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In completing our month-long segment on Loyalty to Holy Mother Church, we treat the prophecies portending to the antichrist and satan's timetable and re-emphasize that the only way to keep the number of casualties among souls down is to promote loyalty to the Church and her Vicar of Christ on earth - Pope John Paul II. This calls for unity among the dissenters and adherence to the teachings of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. The Holy Father has insisted on this throughout his 20-year pontificate. If we do not unite and turn to prayer, then we are indeed prey for the evil one. For the fourth and final part on Loyalty, click on 
This time of the year is traditionally when wedding bells are heard and the phrase above is so familiar. But it also applies to the new Faith founded by Jesus taking a page from the Old Testament and applying the New Covenant, Our Lord borrowed from the traditions passed down while giving us His Blessed Mother dressed in blue. That is part of what we learn in our early chapters as part of our retro marathon week on the early chapters of our on-going megaseries on the Mass and Church History. For the third installment Out with the old, in with the new!, click on 
That is the essence of the Blessed Mother Mary's words in her 161st and 162nd messages to the 
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The Holy Father will arrive in Zagreb on the Feast of the Guardian Angels and Franciscans and finish up in Split, a Franciscan stronghold on the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi. Ironically, it has been the long fued between Franciscan and diocesan that has caused more friction in the former Yugoslavia - both in Croatia and Bosnia and, in particular Medjugorje where the diocesan bishops have waged a campaign against the Marian shrine which the Pope has expressed a strong interest in visiting, but, evidently from the itinerary, not on this trip. For more, click on 
In his regular Wednesday audience at Paul VI Hall just off St. Peter's Square, Pope John Paul II refuted reports that his Austrian visit was not fruitful, maintaining that the press are out of touch with the resilience and resolve of the youth, especially in Austria where he was so encouraged by their enthusiasm. He expressed great optimism for the Church in Austria because of the youth who will be able to overcome the dissent currently festering in that country. For more, click on 
The Vatican announced the appointment of Vietnamese Archbishop Francois-Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan as the new President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, an ideal choice in the face of the crosses he has faced throughout his life. Coincidentally in the Archbishop's native country, the Communist government backpedaled on the persecution issue, denying they do not, but that they will continue to place religion secondary to the state, something that will not set well with most faiths - especially Catholicism which is fighting the same battle in mainland China with the National Patriotic Church. For more, click on 
Bishop Carlos Belo of the Diocese of Dili in East Timor met yesterday with B.J. Habibie, president of Indonesia, and came away impressed with the new head's human rights stance and promise to "make things better for the largely Catholic country of East Timor, annexed by the Moslem Indonesia over twenty years ago. The bishop is confident changes will be made shortly and little by little, East Timor will receive what so many are demanding: freedom. For more, click on 