http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2012/0418/King-Juan-Carlos-unprecedented-apology-speaks-to-royals-changed-image-video/%28page%29/2It’s unlikely the monarch will have to pass down the crown to his son Prince Felipe, at least not because of recent scandals. But at minimum, calls for an orderly abdication and coronation are sure to intensify. To supporters, the public acceptance of his apology is a well-deserved break that King Juan Carlos has earned. To critics, it’s a political prod to protect the institutional role of the crown.
“I wouldn’t rule it out,” Mrs. Enríquez said, “but monarchs traditionally don’t abdicate. Then again, people died younger before. It wouldn’t be so strange that someone who has served Spain for so long decided to step aside. The prince is ready and that could be the answer.”
Surreality - 2012 - April 6+
http://southmallblogger.blogspot.com/2012/04/surreality-2012-april-6.html
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I see 16 (sixteen) stars on both sides. Total: 32, like Canon32 of council of Trent. [correct me if I am wrong].
SYRIA?
<<....The Royal Palace has repeatedly declined to comment on the trip except to say it was a "private visit" but newspaper reports on Wednesday revealed he had been the guest of Mohamed Eyad Kayali, a Syrian-born Saudi business man.
Mr Kayali, reportedly the right hand man of Prince Salman, Saudi's defence minister, was said to be a key figure in securing a lucrative contract for a Spanish consortium to build a high-speed rail link between Mecca and Medina worth 6.7 billion euros. .......>>
URL: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/9211663/King-of-Spains-unprecendented-apology-for-elephant-sized-blunder-amid-abdication-calls.html
Also this interesting news in the SAME page of the previous one:
<<<...By Jonathan Pearlman in Sydney
10:43AM BST 12 Apr 2012
......Australia's most senior-ranked Catholic says Jews 'intellectually and morally inferior'
Australia's most senior-ranked Catholic, Cardinal George Pell, has apologised for comments during a debate with Richard Dawkins in which he claimed the Jews were an intellectually and morally inferior people. ......>>
URL: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9199453/Australias-most-senior-ranked-Catholic-says-Jews-intellectually-and-morally-inferior.html
More interesting [its perfect for CCR blog:
<<.....Asked why god permitted the Holocaust to occur, he said: "He helped probably through secondary causes for the Jews to escape and continue. It is interesting through these secondary causes probably no people in history have been punished the way the Germans were. It is a terrible mystery." When the debate host suggested that the Jews had suffered more than the Germans, Cardinal Pell said: "Yes, that might be right. Certainly the suffering in both, I mean the Jews, there was no reason why they should suffer." ........>>
URL: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9199453/Australias-most-senior-ranked-Catholic-says-Jews-intellectually-and-morally-inferior.html
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