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Queen of Denial
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Date: November 18, 2010 01:31PM
This was posted by a Facebook friend and is hilarious. Maybe Prop 8 wasn't the "real" purpose of the Lord after all? Excuse me while I go retch...
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The workings of the Lord... Rome, Italy
Many reasons why we follow a prophet....
Jane Parker, who is the late Elder Worthlin's daughter, told us the following story today in Relief Society. She went to a talk given by a lawyer for the European Area (each area of the Church has a legal department). The talk was about the ability to have a temple built in Rome, Italy which was announced as a done deal in conference recently. He stated that they knew they needed to have contact with the cardinals of the Catholic Church to see if they would approve or go along with our desire to have a temple built there. He heard of a reception at which the cardinals would be present, and the legal department for the church was also invited. He approached one cardinal and talked to him about the issue. The cardinal said, "We will support you in any effort you want because of your support of Proposition 8 in California."
Jane's comment was that she doesn't think the Church people in California, who worked so long and so hard on getting that proposition passed and many even suffered persecution, probably know that they were the instruments in getting a temple built in Rome, Italy.
Barton W. Marcois
President, Eagle Foundation
Barton -- Thanks for sharing this note. Please allow me to add a little more to this inspiring story.
The lawyer mentioned was John Zackrison -- a friend of mine who told LDS attorneys attending our Annual JRCLS Leadership Conf. about this last month. John told us that the Church has owned this temple site for several years. But it was close enough to the Vatican that in order to build a temple there, it required consents from both the Mayor of Rome and the Pope. At the reception , John met the one Cardinal who was charged with approving the temple on behalf of the Pope. The cardinal arranged a followup mtg. and John invited the European Area President to attend. He could not attend, but sent his counselor. At the mtg. the cardinal soon discovered that both he and the counselor spoke French. Then they discovered that both of them were from the same city (Bordeaux). And, then, they learned that both had gone to the same school! Who can deny the Lord's hand in all of this?
Joseph I. Bentley, Director
Orange County Public Affairs