much for joining our special live coverage of the funeral of pope americas benedict the 16th. thousands of people are gathered in st. peters square right now. to witness something we have not seen in hundreds of years. the current pope, presiding at the funeral mass of the man who proceeded him. the coffin carrying the body of benedict was taken from st. peters basilica a short time ago through its journey to the courtyard, allowing the faithful to say their prayers ahead of the funeral. matt joseph rat singer, the son of humble parents, a police officer and cook. entered the priesthood in what would appear to be his calling as a university professor, teaching philosophy and theology. also beginning what would be a prolific and deeply intellectual pursuit as a writer. that very skill as a theologian led to his appointment as the archbishop of munich by pope john paul the second. the man he would not just succeed but also the man he would serve for nearly a quarter century as
The russianspeaking population in norway or in lithuania, and from the belarusian border to vilnius is only 40 km, and when this conflict begins, nato, all the partners who support us, will concentrate on reducing this conflict or making it impossible, and then the situation in ukraine can become a trading card. I will remind the people of lviv, maybe someone has forgotten that we. Live at a distance of 180 km in a Straight Line from belarus, there are iskander brigades in belarus that are ready to launch the appropriate missiles, the duration of the approach to lviv there is literally two or three minutes we have a significant concentration of the armed forces of both belarus and russia in belarusian territory, so a helicopter like the mi28 can take 80 people on board, and imagine. That after extinguishing all signal identification locators, 2030 helicopters appear on the outskirts of lviv. What will we do . I am addressing those people who say that they will not go to the rtcc, that
Into our topic today. Which is catholic publishing. We have two people with us today who work in our city. San francisco is home to a highly respected Publishing House called Ignatius Press. It has grown into one of the largest publishers in the country with catholic books and communication. Well take a brief break and join us afterward to learn more about catholic reading and writing. Welcome back. Mary you are a marketing assistant. Correct. They say publishing is dying. You are isnt dying. You are living proof publishing is doing well. Why dont you tell us about yourself and what you do at the company. I wear a couple of different hats. Im a developmental editor. Which means books that need a little bit of help, i try to help. I review copy editing and proofreading done by other editors and help move books through the production process. Then we have an Acquisitions Team and i serve on that. We review manuscripts to see which we would like to publish. These manuscripts come from . A
Important at the National History museum. We are working on our public space and it will be dedicated solely to the theme of liberation. The museum talks about why the war was fought and how the war was won, but theres a third charge, what the war means to us today, and i think that is key of the liberation pavilion. One of the areas we will explore in the liberation pavilion will be faith in wartime, where we will discuss the Important Role religious belief laid to the played to the millions of people caught up in this global struggle. It charges the museum with bringing stories of how faith was crucial to those who found themselves surrounded by the horrors of war. This is what we are about to hear from our first speaker, Mark Riebling. He is a lecturer in holocaust and genocide studies at georgetown university. Previously, he was cofounder and Research Director of the nypd center for policing terrorism and the research to rector of the Manhattan Institute for policy research. His bo
Hear from our first speaker, mark riebling. Mark is a fellow in 20th century history and a lecturer in holocaust and genocide studies at georgetown university. Previously, he was cofounder and Research Director of the nypd center for policing terrorism and Research Director of the Manhattan Institute for policy research. His book wedge the secret war between the cia and the fbi has provided the program for seven assorted congressional committees and blueribbon panels. He has written for numerous publications, the New York Times and the guardian among them. Mark will present on his book church of spies the popes secret war against hibbler. Against hitler. I would like you to give mark a very warm welcome. Thank you. Mr. Riebling good morning. Can you hear me ok . Thank you. Many thanks to the Baptist Community ministries for bringing us here this morning. Im going to talk to you about one of the alltime great remaining historical controversies about the Second World War in europe, so if