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...Alexander Pope (1688-1744) is widely considered to be the best poet of the Augustan age, and perhaps English verse’s best satirist ever. Pope was mostly self-taught having been denied a formal protestant education because of his family...

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...to Captain Lemuel Gulliver On Certain Ladies Celia Prologue (To a Play for Mr. Dennis’s Benefit) Song, by a Person of Quality Verses Left by Mr. Pope On His Grotto at Twickenham On Receiving from the Right Hon. the Lady Frances Shirley a Standish and Two Pens On Beaufort House Gate at Chiswick To Mr. Thomas Southern Epigram (“My Lord complains...”) Epigram (“Yes...

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... good friends?” “It goes back ten years,” he said. “Do you remember the assassination of Pope Francis, and what was called ‘the miracle in the sky’... ...he tried to commit suicide and almost succeeded. It was then that Senator Artemis and the Pope gave him a mission to live.” “It is still a mystery ... ...ishop. I understand that you’re being considered for Cardinal.” “Then you must have the Pope’s ear. If offered, I would most graciously decline.” ... ...ask, but against my better judgment.” “So, noted,” Brand said. “You had Gallucci and the Pope to hide behind, now you have only yourself. Perhaps, ... ...l who fought the hardest on behalf of your Godfather’s position. And he didn’t stop until Pope Francis went to Colombia. His assassination, and the ... ... can find out,” Salvi said. “If my guess is right, I suspect that Zlatamir would like the Pope to agree, or at least, acquiesce.” “And if you disag... ...ld not like to live in a world without free will.” - J.Cross/Stone 154 “What can the Pope do?” “I don’t know, I haven’t asked him.” “Well do... ...ed him.” “Well don’t you think it’s about time?” Brand asked exasperated. “I’m sure the Pope and Heaven are not casual observers. Heaven proved tha... ...edes is beyond our understanding.” “Well, it sure doesn’t hurt to ask!” “I’ll call the Pope. Satisfied?” Brand just shrugged. “As long as I live...

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...osts, imprisonment, and things like that.” -- “Ray why does the Pope fight against equal rights for women?” —“Feminism breaks the ... ...n dollars in a deal gone sour, would you give him the million? Would your Pope give him a million? Both unfortunates are responsible for their situa...

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...r stinking church or not! If you have a problem John, take it up with the Pope.” “It’s not about me, it’s about Lily!” Chris paused for a moment, hea...

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...church establishment would never alienate, and they, these emissaries of the Pope, whose ideas of human worth was just the mimicking of their donors. ...

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...hat our morals depend on what we want. As a priest I certainly agree with Pope Benedict XVI. He has come down hard on moral relativism, particularly... ...t the rising number of Catholics in Latin America who say they are warning Pope Benedict XVI: that unless the Church changes course, it may commit su... ...are joined by their grass-roots priests, and the ruling cardinals and the pope. Similarly, the values of the people and those of their religious or ... ...s important. Then there was the archbishop who was excommunicated by the Pope because he had ordained some married men and had done some other dasta... ... the Bible, the learned church scholars and the considered opinions of the pope. I believe that the Church is taking the right approach. If you are r... ...t Jesus is God. For Catholics they add another basic assumption, that the Pope is infallible in matters of faith and morals when he speaks ex cathed... ... 1,797. You see here the strong pull of being ‗self centered‘, or as the Pope says, the ‗relative‘ morality because more people are taking the easi... ...rry in a civil ceremony and think they can go on receiving communion. The Pope says ‗no.‘ They have 37 violated the sacrament of marriage and th... ...by death. In the Thirteenth 58 Century the Fourth Lateran Council and Pope Gregory IX‘s inquisition continued the trend to not turn the other ch...

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...y to duplicate the Medieval approach to religion that the Polish and German popes have been advocating. If anything, I would have expected him to fo... ...opes have been advocating. If anything, I would have expected him to follow Pope John XXIII‘s liberal approach. Of course I would never have expecte... ...eft God’s word behind us and have looked for the easier self-centered life. Pope John Paul the Second, Pope Benedict the Sixteenth, George W. Bush ... ...Joan of Arc on the right and Mother Theresa on the left. And when they make Pope John Paul a saint we’ll have a reactionary saint!” —“Well guys, I... ...ermined by a single person at the head of a state or a religion. Look at how popes, along with the huge majority of the human race, believed that the... ...ved that the earth was flat and that the sun went around the earth. Now the popes, and all educated people, believe just the opposite. “While ... ...astardly sin. As a Catholic I follow the teachings of St. Augustine and the popes in believing that his sin was related to contraception. Because, as... ...hat they are also thinking? Looks like you disagree Wreck. “And the Pope is certainly concerned about the plight of children. I think it was ... ... “Hitler did some good things and some bad things according to historians. Pope John Paul did some good things and some bad things according to som...

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...wing the Catholic idea which is still officially pushing for more births. Pope Paul VI‘s encyclical ‗Humanae Vitae’ against contraception, is still t... ...don‘t say why more children are needed in the world. This happens even as Pope Benedict backs efforts to reduce global warming and protect the plane... ... planet‘s ecology. And many Americans, not only the Catholics, follow the Pope‘s ideas with our highest birthrates ever—well over four million a year... ...volution. I don‘t think it was really official back then, but in 2008 the Pope said that evolution was compatible with the Bible.‖ —―But the ... ...of evolution being compatible with the Bible goes back at least as far as Pope Pius XII in 1950 and it was reaffirmed 30 years ago by Pope John Paul... ...t God accept it? After all, God already knew it! Or must He wait until the Pope and one of his advisors agrees to it? But then what if two other Chri... ...coundrels. But look at the efficiency of your autocratic church, Ray. The Pope decides something today and tomorrow a billion Catholics internalize ... ...ize his pronouncement.‖ 78 —―If it were only that simple. The Pope has many advisors‖ LAW ENFORCEMENT —―Do you have any cr... ...really are. Deciding what they should be is quite different. The Catholic Pope Benedict or the evangelistic George W. Bush have quite a different mo...

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...t understand them.‖ ―From my Asian point of view it seems that the popes and ministers have misdirected the teachings of Jesus. The imams an...

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...on in the closet, what about...” “If you ask me about nuns, priests or the Pope, I’ll rip your tongue out!” Snakelex snapped. “No, I wasn’t. I was go... ...d. Better still, if you play your cards right, 148 you could be the next Pope!” Snakelex rubbed his hands together, watching the humans with antici...

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...The Pope receives a vision that includes the names of four men: a U.S. Senator, a covert military intelligence agent, a priest from a small parish, and the head of the Italian mafia. These men form an alliance to eliminate the dr...

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...Pope Francis lithely entered into the small chapel next to his private quarters. The dark chapel was dimly lit by a row of flickering votive candles that cast a soothing splay of shadows across the ancient altar. The Pope kne...

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... 3 J.Cross/Artemis CHAPTER 1 THE VATICAN Pope Francis lithely entered into the small chapel next to his private ... ...e candles that cast a soothing splay of shadows across the ancient altar. The Pope knelt his thin, angular body before it; his white cassock cascade... ... of gray clouds, and rays of sun spotlighted the hills of Rome. Alfredo, the Pope’s personal secretary, knocked once and then entered the Pope’s pr... ...trine again.” Ignoring Alfredo’s concerned warning, “Sit down, Alfredo,” the Pope said, removing his glasses and motioning him toward a chair next ... ...motioning him toward a chair next to his desk, “I want to talk to you.” The Pope’s usually robust and eager mood, to which Alfredo had become accu... ... he asked with genuine concern, as he sat down. “We are fine, Alfredo.” The Pope paused and looked out the window, which was 5 J.Cross/Artemis ... ...as always used instead of I when referring to the Papacy. After serving three Popes, the use of the word I threw Alfredo momentarily, but then he qu... ...tarily, but then he quickly reminded himself that this was the first American Pope in history, and more importantly the first one of Jewish decent, ... ...the First, to do it. But Alfredo was puzzled. During the last eight years the Pope had never broken with any Vatican tradition. Why today? “Is it...

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...d‘s ear, and having many people hang on your every word is certainly an experience in power. But to accept a supervisory job like a bishop or pope i... ...the other great conquerors used the advancement of the state as the reason for their abnormal drive for power. Bin Laidin and some Middle Age popes ... ...e Jews had religious overtones in his otherwise secular war. Whether religious or not, all wars are just. Just ask the generals and kings, the popes ... ...ions the religious power supersedes that of the elected legislators. Iran is a prime example today. And when you look back in history you see popes ... ... caught in unseemly acts, they will generally blame the police, the media or the psychological pressure of the job.. ―Even the Pope g... ...s justified the killing of over 20,000 men, women and children in the French city of Beziers on July 22, 1209 in a ‗crusade‘ authorized by the pope.‖...