{"id":9996,"date":"2019-08-21T11:21:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T09:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9996"},"modified":"2019-08-21T11:25:22","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T09:25:22","slug":"jet-dough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/9996\/","title":{"rendered":"Jet Dough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/barefoot-prince-harry-lectures-the-jet-set-at-google-s-climate-summit-80mhjfglq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Times<\/em><\/a>, August 2nd:<\/p>\n<section class=\"Article-body Article-container Theme--news\">\n<div class=\"Article-content \">\n<blockquote><p>The Duke of Sussex has given a barefoot address about the need to save the environment at the star-studded Google Camp being held on Sicily, it has been reported.<\/p>\n<p>The duke is said to have given an impassioned lecture at the three-day event hosted by the internet giant and which has a climate change theme, according to the Page Six gossip column of the\u00a0<i>New York Post<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Harry reportedly covered much of the same ground that he did in his interview with British\u00a0<i>Vogue\u2019s<\/i>\u00a0September issue, which was guest-edited by his wife.<\/p>\n<p>The duke told the magazine the couple would not have more than two children, and spoke about \u201cterrifying\u201d effects of climate change.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-49398852\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the BBC<\/a>, August 19th:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Sir Elton John has defended the Duke and Duchess of Sussex&#8217;s use of private jets<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The royal couple have faced criticism after newspapers claimed they took four private jet journeys in 11 days, including to Sir Elton&#8217;s home in Nice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From Elton John himself:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">To support Prince Harry\u2019s commitment to the environment, we ensured their flight was carbon neutral, by making the appropriate contribution to Carbon Footprint\u2122.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elton John (@eltonofficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eltonofficial\/status\/1163479337347231748?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indulgence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Catechism of the Catholic Church<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;[An indulgence is] a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church which, as the minister of redemption, dispenses and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and all of the saints&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In other words, you can reduce the time spent in purgatory for your earthly sins by <a href=\"https:\/\/norwegianscitechnews.com\/2017\/02\/indulgence-trading-big-business-reformation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coughing up some cash<\/a> for the church:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Trading in indulgences was big business before the Reformation. Buying indulgences was expensive and thus reserved for the rich, who had the money to buy them or to go on a pilgrimage to Rome or Santiago del Compostela.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Environmentalism really is a new religion, isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Times, August 2nd: The Duke of Sussex has given a barefoot address about the need to save the environment at the star-studded Google Camp being held on Sicily, it has been reported. 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