© Photoshopped by Frank H. Jump - taken by Vincenzo Aiosa
© Photoshopped by Frank H. Jump - taken by Vincenzo Aiosa
Pope’s UK Visit Stirs Animosities Old and New
LEEDS, England (Sept. 15) — England has been a thorn in the side of the Vatican since the days of Henry VIII. And Thursday’s planned papal visit — the first-ever state trip to Britain by any pontiff in history — isn’t likely to be any different. When Pope Benedict XVI arrives here for a four-day stay, he’s likely to find a more secular, belligerent Britain than ever before — a country just as ready to thumb its nose at papal authority as it was in the 16th century. Throngs of protesters are expected to greet him in Scotland, London and Birmingham, angry about the price tag for his trip, the church’s sex abuse scandal and its increasingly isolated stances on contraception, homosexuality and abortion. –Lauren Frayer, AOLnews Contributor
Philadelphia Murals Seen From (or Around) Lancaster Avenue
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
© Vincenzo Aiosa
© Vincenzo Aiosa
© Vincenzo Aiosa
© Vincenzo Aiosa
© Frank H. Jump
© Vincenzo Aiosa
© Frank H. Jump
© Vincenzo Aiosa
© Vincenzo Aiosa
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L’Shana Tovah – Rosh Hashanah 5771
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Painting of Hasidic Jews performing tashlikh on Rosh Hashanah the: Feast of Trumpets (Polish: Święto trąbek), Aleksander Gierymski, 1884
During the afternoon of the first day occurs the practice of tashlikh, in which prayers are recited near natural flowing water, and one’s sins are symbolically cast into the water. Many also have the custom to throw bread or pebbles into the water, to symbolize the “casting off” of sins. In some communities, if the first day of Rosh Hashanah occurs on Shabbat, tashlikh is postponed until the second day. – Wikipedia
