in plain latin

national | miscellaneous | news report Saturday October 05, 2002 13:58 by iosaf mac diarmada ipsiphi23 at email dot com codols23, Barcelona 08002 0034679708674

HH Pope John Paul 2 on Bush 2.

to coincide with the muslim feast of the assumption the pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church has issued in Rome as both temporal head of the RC church and head of state of one of Europe´s 8 neutral states a statement condemning the bellicose attitude of Bush 2.

NON EXERCITUS NEQUE THESAURI
PRAESIDIA REGNI SUNT
VERUM AMICI.
(Sallust).
not by military might but the quality of its friendships is the security of a kingdom.

If readers go to the world´s largest
news provider
http://www.reuters.com
and check both today´s and yesterday´s report
on riots and demonstrations at the dome of the Rock in Jerusalem they will note the this
newsprovider which informs
The Irish Times
The Irish Indepedent
The American Associated Press organisations
RTE
did NOT mention the religious importance of the day to muslims.

is that news avoidance?
if the readers go to the vatican website they will find the full text of the Pontiff´s statement whilst there they may access the archives of the Vatican Library and see a photograph of the Pontiff and the Imam of Damascus together praying for peace and against
Human Genetic programs.
(In line with R Catholic dogam: humanae Vitae.
and the Quran).
Reclaim the streets and Genome for peace!