PS
I'm still waiting for Constantinople to be given back to current representives of the Roman Empire at the Vatican.

ok lets see what this group's connections are:



> Aal al-Bayt is a phrase which means the People of the Household of the Prophet Muhammad.

> Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute is located in Jordan.

> Jordan's King is Abdullah II bin Al Hussein. This ruler of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is reportedly the 43rd-generation direct descendant of Prophet Muhammad.

> King Abdullah's mom is Princess Toni, an Englishwoman and his stepmom is Queen Lisa, a New Yorker who's dad at various times was CEO of Pan-Am, Head of the Federal Aviation Administration, and US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_II_of_Jordan



So yeah I'd say this group is very well connected

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Pope calls for end to Iraq war, makes cardinals
23 prelates from around the world elevated to the elite rank
updated 7:36 a.m. ET, Sat., Nov. 24, 2007

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict, elevating 23 prelates from around the world to the elite rank of cardinal, made a pressing appeal on Saturday for an end to the war in Iraq and decried the plight of the country's Christian minority. One of the new cardinals is Emmanuel III Delly, the Baghdad-based Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, and the Pope used the solemn occasion, known as a consistory, to express his concern for Iraq.

The other new cardinals come from Italy, Ireland, Germany, the United States, Spain, India, Argentina, Kenya, Mexico, Poland, Senegal, Brazil and France. Speaking of Delly during the ceremony in St Peter's Basilica, Benedict said Christians in Iraq were "feeling with their own flesh the dramatic consequences of an enduring conflict ... "

The Chaldeans are Iraq's biggest Christian group and the Chaldean rite is one of the most ancient of the Catholic Church. Many Iraqi Chaldeans have emigrated since the war started. The Vatican has expressed concern before that one of the countries with the oldest Christian traditions could be depleted of its faithful as many leave to escape the violence.

"Let us together reaffirm the solidarity of the whole Church with the Christians of that beloved land and invoke from the merciful God the coming of longed-for reconciliation and peace for all the peoples involved (in the conflict)," he said in his homily.

Wearing gold embroidered vestments, the Pope said in his sermon that he had chosen the Iraqi patriarch as a cardinal to express his spiritual closeness to suffering Iraqis. Eighteen of the new cardinals are under 80 and eligible under Church rules to enter a secret conclave to elect a new pope after Benedict's death. The other five, including Delly, are over 80 and were given the honor for symbolic reasons or to thank them for long service to the Church.


'Princes of the church'
The Pope bestowed the new "princes of the Church" with a biretta, a red hat whose color is meant to remind them that they may one day be called upon to shed their blood for the faith and the Church.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21947852/
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Here we are, born to be kings. We're the princes of the universe.
Here we belong, fighting to survive in a world with the darkest powers.

And here we are. We're the princes of the universe.
Here we belong, fighting for survival. We've come to be the rulers of your world.

I am immortal. I have inside me blood of kings.


edit ohwait, nevermind. The Pope said Princes of the Church, not Universe.

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US calls Iraq archbishop's death 'murder'

21 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States on Thursday branded as "murder" and a "tragic act of terrorism" the death of a kidnapped Chaldean Catholic archbishop in Iraq despite uncertainty about how he died.

"We offer our condolences to the church on the murder of the Chaldean archbishop in Iraq," White House spokesman Tony Fratto said of the fate of Mosul Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho, who was abducted February 29.

"This demonstrates the brutality that the civilized world faces from extremists and we urge Iraqis to stand together under a modern constitution that protects people from all faiths," said Fratto.

Rahho's body was found in northern Iraq on Thursday, sparking outrage from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and an expression of deep sadness from Pope Benedict XVI.

A report from Rome had said the body had been found in a grave near the city after the kidnappers telephoned the auxiliary archbishop of Baghdad, Shlemon Warduni.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080313...unrestuswhouse
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Ya know, back in the ol'days this would have been enough to launch a Catholic Crusade(tm).

Com'on Pope BXVI, just say the word and we can have a real Global HolyWar.

the funniest post ever. it will not be given back. sorry try in another world

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grrrr.. what are ya, sumkinda communist?!?




Anyhoo once Turkey joins EU it'll be ok. I'm not an unreasonable man, I'd be willing to settle for that arrangement re Constantinople.

NO, I'm not.but I'm realistic

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