Obitelji su svjetla u ovom mračnom svijetu!
Na prvom danu Svjetskog susreta obitelji, koji se trenutno održava u američkom gradu Philadelphiji, kardinal Robert Sarah, prefekt Kongregacije za bogoštovlje, u oštrom je, ali iskrenom govoru dao naslutiti kakvo će stajališta, barem što se tiče biskupa iz Afrike, zastupati kada se sastanu sljedećeg mjeseca u Rimu.Otvoreno optužiti druge sudionike Sinode za herezu nije baš uobičajeno u današnje vrijeme, ali izgleda da se kardinal ne ustručava iznijeti u javnosti svoje mišljenje. Podsjetimo i da će susret zaključiti papa Franjo svečanim misnim slavljem u nedjelju.Sa Catholic National Register-a prenosimo sažetak govora:
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Afrički kardinal Robert Sarah obratio se jutros vjernicima na Svjetskom susretu obitelji, govoreći o “Svjetlu obitelji u mračnom svijetu.“
“Bog je obitelj“- podsjetio je prisutne.
“Odnos s Bogom i našim bližnjima nas poziva na razmatranje života samog Svetog trojstva.“
Nasuprot tome, rekao je, “Središte đavolskih laži je ovo: ‘Bog vas želi ograničiti. Ne želi vidjeti vaš život ispunjen. Dakle, ostvarite sebe kako sami odlučite da je najbolje’.”
Kardinal je zatim objasnio kako je takvo razmišljanje početak gubljenja smisla u životu: kako je Kajin ubio svog brata Abela; kako se nasilje širi van kontrole; te kako, u naše doba, susrećemo ovisnosti, pobačaj, vjerske progone i terorizam. “Ako ne dođemo do izvora (problema, op prev.), a to je grijeh, ništa se ne mijenja.“
Kardinal Sarah je također spomenuo eutanaziju i istospolni “brak” , citirajući papu Benedikta koji je govorio da se svjetlo obiteljskog život “gasi“ zbog moderne kulture.
“Čak se i članovi Crkve mogu naći u iskušenju da omekšaju Kristovo učenje o braku i obitelji.“
Odvajati ono što dolazi iz učiteljstva Crkve od pastoralne prakse, i mijenjati ga u “skladu s određenim okolnostima, je oblik hereze“, istaknuo je kardinal.
“Knjiga Postanka nije samo priča; to je naša priča “, dodao je Sarah. Nadalje je govorio o pozivu pape Franje: “Uđite u svoje srce. Kada počnemo uviđati na što smo sposobni, pitamo se: ‘Jesam li sposoban ocrnjivati drugoga, moralno ga ubiti?“
Zatim je istaknuo: “Pokajanje je dobra vijest. To je početak puta k ozdravljenju.“
“Dobro došli u milost Božju“, rekao je nazočnima. “Ova milost ima ime: Isus Krist.”
“Taj Duh, ljubav Duha Svetog – ljubav do kraja – može prevladati sve što se čini ljudski nemoguće unutar obitelji.“
“Svi oni ranjeni zbog osobnih grijeha i grijeha drugih – razvedeni, rastavljeni, oni koji kohabitiraju, koji su zatvoreni u sebe i oni u istospolnim zajednicama – mogu i moraju naći u Crkvi mjesto za preobrazbu bez nečijeg upiranja prsta u njih.“
Potom je govorio o svjedočanstvu koje kršćanska obitelj daje: ljubav do kraja.
Kada se ljubav vidi, “kršćanska obitelj, izvor vjere, nade i ljubavi, postaje prvi evangelizator“.
Pa je dodao: “Svijet danas treba svece s herojskim svjedočenjem“.
Tada je ispričao priču o vatrogascu koji je svojim duhom ljubavi potaknuo svoju suprugu da se vrati vjeri. Nije željela imati djecu, a završila je s njih desetoro. Tragično, muž je poginuo 9. rujna (prilikom terorističkog napada, op.prev.); a žena je umrla pet godina kasnije. Velika obitelj se nastavila brinuti o svojim mlađim članovima.
Nakon ove dirljive priče, kardinal Sarah je pohvalio velike obitelji.
Obitelji su doista svjetlo u ovom mračnom svijetu!
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A Big Bet That China's Currency Will Devalue FurtherInvestors like Mark L. Hart III are making a high-stakes gamble that China's currency devaluation last month was not a one-time event.
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DEALBOOK HIGHLIGHTS
Volkswagen C.E.O. Martin Winterkorn Resigns Amid Emissions Scandal The move came less than a week after the company admitted that some diesel cars in the United States contained software designed to evade emissions tests.
Breakingviews: Volkswagen Could Use a Bank-Style Clawback of Pay Martin Winterkorn was one of Germany's best-paid bosses. Revamping compensation and trying to recoup some of that money would send a strong message.
European Court Adviser Calls Trans-Atlantic Data-Sharing Pact Insufficient The nonbinding but influential opinion could restrict how American companies like Facebook and Google move European data around the world.
Coming Soon to Checkouts: Microchip-Card Payment Systems Retailers are racing to meet an Oct. 1 deadline set by credit card networks to switch to the more secure payment technology that is common in most of the world except the United States.
UBM in 'Highly Preliminary' Talks to Sell PR Newswire The British marketing company and organizer of trade shows said it was meeting with several parties to potentially sell the business.
BBA Aviation to Buy Landmark Aviation for $2.1 Billion The British aircraft support services provider has agreed to acquire Landmark from the private equity giant the Carlyle Group.
Swiss Re to Buy Guardian Financial Services for $2.5 Billion The deal is expected to diversify the Swiss reinsurer's Admin Re unit, adding about 900,000 policies in Britain and Ireland.
Breakingviews Video: Curing Rare-Drug Prices The high cost of treatment for uncommon illnesses has come under attack. Will the political pushback will derail the booming industry?
LOOKING AHEAD
Yellen to Speak on Inflation Janet L. Yellen, the Federal Reserve chairwoman, is scheduled to deliver a speech about inflation on Thursday at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
The speech comes one week after the Fed concluded its September policy-making meeting by announcing that it was keeping interest rates near zero, in part because of the persistent sluggishness of inflation. Ms. Yellen's speech may shed light on why she thinks inflation has been so slow. – BINYAMIN APPELBAUM
Extradition Hearing in 'Flash Crash' Case Navinder Singh Sarao, a British futures trader, will face a court hearing in London on Friday to determine whether he will be sent to the United States to face charges of engaging in improper trading that contributed to a sudden plunge in American stock markets five years ago, known as the "flash crash."
Mr. Sarao, 36, was arrested in Britain in April and has been fighting extradition. He was indicted by a grand jury in Chicago this month. – CHAD BRAY
Last Revision for Second-Quarter Growth On Friday, at 8:30 a.m., the Commerce Department will release its third and final estimate of economic growth in the second quarter.
The estimate was revised sharply upward to 3.7 percent in late August, and most economists are not looking for another big revision. But some analysts think a slight uptick could be in the offing, with growth boosted by stronger consumer spending and higher levels of construction. – NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
Gauging Consumer Sentiment Also Friday morning, the University of Michigan will release its final reading on consumer sentiment in September. The initial September survey showed an unexpectedly steep drop in the index to 85.7, as worries about volatility on Wall Street and global markets filtered down to consumers.
Experts will be watching to see if the recent partial rebound in stocks has improved the outlook among consumers. – NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
Apple's iPhone 6S and 6S Plus Go on Sale Apple's latest smartphones, the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, go on sale on Friday in several countries and territories, including the United States and China. Shoppers who buy the new devices in an Apple store can opt in to the new iPhone Upgrade Program, which includes Apple's warranty program and the option to upgrade to a new phone every year.
Apple recently said that global preorders for the phones exceeded forecasts and that the company was racing to catch up with demand. – KATIE BENNER | ||||||||||||||||||||
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September 23, 2015 |
A man who claimed an insanity defense at trial was sentenced Wednesday to life plus 115 years in prison for killing Chicago Police Officer Thor Soderberg and shooting at three other officers and a civilian in 2010.
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M & A UBM in 'Highly Preliminary' Talks to Sell PR NewswireINVESTMENT BANKING China's Postal Savings Bank Said to Be Near $6.5 Billion SaleVENTURE CAPITAL Uber's China Unit Seeks Up to $2.5 BillionLEGAL/REGULATORY European Court Adviser Calls Trans-Atlantic Data-Sharing Pact Insufficient | ||||||||||||||||||||
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VOLKSWAGEN CHIEF STEPS DOWN Martin Winterkorn resigned and took responsibility for the emissions cheating scandal that has engulfed Volkswagen, Jack Ewing reports in The New York Times. He maintained, however, that he had done nothing wrong.
Representatives of the supervisory board also said that they would refer the case to German authorities for possible criminal prosecution, but that they did not believe he had any knowledge of the software. Although a successor has not been named, German news media have focused on Matthias Müller, who is in charge of the Volkswagen department that makes Porsche sports cars. Rupert Stadler, who leads the Audi division, is also seen as a potential candidate. Wolfgang Bernhard, the head of the trucks division at Daimler, is often cited as a potential outside contender. He was a top manager at Volkswagen earlier in his career. The regulator of the German stock market has initiated an inquiry intounusual price movements in Volkswagen shares in recent days. It said it was examining whether the carmaker had notified shareholders soon enough of its problems in the United States. German companies, like those in the United States, are required to tell shareholders if there is information that could affect stock prices. There is also speculation that the scandal will force Volkswagen todecentralize authority and make changes that critics say are long overdue. Volkswagen needs to reform its culture and radically simplify its overly complex structure, Olaf Storbeck and Antony Currie write in Breakingviews. They recommend starting with an overhaul of executive compensation. Mr. Winterkorn took home 15.9 million euros, or $17.8 million, last year. Bonuses of €68 million accounted for about 90 percent of Mr. Winterkorn's pay during the time when Volkswagen was manipulating emission tests. He has also amassed a pension worth $32 million, according to Bloomberg News. He could reap millions more in severance pay depending on how the supervisory board classifies his exit. The company set aside €6.5 billion to cover the potential cost of recalling and fixing the affected cars, but it could be hit with a bill as high as $18 billion from the Environmental Protection Agency. Its market value plunged by about €22 billion. Mr. Winterkorn should shoulder his share of the pain, Mr. Storbeck and Mr. Currie say. Volkswagen should claw back some or all of his bonuses.
BETTING ON FURTHER DEVALUATION OF RENMINBI Mark L. Hart III, a hedge fund investor based in Texas, has made high-risk, high-return wagers that the United States housing market would collapse and that Greece would go bankrupt. His most audacious gamble to date might be his bet on a 50 percent currency implosion in China, Landon Thomas Jr. reports in DealBook.
He predicts that the extreme drop will come when foreign investors pull their money out of China, propelling a broader rout in emerging market currencies and bringing on a sustained global slump. And he is not the only one. An increasing number of investors think thetrillions of dollars that went into risky investment opportunitiesin countries like China, Brazil and Turkey are quickly leaving. They think the pace will pick up when the Federal Reserve eventually raises interest rates, leading to plunges in currencies, corporate defaults and a global slowdown. John H. Burbank III, a longtime emerging-market investor at Passport Capital, a $4 billion hedge fund in San Francisco, has earned stellar returns this year betting on weak commodities, and imploding emerging markets and currencies. At the root of these investment strategies is the belief that China's 3 percent currency devaluation was not a one-time event. These investors think China is experiencing a run on the bank, similar to what happened to Asian countries in 1997 when their semi-pegged currencies collapsed. They also think the country's $3.5 trillion of foreign exchange reserves will not be enough to prevent a large-scale rout. In the first quarter of this year, $109 billion left Chinese banks for overseas institutions, according to the Bank for International Settlements, a clearinghouse for global central banks. China has been at the forefront of the so-called carry trade, in which corporations and countries tap dollar-based lenders and invest the proceeds in higher-yielding assets denominated in local currencies, like real estate, commodities and large-scale investments. As long as interest rates in the United States remain low and emerging-market currencies remain strong, these trades have been highly profitable. Mr. Hart calculates that the size of the Chinese carry trade is around $2 trillion and as he sees it, the dollars that have flowed into China must flow out again. China's foreign currency reserve ratio - in effect its net cash available to defend against speculators - is just a bit over 20 percent, putting it in the neighborhood of countries known to be vulnerable to capital outflows, like Brazil, Turkey and South Africa. "If there is a run on the currency, everyone will want to turn their yuan into dollars," said Jurgen Odenius, the chief economist of Prudential Fixed Income. Yuan is a shorthand reference to China's currency, the renminbi. "And on that basis, China's foreign exchange reserves do not rank among the stronger countries." Still, it is not certain that Mr. Hart's bet will pay off. The Federal Reserve's reluctance to increase interest rates could weaken the dollar and take the pressure off China and other emerging-market currencies.
ON THE AGENDA Janet L. Yellen, chairwoman of the Federal Reserve, will deliver a speech about inflation at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst at 5 p.m.
LONDON BEATS NEW YORK AS TOP FINANCIAL CENTERLondon is the world's leading financial center, ahead of New York, according to a study by the research organization Z/Yen. Michael Mainelli, the organization's chairman said London was ranked highest becauseuncertainty had been reduced after this year's election, The Financial Times reports.
Polls had predicted a hung Parliament and a period of economic instability, but the Conservative party managed to win a majority. "There was uncertainty about taxation, now that's gone away," Mr. Mainelli said. But attitudes towards immigration remain a concern. "You can't have an international financial center without international people." Toronto, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., all made it into the top 10. The ranking was based on a survey of 3,200 financial professionals and data sets measuring a range of variables from the cost of living to levels of corruption and murder rates.
Contact amie.tsang@nytimes.com
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS »
UBM in 'Highly Preliminary' Talks to Sell PR Newswire The British marketing company and organizer of trade shows said it was meeting with several parties to potentially sell the business.
Intelsat Looks to Sell Assets to Cut Debt Intelsat, the world's largest commercial satellite operator in revenue terms, is exploring a sale of strategic assets, as it seeks to pay off a portion of its $14 billion debt pile, The Financial Times reports, citing people familiar with the matter.
Anheuser-Busch InBev to Buy Craft Brewer Golden Road The world's largest brewer is looking to expand in the fast-growing craft brew market.
Altice Chief Says Buying Spree Paused After Cablevision DealAltice's chief executive, Dexter Goei, says the European company will take a break from its buying binge to focus on trimming costs and integrating cable systems.
Towers Watson Chief Sold Stock Before Big Deal Complaints have escalated as Towers Watson shares have continued to slide and as shareholders have learned of Mr. Haley's preannouncement trading.
INVESTMENT BANKING »
China's Postal Savings Bank Said to Be Near $6.5 Billion SalePostal Savings Bank of China, which has the most outlets of any lender in the nation, is nearing an agreement to raise more than $6.5 billion from investors including UBS Group and Temasek Holdings ahead of a planned initial public offering, Bloomberg News reports, citing people familiar with the matter.
Coming Soon to Checkouts: Microchip-Card Payment Systems Retailers are racing to meet an Oct. 1 deadline set by credit card networks to switch to the more secure payment technology that is common in most of the world except the United States.
Bank Settlement to Cost Nomura $287 Million In an agreement with Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena over a 2009 derivatives deal that went bad, Nomura, of Japan, denied any wrongdoing.
Standard Chartered Chief Receives $9 Million Joining FeeStandard Chartered has awarded Bill Winters, its new chief executive, shares worth more than 6 million pounds, or about $9 million, to compensate the bank's new chief executive for income he forfeited by leaving the hedge fund he founded. The upfront payment comes as Standard Chartered shares have hit new six-year lows.
Citigroup to Close Boston Branches "In Boston, Citi's retail banking presence does not provide such scale so we are reallocating resources," the bank said in a statement.
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At least 453 people were killed and hundreds more were injured in a stampede Thursday at the annual hajj pilgrimage, Saudi authorities said.
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More than 700 Muslim pilgrims were killed and hundreds more injured in a stampede today on the outskirts of Mecca, the deadliest tragedy to strike the annual hajj pilgrimage in more than two decades.
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