individuale e collettiva. Sto studiando le modalità attraverso le quali il governo possa sostenere questa intuizione a livello internazionale.”


























