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   In this weekend's issue the Hidden Flower of the Immaculate Heart speaks from her heart on her perceptions of Father's Day last weekend and a wife and mother's point of view in pouring out her heart with thoughts the Holy Spirit has placed on her heart. Click on SYMPHONY OF SUFFERING
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TEN FILMS LAST WEEK
With this issue we begin a weekly feature in place of the GOLDEN CHALICE AWARDS which are suspended for the summer in order that we might bring you the National Conference of Catholic Bishops recommendation reviews for the summer hits at the local cinemaplex near you. We present our short take from a Catholic perspective along with the Bishops' review on the top ten movies last week. Click on TOP TEN MOVIES
 For time capsule events that happened in Church history on June 26th, June 27th and June 28th, click on ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME
 To read the graphics versions click on the desired Month below
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With the resignation of the dean of the College of Cardinals - Cardinal Bernardin Gantin as head of the Congregation of Bishops because of mandatory retirement, the Holy Father announced his selection of Cardinal Lucas Moreira Neves from Sao Salvador de Bahia in Brazil as the new prefect in charge of bishops worldwide. The Pope's popular choice sparked speculation that he was grooming the Brazilian prelate for the eventual responsibility of Vicar of Christ. For more, click on 
Standing strong on the side of the culture of life, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to ban funding for the abortion pill RU-486 which pro-aborts have been lobbying for. They again added an amendment to the UN funding bill that will outlaw any money being spent for population control. Both bills must now go through the Senate where the fight is expected to be bitter. Even with a Senate vote for, the likelihood of a presidential veto looms large. But Washington Republicans are adamant that Bill Clinton will not get his funding without the bans. For more, click on 
For six days in July, three thousand priests from around the world will come together at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe with marquee names among cardinals and bishops to address the clerical assembly in preparation for the third millennium. Sponsored by the Vatican Council for the Clergy, American notables set to speak are Cardinal John O'Connor and the fast-rising in prominence Archbishop Charles Chaput, the Capuchin native Indian head of the Denver Archdiocese who is one of the leading advocates for the conservative cause. For more, click on 
While Bill Clinton woos the Chinese in hopes of bending over backward to award them favored-nation status despite their horrendous track record of human rights abuses and religious persecution, he insists on tightening the inhuman sanctions on the Iraqi people who are suffering because of the hate between Saddam Hussein and the American Government. Caught in the middle are the people and the Vatican is going to bat for the downtrodden. For more, click on 
Medjugorje
Thursday was the official release day for Microsoft's Windows 98 to debut and there has been a lot of ballyhoo of all this over nothing. We say nothing for the messages of Medjugorje far outshadow any temporal hoopla Microsoft can scare up. For the editorial titled Microsoft and Medjugorje, click on this weekend's 
Fostered by the Sacrificial Lamb from Abraham to Jesus and nourished in their faith by the blood of the earliest martyrs, the Apostles and disciples mold the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass from all that Our Lord had taught them. Onto the scene comes one who would harass and persecute but, through Divine Providence, become one of the greatest warriors for the Faith the world has ever known: Saint Paul. For the fourth installment as part of our retro marathon for the week, click on this weekend's 
focuses on Medjugorje and the Seventeen years of grace that have emanated from the apparitions and fruits of the messages imparted by the Blessed Mother. She balances the scales of good and bad, and, though evil is rampant today and the conscience of the world is dulled, she sees hope through Medjugorje. For her column, , click on 
