In the wake of last week's tragic incident in Tuscon there have been reams of pages written about human nature, with one spin or another on the subject.I haven't read anything that is as poignant and beautiful as what Monsignor Charles Pope - pastor of Holy Comforter-St. Cyprian - has composed on his blog hosted by the Archdiocese of Washington.Here's an excerpt "Life is Worth Living: On the Strength and Resilience of the Human Person"...One of the...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
The "lost" tribe that wasn't
Just less than a month ago there was lots of excitement about a tribe of people living deep in the Brazilian jungle that had been photographed from the air. It was claimed at the time that these villagers were just now being discovered for the first time.In the past few days it's been determined that this was a lie on the part of the photographer.José Carlos Meirelles has admitted that authorities have known about the tribe since at least 1910!...
Friday, May 30, 2008
Brazilian tribe with no outside contact is photographed by airplane
Eric Wilson sent this story over to me late last night. Look at these photos: they're of a tribe of people near the border of Brazil and Peru, that so far as we know has had no contact at all with the outside world. They are reported to have fired arrows at the airplane that flew over them as these photographs were taken...Read more here at the BBC's website.Kinda humbling...
