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| MONDAY vol. 10, no. 163 August 30, 1999 |
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Today we bring you the 74th person selected out of the TOP 100 CATHOLICS OF THE CENTURY. The voters selected Cardinal Pio Laghi, the Italian-born Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education and former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America. The voters who nominated this 77 year-old prelate are hopeful he can effectively bring back the Catholic education so prevalent over three decades ago at all levels. For more on the 74th selection, click on
 
On this date in 1671 Saint Rose of Lima was canonized by Pope Clement X, the 239th successor of Peter, in Rome. Her inclusion among the saints made her the first saint so proclaimed from the new world. For other pertinent events throughout the centuries that are memorable in Church history today, click on MILLENNIUM MILESTONES AND MEMORIES
123 and counting, hoping and praying... 
 For additional religious and secular headlines from around the world, we refer you to our new up-to-the-minute NEWS ticker billboard by clicking on the ARROW
To review past articles in textonly format, click on Archives.
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Cardinal Maurice Michael Otunga helped forge the Faith in Kenya during his 25 year-plus tenure as Archbishop of Nairobi
Our ninety-first red-hat we feature, in alphabetical order, is Cardinal Maurice Michael Otunga, the Archbishop emeritus of Nairobi and current Military Ordinary of Kenya who was the son of a pagan tribal chief but passed up royalty to serve Holy Mother Church, first as a priest, then bishop and then a cardinal. He was ordained by Pope Pius XII and created a cardinal by Pope Paul VI in the Consistory of March 5, 1973. For more on Cardinal Otunga, click on 
Following up last week's Papal Catechesis conveyed during his Wednesday General Audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican in late July and early August, we pick up where we left off, bringing you the brief talks for his August 11th, August 18th and August 25th Papal Audiences which are all geared to preparing us spiritually for the Jubilee Year 2000. For the Pope's brief catechesis on all three, click on 
This retro summer we present each Monday the best of Pat Ludwa's VIEW FROM THE PEW
This summer on Monday's we will present the opportunity to review any of 
Saints can empathize with our sinfulness! 
WORLDWIDE
The Archbishop of New York Cardinal John O'Connor was hospitalized on Wednesday at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital in Manhattan, New York after complaining of weakness and dizziness. While officials state it is not serious, tests are being taken to be sure the cardinal is in good health and to diagnose the problems. The cardinal, in good spirits, is expected to retire soon since he is currently 79 years-old and has stayed on as chief shepherd of the nation's second largest see primarily because the Holy Father personally asked him to continue. For more, click on 
Before the Holy Father goes back to the roots of our Faith for the unusual Jubilee Journey, it's time to go back to the roots of how the Jubilee Years originated and where. For that a Vatican contingent was in Aquila, Italy Saturday to commemorate the inauguration of the Jubilee Year by Pope Saint Celestine V in 1294 when the saintly pontiff proposed a special year - Jubilee Year - for all to seek and give pardon. It was to occur every 50 years but increased to every 50 years in the fourteenth century by Pope Clement VI. The first "Holy Door" was opened in the Lateran by Pope Martin V in 1423. For more, click on 
Decrying the fact that "alternate anthropology stands in opposition to the image of man and woman according to natural reason, and in particular, to the Christian image of man and woman," the Holy Father addressed an international group of members of the John Paul II Pontifical Institute for Marriage and Family. He warned that science has gone too far with cloning and other methods, as well as alternate lifestyles and amoral beliefs that diminish and insult the sacred institution of marriage and conjugal love as God intended. For more, click on 
A 63 year-old retired, disgruntled man from Bari ambled into St. Peter's on Thursday afternoon and, before a group of pilgrims touring the Basilica, proceeded to the front of the altar beneath the great canopy or Baldechino designed by Bernini and shot himself in the temple. The Basilica needed to be cleansed through a special rite performed by one of the Vatican's parish priests Fr. Giovanni Ferrotti during a Mass later that same day. He blessed the area three times with Holy Water and those in attendance in a special "reparation rite" to cleanse the area after the suicide. It could prompt discussion for setting up a metal detection entrance to the great Basilica for the Jubilee Year when millions are expected to pass through the great portals of St. Peter's. For more, click on 
Dear children! Also today I call you to give glory to God the Creator in the colors of nature. He speaks to you also through the smallest flower about His beauty and the depth of love with which He has created you. Little children, may prayer flow from your hearts like fresh water from a spring. May the wheat fields speak to you about the mercy of God towards every creature. That is why, renew prayer of
thanksgiving for everything He gives you. Thank you for having responded to my call.
