-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- This uncorks my bottle ... A<>E<>R >From The Telegraph (UK) {{<Begin>}} ISSUE 1715 Friday 4 February 2000 THE Roman Catholic Church was said yesterday to be deeply divided over a report which seeks forgiveness for past "sins" including the Crusades, witch-hunts of heretics and the Inquisition. Opponents of the report doubted the value of apologising for past wrongs, arguing that anachronism was the "worst sin for an historian". After three years in the making, the mea culpa document, completed by an international theological commission headed by the doctrinal expert Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, is to be read by the Pope on March 12. It follows an apostolic letter in 1994 in which the Pope said that for the new Millennium the Church should own up to the past "sins of its children . . . when they have strayed from the spirit of Christ and his Gospel". While the document will not carry the Pope's authority and will have only consultative value to enable "theological reflection", it is said to have split the Vatican. The most significant opposition to the document, wanted by the Pope to "purify the memory of the Church" to celebrate the Holy Year 2000, has come from a respected group of historians. The document, entitled The Church and the Faults of the Past, is thought to have taken into account some of the objections. {{<End>}} A<>E<>R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Integrity has no need of rules. -Albert Camus (1913-1960) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your common sense." --Buddha + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly. -Bertrand Russell + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Everyone has the right...to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." Universal Declaration of Human Rights + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." Ernest Hemingway + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
