Marriage problem of egoism + new cardinals? + small correction + Swiss medal sister murders + strict against it

Marriage problem of egoism

Vatikan. Benedikt XVI. appealed at the celebration of yesterday of the holy family again to the governments to support the family. The Pope did not express himself with a visit of the vatikanischen child welfare service place `Santa Marta'. the rich societies succeeds it always to support parents with children's education - neither spirituell, morally or practically. The modern view of the family grants a large value to the conjugal love. It stresses the freedom of the choice and the freedom of the feelings, neglect however the obligation for the passing on of the life.

New cardinals?

Vatikan. The Pope wants allegedly on 22 February - which celebration Cathedra Petri - a Konsistorium call up and new cardinals to appoint. The stated the Italian press agency `ADNkronos' with reference to vatikanische sources. Already on 6 January - the three-king celebration - is Benedikt XVI. the names of the new cardinals announce. The Kardinalskollegium counts at present 111 members, that are old under 80 years.

Small correction

Switzerland. The dedicate-night insult lecture of the suspended ex-Pfarradministrators of Röschenz, Franz Sabo, appeared only as Christmas comment in the tabloid `Sonntagsblick'. Sabo held the text - reported differently than `Sonntagsblick' - not as Christmas lecture in the Pfarrei Röschenz occupied illegitimately of him. The explained Röschenzer opposite church Council President `the Basellandschaftlichen Zeitung'.

Swiss medal sister murders

South Africa. The Oberwalliser Ursulinenschwester Clementine Brant (74) was murdered on Wednesday afternoon in South Africa with an assault of unknown quantities with a purposeful shot in the head. The canton Valais lies in the southwest of Switzerland. The nun worked for 40 years in the Africa mission as a midwife and lived in a hospital in the southeast of the country. Beside the Ursulinin in the year 2005 26 catholic mission acres were murdered. Those are nearly twice as many as in the previous year, announced the vatikanische mission press service `Fides'.

Strictly against it

Germany. The president of the German Federal Constitutional Court Hans Jürgen paper is strict against a permission of the helpless murder in Germany. The judge did not explain before `the Leipziger Volkszeitung', that the killing taboo to be related may. But give it very good reasons. If the active mercy killing were permitted, the danger of a dam failure would exist. Paper warned besides of abuses and of a social pressure on patients and physicians. It underlined that the legislator for the life had an order for protection. Follow this it, by forbidding and punishing active killing of humans.

Toby: „Governing is called looks further ahead “

The Hl. Father should deliberate himself upon which an old French principle expresses best: „Gouverner, c'est prévoir “- „governing is called looks further ahead “. That is valid particularly also with personnel decisions. Tactical Spielchen and diplomatic consideration-taken are there absolute wrongly at the place.

Agiafortuni: science fiction:

which would happen, if Benedikt XVI explain the Exkommunikation for futile, imposed over the Piusbruderschaft, which releases old fair and one lent to one of its bishops the cardinal hat. Conceivably it is feasiblly less.

Homo quidam: New cardinals

It would be nevertheless very pleasant, if the holy father would lend the magenta to his brother George. As acknowledgment for the service to „the Musica sacra “.

Also Leo XIII. his scholarly brother to the cardinal had raised.

Then George cardinal Ratzinger could pull to Rome and participate in the coming liturgical reforms.

Ad multos annos!