Faithful Catholics who see themselves as "conservatives" should re-assess and accept that to be a faithful Catholic will mean being critical not only of moral depravity, but also critical of the worldly systems that promote greed, abuse of the poor and extreme glorification of nationalism, racial and ethnic loyalties.
Christians are citizens of another country. None of the worldly systems, ideologies and political solutions are ours.
Fr. Dwight Longnecker.
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The best posts of the past week.
Last Sunday was Easter for all Christians, east and west.
We posted the best posts thread, late.
Comrade, get up and exercise.
In my experience, waking up sleepy people is hazardous.
Musings Over a Barrel: Five O'Clock Friday: Sensible Budgeting: I'll admit it. This is exactly my thought process when shopping. However, cigars and bourbon bring me way more joy than any utilitarian ...
An interesting observation, and a long boring comment by me.
Philippe Pétain was arrested on the border between Switzerland and France as he entered France.
The 8th Guards Army and the 1st Guards Tank Army attacked Tempelhof Airport.
The Battle of Baguio ended in Allied victory and the Battle of Collecchio around the town of Fornovo di Taro, Italy began.
Today In World War Two.
The Germans murdered 300 Polish POWs at Horka, Saxony.
Weird SS doctor Sigmund Rascher was executed at Dachau by the SS for fraud, amongst other things.
As demand for meat rises in liberated Europe, US rations all meats again except mutton and raises point values for most meats.
FWIW, when I was a kid I used to hear all the time "I was raised on mutton". I've even heard it from people my own age. It's pretty much baloney, but this may be a partial reason that people say that.
Also, I actually have had mutton, and I don't think it's bad at all.
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Aging German war hero Paul von Hindenburg won the runoff of the German presidential election.
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The secret Treaty of London was signed in which Italy agreed to abandon the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austro Hungaria and join the Triple Entente in exchange for Austro Hungarian territory.
Canadians attacked St. Julien again, but were once again forced back.
German colonial forces attacked the South African-held town of Trekkopje in South West Africa but were repulsed by a unit of armored cars equipped with machine guns.
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Really interesting. I hadn't given much thought to when electric stoves really entered the scene, but I would not have guessed it was this early.
The conversation that follows is really interesting too, especially the item noting that electricity wasn't common for rural homes until the 1930s when rural electrification came in as a Depression Era project.
The U.S. Embassy in Saigon decided that to signal "Evacuation Day" for Americans, the Defense Attaché Office (DAO) radio station would broadcast the phrase "the temperature is 105 degrees and rising" followed by playing Bing Crosby's recording of the song "White Christmas".
The last Australians, including their ambassador, were evacuated by the RAAF.
91.7% of eligible Portuguese voters turned out for the first multiparty election in the country in nearly fifty years. The Socialist Party won 116 of the 250 seats, Social Democrats won 81 and the Portuguese Communist Party 30 seats.
There had been real fears the Communist Party would win.
The Liga Comunista 23 de Septiembre raided a branch of the Banco de Comercio at Villa Coapa, Mexico City, killing six police who were guarding the bank. They killed two more policemen and two bystanders in their escape.
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The East Prussian Offensive and the Samland Offensive ended in Soviet victories.
Today In Wyoming's History: April 25: 1945 Last Boeing B-17 attack against Germany.
Hanna Reitsch flew Luftwaffe General Robert Ritter von Greim from Munich to Berlin by Hanna Reitsch for a meeting with Hitler in which he was given command of the Luftwaffe and promoted to Field Marshall. Anti aircraft fire resulted in Greim being injured during the flight.
Reitsch lived until 1979 when she died at age 67. There's some speculation that she may have committed suicide with a cyanide capsule she was given at the bunker, but this is speculation based in part on a cryptic letter she sent to former British test pilot and Royal Navy officer Eric Brown. She remained an unrepentant Nazi until her death in some ways, but lived for a time in Ghana where she recanted racist views on Africans. She was a fantastic pilot and remains a fascinating figure, being a woman who succeeded in a male field in the 30s and 40s and in an environment that was hostile to working women. Additionally, she excelled in flying even after the war.
The Luftwaffe's last air victories in World War Two occurred when five Allied bombers were shot down over Aussig.
Italian partisan Miotero Geninetti, age 40, Italian partisan leader, was executed.
Walter Gross, age 40, racist German physician and Nazi politician committed suicide.
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The last Pan Am flight out of South Vietnam occured.
Episode 4: Evacuation of Saigon, Wings of Freedom Mission
Six terrorists of the Baader-Meinhof Gang (the "Red Army Faction") seized the West German embassy in Sweden. They took eleven hostages and demanded the release of Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof, which the German government refused. They after killed two of the hostages before a bomb they took in the embassy accidentally exploded, allowing the hostages to escape and fatally injuring two of the terrorists.
The Swedish army took the rest prisoner.
The change in policy on negotiations with terrorists marked the beginning of the decline of domestic terrorism directed at West Germany.
Colorado Attorney General Joyce Murdoch invalidated all six marriage licenses for same-sex marriages that had been issued by Boulder County Clerk Clela Rorex.
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The Red Army surrounded Berlin.
The Battle of Halbe in the Spree Forest.
The Germans began the final evacuation of Dachau.
The U-546 sank the USS Frederick Davis and then was sunk itself. The loss caused Admiral Dönitz to disband the wolfpack it was part of.
The RAF raided Berchtesgaden, it's last significant action in Europe in World War Two.
Ernst-Robert Grawitz, age 45, German physician and SS officer killed himself and his entire family with grenades.
Major League Baseball cancelled the 1945 All Star game due to travel restrictions.
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