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| THURSDAY vol. 10, no. 151 August 12, 1999 |
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Today we bring you the 86th person selected out of the TOP 100 CATHOLICS OF THE CENTURY. The voters chose entertainer Danny Thomas, the Lebanese wholesome comedian who is rightfully better known for his founding and supporting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, all because he wanted to fulfill a promise he had made to God. It's too bad more did not vote for Danny for he truly deserved a higher ranking for his dedication and Catholicity. For more on the 86th selection, click on
 
 Feast of the martyred Pope Saint Pontian and Saint Hippolytus, priest. For the readings, liturgies, meditations and vignettes for these saints, click on DAILY LITURGY.
 In honor of Saturday's Feast of the modern martyred Franciscan priest Saint Maximilian Kolbe, we present the Opening Prayer for Saturday's Mass venerating him:
141 and counting, in the special 2nd Summer Hiatus issue:
To review past articles in textonly format, click on Archives. 
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On this date 49 years ago, Pope Pius XII issued his 19th encyclical and what many believe his greatest - Humani generis in which the Sovereign Pontiff dealt with the growing modernism and liberal tendencies and he wanted to curb these false opinions which were threatening to undermine the foundations of Catholic doctrine. To go back and read it today it applies even more to our time than it did in the relatively calm, innocent fifties. For other pertinent events throughout the centuries that are memorable in Church history today, click on 
In his column today, 
The clarion sounds as a wake-up call to Catholics as we provide a summer review of all past articles on the Church today 
Like our other feature series, this summer we present installments 1 through 105 of this series which is a set blueprint for Catholics everywhere to take up the banner of truth in defending Christ's One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church as we prepare for this glorious event - the second coming of Christ and the Reign of the Sacred Heart, the Second Pentecost, the Era of the Eucharistic Presence, the Advent of Peace. To read any of the over one-hundred previous installments in this long on-going series, click on the Archives of
That empty feeling! 
Those words from the Sacred Heart of Jesus were imparted on the Solemnity of Trinity Sunday on June 11, 1995 to the 
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In preparation for Jubilee Year 2000, the Vatican has announced an ambitious large-scale one week conference will be held in October in Rome with a special pilgrimage to Assisi - center of the Apostle of Peace Saint Francis of Assisi. Over 200 leaders from various religions of the world are being invited to convene in Italy to dialog on the culture of life, human dignity, world peace, and various issues that involve all faiths. The event is being organized by Cardinal Francis Arinze, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and his staff. For more, click on 
The groundswell by the Serbian people to demand the ouster of Serb strongman Slobadan Milosevic has picked up momentum with the endorsement of the Serbian Orthodox Church who have called for his resignation for the good of the country and the hope and trust of the people. A coalition is being formed to create a transition government after his resignation. It would seem, with the influential Orthodox Church calling for his removal, his days are numbered. For more, click on 
Archeologists in Japan made a startling discovery when they opened a wooden coffin at the Takatsuki Castle in Onaka: an old wooden rosary which is believed to date back to the time of Saint Francis Xavier, the Jesuit missionary who brought the faith to the Orient. Many historians had believed all religious symbols and sacramentals had been destroyed during the anti-Christian era in the late 16th century but the rosary was preserved. For more, click on 
Few realize that the master Michelangelo sculpted more than one Pieta and that will be emphasized during the Jubilee Year 2000 in Rome when the most famous one - the one in St. Peter's will be reunited with his other two, one which resided in Milan and the other, a lesser known one in Florence. There was a fourth but it was unfinished and so will not be included in the trilogy of Pietas that will be on display at the Quirinal Palace from January 2 thorugh February 18, 2000. For more, click on 
Dear children! Also today I rejoice with you and I call you all to prayer with the heart. I call all of you, little children, to give thanks to God here with me for the graces which He gives to you through me. I desire for you to comprehend that I want to realize here, not only a place of prayer but also a meeting of hearts. I desire for my, Jesus' and your heart to become one heart of love and peace. That is why, little children, pray and rejoice over everything that God does here, despite that satan provokes quarrels and unrest. I am with you and I lead you all on the way of love. Thank you for having responded to my call.
