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[Nbadan]

THE NEW POPE BENEDICT XVI
Neil Bush, Ratzinger co-founders
President's younger brother served with then-cardinal on board of relatively unknown e enical foundation
BY KNUT ROYCE AND TOM BRUNE
WASHINGTON BUREAU
April 21, 2005

WASHINGTON --

Neil Bush, the president's controversial younger brother, six years ago joined the cardinal who this week became Pope Benedict XVI as a founding board member of a little known Swiss e enical foundation. The charter members of the board were all well-known international religious figures, except for Bush and his close friend and business partner, Jamal Daniel, whose family has extensive holdings in the United States and Switzerland, public records show.

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Gary Vachicouras, a theologian and foundation official in Geneva, would not explain in a telephone interview yesterday why Bush, who has no clear public connection to religious causes, was on the first board.

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The foundation, based at the Orthodox Center of the E enical Patriarchate in Geneva, is listed by Dun & Bradstreet business credit reports as a management trust for purposes other than education, religion, charity or research. But Vachicouras said the designation must be a mistake of translation to English because the foundation is a private nonprofit established under Swiss law. He said the foundation is being "relaunched" on its mission to publish the original text of the Bible's Old Testament in Hebrew, its New Testament in Greek and the Quran in Arabic.

Fatio, who left the board three years ago, said the foundation "never had any money." Vachicouras declined to discuss finances. He said, "We keep a low profile because that makes it easier to get work done."

Copyright © 2005, Newsday, Inc

Here is to wondering if the Cardinals voting for the new Pope used Diebold and ESS electronic voting and vote tabulation equipment?

[Nbadan]

LATEST NEWS
Austin Business Journal - 10:47 AM CDT Thursday

Report: Neil Bush served on foundation board with new pope
Neil Bush, president of an Austin company that produces educational software, six years ago joined the cardinal who this week became Pope Benedict XVI as a founding director of a religious foundation in Switzerland, New York's Newsday reported Thursday.

Bush, brother of President Bush and president of Ignite Inc., no longer is on the board of the Foundation for Interreligious and Intercultural Research and Dialogue, which was organized in 1999, the newspaper says. The foundation promotes e enical understanding and publishes religious texts.

Neil Bush and then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger were among the foundation's original board members, Newsday says. All the charter board members were high-profile international religious figures, except for Bush and one of his business partners, Jamal Daniel, the newspaper says.

Gary Vachicouras, a foundation official in Geneva, Switzerland, couldn't explain why Bush, who doesn't have strong public ties to religious causes, sat on the original board. Neither Bush nor Daniel could be reached for comment.

Austin.bizjournal.com

Why would Neil 'Call Girl' Bush, one of the most unreligious men on the planet, be hanging out with a future Pope?

[NeoConIV]

This reporting is EXACTLY what Rush has been talking about for years now. It's not the facts that matter, but the seriousness of the charge.

Think about it.

They just pose a question in their shade of light and hope you bite.
Give me a ing break.

Let's see where this turns up Dan. I'll be right there with you till the end. Deal?

[Nbadan]

This reporting is EXACTLY what Rush has been talking about for years now. It's not the facts that matter, but the seriousness of the charge.

Eh, Rush will say anything to stop the scrutiny of Bolton and Delay, but as you can see here, sometimes were there is smoke there is fire.

[NeoConIV]

Eh, Rush will say anything to stop the scrutiny of Bolton and Delay, but as you can see here, sometimes were there is smoke there is fire.

Change the subject...

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