From The Guardian.
Mystery of Briton's death in Lourdes
By John Lichfield and Jen Wright in Paris
Published: 26 January 2007
A British woman, aged 45, lay dead for five months in her French home while her elderly mother concealed the death from her 12-year-old daughter, it emerged yesterday.
The deeply religious family had moved to Lourdes in the south of France five years ago, hoping that the younger woman, Marian Therese, would be cured of cancer. When she died in September, her mother, 78, described as a "mystic", hid the fact from the granddaughter. She took her to school every day and told her that mummy was too "tired" to see her.
A teacher became suspicious when the girl stopped mentioning her family. She alerted police who went to the house and found the body.
The girl's father, estranged from the mother for several years, is believed to have flown to France yesterday to bring his daughter back. French authorities plan to bring no legal action against the grandmother. They said she was a deeply religious woman, who "refused conventional medical treatment, took refuge in prayer and awaited the resurrection of Christ". She was said to have been deeply relieved when police came to the house and showed them the body of her daughter.
Lourdes is one of the most visited Catholic shrines in the world. A local peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous, reported 18 visions of the Virgin Mary in or near the Pyrenean town in 1858. Since then, hundreds of people have claimed miraculous cures after visiting Lourdes.
Neighbours said the British family was quiet and friendly. One said: "The old lady should be pitied more than anything. She must have thought she was doing the right thing."
Friday, January 26, 2007
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Pat Robertson Predicts 'Mass Killing'
Wednesday January 3, 2007 9:01 AM
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - In what has become an annual tradition of prognostications, religious broadcaster Pat Robertson said Tuesday God has told him that a terrorist attack on the United States would result in ``mass killing'' late in 2007.
``I'm not necessarily saying it's going to be nuclear,'' he said during his news-and-talk television show ``The 700 Club'' on the Christian Broadcasting Network. ``The Lord didn't say nuclear. But I do believe it will be something like that.''
Robertson said God told him during a recent prayer retreat that major cities and possibly millions of people will be affected by the attack, which should take place sometime after September.
Robertson said God also told him that the U.S. only feigns friendship with Israel and that U.S. policies are pushing Israel toward ``national suicide.''
Robertson suggested in January 2006 that God punished then-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon with a stroke for ceding Israeli-controlled land to the Palestinians.
The broadcaster predicted in January 2004 that President Bush would easily win re-election. Bush won 51 percent of the vote that fall, beating Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts.
In 2005, Robertson predicted that Bush would have victory after victory in his second term. He said Social Security reform proposals would be approved and Bush would nominate conservative judges to federal courts.
Lawmakers confirmed Bush's 2005 nominations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. But the president's Social Security initiative was stalled.
``I have a relatively good track record,'' he said. ``Sometimes I miss.''
In May, Robertson said God told him that storms and possibly a tsunami were to crash into America's coastline in 2006. Even though the U.S. was not hit with a tsunami, Robertson on Tuesday cited last spring's heavy rains and flooding in New England as partly fulfilling the prediction.
With reference to the quote:
``I have a relatively good track record,'' he said. ``Sometimes I miss.''
Repeatedly in the article Robertson says God told him, so when Robertson says:
``Sometimes I miss.''
He is saying sometimes God misses.
As God is depicted by Robertson as the supreme, all knowing being, how is this possible?
Maybe, Robertson is lying when he says he talks to God or possibly he is just a mad self deluding fuck head.
Wednesday January 3, 2007 9:01 AM
AP Photo NYOL981
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - In what has become an annual tradition of prognostications, religious broadcaster Pat Robertson said Tuesday God has told him that a terrorist attack on the United States would result in ``mass killing'' late in 2007.
``I'm not necessarily saying it's going to be nuclear,'' he said during his news-and-talk television show ``The 700 Club'' on the Christian Broadcasting Network. ``The Lord didn't say nuclear. But I do believe it will be something like that.''
Robertson said God told him during a recent prayer retreat that major cities and possibly millions of people will be affected by the attack, which should take place sometime after September.
Robertson said God also told him that the U.S. only feigns friendship with Israel and that U.S. policies are pushing Israel toward ``national suicide.''
Robertson suggested in January 2006 that God punished then-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon with a stroke for ceding Israeli-controlled land to the Palestinians.
The broadcaster predicted in January 2004 that President Bush would easily win re-election. Bush won 51 percent of the vote that fall, beating Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts.
In 2005, Robertson predicted that Bush would have victory after victory in his second term. He said Social Security reform proposals would be approved and Bush would nominate conservative judges to federal courts.
Lawmakers confirmed Bush's 2005 nominations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. But the president's Social Security initiative was stalled.
``I have a relatively good track record,'' he said. ``Sometimes I miss.''
In May, Robertson said God told him that storms and possibly a tsunami were to crash into America's coastline in 2006. Even though the U.S. was not hit with a tsunami, Robertson on Tuesday cited last spring's heavy rains and flooding in New England as partly fulfilling the prediction.
With reference to the quote:
``I have a relatively good track record,'' he said. ``Sometimes I miss.''
Repeatedly in the article Robertson says God told him, so when Robertson says:
``Sometimes I miss.''
He is saying sometimes God misses.
As God is depicted by Robertson as the supreme, all knowing being, how is this possible?
Maybe, Robertson is lying when he says he talks to God or possibly he is just a mad self deluding fuck head.
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