 
Thursday is the Feast of the two great Apostles and Martyrs Saints Peter and Paul. This very important Feast in the universal Church this year serves as the portal for Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on Friday and the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary on First Saturday, a most appropriate date in this Jubilee Year 2000 as we shall explain in our commentary Friday.
For more, see INSPIRATION.
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Today we present the full commentary by the Prefect for the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. He explains the Church's discernment of the Third Secret of Fatima and shares inside information from others plus Pope John Paul II's private letter to Sister Lucia and a time-table of events from 1917 up to the release of the much-anticipated message Monday.
For more, see NEWS.
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In our CATHOLIC PewPOINT today, we question whether the breakthrough announcement on the completion of the human genone map is something to revel in or rue. We show where "a little knowledge can be dangerous" in raising the alert that we could be headed for a type of "Gattica" existence if we do not keep in mind only God has the right to create, take and alter life.
For more, see FEATURES.
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Thursday, the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul is one of the more popular days for papal encyclicals. Six were issued on this day from Pope Benedict XIV in 1748 to Pope John XXIII's first one in 1959. This includes the Pope Pius XII's next to last a year earlier, titled Ad Apostolorum Principis, aimed at China and the bishops to adhere to Rome. Forty-two years later the Church is still putting pressure on China and the Chinese Patriotic Association. For more, see CURRENTS.
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