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March 28th, 2013
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Why is the pope washing prisoners’ feet?By Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Editor (CNN) — In ancient times, when roads were bad and footwear was worse, the washing of a guest's feet was a required sign of hospitality. Today when someone comes to your home, you’re more likely to offer to take their coat and bring them a beverage rather then have the help fetch a basin to refresh their worn feet. The gesture of a servant's washing a newly arrived guest’s feet is sprinkled throughout the Jewish and Christian scriptures. That the characters in question were respectable, hospitable, and well off would have been culturally recognizable to earlier readers. In the Christian tradition, one story of feet washing entirely changed the paradigm. In the Biblical accounts of the Easter story, Jesus rides into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday on a donkey to adoring crowds. Just a few days later he gathers his 12 disciples for what would be their Last Supper before he was crucified. According to the Gospel of John, after everyone has reclined at table before the meal, Jesus, dressed as a servant, washes their feet. The disciple Peter recoils at the sight of his master taking on the role of a servant. Jesus then explains to them, “So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.” (John 13:15 NRSV) Follow the CNN Belief Blog on Twitter Christians have carried on this practice of role reversal for the past two millennia, particularly during Holy Week. On Holy Thursday believers commemorate the Last Supper, where after he washed the disciples' feet, Jesus went on to institute the practice of Communion – breaking bread to symbolize the sacrifice of his body for his followers to atone for their sins, the core of Christian belief. Thursday in Rome, Pope Francis continued a long papal tradition when he participated in the foot-washing rite. In a radical departure from tradition, Francis said Holy Thursday Mass not at the ornately appointed Basilica of St. John Lateran, but in a small chapel with nearly 50 teenage boys and girls at Casal del Marmo Penitential Institute for Minors, a juvenile detention center. The 76-year-old leader of a more than 1 billion Catholics called up 12 of the young inmates from different nationalities and “diverse religious confessions,” according to the Vatican. Among the group of twelve were two women and two Muslims. He stooped down before them, one by one, with a basin of water and washed their feet.  Then Pope Benedict washes the feet of clergy. This is the continuation of a personal custom; when he was Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the archbishop of Buenos Aires, he famously washed the feet of AIDS patients and drug addicts. Those who know him are not surprised that on Holy Thursday he looks to the poor and marginalized. “Really, what he’s doing is very much in character,” said the Rev. Thomas Rosica, who has served as a Vatican spokesman during the papal transition. Rosica said the timing of the election also factored into why the new pope selected a prison over a cathedral. “Technically, he couldn’t celebrate the Mass at St. John Lateran because he hasn’t yet taken possession of the cathedral.” But it is a fair assumption that had he wanted to have Mass there, it would have happened. For several years Rosica lived in the Middle East, where foot-washing is still done, "and it’s the lowliest person in the house who does that as a sign of great respect.” “There’s something extremely intimate about that, when you’re touching someone’s feet,” he said. Rosica said that with the ceremony, the pope is applying biblical texts to concrete actions. Pia de Solenni, an ethicist and moral theologian, said the significance of Jesus Christ washing the disciples' feet resounds over the centuries: “At that time and now there’s that sense of hierarchy, or that clergy are set apart, that they’re somehow preferred. What Jesus is teaching and what I think is the authentic understanding of the priesthood in the Catholic Church is that the priest - your teacher, your leader - is first and foremost a servant,” she said. “That’s really turning the worldly understanding of who a leader is upside down.” The ceremony for the young prisoners is another in a growing list change brought by Francis. After his election this month, he refused the papal limo and rode the bus with the other cardinals. On Tuesday the Vatican announced Francis had opted to stay in room 201 at Case Santa Marta, the Vatican guest house, instead of moving into the palatial papal apartment. For his inaugural Mass and again on Palm Sunday, he opted for an open-air "popemobile," foregoing the safety-glass-enclosed version that became the vehicle of choice for public processions following an assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II. CNN’s Belief Blog: The faith angles behind the biggest stories The changes have, in part, led to overflow crowds for the new pope’s public appearances and headaches for his security detail; he has shown he is willing to break out of the bubble to greet the faithful and kiss seemingly every baby in sight. “He’s making a very special place for the poor, the disenfranchised,” Rosica said. “He’s kind of taken the world by storm by the symbols and the signals he’s given." Monsignor Kevin Irwin, a professor at the Catholic University of America, told CNN from Rome that foot-washing "has always been - for priests, bishops and popes throughout the centuries - a role reversal. That is to say, those who are marginalized become center stage and the one who is usually center stage washes their feet." Irwin said Francis’ choice to wash prisoners' feet fits in with a broader narrative of the new pope’s journey. Whereas his predecessor, Benedict, came to the papacy by way of the scholarly library and high Vatican offices (Rosica called him "the Mozart of theologians") Francis “has a pastor’s heart." “In that sense he’s probably more of a journeyman than he is a highly accomplished scholar," Irwin said. "In the process we’ll all get on board with the journeyman." And journeymen, he said, "make the world work.”
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Where do morals come from?
By Kelly Murray, CNN
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/12/where-do-morals-come-from/#comments
Gravity is not up for debate !
BY the way ...................Splat goes a fairy in the sky !...............bye bye tinker bell !
Einstein's Gravity Theory Passes Toughest Test Yet..............................E = mc2..........(U–Pb).................two math formulas.
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The Ethics of Resurrecting Extinct Species
Apr. 8, 2013 — At some point, scientists may be able to bring back extinct animals, and perhaps early humans, raising questions of ethics and environmental disruption.
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Dinosaur Egg Study Supports Evolutionary Link Between Birds and Dinosaurs: How Troodon Likely Hatched Its Young
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130418104324.htm
And NO ANGELS the pope KICKED them OFF the TEAM last year !
From Soup to Cells—the Origin of Life
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the wrong path is Adam and Eve !
Human Y Chromosome Much Older Than Previously Thought
Mar. 4, 2013 — The discovery and analysis of an extremely rare African American Y chromosome pushes back the time of the most recent common ancestor for the Y chromosome lineage tree to 338,000 years ago. This time predates the age of the oldest known anatomically modern human fossils.
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Ancient DNA Reveals Europe's Dynamic Genetic History
Apr. 23, 2013 — Ancient DNA recovered from a series of skeletons in central Germany up to 7,500 years old has been used to reconstruct the first detailed genetic history of modern Europe.
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Apr. 24, 2013 — Scientists have long believed that lava erupted from certain oceanic volcanoes contains materials from the early Earth's crust. But decisive evidence for this phenomenon has proven elusive. New research from a team including Carnegie's Erik Hauri demonstrates that oceanic volcanic rocks contain samples of recycled crust dating back to the Archean era 2.5 billion years ago. Their work is published in Nature.
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Where do morals come from?
By Kelly Murray, CNN
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Learning is fun with facts.......................... and facts work when teaching children.
Atheist Prof. Peter Higgs: Stop calling Higgs boson the ‘God particle’
Professor Peter Higgs said recently that there is no God and so people should stop referring to the theoretical partial that
bears his name as the “God particle.”
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Pope praises science, but insists God created world updated Thur October 28, 2010
Stephen Hawking is wrong, Pope Benedict XVI said Thursday – God did create the universe. The pope didn't actually mention the world-famous scientist, who argues in a book published last month that the laws of physics show there is no need for a supreme... \
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/28/pope-praises-science-but-insists-god-created-world/
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By Dan Gilgoff, CNN.com Religion Editor The concept of heaven or any kind of afterlife is a "fairy story," famed British scientist Stephen Hawking said in a newspaper interview this week. "I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when...
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The Jesus debate: Man vs. myth
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NASA: Three planets found are some of best candidates so far for habitable worlds outside our solar system.
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NASA: Mars could have supported life
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From Soup to Cells—the Origin of Life
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/IIE2aOriginoflife.shtml
Scientists have unearthed the first direct signs of cheesemaking, at a site in Poland that dates back 7,500 years.
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By Jessica Ravitz, CNN
Decades before atheist scientist and author Richard Dawkins called God a "delusion," one world-renowned physicist – Albert Einstein – was weighing in on faith matters with his own strong words.
“The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends,” Einstein wrote in German in a 1954 letter that will be auctioned on eBay later this month. "No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this.”
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/category/culture-science/
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Is this hospitality or a foot fetish?
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I think he is in a state of total Panic, he is panicking, I'm his panic!
So far, this is my favorite Pope... the humility, inclusion of women, and general sense of doing what he feels God compels him to do rather then traditionalist is refreshing
Jesus washed the feet of the disciples, he did NOT however kissed their feet. Can you begin to see the difference? The Fact is that, there is nothing in the text of the Gospels, that can make anyone believe that HE ever kissed anyone.
He may have done but is NOT in the text. If it does not says it, then don't start inventing stories and making interpolations of preconceived ideologies.
This is nothing more than a charade, a mockery, a show off for the cameras. Do Not be Deceived by this Idolater.
I just checked again with different versions in 3 different languages.
Yup, there's not even a Hint at all, that Jesus Our Lord and Savior ever kissed anyone not even children. He Preached, He Taught, He Healed and Blessed people but never kissed anyone. If it was of any importance the Text would have said so.
Can you at the very least begin to see the difference between Jesus and this man? I certainly hope so!
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Interesting!
Which versions did you check?
In what languages?
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Hello there Questioner! Thanks for asking!
The NIV, the Latin Vulgate and the Spanish Reina-Valera 1960. Also checked the French, Italian and Portuguese versions. Not even a Hint at all of Jesus Our Only Mediator EVER kissing anyone much less kissing feet. Again this is nothing more than a charade a mockery of Jesus and of the Gospel. People DO NOT BE DECEIVED BY THIS IDOLATER. IDOLATRY IS NOT, again IS NOT Religion. IDOLATRY IS AN ABERRANT, ABHORRENT and Very Serious SIN.
I kiss people...even people at church. Am I mocking Jesus? Or is it my humble way of expressing love. The Pope never claimed that Jesus kissed anyone's feet. He is doing as Jesus did and expressing love at the same time which is as Jesus intended...doing these things in love is in the Bible but Jesus did not explicitly state who to express that love...It seems God left some room for free expression of love. If you think it is possible to wash and kiss a prisoners feet without feeling humility then I don't believe you...I challenge you to do it yourself for whatever reason you like to see that it is not without humility or providing a service for the good of others.
That is how to express that love not who : )
Actually Jesus probably did not do anything what the bible says he did. Why? because the bible was written years after Jesus, by people who never met Jesus, and were fabricated to progress the agenda of their own following sects of middle eastern herdsmen. There is nothing in the gospels that makes me believe he ever existed, its all a fabricated story.
There is a difference between going to criminals and washing their feet, and a celebrity going to cut a ribbon for a charity. Just think about how great that would have felt to the prisoners and how much it really touched them, and not about the media or some planned trick to get a good rep.
Thank you Jesus !
That foot washing, foot kissing, looks like a fetish.
It looks like a public health issue. There's a reason public buildings require shoes.
Hi Guy HAB, Be Humble, polite. Dont get disturbed by the gesture of washing feet by Pope. You are worse then Pope.
What I don't understand is, how Christians, or Catholics, who believe that Jesus is their authority, can follow a church more than Jesus. If a church is in conflict with what Jesus said... why would you STILL stick with that church over and over and over again... I know they have brainwashed you into thinking they are the only true church, but Jesus never said this. Jesus would be appalled that the priests that molested kids were not in prison, and that people still supported the chuch instead of demanding change. Jesus was a revolutionary and criticised the church a LOT in his time. I think he'd be proud of Catholics if they staged a walk out, demanded their money stop being spend on limos, that those who molested kids be kicked out and jailed, and that more checks and balances be put in place.
You don't abandon those in need. You pray and help those in need...that is the true Christian way. Jesus came to unite us not divide us....it is his prayer in the Bible. If a member of your body is hurt you don't cut it off, you help heal it...the Bible talks about the One Body of Christ and it is beautiful...I encourage you to read it. In all your complaints about some priests (while overlooking the amazing greatness of the many saints...more than any other religion) do you pray for them? Did you take a moment to pray for them or your Catholic brothers and sisters before you berated them on this forum? Did you help them?
Also, to clear up your concern for Jesus and the Church...the people are what make up the Church and Jesus is the head of the Church. "Christ is also the head of the church, which is his body." Col 1:18
Vincastar, you misunderstand scripture. The Lord said, "If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hellfire." Matthew 18:9.
The Lord didn't counsel and rehabilitate the moneychangers who had defiled the holy temple. He cast them out. Literally, he whipped them until they departed. If you claim to be the true church of Christ on earth you better be ready to do some serious pruning when evil fruit is found. No effort was made to prune the church of its darker branches when they were found. Every effort was made to protect the church's reputation at the expense of the innocence of little children. I wonder what Christ would say or do about that were he here...
I'm not going to bash this Pope. He seems sincere and his actions heartfelt. I just wish there was less press about it. It would feel more genuine if it was lesser known and reported. That being said, the Pope may be a good man and may do his best to lead the Catholic faith, but he has no priesthood authority. It was lost when the last apostle was killed or died. What exists now is the organization Constantine created, not the one Christ created. Where are the apostles? Where are the Seventy? Where is there an apostle and prophet who leads by revelation? Not here. Only one place.
First thought I had was that no priest, bishop or even pope from that church shoudl have access to young men. He is kissing their feet. For all we know he ahs a foot fetish. I am also sick of people saying he is humble. It is NOT humble to refuse to take a limo to work. It is normal. And, I don't think limos were any sort of standard mode of transport that Jesus would endorse. Plus, look how staged this all is, and then the vatican newspaper reports it and send those reports to all of the news around the work. "look at us, look at out new pope, look how humble he is, kissing feet". The fact is that nobody who does things for others to see it as a show is truly humble, and no church is either. This is PR. Plus, the whole fact that they are playing up the fact that he would even wash the feet of jevenile offenders... it sounds condescending... like he is so much better than them and so it is even more amazing. Most men in that church are crminals directly or by association, and so I dont see him as any better. And I do still find it creepy.
YOU MUCH HAVE A VERY UNHAPPY LIFE LOOK AT YOUR SELF FIRST THEN JUGE OTHERS AFTER YOU HAVE JUGE YOURSELF . YOU MUCH HAVE A VERY UNHAPPY LIFE.
I judge others that molest young children because they need the protection of adults and not people who cannot take criticism of their church. I love Jesus, he was a great dude. I just think he would be absolutely disgusted by the catholic church.
And, I have a very happy life, thanks 🙂
This a charade a mockery of what Jesus did. IDOLATRY is NOT Religion IDOLATRY is an Aberrant, Abhorrent, grave and serious SIN. Do NOT be deceived by this Idolater.
Dear Ex Catholic, why do you try so hard to convince people the otherwise? The pope, before he became one, was committed to poor people .... did you call what he has been doing his whole life as a charade too?
I like how he's starting from the bottom and working his way up to an entry level position. Years of priest experience, I guess.