POPE ON UN GLOBALIZATION

1-Storms in Romania claim lives. 2-Floods kill 2 in Eastern China. 3-Pope questions Annan on Globalization.

LUKE 21:11,25-26
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Storms claim lives in Romania, inflict huge damageJun 20, 2006, 11:58 GMT

Bucharest - A severe hailstorm damaged homes and devastated plantations of vine in northeastern Romania Tuesday, a day after storms claimed the first lives, the Mediafax news agency reported. Roofs were damaged on around 200 homes and 300 hectares of vine were destroyed within minutes when hail the size of chicken eggs fell on the Suceava region. The storm was one in a series that has hit northern and eastern Romania over the past week or so, already claiming lives. In some places rainfall of more than 100 litres per square metre was recorded in within a few hours.

On Monday, lightning killed a shepherd and his 120 sheep, while a woman has gone missing since rising water ripped her away in the northern region Maramures. Swollen rivers submerged hundreds of houses in districts Hunedoara and Alba, bringing back memories of last summer, when a wave of flash floods claimed dozens of lives and inflicted millions of dollars in damages. © 2006 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

Floods kill two in East China's Fujian

The Ministry of Civil Affairs announced yesterday that it will implement its top emergency aid scheme to help combat flood disasters in East China's Fujian Province. At least two people were killed and 17 others went missing during the recent rainstorms in Yongding County in Fujian, Li Baojun, a ministry official in charge of disaster relief, said. Authorities will launch the "class four" aid scheme used only when dealing with disasters that have caused great losses, the official said. Torrential rains on Sunday morning hit most of the villages in six townships in Yongding, forcing the displacement of more than 5,000 residents, Xinhua News Agency reported yesterday.

Flash floods submerged more than 200 buildings, toppling 30 of them, it said. Power supply and communications in the county seat have been cut off. By press time, many people who were evacuated had begun returning to their homes. Lingering rains in many parts of southern China such as Fujian, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Guangdong, Sichuan and Hunan provinces have claimed dozens of lives since June 1, according to the ministry. Floods, landslides and storms in the rainy season have caused interruptions in traffic, telecommunications and power supply in many places, said flood control officials. In Southwest China's Sichuan Province, a sudden landslide on Sunday killed 11 residents, damaging scores of houses in Shiji Township in Kangding County. A 3-year-old child survived the disaster, which caused the death of the other four family members, reports said.

In Central China's Hunan Province, heavy rains have caused two deaths and the displacement of 50,000 people, mainly in Chenzhou, Zhuzhou and Loudi cities, reports said. In Southwest China's Guizhou Province, lingering rainstorms from May 1 to June 15 have hit 293 townships in 47 counties in Guizhou, according to the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters. The death toll of the rainstorms in the province has jumped to 52, with another 20 people missing, a government source confirmed on Friday. The headquarters said the casualties were mainly caused by flash floods, which also ravaged crops. In the worst hit Wangmo County, floods have claimed at least 33 lives with 24 other people missing, according to Li Baojun. Wang Zhibin, secretary of the local Party committee, said 165,260 people were affected by the floods. More than 2,400 houses collapsed and 1,500 hectares of farmland were damaged. The headquarters estimated that the flood disasters have caused 1.3 billion yuan (US$162 million) in accumulated economic losses in Guizhou. The provincial observatory said the rainy season is expected to continue until mid-July, causing more regional flooding, according to Xinhua. However, the northern, eastern and southern parts of the province are likely to suffer drought between mid-July and August, it said. Source: China Daily

REVELATION 13:3,7-8
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

REVELATION 17:9
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(VATICAN)10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

Pope questions United Nations president about globalisation -20/06/06

Pope Benedict XVI, leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, has met with Jan Eliasson, president of the 60th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, and foreign minister of Sweden.At an audience on Saturday (17 June 2006), the Pope is reported to have raised concerns about the impact of neoliberal-driven globalisation – which has been criticised by church leaders (notably through a ‘confessional process’ organised by the World Council of Churches and global Lutheran and Reformed bodies) of being negligent of the poor and over-determined by corporate economic interests.

According to Joaquin Navarro-Valls, director of the Holy See press office, the conversations between the pontiff and Mr Eliasson touched on “the shortcomings” of globalisation, but focussed “particularly [on] the scant recognition of the religious dimension”. Without the contribution of religious values, even human rights could lose consistency, the Pope declared. Critics say that the Catholic Church still has some issues to address itself in its treatment of dissent and in its approach to women’s rights, HIV-AIDS and reproductive issues.Global citizenship also seems to have formed an important part of the short exchange between the two leaders.

Said the Vatican media office: “Particular emphasis was laid upon the need to overcome contrasts and build bridges, so that all aspects of globalisation can come together for the common good and the peaceful coexistence of all peoples. Pope Benedict believes that the meeting between religions can make towards peace and solidarity among all inhabitants of the planet.