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Disneyland reminds visitors to 'treat others with respect' after brawls go viral LA Times SALVADOR HERNANDEZ December 28, 2022, 4:13 PM

 

Disneyland reminds visitors to 'treat others with respect' after brawls go viral

SALVADOR HERNANDEZ
El Castillo de Disneyland es decorado con luces y es banado da efectos especiales para las celebraciones navidenas.
The Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse statue welcomes visitors at Disneyland. A few fights between visitors inside the park have gone viral recently. (Javier Tommy Calle / Los Angeles Times)

The "Happiest Place on Earth" is reminding visitors to "treat others with respect" after a few violent confrontations took place at the Anaheim resort.

The reminder came in the form of a new "courtesy" section to the Disneyland website, which was added days after a similar notice appeared on the website for the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.

The new section was added to the Southern California resort's website as one of the "Top Things You Should Know" before visiting the park, including reminders to make park reservations, updates on face mask requirements, and using the park's app for parkgoers to plan their visit.

"We ask all who come to this happy place to treat others with respect, kindness and compassion," the notice reads. The section links to the park's rules.

The new section is similar to the one officials added to the Walt Disney World Resort, which asks visitors to "Be the magic you want to see in the world."

"You must always remember to treat others with respect, kindness and compassion," the Disney World notice reads. "Those who can't live up to this simple wish may be asked to leave Walt Disney World Resort."

KTLA reported the Disney World notice was added in mid-December, while the Disneyland update was added during the holiday season.

A spokesperson for Disneyland did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The new notices come after a few confrontations inside the park have been recorded and gone viral online. The videos on social media have at times pierced through the carefully crafted image of the resort, showing fights and ugly confrontations inside.

In July 2019, a violent brawl between relatives at Mickey’s Toontown in Disneyland was captured on video, showing parents scurrying children past the fight as fists flew.

In May, another video posted on Twitter showed park security trying to pull several people apart who had begun to brawl before the beginning of park's Fantasmic! fireworks and water show.

Disneyland is not the only park to struggle with unruly crowds. In July, Knott's Berry Farm instituted a new policy requiring chaperones for all underage visitors on Fridays and Saturdays. The decision came after a series of fights between teens broke out at the park, forcing officials to close early.

This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.

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Vatican faces an unprecedented challenge: How to hold a funeral for Pope Emeritus Benedict USA TODAY TREVOR HUGHES December 31, 2022, 7:40 AM

 

Vatican faces an unprecedented challenge: How to hold a funeral for Pope Emeritus Benedict

TREVOR HUGHES

For the first time in 600 years, the Vatican is planning a historic event: The funeral of a former pope.

Pope Francis will celebrate the funeral for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died Saturday at 95, on Thursday, according to the Vatican – an unprecedented occasion for a current pope to celebrate the funeral of a former pope.

Benedict’s remains would be on public display in St. Peter’s Basilica starting Monday, the Vatican said.

Benedict took the unusual step in 2013 to retireafter almost eight years, citing his physical and mental health. Typically, popes serve until death, and Benedict is the first pope since the 1400s to leave office alive.

The Roman Catholic Church has about 1.3 billion members worldwide, and the funeral for Pope John Paul II in 2005 drew an estimated 4 million people to Rome and Vatican City, which experts say may have been the largest-ever gathering of Christians.

It's unclear, however, whether a former pope would receive the same honors as a pope who died in office.

"There is no script for this, and people in the Vatican are on the edge because they want to send a signal of respect to him and his followers, and at the same time not disrespect the reigning pontiff," said Massimo Faggioli, a professor of historical theology at Villanova University in Pennsylvania. "Such funeral has no precedent in Italy."

How would Benedict's funeral be conducted?

Typically, funerals for a pope are an elaborate affair, befitting his station as both God's representative on Earth and the head of the nation-state Vatican City.

John Paul II's 2005 death launched an elaborate series of ceremonies and viewings, including two celebrations of Mass, before he was buried. Benedict – at the time still known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger – presided over the final Mass of Requiem, which experts say was likely the most watched funeral in history to date.

Papal funerals typically draw heads of state from around the world, and President Joe Biden, who is Catholic, had met previously with Benedict. But it's unclear whether the funeral of a former pope would draw as many high-profile attendees.

What does a pope's funeral normally look like?

After the pope's death, a formal set of practices codified by the 1996 document "Universi Dominici Gregis" – Of the Lord's Whole Flock – prompts formal notifications, the sealing of his rooms and papers, and the destruction of the papal signet ring. Benedict's ring was marked with a chiseled cross upon his retirement.

Papal funerals typically draw millions of mourners to Rome, and the funeral of John Paul was also televised live.

Church doctrine calls for the deceased pope to be buried between the fourth and sixth day after his death, unless there are extenuating circumstances. Popes are not autopsied. Funeral rites are celebrated for nine consecutive days after his death.

After a sitting pope dies, the church's cardinals gather in a conclave to select a successor, burning special paper to emit white smoke. That won't happen in this case because there's already a sitting pope.

What is a pope emeritus?

While unusual, a papal retirement is not unprecedented.

Catholic church law requires a papal resignation be "freely and properly manifested" — as was the case when Benedict unexpectedly announced his resignation at the Vatican in February 2013.

Immediately upon retirement, Benedict left the Vatican for several months while cardinals selected and installed Francis. Benedict then returned to the Vatican, no longer a pope or cardinal. Instead, he asked to be known as Father Benedict, and has lived a quiet life ever since. He has been living at a monastery on the Vatican grounds since stepping down nine years ago. 

Francis has visited him regularly since his retirement, but Benedict plays no formal role within the church.

Could Pope Francis also step down?

Francis upon taking office in 2013 pre-wrote a resignation letter, in case he was ever incapacitated. Francis has previously lauded Benedict's decision to step down due to advancing age.

Francis, who turned 86 in December, had surgery in 2021 to repair a bowel narrowing and has been hobbled by knee pain that for months saw him use a wheelchair. Lately, he has used a cane instead to get around in public.

However, in an interview with Spanish newspaper ABC in December, Francis noted: "One governs with the head, not the knee."

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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: How Pope Emeritus Benedict's funeral presents unprecedented challenge

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Salvation Prayer.

 

Salvation Prayer.

Father, May the Holy Spirit help us, lead us, empower us, enable us, prompt us, comfort us, counsel us and enrich our lives each moment of the day in Christ!  AMEN!

Dear Lord Jesus, 
I know I am a sinner. I pray that you will forgive me for all of my sins, that you will come into my heart and be my Lord, the savior of my life. I confess that you died on the cross to save me from my sins and I am committed to turning away from those sins. I ask that you fill me with your Holy Spirit so that I can be born again. I ask that you give me the strength and abundant faith to overcome any and all attacks by the enemy, including my desire to sin so that I may serve you completely. I pray that you will give me discernment so that I may know all things that are truth, and the knowledge acquired from reading your Word. Use me this day as I am a willing vessel Lord, in leading others to your kingdom. Wash me as white as snow. Put a hedge of protection around me as I go forth in doing your will. Thank you Jesus for saving me, as I know that only through my faith in you that all this is possible. Amen


Please print this up and carry it with you always as a reminder of who your Lord & Savoir Is. Print up several copies to give to your family and share with your friends. The road you have chosen will not be an easy one for know you will be a Child of God. However know this ,you will never be alone ever again. 

For The Holy Spirit will be placed inside your soul and take residence inside of you forever. He will be your guide, your life long connection to God through our Lord and Savor Christ Jesus. God has placed a wonderful Blessing upon you my friend. 

May the Peace of His Grace always be with you. 
Amen..... 

Please read this Prayer of Salvation.It must be freely decided by you.God will never force any one to follow him.It has to be a free will decision of Heart,Mind&Soul.May God grant you the wisdom to make the right decision that will effect your life not only here but forever more.Amen...Carl


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