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Pope Francis has some ideas on how to fix the priest shortage

“The first [response] – because I speak as a believer – the Lord told us to pray. Prayer, prayer is miss-ing,” Pope Francis said in an interview with German weekly Die Zeit published March 8.

He called the lack of priests, to the point that some parishes are cared for by female “community leaders” in Switzerland, “a problem that the Church must resolve.”

After prayer, he recommended working “with youth who are seeking orientation. And this is very difficult, the work with youth, but it must be done because they ask for this: the youth are the great discarded ones in modern society, because they have no work in many countries.”

“For vocations, there is also another problem,” he said, “the problem of the birthrate. If there are no young men there can be no priests.”

 

Turning to the question of relaxing permissions for the ordination of married men and the requirement of priestly celibacy, he said that “optional celibacy is discussed, above all where priests are needed. But op-tional celibacy is not the solution.”

About Pope Francis’ ideas to help the church find new priests, it is CORRECT to state that:

 

I. God may send some new priests if people ask Him for it.

II. Women are motivated to be community leaders instead of priests.

III. Procreation is raised as a possible solution to the problem, since it can bring more men to the world.

IV. He considers allowing married men to be priests.

 

V. Young people are always useful for society.

Health and illness in Shakespeare

Sylvia Morris

January 30, 2012

 

Shakespeare’s interest in all things medical is well known, and Sujata Iyengar’s book Shakespeare’s Medical Language – A Dictionary, published by Continuum, is a successful addition to the literature on the subject, both a fascinating read and a valuable reference work. She casts her net wide, exploring Shakespeare’s own references to medical matters, the work of medical practitioners, symptoms, cures, and remedies, and the development of theoretical medicine.

 

Part glossary, part encyclopaedia, the book’s written in an easy-to-follow style, cross-referencing words with their own entries printed in bold, encouraging the reader to flip around the book. Most entries are in three parts: a medical description of the subject, Shakespeare’s references to it, and contemporary sources.

 

You could use the book as a glossary as you read a play: the entry on falling-sickness, for instance, mentioned in Julius Caesar, links the word with others used by Shakespeare: apoplexy, dizziness and palsy. It then directs you to three pages on epilepsy, lists other plays including sufferers (Othello and Macbeth), and quotes the description of Julius Caesar’s epileptic fit.

 

Starting from Shakespeare’s words, moving from them towards modern definitions, has many advantages. Iyengar doesn’t attempt to link his every mention of illness to a specific modern one, nor does she assume that Shakespeare’s use of medical terms is consistent. Importantly, there is no patronising assumption that twenty-first century western medicine, which separates body and spirit, has all the answers. We may still have much to learn from less sophisticated societies, including Shakespeare’s.

(http://theshakespeareblog.com. Adaptado.)

In the excerpt of the third paragraph “It then directs you”, the word in bold refers to

“What would the world be like without Hula-hoops and Tupperware? Discovered in 1933, polyethylene was first utilized as an insulator in British radar cables. It is basically a long chain of two hydrogen atoms on either side of a carbon atom. Two types, high density and low density, are manufactured as packaging and containers and for more critical applications such as water pipes, insulation, and water vapor barriers used in construction.” 

 

(National Geographic Special Publication “How Things Work”. Adapted.)

The text does NOT mention polyethylene use in

Read and analyse the dialogue.

 

Julia: I guess that’s it Troy, I’m leaving for good.

Troy: I’m willing to get this straight. You are saying you’re not getting back?

What can be said about Troy?

Last night my son Lian wanted to watch the end of a movie on TV, and although the next morning was the start of a whole school day, he had already finished his assignments. Thus I decided to let him watch it. Before I could say anything at all he dozzed off and I had to carry him to his room. 

When he got up the next day, Lian

What we’ll remember from the Rio Olympics — and what we should remember

 

With the Rio Olympics now over, here’s a quick question: What was the biggest story? If you said the Ryan Lochte Saga, you’re likely — and sadly — correct, at least in terms of recent media saturation. But let’s face it, at the end of the day, the twists and turns of the swimmer’s story overshadowed tremendous performances by his U.S. Olympic teammates, especially the American women as a group. As time marches on, there’s a good chance that the tabloid-esque features of L’Affaire Lochte will cause it to diminish in our collective consciousness, while our continued admiration for other feats burnishes their legend. With that in mind, here’s a look back at the Rio Olympics, divided into the bad stories that got people talking but are probably best left to recede in importance, and the good stories that will be remembered for all the right reasons and that are worth savoring. At least Lochte’s fabrications about being robbed at gunpoint and subsequent, mealy-mouthed apology gave Post columnist Sally Jenkins several chances to describe him in ways such as “the dumbest bell that ever rang”. If any U.S. athlete actually benefited from Lochte’s fish tale, it was Hope Solo. After making herself a target for boos from Brazilian fans with pre-Games comments and social media posts about the Zika virus, the goalkeeper played inconsistently, if not poorly. In terms of doping notoriety, though, no one could match the Russians, many of whom were barred from Rio altogether. Those who competed did so under a cloud of mistrust, including swimmer Yulia Efimova, who was painted as a villain, fairly or not, by American rival Lilly King and many others. Another kind of corruption was implied, at the very least, when several boxing judges, some of whom helped Russians gain controversial victories, were sent home. We’ve gone over some of the problems Brazil had while staging the Games, most of which are very far from over now that the show has left town. At least the country can look back with immense pride at the performance of its Neymar-led men’s soccer team, which won gold in a particularly cathartic way by topping Germany. In addition, the volleyball-mad country could celebrate men’s triumphs in both the indoor and beach versions, and it got another huge lift from pole vaulter Thiago Braz da Silva, who set new Olympic, South American and personal records en route to a gold medal. A nation made up of people who didn’t ask for all the bad publicity that came their way, and who mostly lived up to their reputation as a joyous, party-loving group, deserved its series of triumphs in the Games. 

 

(By Des Bieler August 22-2016 The Washington Post 2016. Adapted.)

“Altogether” (L12) does not mean: