The First Things Blog has an amusing post about what happens when people from foreign countries rely entirely on translation software.
This post is about what happens when journalists rely on spell check or don't have a clue what they are writing about. According to a CBS article, Pope John Paul II beautified Mother Teresa in 2003. Hmm...facelift, tummy tuck? What do you mean it's supposed to say beatified?
I will give the author the benefit of the doubt because Microsoft Word automatically "corrects" words. I had a frustrating experience while writing my lastest philosophy paper. Apparently I "misspelled" many words that Word just had to correct without asking permission. When I reread the paper, it didn't make any sense. It was frustrating to have to go back and correct the corrections.
Now, I know the auto correct feature can be turned off, but I was at the computer lab at school and had forgotted that the feature even existed.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
St. Pius X and the Bells of St. Mark's
While searching for something else, I came across an odd article about St. Pius X and one of his last wishes. Apparently, the Make a Papal Wish Foundation wasn't around in 1912.
St. Pius X wanted to hear the bells from St. Mark's Square in Venice one last time before he died, so he arranged for a special phone call. He said, that the phone call would make him the "happiest in nine years". Unfortunately, his doctors were concerned that it would be too emotional an event for him and they cancelled the call.
Venice was not his home diocese, but his last assignment before being elected to the papacy. He spent 10 years there, and apparently developed a strong attachment to the archdiocese. The bells must have reminded him of an easier, freer time where it was easier to use his pastoral skills and minister directly to the faithful.
I wonder if he ever got to hear the bells before he died a little over two years later.
If you are interested the article is from the New York Times - April 25, 1912.
St. Pius X wanted to hear the bells from St. Mark's Square in Venice one last time before he died, so he arranged for a special phone call. He said, that the phone call would make him the "happiest in nine years". Unfortunately, his doctors were concerned that it would be too emotional an event for him and they cancelled the call.
Venice was not his home diocese, but his last assignment before being elected to the papacy. He spent 10 years there, and apparently developed a strong attachment to the archdiocese. The bells must have reminded him of an easier, freer time where it was easier to use his pastoral skills and minister directly to the faithful.
I wonder if he ever got to hear the bells before he died a little over two years later.
If you are interested the article is from the New York Times - April 25, 1912.
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Fr. Damien May be Canonized Next Year
From KITV.com
Despite the heretical and offensive reference to the "Pantheon of saints" mentioned in the article, this is great news.
The Congregation of the Causes of Saints at the Vatican has voted to canonize Father Damien of Molokai to sainthood.
After the verification of two medical miracles, after decades of investigation into the life and works of Damien De Veuster, the Consisterie at the Vatican has at long last voted to elevate the Martyr of Molokai to its Pantheon of Saints. The measure now awaits the signature of Pope Benedict XVI.Read the rest here.
Despite the heretical and offensive reference to the "Pantheon of saints" mentioned in the article, this is great news.
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