<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425062894350178776</id><updated>2011-11-27T16:15:55.149-08:00</updated><category term='Nuns'/><category term='Vatican'/><title type='text'>I See The Holy See: Keeping An Eye on the Vatican</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iseetheholysee.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2425062894350178776/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iseetheholysee.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Xong</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425062894350178776.post-7021617133669293281</id><published>2010-12-25T17:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-25T18:01:19.506-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Vatican Continues Holy War on Christmas</title><content type='html'>While seated on a golden throne Pope Benedict XVI gave his Christmas Day speech.  He called for Christians from around the world to unite, according to a New York Times &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/world/europe/26pope.html?_r=1&amp;amp;hp"&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; titled “Pope Benedict XVI Offers Hopeful Christmas Message.”&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The Pope specifically mentioned the recent attacks on Christians in the Middle East.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Islamist militants have recently attacked various Christian suburbs and churches in Iraq.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Although the Pope is playing the harmless victim in his Christmas Day speech, his comments regarding Islam has not always been so pacifist.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pope Benedict XVI and Islam&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The Pope’s relationship with Islam has been the cause of much of the violence in the Middle East against Christians.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Pope Benedict’s &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/15_09_06_pope.pdf"&gt;speech&lt;/a&gt; on September 2006 inflamed religious tension in the volatile Middle East when he quoted Byzantine emperor, Manuel II Palaiologos by saying “Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.”&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Essentially, the Pope characterized Islam as a violent religion, which created controversy in the Middle East.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Today’s Christian Crusades&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Many already see recent US and Israeli military actions and wars as an extension of the Christian genocidal campaigns against Muslims during the beginning of last century.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Professor Hans Koechler claimed the Pope Benedict’s comments in 2006 were “restating the anti-Islamic sentiments of the period of the crusades,” in an &lt;a href="http://www.futureislam.com/20060109/leaders/hans_koechler/religion_reason_and_violence.asp"&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; published by Future Islam, titled “Religion, Reason, and Violence: Pope Benedict XVI and Islam.” Koechler claimed the Pope’s depiction of Islam as “evil” was simplistic and one-sided.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Although Pope Benedict claimed his Christmas Day speech was in the name of peace and goodwill, the true purpose of the speech may have been more complicated.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The Pope used the speech to highlight injustice against Christians in the Middle East.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;This in turn puts political pressure on Western leaders to continue their wars against Islamic regimes and al-Qaeda, which are followers of a religion that the Pope believes to be evil.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The Pope’s Christmas Day speech is a disguised attempt to further the Vatican’s religious war against Islam.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2425062894350178776-7021617133669293281?l=iseetheholysee.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iseetheholysee.blogspot.com/feeds/7021617133669293281/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://iseetheholysee.blogspot.com/2010/12/pope-uses-christmas-to-further-vaticans.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2425062894350178776/posts/default/7021617133669293281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2425062894350178776/posts/default/7021617133669293281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iseetheholysee.blogspot.com/2010/12/pope-uses-christmas-to-further-vaticans.html' title='Vatican Continues Holy War on Christmas'/><author><name>Xong</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425062894350178776.post-5949783414249076099</id><published>2009-05-25T20:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-27T23:56:21.254-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vatican'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nuns'/><title type='text'>British 'Nuns' Arrested for Flashing "Their Bottoms and the Rest"</title><content type='html'>The Guardian reports that seventeen British men appeared in a Greek court today changed with "scandal and misrepresentation of a costume or uniform."&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;p align="left"&gt;Click &lt;a href="http://carnalnation.com/content/6778/1/british-nuns-arrested-flashing-their-bottoms-and-rest"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to read whole article&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2425062894350178776-5949783414249076099?l=iseetheholysee.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iseetheholysee.blogspot.com/feeds/5949783414249076099/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://iseetheholysee.blogspot.com/2009/05/british-nuns-arrested-for-flashing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2425062894350178776/posts/default/5949783414249076099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2425062894350178776/posts/default/5949783414249076099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iseetheholysee.blogspot.com/2009/05/british-nuns-arrested-for-flashing.html' title='British &apos;Nuns&apos; 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