Día: 6 julio, 2011

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Giant wombat skeleton found in Australias Queensland

Scientists in Australia have found the skeleton of a “giant wombat” which lived some two million years ago.

The plant-eating marsupial would have been the size of a four-wheel drive car and weighed three tonnes, experts say.

Its bones were found on a farm in north-eastern Australia’s Queensland state.

The find is one of Australia’s most significant pre-historic discoveries ever because the skeleton is complete, experts say.

It is the first time a complete skeleton of a Diprotodon optatum has been uncovered.

The animal was widespread across Australia about 50,000 years ago, when it is believed the first indigenous people lived.

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Catholic Culture : On the Culture : Gay Marriage and the Next Gulag

In a Mexican case, Fr. Hugo Valdemar was found guilty on July 1st of illegal political activity because he stated that Catholics should not vote for candidates who support same-sex marriage. Fr. Valdemar’s defense is that he wasn’t speaking against a particular party but was merely stating the teaching of the Catholic Church. But the particulars of charge and counter-charge do not make a great deal of difference, apart from the strategies they suggest for legal maneuvering. There have been many similar stories over the past few years from around the world, especially in Canada and Europe. The writing is on the wall. Gay marriage is the lie that will create the next Gulag.

Indeed, gay marriage is the perfect totalitarian wedge, not least in a country like the United States, which has been capable of believing itself uniquely dedicated to liberty even in the midst of slavery and abortion. We Americans, it seems, will be quite willing to sing the praises of our liberty no matter how many of us lose it. It is our national myth, something we worship.

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VIII-D. La fidelidad se muestra en la prueba

302. Este dicho merece fe: Si morimos con él, viviremos con él: si aguantamos, reinaremos con él; si renegamos de él, renegará de nosotros; si le somos infieles, él se mantiene fiel, pues no puede negarse a sí mismo. (2 Tm 2,11-13)

303. ¡Ay del corazón caído, que no tiene confianza! Por eso no será protegido. (Sir 2,13)

304. El Señor no se retrasa en cumplir su promesa, como algunos piensan, sino que tiene paciencia con vosotros, pues no quiere que se pierda nadie, sino que todos se arrepientan. (2 P 3,9)

305. Hijo mío, cuando te acerques a servir al Señor, prepárate para la prueba, mantén el corazón firme, sé valiente, no te asustes cuando te sobrevenga una desgracia. (Sir 2,1-2)

306. Esforzaos por afianzar vuestra vocación y elección. Si obráis así, no tropezaréis; antes bien, os darán generosamente entrada en el reino perpetuo del Señor nuestro y salvador Jesucristo. (2 P 1,10-11)

307. Todavía no habéis resistido hasta la sangre en vuestra lucha contra el pecado. (Hb 12,4)

308. Someteos, pues, a Dios. Resistid al diablo y huirá de vosotros. (St 4,7-8)

309. Quien no ha pasado pruebas, poco sabe. (Sir 34,10)

310. Uno que hecha mano al arado y mira atrás, no es apto para el Reino de Dios. (Lc 9,62)