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Some stuff in the news today ...
San Francisco's plan: health care for all
San Francisco, eager to put its own stamp on the health care debate, unveiled an ambitious plan Tuesday that would make it the first city in the nation to provide every uninsured resident with access to medical services. When rolled out next year, the city's 82,000 uninsured residents would become eligible for a wide array of benefits, regardless of employment or immigration status. The complex, $200-million-a-year plan requires funding from existing government sources, uninsured residents who will pay based on income and a mandated contribution from all San Francisco employers with more than 20 workers.
Sounds good to me :-)
Resolution discourages gay bishops
With only hours left in the nine-day General Convention of the Episcopal Church USA, the body on Wednesday passed a resolution asking the church to refrain from considering gay and lesbian bishops.
Sigh. As a non- Anglican, maybe I shouldn't comment on what's happening, but I will post a link to a cartoon page on the Windsor Report ... the cartoons
East Timor president threatens to quit
Xanana Gusmao, East Timor's president has said he will step down if the prime minister does not assume responsibility for the country's crisis and resign, but the premier said he would not quit.
It's pretty scary in East Timor. I read elsewhere that the head of Caritas Australia has asked for an independent inquiry into how many people were killed during the recent violence in East Timor and establish who is responsible. It's calimed by some that a number of people have been killed and buried in secret graves. This is nothing new ...
The local Church has always supported the peoples’ struggle for independence, and paid a tribute of bloodshed in the building of the new nation. Three priests and two nuns were among between 1500 and 2000 victims in massacres which followed the 1999 referendum which voted for independence: a parish priest, Father Hilario Madeira and two Jesuits Father Karl Albrecht and Father Tarcisius Dewanto, Sister Erminia Cazzaniga and Sister Celeste Pinto.
- Society of St. Pius X
- Caritas Australia distributing non-food relief items in East Timor
San Francisco's plan: health care for all
San Francisco, eager to put its own stamp on the health care debate, unveiled an ambitious plan Tuesday that would make it the first city in the nation to provide every uninsured resident with access to medical services. When rolled out next year, the city's 82,000 uninsured residents would become eligible for a wide array of benefits, regardless of employment or immigration status. The complex, $200-million-a-year plan requires funding from existing government sources, uninsured residents who will pay based on income and a mandated contribution from all San Francisco employers with more than 20 workers.
Sounds good to me :-)
Resolution discourages gay bishops
With only hours left in the nine-day General Convention of the Episcopal Church USA, the body on Wednesday passed a resolution asking the church to refrain from considering gay and lesbian bishops.
Sigh. As a non- Anglican, maybe I shouldn't comment on what's happening, but I will post a link to a cartoon page on the Windsor Report ... the cartoons
East Timor president threatens to quit
Xanana Gusmao, East Timor's president has said he will step down if the prime minister does not assume responsibility for the country's crisis and resign, but the premier said he would not quit.
It's pretty scary in East Timor. I read elsewhere that the head of Caritas Australia has asked for an independent inquiry into how many people were killed during the recent violence in East Timor and establish who is responsible. It's calimed by some that a number of people have been killed and buried in secret graves. This is nothing new ...
The local Church has always supported the peoples’ struggle for independence, and paid a tribute of bloodshed in the building of the new nation. Three priests and two nuns were among between 1500 and 2000 victims in massacres which followed the 1999 referendum which voted for independence: a parish priest, Father Hilario Madeira and two Jesuits Father Karl Albrecht and Father Tarcisius Dewanto, Sister Erminia Cazzaniga and Sister Celeste Pinto.
- Society of St. Pius X
- Caritas Australia distributing non-food relief items in East Timor
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