Yup, that is my country’s 6th Prime Minister meeting up with Pope Benedict XVI at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, outside of Rome. Yes, it goes to show to the whole world that my country is a peaceful, moderate and multi-racial society where everyone gets along well with each other in our daily lives. However, if we look deep enough – I still find unfairness in the Allah issue (delays in moving forward the legal tussles over the use of the word “Allah” to also refer to the Christian God which has also stirred anger among the community), the seizure and desecration of the Bible in BM (Putrajaya had limited the import of the Alkitab from Indonesia, with the seizure of 35,100 copies of the Malay-language bibles), difficulties in obtaining approvals for the construction of Churches, removal of the Cross from Missionary School etc. I don’t know…voting for the government or the opposition in the next general election…there will still be no concrete solutions to these problems.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
the tour
Yup, that is my country’s 6th Prime Minister meeting up with Pope Benedict XVI at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, outside of Rome. Yes, it goes to show to the whole world that my country is a peaceful, moderate and multi-racial society where everyone gets along well with each other in our daily lives. However, if we look deep enough – I still find unfairness in the Allah issue (delays in moving forward the legal tussles over the use of the word “Allah” to also refer to the Christian God which has also stirred anger among the community), the seizure and desecration of the Bible in BM (Putrajaya had limited the import of the Alkitab from Indonesia, with the seizure of 35,100 copies of the Malay-language bibles), difficulties in obtaining approvals for the construction of Churches, removal of the Cross from Missionary School etc. I don’t know…voting for the government or the opposition in the next general election…there will still be no concrete solutions to these problems.
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I hadn't seen it before until last night actually,....John Paul was such a man! That voice. This is the Our Father in Latin (with Italian pron).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2YQ8BRiAF0&feature=related
When did they start removing crosses from missionary schools and why would they do that? It's the heritage and history of the school.
A symbol isn't going to change someone's faith...only if they are unsure, and scared....like trying to arrest the Digi man for the colour of his shirt ;)
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