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Corrie Ten Boom died on April 15, 1983. In 1944, she, her father, and sister Betsie, devout Christians, were arrested for hiding Jews in their home in Nazi occupied Holland. Their father died ten days later. She and Betsie were sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp.
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Corrie was consoled by the Bible, which "was simply a description of the way things were--of hell and heaven, of how men act and how God acts." She had read about Christ's arrest and torture. "Now such happenings had faces and voices." For Christ, defeat was the path to victory.
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But it was Betsie who taught the deeper lesson: "What better way could there be to spend our lives? These young women. That girl back at the bunkers. If people can be taught to hate they can be taught to love! We must find the way, you and I, no matter how long it takes."
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New book from @OrbisBooks makes headlines in Italy! orbisbooks.com/the-election-…
Scola told his supporters, “Vote for Bergoglio”. The secrets of the Conclave that changed the Church @LaStampa lastampa.it/2019/04/13/vatic…
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In deploying the full weight of 9/11 to vilify a Muslim congresswoman the msg is clear: “This is what Muslims did to us.” It is a message of hate, an incitement to revenge. May this Holy Week inspire a different Memory. #StandwithIlhanOmar
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Tho the specific charges relate to his role in helping to expose war crimes—charges the Obama admin investigated and chose not to pursue on 1st amendment grounds. Question is whether this the narrow wedge Trump admin will use to go after what he terms The Enemy of the People.
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You don’t have to think Assange is a hero or approve his role in ‘16 election (which surely Trump doesn’t want to discuss!) to be concerned. First time ever that a journalist/publisher (albeit one with dodgy credentials) has faced charges for publishing secrets. Wouldn’t be last.
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Something broke in America this week. We have been spiraling downward since Trump's election, but this week, we crossed a line. The President and his men began asserting that they were above the law--and effectively no one in our system did anything to stop them.
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“If the prosecution succeeds,” Goodale warns, “investigative reporting based on classified information will be given a near death blow.” washingtonpost.com/outlook/2…
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Thanks for your endorsement, Austen!
It’s a masterful account, full of fascinating details and a major contribution to conclave history. Congratulations @gerryorome and @OrbisBooks.
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A joy to hear @gerryorome launch his new @OrbisBooks title on the election of Pope Francis at @americamag. Spoiler alert: Francis gets elected. But the real news is his exclusive inside account of what happened inside the secret conclave. orbisbooks.com/the-election-…
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@jamielmanson nails it. One telling passage: where B16 deplores seminaries where seminarians had to dine with laymen, their wives, children and—horrors—their “girlfriends.”
Pope Benedict XVI's letter achieves something he likely did not intend: He demonstrates precisely how the institutional church got into its current psychosexual mess. ncr.media/2Gcip7L
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Thanks to @Americaeditor for hosting the launch of “The Election of Pope Francis,” by @gerryorome, Vatican correspondent for @americamag.
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Malick's film is actually based on a book from @OrbisBooks. "Franz Jägerstätter: Letters and Writings from Prison." His film "Tree of Life" was one of the greatest films of all time (Roger Ebert). Can't wait to see what he has done with this story. bit.ly/2ICqR0j
The story of Franz Jägerstätter, which influenced @DanielEllsberg ‘s decision to release the Pentagon Papers & in turn influenced Daniel’s son @RobertEllsberg toward work with Dorothy Day & as publisher of @OrbisBooks , will soon be a film. indiewire.com/2019/04/terren…
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