A Photo Essay on the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games - 2

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Photos courtesy: CBC Television

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A Photo Essay on the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games - 1

Last July 10 saw the gorgeous opening ceremony of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto. Millions in the Americas and world witnessed it through TV and Internet. The Games organizers in cooperation of the Cirque de Soleil put up a colourful ceremony unprecedented in Canada. This 17th Pan Am Games has more than 6,000 athletes from 41 countries of both the North and South Americas. 

The first Pan Am Games, with multi-sports events, was held in Buenos Aires of Argentina in 1951. From then on it is being held in every four years. Previously Canada hosted two such Games -- one in 1967 in Winnipeg and the other in 1999 in Manitoba. 

For details of the ongoing 2015 Pan Am Games, please visit the following: 

• CBC Sports: Pan American Games 2015
• The Globe and Mail: Pan Am Games
• Toronto Star: Pan Am Games
• Wikipedia: 2015 Pan American Games

Photos courtesy: CBC Television

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The Quotation of the Week (July 12 - 18, 2015)

A quotation of Flannery O'Connor on 'religion,' compiled by Jerome D'Costa

Photo (Three condominium buildings at Village Green Square of Scarborough, Toronto, as seen from Sheppard Avenue East: Nov. 11, 2014) © Jerome D'Costa

Pope Stunned by Leftist Bolivian President's Gift of 'Communist' Crucifix

Pope Francis looks bewildered as Bolivian President Evo Morales presents him with a crucifix in the shape of a sickle and hammer -- symbols of the working class or communism that supports atheism

Photo courtesy: AP through BBC

As Pope Francis was on a visit to Bolivia on July 10, President Evo Morales, a leftist politician, presented him with a hammer-and-sickle shaped wooden crucifix, reports BBC. When the President was presenting him this official gift, Pope Francis looked wondering at its implication!

This crucifix is based on the original design of Luis Espinal, a left-leaning Jesuit priest, who was assassinated in 1980 by the then right-wing militia.

Some local Bishops and Church leaders abroad condemned the President's gift.

For more on this, please read the following: 

• Morales Crucifix gift to Pope Francis causes stir
• Bemused or Irritated? Pope Reacts to Gift of 'Communist Crucifix'
• Pope Francis apparently not amused by 'Communist Crucifix'

The Quotation of the Week (July 5 - 11, 2015)

A quotation of Lord Acton on 'minorities,' compiled by Jerome D'Costa

Photo (Bicycles at rest in College Park, Toronto: May 29, 2015) © Jerome D'Costa