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while also accusing the foreign media
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As the US moans, China gets down to work in Africa
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Letter
of inmate from South America now in prison in Hong Kong.
Aim of letter: to inform people in South America - don't bring drugs to
Hong Kong!
This website's Tanzania
File
(with letters of Tanzanian inmates in HK). It's still early days, but
this website's Tanzania campaign - supported by bloggers and media in
Tanzania - seems to having an effect: the number of Tanzanian drug mules
coming to Hong Kong has slowed drastically in the past two weeks DG.
Drug
trafficking takes tolls on Tanzanians (in HK)
This new article from Tanzania's The Citizen
(in its ongoing anti-drug campaign) quotes extensively from v2catholic.com
(c.f. menu of Aug 16, below)
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Because I've been in contact with Tanzanian
inmates in Hong Kong for many years, I recently bought Lonely Planet's Tanzania
to learn more about Tanzania (before passing the book on to some
inmates). Six pieces of history from the book are here.
The items about slavery are conscience-disturbers |
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Why
do we sleep? Not an easy video to listen to (..speaker
talking too fast..)
but has lots of most important information. Young people increasingly
depriving themselves of sleep ...which means more sickness in the future.
(And notice speaker has "bags" under his eyes, from lack of
sleep!)
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Interactive
Bible Quiz - 2 Kings
Based on the actual words of the Bible.
How many times you can get 3/3 ?!
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US prisoners
hunger strike -
supported
by California bishops
Radio
program and interviews
Update:
Day 42
Previous
articles re the strike
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Vatican
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Cardinals' last (ghastly?) meditation before election of Pope Francis.(Thank
Goodness the cardinals did not follow this advice!)
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Vatican
II Reflection 185
May there soon be a Middle East
Union
made up of Jewish and Arab partners!
John
W - Blog - August 19
Helping
Africa...from a computer in Hong Kong!
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Today is also India's
Independence Day
- a good day to remember that India has around 20 million Catholics
(c.f. UK about 4 million, Australia about 5 million) ...and
that
15,000
Indian missionaries serve in countries outside their homeland
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Pope
Francis the free spirit meets Mario Balotelli the maverick (with
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HK's Cardinal Tong: Chinese
media report Pope in "Honest, Objective way"
Despite the present stalemate in Sino-Vatican relations,
the cardinal is optimistic about the future of this relationship. “I am
always optimistic. Some would say I am naïve, but I am optimistic
that with new leadership in the Vatican and Beijing a gradual development
can take place in relations between China and the Holy See”
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Daniel
Daring
Thursday blogger
Reflection on
August 18
Sunday readings:
Decision
that leads to division
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When my
uncle was slowly drinking himself to death, I kept quiet; when my brother
was drifting away from the faith, I was told to mind my own business; when
the scandal of priests was being exposed, I joined those who tried to
excuse them by saying that ‘they are not angels’; and when my boss was
humiliating people in my presence, I was unable to stand up for their
rights. Such an attitude is strongly encouraged by our contemporary
culture: do not rock the boat; keep your faith for yourself; and excuse
others ‘shortcomings,’ because nobody is perfect
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Bishops
in Manila heed pope's call, offer slum-dwellers moral support
Philippine bishops have heeded Pope Francis' call to spend more time with
the poor by visiting slum dwellers in Manila
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Tanzania
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Tanzania
inmates in Hong Kong: Swahili text has now been added to
August 11 letter of a Tanzanian inmate in HK - Anti-narcotic
war: Are Politicians Real?
Frank
Makange Blog: Jamhuri
Newspaper published 255 names of people said to be engaging in drug
trafficking. The list is HERE
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Professor Robert Wade (NZ)
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Only
the rich are getting richer
c.f. China: 0.4% of population has 75% of
wealth
and c.f. China's
poverty gap close to 'red line'
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Hundreds
of US prisoners on hunger strike - supported
by California bishops
US
might slash prison terms (Guardian)
(and see comment from "John Hu")
Update:
Day 37
Previous
articles re the strike |
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Vatican
II Reflection 181
Any act of war aimed indiscriminately
at the destruction of entire cities
is a crime against God and humanity itself
John
W - Blog - August 15
Assumption
more important than ....Facebook?
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Chris McDonnell
Wednesday UK blogger Sorry, no
Mass today
Somehow, somewhere there must be a resolution of the crisis in
priesthood that we presently face or we will have failed future
generations. Let’s be realistic. More of the same is no answer for a
pilgrim church
Chris, according to the video
below, "Willful Blindness", 85% of Church leaders don't want
to face the problem of "no Mass, because no priest". Would
that every bishop, priest, religious, lay leader and concerned Catholic
could see this video. It might just reduce the 85% figure. jw
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Vatican II - Renewal
(2)
Hans
Küng:
Letter
to bishops
Revolution
to stop authoritarianism
Fr Joseph Ratzinger:
Writings
on Vat II
(link
gone...anyone able to find it?)
Robert
Mickens:
Vatican Implosion
Nicholas Lash:
Vatican II:
Of Happy Memory - and Hope?
Robert
McNally:
Crisis & Criticism in the Church
Priests
9 Masses a day
- need to ordain married men
The
evil of compulsory celibacy
Link
between compulsory celibacy and sexual abuse
Why
are women not being
ordained to priesthood?
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Africa:
50 years to give corruption cultural status, another 50 to make it
genetic?
White colonialists have been replaced
by equally ruthless black
colonialists
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The former CEO of five businesses
explores the all-too-human thought patterns -- like conflict avoidance
and selective blindness -- that lead managers and organizations astray
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This
is a must-see video: Willful
Blindness
Gayla Benefield was just doing her job -- until
she uncovered an awful secret about her hometown that meant its
mortality rate was 80 times higher than anywhere else in the U.S. But
when she tried to tell people about it, she learned an even more
shocking truth: People didn’t want to know. In a talk that’s part
history lesson, part call-to-action, Margaret Heffernan demonstrates the
danger of "willful blindness" and praises ordinary people like
Benefield who are willing to speak up
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(New) Letter
from a Tanzanian inmate in a Hong Kong prison: (in Swahili
& English)
President Kikwete's anti-narcotic campaign just for appearances
Why doesn't President Kikwete shed light
publicly about the allegations
that his own son "Ridhiwani" also is involved in the drug
trade?
Drugs:
No teamwork, says Tanzania CAA director (The
Citizen)
When
drug trade and consumption threaten to become national disaster
(Tanzania IPP Media)
But most critics contend that the big fish
behind the trafficking syndicates remain scot free as corrupt law
enforcers get compromised by the former.
UK female drug mule suspect 'forced' to take items
"For us this is just another case, the prisons are full of drug
mules."
There are more than 200 foreign inmates, "mules" in the Peru
prison "mules",
most of them from Spain, followed by Mexico
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I'm trying to contact the Catholic Church
in Tanzania....a layperson, a priest or religious, a bishop, an
organisation ....anyone....but I can't find a contact email address for
any of the above. There are several Catholic websites, but as far as I
can see, not one "contact us" link. If you can find such
a link, please let me know: jdwomi@gmail.com |
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From St. Beuno's
Outreach, Wales:
Reflections
on the readings of this coming Sunday, August 18:
The Gospel may prompt me to consider my ‘image of God’.
Do I only recognise Jesus as ‘meek and mild’, or am I willing to embrace his Almighty power and strength as he brings ‘fire to
the earth,’ perhaps challenging me to make costly decisions ((like
Maximilian Kolbe, like people speaking out about drugs...jw))
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Hundreds
of US prisoners on hunger strike - supported
by California bishops
California
Correctional Crisis As an attorney and academic, I have conducted
over 60 interviews with people sequestered in SHUs, and have witnessed
the physical and psychological effects of isolation.
Update:
Day 36
Previous
articles re the strike |
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Vatican
II Reflection 180
Cardinal Filoni: Invasion of
Iraq a big mistake
John
W - Blog - Augut 14
St
Maximilian Kolbe belonged to the 15% willing to take a stand on issues
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