I cannot, in good conscience support the Olympic games and have tried my best to ignore coverage of them in the media and watch them on television. The human rights violations being perpetrated by the Chinese government are immense. Some might criticize this decision of mine, because the United States is also obviously a violator. Would I watch an Olympics here? Probably so. Unfortunately these Olympics have become a great burden on the Chinese citizens who care about the human rights of their fellow countrymen, this article even describes two older women who were arrested for petitioning to protest in an area set up by the government for that purpose.
I was also somewhat disappointed in Pope Benedict's comments leading up to the Olympics and felt he really should have taken a much harder line stand on it, but he probably knows better than I do.
ROME 24/4– Day 37 (-4): MORE sacristy secrets, MORE music from nuns, and
MORE Fr. Z’s Kitchen
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On this Feast of St. Cletus, Pope and Martyr, the sun rose over Rome at
06:11. Sunset is to be at 20:06. The Ave Maria Bell should ring at 20:15.
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Joseph,
Thank you.
No, thank you for standing up for the Church and Her beauty.
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