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Watkins’ Spiritual 100 List for 2013

We are delighted to share with you our 2013 list of the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People.This marks the third year that we are publishing our 100 list. We’ve done our best to consider as many people as possible and our spiritual database includes the names of over six hundred candidates from which we selected the list of the top 100, highlighting the most proactive individuals – ranging from political and religious leaders to spiritual writers, filmmakers and visionary artists.

This list is meant to serve as a positive guide to some of the leading modern teachers that are alive today, and we hope that you are as inspired as we are by their impact. We hope it helps our readers discover new authors and inspirational ideas.

This year’s list is more global and diverse than ever before. The youngest person on the list is Jeff Foster (32 years old) and the oldest person is Kyozan Joshu Sasaki (105 years old). We are also sad to report that Stephen Covey who was on last year’s list, passed away in July, 2012. There are several factors that were taken into account when compiling the list. The main three criteria are:

1) The person has to be alive
2) The person has to have made a unique and spiritual contribution on a global scale
3) The person is frequently googled, and is actively talked about on the internet; for writers, the book sales via Nielsen Data are also considered.

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Pope Benedict XVI’s leaked documents show fractured Vatican full of rivalries

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[VatiLeaks] showed how Benedict, a weak manager who may most be remembered for the way in which he left office, was no match for a culture that rejected even a modicum of transparency and preferred a damage-control campaign that diverted attention from the institution’s fundamental problems. Interviews in Rome with dozens of church officials, Vatican insiders and foreign government officials close to the church, many of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, mapped out that hermetic universe.

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“Seeing evil and corruption everywhere in the church, I finally reached a point of degeneration, a point of no return, and could no longer control myself,” Gabriele explained to Vatican investigators. A shock, “perhaps through the media,” Gabriele continued, could “bring the church back on the right track.”

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But Bertone worked diligently to consolidate power. His allies control the church’s main financial institutions, prompting one official to write in a leaked document that traditional checks and balances had been ignored. “They say that our principal point of reference is the Secretary of State,” the letter read, “yet in many cases he’s precisely the problem.” Bertone’s position also meant he presided over the Vatican Bank, a post he appeared to use to impede Benedict’s financial reforms.

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The Vatican’s reaction to the leak scandal was not to address its inner flaws but to burnish its outer image.

Continue reading “Berto Jongman: The Vatican – A Study of Incest — Identical to Banks, Politics and to the Murder of Lt Chris Dorner, USNR (Sep) by US Police”

This study shows how strongly women feel about controlling their own bodies.

5.8M Women Have Used ‘Morning After' Pill
SHARON JAYSON – USA TODAY

Here is the latest on the New American Slavery trend.

Miss a Traffic Ticket, Go to Jail?
ALEX KANE, Staff Reporter – Salon

A wonderful scientific story of understanding the physical processes by which our bodies work.

Gut Bacteria Liberate Hidden Toxins Found In Grains
LOUISA DALTON – Chemical and Engineering News