Virgin Maria Auxiliatrix Picture

Virgin Maria Auxiliatrix Picture, Here is a picture of the Virgin Mary Help of Christians, the Auxilium word meaning “help”. Santuario de La Virgen Maria Auxiliadora was visited by the papacy in 1996, a visit by then-Pope John Paul II in May of that year. The feast of this Shrine is 24 May each year.

The Virgin Mary Help covered on TV today originates from the Napoleonic wars in Europe. The official website of the Sanctuaries of Our Lady of Lourdes, lists details of the Virgin Mary Help of the following:

The Shrine originated from a promise made by a soldier at the time of the Napoleonic wars in Europe. He promised that returned safely would be a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Therefore, the sanctuary is why the Shrine dedicated to Mary Help of Christians  2007 is the centennial of the coronation of the statue. The sanctuary is linked with Croatia and especially with the Shrine of Marija Bistrica. Pope John Paul II visited the shrine as a pilgrim on 17 May 1996. The feast of the sanctuary is 24 May. “

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Virgin Maria Auxiliatrix Picture was first posted on October 14, 2009 at 6:42 pm.

Iran Hits Out at Western ‘Terror’

UN: Iran’s president has launched a scathing attack on Western powers, accusing them of spreading “war, bloodshed and terror” in the Middle East and Afghanistan.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday that Tehran was prepared to warmly shake all those hands which are honestly extended to us.

But he accused the West of hypocrisy, saying it preached democracy but violated its fundamental principles.

Already speaking to a half-empty chamber, his attacks on the US and its allies – including Israel’s barbaric attack on the Gaza Strip, its inhuman policies in the Palestinian territories and its domination of world political and economic affairs – prompted a walkout by the US delegation.

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Iran Hits Out at Western ‘Terror’ was first posted on September 24, 2009 at 11:07 am.
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Taliban Widen Afghanistan Attacks from Base in Pakistan

Senior Taliban leaders, showing a surprising level of sophistication and organization, are using their sanctuary in Pakistan to stoke a widening campaign of violence in northern and western Afghanistan, senior American military and intelligence officials say.

The Taliban’s expansion into parts of Afghanistan that it once had little influence over comes as the Obama administration is struggling to settle on a new military strategy for Afghanistan, and as the White House renews its efforts to get Pakistan’s government to be more aggressive about killing or capturing Taliban leaders inside Pakistan.

American military and intelligence officials, who insisted on anonymity because they were discussing classified information, said the Taliban’s leadership council, led by Mullah Muhammad Omar and operating around the southern Pakistani city of Quetta, was directly responsible for a wave of violence in once relatively placid parts of northern and western Afghanistan. A recent string of attacks killed troops from Italy and Germany, pivotal American allies that are facing strong opposition to the Afghan war at home.

These assessments echo a recent report by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top military commander in Afghanistan, in portraying the Taliban as an increasingly sophisticated shadow government that sees itself on the cusp of victory in the war-ravaged nation.

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Taliban Widen Afghanistan Attacks from Base in Pakistan was first posted on September 24, 2009 at 11:58 am.
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