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  The photo here depicts the Holy Father making a pilgrimage to Fatima to honor Our Lady on the occasion of her apparitions. Today we commemorate the 81st anniversary of the final apparition at Fatima and the famous "Miracle of the Sun."For other events throughout the centuries that are memorable in Church history today, click on MILLENNIUM MILESTONES AND MEMORIES
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The Heavenly 
broadcast clues us in that we can anticipate the Renovation
In today's editorial we commemorate the 81st anniversary of the final Fatima apparition in stressing what the Blessed Virgin Mary imparted to the visionaries that rainy day which climaxed with the sun dancing and strobing wildly in a phenomena referred to as the "Miracle of the sun." Many believe it will take a miracle to save civilization today, but we point to the fact that we doubt it is not a thrashing or elimination God has in mind for the new millennium, but rather a "Third Renovation for the Third Millennium" in which He will cleanse the earth as He has promised and as His Blessed Mother has foretold. But it is up to us to grab our weapons and stand firm in the trenches of goodness and virtue, manning our Rosaries. For today's commentary, entitled Technology-wise we had better wise up! , click on 
Blessed Pope Benedict XI: the last Pope of Rome before the exile to Avignon and the Babylonian Captivity in the 14th century 
Early in the fourteenth century one could see that the king of France Philip IV was not going to leave well enough alone, interferring in ecclesial matters. He had come to blows with Pope Boniface VIII as we saw last week, but in the 194th successor of Peter, Benedict XI tried his best to reconcile and appease differences, but to little avail for his pontificate was cut short by a poison fig that many believe was caused by those who refused to comply with papal authority. It was the end of the Italian power within the papacy as "Captivity in Avignon" loomed on the horizon. For the seventy-sixth installment titled Blessed Pope Benedict XI: Reconciler in the face of treason, click on 
Those are the words from Our Lady in the 230th message and which she reinforces in the 231st to the 
WORLDWIDE
Eleven years after beatifying Blessed Edith Stein the Jewish convert who became a Carmelite nun, Pope John Paul II proudly canonized her as Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross proclaiming that the Church's newest saint should "serve to reinforce the bridge of understanding between Jews and Christians." Considered the "Saint of the Shoah," some Jewish factions took exception with the Holy Father's actions, demeaning her because she had "abandoned the faith she had embraced at birth" causing Catholics to think the "best [Jews] are those who have left Judaism." Nevertheless, it was a glorious ceremony honoring a holy woman who was not hampered by race or creed, but knew in her heart what was right. For more, click on 
It is right and proper that the Holy See will release the Holy Father's latest encyclical on Faith and Reason - Fides et Ratio on the feast of the first woman Doctor of the Church Saint Teresa of Avila a great woman of faith and reason who did so much in reforming her own Carmelite Order. Thursday is also the eve of the twentieth anniversary of the pontificate of John Paul II, 264th successor of Peter who has rewritten the role of the Supreme Pontiff in the modern world, being more active than any Pope ever has, having touched the soil of nearly every country where most of his predecessors only dreamed of. For more, click on 
Former television news anchor Hugh Finn, a 44-year old Catholic who went into a coma after an automobile crash three years ago, ended his long struggle for life a week after his wife Michele was able to get a court order, proving to the authorities that it was his wish. She was backed by the Bishop of Louisville Bishop Thomas Kelly who agreed that he had suffered enough and to leave it in God's hands, though Father Daniel Gee from the Finn's parish in Manassa, Virginia felt otherwise and joined the governor of Virginia Jim Gilmore and other relatives of Finn's in trying to prevent the removal of the feeding tubes. For more, click on 
Disregarding the fact 54 aborted fetuses are human beings, the ACLU is attempting to block a Christian burial for the innocent ones who were found in boxes in an abandoned field last year, dumped there by an abortuary who had to close down. The ACLU's argument is over the red tape matter of separation of Church and state. As ridiculous as this sounds when it comes to the dignity of God's children, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California has no shame or ethics as evident by their protest. The found fetuses showed clearer than ever the horrors of this American holocaust! For more, click on 
