And sister whom he had been close to refer to him as napoleon nest. Also for the 17 years he was pope he never allowed anyone to sit down at the table when he ate, not even a cardinal. And this by the way was different than some of his predecessors and a continuing tradition that all of his predecessors had obeyed. The popes vision of the church and of the world was basically a medieval one in which there was only one True Roman Catholic Church and all to his teachings and lines of authority. Mussolini as i alluded to before was in many ways his opposite. The anticleric, the rabblerouser, the person who valued violence but also had a notion of a new society. This is certainly not a medieval vision but a new vision. Mussolini before he came to power had been a radical socialist. He had been reading social meeting and it was the outbreak of world war i that he had the division with the socialist party or for the war and he wanted italy to enter the war. He founded the fascist movement an
Remarks. You could see one part of Army Intelligence telling the pentagon we cannot bring this guy to the United States. He was a nazi and turned a colleague over and this was a u bad act but then the pentagon says we need him. And he came. There he is as the first director of the jfk space center and still every year they give out the kurt debus award. And i interviewed the head and said what about kurt debus who wore the ss uniform to work and turned over a colleague and he was a nazi . What do you say to that . And the answer was no one has ever asked me that question before. So, i would like to end with the idea that einstein had it right in my opinion. He left german prior to hitlers armament buildup and maintains the reason he left as a scientist was because he wasnt going to work for a raw and r rabid nazi militia. He is one of the people with power that petitioned truman not to let operation paperclip happen but to no avail. And my last picture is this. This is an old german pr
A day of rage that is what the Muslim Brotherhood calls its campaign to reinstate egypts deposed leader. Thousands have flooded the streets of cairo. Lex they have clashed with troops, and Security Forces say a number of demonstrators are dead. The military is trying to keep protesters away from the crowds celebrating the coup. A mass rally was held valley morsis return. We are morsis soldiers and we will defend him with our lives, the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood declared before tens of thousands in central cairo. It was a high point in a day of rage called by the Muslim Brotherhood to protest Mohamed Morsis removal as egypts president. Protests were held across the country. One demonstration turned violent at the Republican Guard noting where morsi is believed to be under arrest. The army said it only used tear gas and blanks to disperse the crowd, but witnesses tell another story. There are conflicting reports about the number of dead and injured. I say to the army chief that he
Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. With less than three weeks until election day, polls show a divided picture among religious voters, especially catholics, who have been almost evenly split between president obama and governor romney. On thursday, both candidates attended the annual Al Smith Charity Dinner sponsored by the catholic archdiocese of new york. At the usually lighthearted event, both men made jokes at their own expense, but obama ended on a serious note its written in scripture that tribulation produces perseverance. And perseverance, character. And character, hope. This week, the u. S. Catholic bishops have been urging special prayers for religious liberty. At a mass to open the rosary novena for life and liberty, archbishop william lori said catholics must bring their beliefs to the public square. Religion came up briefly at the president ial debate tuesday, when mitt romney made a rare reference to his mormon faith. And i believe were all children
Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. With less than three weeks until election day, polls show a divided picture among religious voters, especially catholics, who have been almost evenly split between president obama and governor romney. On thursday, both candidates attended the annual Al Smith Charity Dinner sponsored by the catholic archdiocese of new york. At the usually lighthearted event, both men made jokes at their own expense, but obama ended on a serious note its written in scripture that tribulation produces perseverance. And perseverance, character. And character, hope. This week, the u. S. Catholic bishops have been urging special prayers for religious liberty. At a mass to open the rosary novena for life and liberty, archbishop william lori said catholics must bring their beliefs to the public square. Religion came up briefly at the president ial debate tuesday, when mitt romney made a rare reference to his mormon faith. And i believe were all children