By Klinger
May 16, 2021
Check out this bad ass feline deciding his best move was to jump out the window of a burning building in Chicago. Chicago Fire Department kicking ass on the scene and taking a video when all of a sudden this cat jumps out of a 5th story window, bounces on the ground and walks off!
We ve got two rescue dogs and a rescue cat. Walker (named after The Walking Dead) runs this house and keeps rules over the dogs. His nickname is Mob Boss, if the cat is sitting in the hallway our dogs won t even try walking around for fear they might have an unpleasant encounter with him!
Penitentials basically served as handbooks that priests had to use for hearing confession. The content of penitential literature reflected primarily on works used by confessors in different religious communities. Many sources point to the possibility of the development of penitentials as a result of the transition from public confession to private disclosure. And most important of all, penitentials help in unraveling the shroud over sexual deviance in the medieval period. What was considered forbidden in the society of the Middle Ages?
A priest hearing confession during Lent. (Wellcome Collection/
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Was Penance So Important?
Before taking a deeper look into the importance of penitential literature, it is important to understand the implications of penance. How much were people condemned by the Catholic Church for their acts of sexual deviance? The sins in medieval penitentials would invite penances that included fasting for long durations, giving alms, repeating psa
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Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
The Green Party spokesperson for Rainbow Communities Dr Elizabeth Kerekere is calling for the Labour Party to support her members bill to protect the rights of takatāpui, in particular, trans, intersex, and non-binary people. Their support would strengthen the likelihood of the bill bypassing the biscuit tin process and passing into law.
This comes as several Rainbow flags are hoisted up at Parliament this morning for IDAHOBIT (International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia). It follows on from earlier this year when the Greens successfully called for the urgent ban of conversion therapy in Aotearoa New Zealand and Dr Kerekere’s petition received almost 160,000 signatures in one week.