Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Perhaps passion the only cure to the insufferable energy that spreads through the atmosphere of their wars, oppression and agendas to feed the beast.  ~  Reverend Crystal Cox
Tides bewildered, Dolphins jumping ship. Time fractured and perhaps alway been. Days are illusion markers of tides of human depth. Of that in which we can digest at this point in our human evolution. As our soul sits inside perplexed at the experiment of humans free will, planning our return, we strive to be our best self in a world of overall tides of oppression, knowledge suppression and human indignity. ~  Reverend Crystal Cox

All time exists in the Now. What you heal in this moment, what you change world wide, what you do to change your own perception and live your light heals all time forward and backward. In this moment how you react different to emotions, how you respond different, take a different direction or make a different decision will change your DNA and time for that issue forward and backward. ~  Reverend Crystal Cox
I get a lot of requests to sign petitions to ban muslim refugees. Would this be the same if they were “christian” refugees? Anyway I will not sign. And I fully welcome all colors and religions to the land we conquered from the Native Americans who are of color and of which I am a descendent of refugees. We white folks came here to get away from religious oppression and abuse then we abused, killed and took away the religion of the Indian Nation. I myself welcome the muslim refugees and with that say all of us, every race, gender, religion should be accountable for what we do. If they commit crimes they are accountable just as all people of any race, class, religion, or status should be. I am FOR Open Borders. We are of the Holy Spirit and not of man. There are no Borders when we cross over to our version of Heaven. No passport required once we leave our body. It is not Christian or of Christ Consciousness to discriminate against an entire section of society as a whole. It is about individual expression, dignity and accountability. ~  Reverend Crystal Cox

Monday, September 28, 2015

Transcript: Read the Speech Pope Francis Gave to the United Nations

"Thank you for your kind words.

Once again, following a tradition by which I feel honored, the Secretary General of the United Nations has invited the Pope to address this distinguished assembly of nations. In my own name, and that of the entire Catholic community, I wish to express to you, Mr Ban Ki-moon, my heartfelt gratitude.

I greet the Heads of State and Heads of Government present, as well as the ambassadors, diplomats and political and technical officials accompanying them, the personnel of the United Nations engaged in this 70th Session of the General Assembly, the personnel of the various programs and agencies of the United Nations family, and all those who, in one way or another, take part in this meeting.

Through you, I also greet the citizens of all the nations represented in this hall. I thank you, each and all, for your efforts in the service of mankind.

This is the (fourth) time that a Pope has visited the United Nations. I follow in the footsteps of my predecessors Paul VI, in1965, John Paul II, in 1979 and 1995, and my most recent predecessor, now Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, in 2008.

All of them expressed their great esteem for the Organization, which they considered the appropriate juridical and political response to this present moment of history, marked by our technical ability to overcome distances and frontiers and, apparently, to overcome all natural limits to the exercise of power.

 An essential response, in as much as technological power, in the hands of nationalistic or falsely universalist ideologies, is capable of perpetrating tremendous atrocities. I can only reiterate the appreciation expressed by my predecessors, in reaffirming the importance which the Catholic Church attaches to this Institution and the hope which she places in its activities.

The United Nations is presently celebrating its seventieth anniversary. The history of this organized community of states is one of important common achievements over a period of unusually fast- paced changes.

Without claiming to be exhaustive, we can mention the codification and development of international law, the establishment of international norms regarding human rights, advances in humanitarian law, the resolution of numerous conflicts, operations of peace-keeping and reconciliation, and any number of other accomplishments in every area of international activity and endeavour.

All these achievements are lights which help to dispel the darkness of the disorder caused by unrestrained ambitions and collective forms of selfishness.

Certainly, many grave problems remain to be resolved, yet it is clear that, without all those interventions on the international level, mankind would not have been able to survive the unchecked use of its own possibilities.

Every one of these political, juridical and technical advances is a path towards attaining the ideal of human fraternity and a means for its greater realization.

For this reason I pay homage to all those men and women whose loyalty and self-sacrifice have benefitted humanity as a whole in these past seventy years.

In particular, I would recall today those who gave their lives for peace and reconciliation among peoples, from Dag Hammarskjöld to the many United Nations officials at every level who have been killed in the course of humanitarian missions, and missions of peace and reconciliation.

Beyond these achievements, the experience of the past seventy years has made it clear that reform and adaptation to the times is always necessary in the pursuit of the ultimate goal of granting all countries, without exception, a share in, and a genuine and equitable influence on, decision-making processes.

The need for greater equity is especially true in the case of those bodies with effective executive capability, such as the Security Council, the Financial Agencies and the groups or mechanisms specifically created to deal with economic crises.

This will help limit every kind of abuse or usury, especially where developing countries are concerned. The International Financial Agencies are should care for the sustainable development of countries and should ensure that they are not subjected to oppressive lending systems which, far from promoting progress, subject people to mechanisms which generate greater poverty, exclusion and dependence.

The work of the United Nations, according to the principles set forth in the Preamble and the first Articles of its founding Charter, can be seen as the development and promotion of the rule of law, based on the realization that justice is an essential condition for achieving the ideal of universal fraternity. In this context, it is helpful to recall that the limitation of power is an idea implicit in the concept of law itself.

To give to each his own, to cite the classic definition of justice, means that no human individual or group can consider itself absolute, permitted to bypass the dignity and the rights of other individuals or their social groupings.

The effective distribution of power (political, economic, defense-related, technological, etc.) among a plurality of subjects, and the creation of a juridical system for regulating claims and interests, are one concrete way of limiting power.

Yet today’s world presents us with many false rights and – at the same time – broad sectors which are vulnerable, victims of power badly exercised: for example, the natural environment and the vast ranks of the excluded. These sectors are closely interconnected and made increasingly fragile by dominant political and economic relationships.

That is why their rights must be forcefully affirmed, by working to protect the environment and by putting an end to exclusion.

First, it must be stated that a true “right of the environment” does exist, for two reasons. First, because we human beings are part of the environment. 

We live in communion with it, since the environment itself entails ethical limits which human activity must acknowledge and respect. 

Man, for all his remarkable gifts, which “are signs of a uniqueness which transcends the spheres of physics and biology” (Laudato Si’, 81), is at the same time a part of these spheres.

He possesses a body shaped by physical, chemical and biological elements, and can only survive and develop if the ecological environment is favourable.

Any harm done to the environment, therefore, is harm done to humanity. Second, because every creature, particularly a living creature, has an intrinsic value, in its existence, its life, its beauty and its interdependence with other creatures.

We Christians, together with the other monotheistic religions, believe that the universe is the fruit of a loving decision by the Creator, who permits man respectfully to use creation for the good of his fellow men and for the glory of the Creator; he is not authorized to abuse it, much less to destroy it. In all religions, the environment is a fundamental good (cf. ibid.).

The misuse and destruction of the environment are also accompanied by a relentless process of exclusion. In effect, a selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity leads both to the misuse of available natural resources and to the exclusion of the weak and disadvantaged, either because they are differently abled (handicapped), or because they lack adequate information and technical expertise, or are incapable of decisive political action. Economic and social exclusion is a complete denial of human fraternity and a grave offense against human rights and the environment.

The poorest are those who suffer most from such offenses, for three serious reasons: they are cast off by society, forced to live off what is discarded and suffer unjustly from the abuse of the environment. They are part of today’s widespread and quietly growing “culture of waste”.

The dramatic reality this whole situation of exclusion and inequality, with its evident effects, has led me, in union with the entire Christian people and many others, to take stock of my grave responsibility in this regard and to speak out, together with all those who are seeking urgently-needed and effective solutions.

The adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the World Summit, which opens today, is an important sign of hope.

I am similarly confident that the Paris Conference on Climatic Change will secure fundamental and effective agreements.

Solemn commitments, however, are not enough, even though they are a necessary step toward solutions. The classic definition of justice which I mentioned earlier contains as one of its essential elements a constant and perpetual will: Iustitia est constans et perpetua voluntas ius sum cuique tribuendi.

Our world demands of all government leaders a will which is effective, practical and constant, concrete steps and immediate measures for preserving and improving the natural environment and thus putting an end as quickly as possible to the phenomenon of social and economic exclusion, with its baneful consequences: human trafficking, the marketing of human organs and tissues, the sexual exploitation of boys and girls, slave labour, including prostitution, the drug and weapons trade, terrorism and international organized crime.

Such is the magnitude of these situations and their toll in innocent lives, that we must avoid every temptation to fall into a declarationist nominalism which would assuage our consciences.

We need to ensure that our institutions are truly effective in the struggle against all these scourges.

The number and complexity of the problems require that we possess technical instruments of verification. But this involves two risks.

We can rest content with the bureaucratic exercise of drawing up long lists of good proposals – goals, objectives and statistical indicators – or we can think that a single theoretical and aprioristic solution will provide an answer to all the challenges.

It must never be forgotten that political and economic activity is only effective when it is understood as a prudential activity, guided by a perennial concept of justice and constantly conscious of the fact that, above and beyond our plans and programmes, we are dealing with real men and women who live, struggle and suffer, and are often forced to live in great poverty, deprived of all rights.

To enable these real men and women to escape from extreme poverty, we must allow them to be dignified agents of their own destiny. Integral human development and the full exercise of human dignity cannot be imposed.

They must be built up and allowed to unfold for each individual, for every family, in communion with others, and in a right relationship with all those areas in which human social life develops – friends, communities, towns and cities, schools, businesses and unions, provinces, nations, etc.

This presupposes and requires the right to education – also for girls (excluded in certain places) – which is ensured first and foremost by respecting and reinforcing the primary right of the family to educate its children, as well as the right of churches and social groups to support and assist families in the education of their children. Education conceived in this way is the basis for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and for reclaiming the environment.

At the same time, government leaders must do everything possible to ensure that all can have the minimum spiritual and material means needed to live in dignity and to create and support a family, which is the primary cell of any social development.

In practical terms, this absolute minimum has three names: lodging, labour, and land; and one spiritual name: spiritual freedom, which includes religious freedom, the right to education and other civil rights.

For all this, the simplest and best measure and indicator of the implementation of the new Agenda for development will be effective, practical and immediate access, on the part of all, to essential material and spiritual goods: housing, dignified and properly remunerated employment, adequate food and drinking water; religious freedom and, more generally, spiritual freedom and education.

These pillars of integral human development have a common foundation, which is the right to life and, more generally, what we could call the right to existence of human nature itself.

The ecological crisis, and the large-scale destruction of biodiversity, can threaten the very existence of the human species.

The baneful consequences of an irresponsible mismanagement of the global economy, guided only by ambition for wealth and power, must serve as a summons to a forthright reflection on man: “man is not only a freedom which he creates for himself. Man does not create himself. He is spirit and will, but also nature” (BENEDICT XVI, Address to the Bundestag, 22 September 2011, cited in Laudato Si’, 6). Creation is compromised “where we ourselves have the final word… The misuse of creation begins when we no longer recognize any instance above ourselves, when we see nothing else but ourselves” (ID. Address to the Clergy of the Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone, 6 August 2008, cited ibid.). Consequently, the defence of the environment and the fight against exclusion demand that we recognize a moral law written into human nature itself, one which includes the natural difference between man and woman (cf. Laudato Si’, 155), and absolute respect for life in all its stages and dimensions (cf. ibid., 123, 136).

Without the recognition of certain incontestable natural ethical limits and without the immediate implementation of those pillars of integral human development, the ideal of “saving succeeding generations from the scourge of war” (Charter of the United Nations, Preamble), and “promoting social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom” (ibid.), risks becoming an unattainable illusion, or, even worse, idle chatter which serves as a cover for all kinds of abuse and corruption, or for carrying out an ideological colonization by the imposition of anomalous models and lifestyles which are alien to people’s identity and, in the end, irresponsible.

War is the negation of all rights and a dramatic assault on the environment. If we want true integral human development for all, we must work tirelessly to avoid war between nations and between peoples.

To this end, there is a need to ensure the uncontested rule of law and tireless recourse to negotiation, mediation and arbitration, as proposed by the Charter of the United Nations, which constitutes truly a fundamental juridical norm.

The experience of these seventy years since the founding of the United Nations in general, and in particular the experience of these first fifteen years of the third millennium, reveal both the effectiveness of the full application of international norms and the ineffectiveness of their lack of enforcement.

When the Charter of the United Nations is respected and applied with transparency and sincerity, and without ulterior motives, as an obligatory reference point of justice and not as a means of masking spurious intentions, peaceful results will be obtained.

When, on the other hand, the norm is considered simply as an instrument to be used whenever it proves favourable, and to be avoided when it is not, a true Pandora’s box is opened, releasing uncontrollable forces which gravely harm defenseless populations, the cultural milieu and even the biological environment.

The Preamble and the first Article of the Charter of the United Nations set forth the foundations of the international juridical framework: peace, the pacific solution of disputes and the development of friendly relations between the nations. Strongly opposed to such statements, and in practice denying them, is the constant tendency to the proliferation of arms, especially weapons of mass distraction, such as nuclear weapons.

An ethics and a law based on the threat of mutual destruction – and possibly the destruction of all mankind – are self-contradictory and an affront to the entire framework of the United Nations, which would end up as “nations united by fear and distrust”.

There is urgent need to work for a world free of nuclear weapons, in full application of the non-proliferation Treaty, in letter and spirit, with the goal of a complete prohibition of these weapons.

The recent agreement reached on the nuclear question in a sensitive region of Asia and the Middle East is proof of the potential of political good will and of law, exercised with sincerity, patience and constancy. I express my hope that this agreement will be lasting and efficacious, and bring forth the desired fruits with the cooperation of all the parties involved.

In this sense, hard evidence is not lacking of the negative effects of military and political interventions which are not coordinated between members of the international community.

For this reason, while regretting to have to do so, I must renew my repeated appeals regarding to the painful situation of the entire Middle East, North Africa and other African countries, where Christians, together with other cultural or ethnic groups, and even members of the majority religion who have no desire to be caught up in hatred and folly, have been forced to witness the destruction of their places of worship, their cultural and religious heritage, their houses and property, and have faced the alternative either of fleeing or of paying for their adhesion to good and to peace by their own lives, or by enslavement.

These realities should serve as a grave summons to an examination of conscience on the part of those charged with the conduct of international affairs. Not only in cases of religious or cultural persecution, but in every situation of conflict, as in Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Libya, South Sudan and the Great Lakes region, real human beings take precedence over partisan interests, however legitimate the latter may be. In wars and conflicts there are individual persons, our brothers and sisters, men and women, young and old, boys and girls who weep, suffer and die.

Human beings who are easily discarded when our only response is to draw up lists of problems, strategies and disagreements.

As I wrote in my letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 9 August 2014, “the most basic understanding of human dignity compels the international community, particularly through the norms and mechanisms of international law, to do all that it can to stop and to prevent further systematic violence against ethnic and religious minorities” and to protect innocent peoples.

Along the same lines I would mention another kind of conflict which is not always so open, yet is silently killing millions of people. Another kind of war experienced by many of our societies as a result of the narcotics trade.

A war which is taken for granted and poorly fought. Drug trafficking is by its very nature accompanied by trafficking in persons, money laundering, the arms trade, child exploitation and other forms of corruption.

A corruption which has penetrated to different levels of social, political, military, artistic and religious life, and, in many cases, has given rise to a parallel structure which threatens the credibility of our institutions.

I began this speech recalling the visits of my predecessors. I would hope that my words will be taken above all as a continuation of the final words of the address of Pope Paul VI; although spoken almost exactly fifty years ago, they remain ever timely. “The hour has come when a pause, a moment of recollection, reflection, even of prayer, is absolutely needed so that we may think back over our common origin, our history, our common destiny.

The appeal to the moral conscience of man has never been as necessary as it is today… For the danger comes neither from progress nor from science; if these are used well, they can help to solve a great number of the serious problems besetting mankind (Address to the United Nations Organization, 4 October 1965).

Among other things, human genius, well applied, will surely help to meet the grave challenges of ecological deterioration and of exclusion.

As Paul VI said: “The real danger comes from man, who has at his disposal ever more powerful instruments that are as well fitted to bring about ruin as they are to achieve lofty conquests” (ibid.).

The common home of all men and women must continue to rise on the foundations of a right understanding of universal fraternity and respect for the sacredness of every human life, of every man and every woman, the poor, the elderly, children, the infirm, the unborn, the unemployed, the abandoned, those considered disposable because they are only considered as part of a statistic.

This common home of all men and women must also be built on the understanding of a certain sacredness of created nature.

Such understanding and respect call for a higher degree of wisdom, one which accepts transcendence, rejects the creation of an all-powerful élite, and recognizes that the full meaning of individual and collective life is found in selfless service to others and in the sage and respectful use of creation for the common good. To repeat the words of Paul VI, “the edifice of modern civilization has to be built on spiritual principles, for they are the only ones capable not only of supporting it, but of shedding light on it” (ibid.).

El Gaucho Martín Fierro, a classic of literature in my native land, says: “Brothers should stand by each other, because this is the first law; keep a true bond between you always, at every time – because if you fight among yourselves, you’ll be devoured by those outside”.

The contemporary world, so apparently connected, is experiencing a growing and steady social fragmentation, which places at risk “the foundations of social life” and consequently leads to “battles over conflicting interests” (Laudato Si’, 229).

The present time invites us to give priority to actions which generate new processes in society, so as to bear fruit in significant and positive historical events (cf. Evangelii Gaudium, 223).

We cannot permit ourselves to postpone “certain agendas” for the future. The future demands of us critical and global decisions in the face of world-wide conflicts which increase the number of the excluded and those in need.

The praiseworthy international juridical framework of the United Nations Organization and of all its activities, like any other human endeavour, can be improved, yet it remains necessary; at the same time it can be the pledge of a secure and happy future for future generations.

And so it will, if the representatives of the States can set aside partisan and ideological interests, and sincerely strive to serve the common good.

I pray to Almighty God that this will be the case, and I assure you of my support and my prayers, and the support and prayers of all the faithful of the Catholic Church, that this Institution, all its member States, and each of its officials, will always render an effective service to mankind, a service respectful of diversity and capable of bringing out, for sake of the common good, the best in each people and in every individual.

Upon all of you, and the peoples you represent, I invoke the blessing of the Most High, and all peace and prosperity.

Thank you.

Source
http://time.com/4049905/pope-francis-us-visit-united-nations-speech-transcript/

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Pope Francis Address to U.N. General Assembly A call for Peace, STOPPING Greed and Pollution and Lot's more Good Stuff.

"UNITED NATIONS — With a passionate call from Pope Francis to choose environmental justice over a “boundless thirst for power and material prosperity,” world leaders on Friday adopted an ambitious agenda to reset their own priorities, from ending hunger to protecting forests to ensuring quality education for all.

“We want to change our world, and we can,” Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany told a packed General Assembly hall.

The global goals, which emerged after three years of negotiations, are 17 in all. Known as the Sustainable Development Goals, they are not legally binding, and therefore not enforceable. But they carry a moral force of coercion, because they are adopted by consensus by the 193 member states of the United Nations. They apply to all countries, not just poor ones, as was the objective of the last round of ambitions, called the Millennium Development Goals, which expired this year.

Francis in America: Pope Francis, in New York, Takes On Extremism and Inequality

“The new agenda is a promise by leaders to all people everywhere,” the secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, told the General Assembly.

Highlights of Pope Francis’ Remarks in the U.S.

Central to the new set of global goals, which extend to 2030, is the idea of caring for the planet and for the world’s poorest citizens, which was also at the heart of the pope’s address — his first at the United Nations.

“Any harm done to the environment, therefore, is harm done to humanity,” Francis said, later reprising his argument that the poor are the biggest victims of environmental destruction.

“A selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity leads both to the misuse of available natural resources and to the exclusion of the weak and the disadvantaged,” he said.

The poor, Francis said, are “cast off by society, forced to live off what is discarded and suffer unjustly from the consequences of abuse of the environment. These phenomena are part of today’s widespread and quietly growing ‘culture of waste.’ ”

The summit meeting at the General Assembly for the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals is something of a prelude to the Paris conference later this year, where countries are trying to come up with a global compact to cut their carbon emissions and to help the most vulnerable countries deal with the ravages of climate change.

China promised a cap-and-trade policy in 2017.

South Africa announced its climate plan on Friday, Indonesia announced its commitments on Thursday, and Brazil was due to reveal its plan on Sunday. 

The United States, European Union and other big polluters have already said how they plan to cut emissions, leaving India as the major holdout.

On Friday, Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, said his country was already on its way to what he called “a sustainable path to prosperity,” enumerating in his speech a list of things that his administration had already announced: ramping up renewable energy, cleaning rivers and imposing a carbon tax.

He made no announcements about India’s climate commitments, saving that for when he returns home. India has maintained that its main priority is to overcome poverty. “We have concrete initiatives and time frames,” Mr. Modi said, signaling to his domestic audience that India was not going to bend to outside influence.

Mr. Ban, who met with Mr. Modi, gently nudged him on committing to emissions cuts, a statement by Mr. Ban’s office suggested. “He underlined the tremendous importance of India’s role in renewable energy, and encouraged the prime minister to continue to show strong global leadership on this issue,” Mr. Ban’s statement read.

Pope Francis also chided world powers for putting political interests ahead of human suffering in the Middle East. Credit Todd Heisler/The New York Times

The pope, who was the inaugural speaker of the day, was frequently interrupted by applause for his remarks, which included a full-throated endorsement of education for girls. In the balcony of the General Assembly hall, Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who was shot in the head by the Taliban, was among those who clapped.

Francis praised world powers for reaching an agreement with Iran on its nuclear energy program. He also called for the elimination of nuclear weapons, at which Mohammad Javad Zarif, the foreign minister of Iran, sat up in his seat and applauded.

The pope did not dwell on the church’s notable difference with the global agenda: ensuring access to reproductive health and services. He spoke of “absolute respect for life in all its stages and dimensions.”


How governments will be held to account for their commitments to the goals remains unclear.

“The true test of commitment to Agenda 2030 will be implementation,” Mr. Ban told leaders. “We need action from everyone, everywhere.”

Salil Shetty, the secretary general for Amnesty International, speaking after Mr. Ban, said, “People should know exactly what governments have promised and what they have delivered — the right to information.”

He, too, scolded many of the powerful in the room, accusing them of hypocrisy.

“You cannot lecture about peace while being the world’s largest manufacturers of arms,” he said. 

“You cannot allow your corporations to use financial and tax loopholes while railing against corruption.”

Once the development summit meeting concludes on Sunday, many of the same presidents and prime ministers are to begin their annual debate in the General Assembly — and in the corridors, talk about war and peace.

The pope rebuked them, particularly “those charged with the conduct of international affairs,” for having failed to put an end to the many conflicts in the world, particularly in the Middle East.

“Real human beings take precedence over partisan interests, however legitimate the latter may be,” he said.

In what appeared to be a specific reference to the conflicts in Syria and Iraq, the pope said people “have faced the alternative either of fleeing or of paying for their adhesions to good and to peace by their own lives, or by enslavement.”

Ms. Merkel also referred to the refugees fleeing violence for Europe, and said peace was a “prerequisite” for development.

Francis also scolded global financial institutions, calling on them to ensure that countries “are not subjected to oppressive lending systems which, far from promoting progress, subject people to mechanisms which generate greater poverty, exclusion and dependence.”

The audience responded with loud applause.

The pope’s native Argentina — and, more recently, Greece — fought vigorously for a General Assembly resolution on a set of principles to resolve disputes between financially distressed countries and their lenders. The United States, Japan and Germany were among a handful of countries that voted against it. It passed, although it is not binding and has no real effect."


Source and Full Article
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/26/world/europe/pope-francis-united-nations.html

Video of United Nations Speech by Pope Francis
http://www.c-span.org/video/?328180-1/pope-francis-address-un-general-assembly

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Pope Francis Address to U.N. General Assembly
http://www.c-span.org/video/?328180-1/pope-francis-address-un-general-assembly
Pope Francis Visits Our Lady Queen of Angels School
http://www.c-span.org/video/?328344-1/pope-francis-lady-queen-angels-school-east-harlem
Pope Francis Madison Square Garden Mass Video Coverage

 - http://www.c-span.org/video/?328348-1/pope-francis-mass-madison-square-garden
"Do not forget what happened here more then two centuries ago do not forget that declaration that proclaimed that all men and women are created equal that they are endowed by their creator of certain inalienable rights and that governments exist to protect and defend those rights. "

Pope Francis, Independent Hall
Source and Full Speech
http://www.c-span.org/video/?328277-1/pope-francis-remarks-philadelphia-immigration-religious-freedom&live
"All of us benefit a great deal from remembering our past, a people that remembers does not repeat past errors. Instead it looks with confidence to the challenges of the present and the future. Remembrance saves a people's soul from whatever or whomever would attempt to dominate it or use it for their interests.

When individuals and communities are guaranteed the effective exercise of their rights, not only are they free, to realize their own potential. But with this they can also and with their work contribute to the welfare and to the enrichment of all of society. "  Pope Francis at Independence Hall

Source and More
http://www.c-span.org/video/?328277-1/pope-francis-remarks-philadelphia-immigration-religious-freedom&live

Pope Francis At Independence Hall; on Globalization, Immigration, Individual Rights, Diversity, Religious Freedom and More
http://www.c-span.org/video/?328277-1/pope-francis-remarks-philadelphia-immigration-religious-freedom&live
If you want support you need to blah blah blah. I say I have made it this far in my life without your so called "Support", I think I will be fine.  I work with and answer to the Holy Spirit and not any man or woman, period. Support? Not what I am after.   ~ Reverend Crystal Cox

POPE FRANCIS at Independence Hall on the Topic of Globalization. Protect and Defend the Rights of the Individual


POPE FRANCIS at Independence Hall

"We live in a time subject to the Globalization of the Technocratic Paradigm, Which consciously aims at a One Dimensional Uniformity and seeks to Eliminate all differences and Traditions in a superficial quest for Unity.  .. "Religions thus have the right and the duty to make clear that it is possible to build a society where a healthy pluralism which truly respects differences and values them as such is a precious ally in the commitment to defending human dignity and a path to peace in our troubled world. In our world so harmed by war. "

Source
http://www.c-span.org/video/?328277-1/pope-francis-remarks-philadelphia-immigration-religious-freedom&live

Pope Francis said about Globalization summarized that in theory it's a good thing, as long as it preserves the individual people and culture and our differences and is not done in a way to attempt to make us all conform to the same. I think that's a good then and I agree.


Diversity and Individual Rights, Equal Rights must be retained as we move toward being one world, as the Internet is drawing us to be and the environment ( Mother Earth, Goddess Gaia) is calling for the attention of the ENTIRE world as one.

I Agree with Pope Francis on this Topic

Reverend Crystal Cox, Pagan Pastor, Shaman Priestess of Mother Goddess Church












http://ReverendCrystalCox.blogspot.com/






Goddess Bless YOU
Religious Freedom is for ALL, not just Traditional Christians. It is about our own Conscious and belief and is not about one person or institution. Love your Neighbor no matter their faith. You don't have to agree to be compassionate to their beliefs. Pagans, Witchcraft, Christ Consciousness, Muslim, Jewis, Catholic and all beliefs out there GET to have Religious Freedom. Without forcing their beliefs on anyone ~ Reverend Crystal Cox
You do not have to believe in God to be a Good Person, to be of the Light. The Individual is God.
So Many are Complaining about these United Nations Goals. However I Agree with them all, and our Mother Goddess Church Ministry is in full alignment with these Global Goals ~ Reverend Crystal Cox

Goal 1: END POVERTY IN ALL ITS FORMS EVERYWHERE
Economic growth must be inclusive to provide sustainable jobs and promote equality.
Goal 2END HUNGER, ACHIEVE FOOD SECURITY AND IMPROVED NUTRITION AND PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
It is time to rethink how we grow, share and consume our food.
If done right, agriculture, forestry and fisheries can provide nutritious food for all and generate decent incomes, while supporting people-centered rural development and protecting the environment.
Right now, our soils, freshwater, oceans, forests and biodiversity are being rapidly degraded. Climate change is putting even more pressure on the resources we depend on, increasing risks associated with disasters such as droughts and floods.
Goal 3ENSURE HEALTHY LIVES AND PROMOTE WELL-BEING FOR ALL AT ALL AGES
Ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being for all at all ages is essential to sustainable development.
Goal 4: ENSURE INCLUSIVE AND QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL AND PROMOTE LIFELONG LEARNING
Obtaining a quality education is the foundation to improving people’s lives and sustainable development.
Goal 5: ACHIEVE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS
Providing women and girls with equal access to education, health care, decent work, and representation in political and economic decision-making processes will fuel sustainable economies and benefit societies and humanity at large.
Goal 6: ENSURE ACCESS TO WATER AND SANITATION FOR ALL
There is sufficient fresh water on the planet to achieve this. But due to bad economics or poor infrastructure, every year millions of people, most of them children, die from diseases associated with inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene.
Goal 7: ENSURE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE, SUSTAINABLE AND MODERN ENERGY FOR ALL
Energy is central to nearly every major challenge and opportunity the world faces today. Be it for jobs, security, climate change, food production or increasing incomes, access to energy for all is essential.
Sustainable energy is opportunity – it transforms lives, economies and the planet.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is leading a Sustainable Energy for All initiative to ensure universal access to modern energy services, improve efficiency and increase use of renewable sources.
Goal 8: PROMOTE INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTHEMPLOYMENT AND DECENT WORK FOR ALL
A continued lack of decent work opportunities, insufficient investments and under-consumption lead to an erosion of the basic social contract underlying democratic societies: that all must share in progress.
Sustainable economic growth will require societies to create the conditions that allow people to have quality jobs that stimulate the economy while not harming the environment.
Goal 9BUILD RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE, PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIALIZATION AND FOSTER INNOVATION
Investments in infrastructure – transport, irrigation, energy and information and communication technology – are crucial to achievingsustainable development and empowering communities in many countries.
Inclusive and sustainable industrial development is the primary source of income generation, allows for rapid and sustained increases in living standards for all people, [except Westerners] and provides the technological solutions to environmentally sound industrialization.
Goal 10REDUCE INEQUALITY WITHIN AND AMONG COUNTRIES
There is growing consensus that economic growth is not sufficient to reduce poverty if it is not inclusive and if it does not involve thethree dimensions of sustainable development – economic, social and environmental.
To reduce inequality, policies should be universal in principle paying attention to the needs of disadvantaged and marginalized populations.
Goal 11: MAKE CITIES INCLUSIVE, SAFE, RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE
However, many challenges exist to maintaining cities in a way that continues to create jobs and prosperity while not straining land and resources.
The challenges cities face can be overcome in ways that allow them to continue to thrive and grow, while improving resource use and reducing pollution and poverty.
Goal 12: ENSURE SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION PATTERNS
Sustainable consumption and production is about promoting resource and energy efficiencysustainable infrastructure, and providing access to basic services, green and decent jobs and a better quality of life for all [Again, not the Americans or Westerners – We’re paying the bill but excluded from the investments]. Its implementation helps to achieve overall development plans, reduce future economic, environmental and social costs, strengthen economic competitiveness and reduce poverty.
Sustainable consumption and production aims at “doing more and better with less,” increasing net welfare gains from economic activities by reducing resource use.
It also requires a systemic approach and cooperation among actors operating in the supply chain… engaging consumers throughawareness-raising and education on sustainable consumption and lifestyles, providing consumers with adequate information through standards and labels and engaging in sustainable public procurement.
Goal 13: TAKE URGENT ACTION TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS IMPACTS
Climate change is now affecting every country on every continent. It is disrupting national economies and affecting lives, costing people, communities and countries dearly today and even more tomorrow.
People are experiencing the significant impacts of climate change, which include changing weather patterns, rising sea level, and more extreme weather events. [More of the usual false alarmist claims are in the original text] The poorest and most vulnerable people are being affected the most.
[Here’s their “justification” for requiring worldwide participation by every nation and the ability to control every country.]But climate change is a global challenge that does not respect national borders. Emissions anywhere affect people everywhere. It is an issue that requires solutions that need to be coordinated at the international level and it requires international cooperation to help developing countries move toward a low-carbon economy. To address climate change, countries are working to adopt a global agreement in Paris this December.
Goal 14: CONSERVE AND SUSTAINABLY USE THE OCEANS, SEAS AND MARINE RESOURCES
Careful management of this essential global resource is a key feature of a sustainable future.
Goal 15SUSTAINABLY MANAGE FORESTS, COMBAT DESERTIFICATION, HALT AND REVERSE LAND DEGRADATION, HALT BIODIVERSITY LOSS
Deforestation and desertification – caused by human activities and climate change – pose major challenges to sustainable developmentand have affected the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in the fight against poverty.
Goal 16: PROMOTE JUST, PEACEFUL AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETIES
…dedicated to the promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, the provision of access to justice for all, and building effective, accountable institutions at all levels.
Goal 17: REVITALIZE THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
A successful sustainable development agenda requires partnerships between governments, the private sector and civil society. 
In a ceremony at UN headquarters in New York City which opened the UN sustainable Development Summit, General Secretary Ban Ki-moon said, “The new agenda is a promise by leaders to all people everywhere. It is an agenda for people, to end poverty in all its forms – an agenda for the planet, our common home.”. Many are complaining about this, I agree with it. We have a common home, Mother Earth.  They say they are going to take money from the wealthy and redistribute. The Wealthy are pitching a fit. The thing is it is not talking about the, let's say "regular wealthy", but the multi-billionaires, the really REALLY rich.  Ending Poverty is of National, International Concern as far as I see it. It is hard to spend time at peace, and enjoy your life when everyday is about finding ways to pay for food, for shelter and for warmth. ~ Reverend Crystal Cox
They say that Gay Marriage is Fundamentally Altering the Culture. The funny thing is Gay Culture has ALWAYS been here, even in Native Tribes, in every race and culture and even in the animal kingdom. No Culture has been altered except maybe the common abuse, oppression, judgement, disrespect, and common culture of physical attacks and stripping of rights of the so called "Gay Culture". ~Reverend Crystal Cox
We Truly Are One Nation Under God. Not just the corporation of the United States under a God that the U.S agrees or approves with. It is Mother Earth under Father Sky and Grandmother Moon and we are all one Nation and One Tribe. ~ Reverend Crystal Cox
Don't just Celebrate the values and principles of your Faith, live these values. LIVE your Total Believe System every day to the best of your ability.

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Pope Francis canonizing Junipero Serra as Saint when he was involved in leading a native American genocide is not of my values nor is it something the America people should be happy about.

As far as what was done to the Indian Nation / the First Nations, I stand with their rights and the Catholic Church needs to start with make things right for the Indian Nation, and this does not mean just casino owners, the people need help and change across the board. And they deserve their land returned to them.

Yes Pope Francis is a progressive Pope. Yes he is part of bringing in the light to dark places. We as a people created this change however, and that is what I am excited about. The root of all evil in America is the Catholic Church as they killed, oppress, tortured, stole and this pope represents change, healing and a beginning to bring light to all truth and heal all those the Catholic Church has harmed and oppressed over centuries. And did so horrifically, violently and not GODLY.

We don't forget the persecution of witches, actually burned alive and tortured with sick evil, and all because the Catholic Church did not want women of power, women who heal and the people to have the power among themselves.

We cannot heal the wounds of the Catholic Church without making a stand for the Indian Nation and facing the truth of what the Catholic Church did to them. Then we begin to heal.

Pope Francis NEEDS to revoke the Doctrine of Discovery. It is not Saint like to kill mass people in the name of God or for any other reason. It is not Saint like to wipe out an entire culture, steal their land, their gold, their water and on top of that take their language, their religion and their quality of life.

Pope Francis canonizing Junipero Serra as Saint when he was involved in leading a native American genocide is not of my values nor is it something the America people should be happy about.

My joy in Pope Francis coming to America, is because I see the Light. I see the hope and the sign of great change among so many people oppressed. I see a great liberation of races, religions, sexuality and a deeper freedom for all of us worldwide. I see a change n the Catholic Church that represents the Light WINNING.

That does not mean I support anything to do with the Evils or oppressive ways of the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church will fall, will change, will be liberated to the light. And to survive at all they have to open to the light, embrace equality, expose pedophiles and do all the things Pope Francis is doing. The consciousness of We the People around the world has changed, has risen, and either the Catholic Church steps into the light or it falls, plain and simple.

Pope Francis's mass message was good, and of the Light in my opinion. It is time for equality, love, empowering others, and helping without prejudice. However, we need to make it right with the Indian Nation and the crimes of the Catholic Church against the Native Americans needs to be faced, redeemed, admitted and action taken to make it right.

Also it is clearly apparent that the Catholic Church still supports male dominance. There was no female leadership with him. Woman are still kept down in the Catholic Church and this is immoral, unethical and certainly not Godly nor what represents the values of Jesus or us as a people on Mother Earth.  The Catholic Church has a long LONG way to go, but I feel Joy at the progress made and the light filtering in.

Pope Francis canonizing Junipero Serra as Saint has other layers such as the motto of Serra, "Keep Moving Forward". Spiritually I feel that this is a bridge to assist Catholics to gently cross, to move forward, a crutch per say. However, doing this and not at least apologizing for the actions of now Saint Junipero Serra is immoral at the very least.

I would personally go so far as to say that Saint Junipero Serra is EVIL, is Dark and there is no place in the hearts of people like me for a Saint who destroyed people, killed people, stole land and participated in a genocide of the First Nations, period.

~ Reverend Crystal Cox

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

The Root of the Indian Nation genocide was the Catholic Church. So many things about the Catholic Church have oppressed the entire world. Reforming the Catholic Church is to me a sign of light, a sign of ascension and a gift to humanity as a whole. ~Reverend Crystal Cox

Jesus Christ fought for equality, and he stood up to the taxation, greed and over reaching power of Caesar. To be Christ Like is what it looks to me Pope Francis is actually doing. Yet the so called God fearing Conservatives are spouting massive hate.

So many are criticizing the Pope for his speaking critical of Capitalism, so what. Greed killed the Indians and in the name of God. Searching and stealing Gold in the black hills killed many who actually lived there in sacred spiritual connection with Mother Earth.

How dare Pope Francis say to Tax the Rich and Tax Fossil fuels? I mean why would we want to have a decent life and not work our lives away then pay taxes to fund wars while the mega-wealthy hide money off shore, and get tax breaks so big that they pay nothing.  The poor and middle class, even the middle to upper class pays PAYS and Pays. Everything is taxed, every move we make is taxed and yet the mega-billionaires don't have to pay and if the GOV makes them then they hide in other countries, threaten to move jobs and cry bloody murder per say.

Jesus FOUGHT taxes. Jesus exposed the connection to the church at the time with Caesar and fought for the rights of those that were taxed to the point of starvation and total lack of quality of life. Taxes for the poor and middle to upper class, even to millions and not to mega billionaires is a complete violation of human rights, constitutional rights and civil rights.

Imagine how these folks would really like Jesus Christ. They don't sound Christ like to me.

Taxes where we pay and pay, a third or more of our income. Plus tax our car, transfer tax, inheritance tax and so much more, and we keep plodding along while greed does nothing to help. Meanwhile the infrastructure of America such as bridges and other are failing and the U.S. gives millions a year to country after country while we have tons of homeless, including vets that really thought they were fighting for freedom and no money to fund helping REAL PEOPLE, but plenty to fund war.

Pope Francis is criticized for calling the United States Greedy, WOW? Shocking. Well I agree.

He talks of the "horror of Capitalism" and they say that's a bad thing? I disagree. It needs to be exposed, we are not that Nation, we the People do not represent Greed and taxation to the point of no quality of life and the disgraceful inequality as the mega-rich don't pay their share.

It is a Human Rights Violation I say.

They criticize the Pope and say it's not his job to tell governments how to spend money. WOW, well if the money is killing people and Mother Earth and effective the entire universe then ya I would say that a true man of God would care about such things and speak out about them.

One guy said the most dangerous person on the planet is one seeking strange new respect from their adversaries. However, it is pretty obvious that it's time to do so. There are other life out there, we are not the only life in the Universe, Earth is having serious issues and borders need to be gone, and respect needs to flow in all places to all leaders and all people. We all live on the same planet, it is not strange to recognize the need to come together, to heal, to unite as a PLANET, as people of Goddess Gaia, Mother Earth.

We are no longer America, we are a World. The Indians were in America first. It's time we heal all that separates us. ALL OF IT.

I post this video below to show some of the negativity about what Pope Francis had to say today. I do not agree with these people but post to show the energy of it. Feels like the dark is making it's final stand and they are YELPING like a wounded wild creature.

~ Reverend Crystal Cox

How Right-Wing Media Are Welcoming Pope Francis To America
This is how right-wing media welcomed Pope Francis to America:
Posted by Media Matters for America on Tuesday, September 22, 2015