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TUESDAY March 21, 2000 vol. 11, no. 57 SECTION THREESee why so many consider the Daily CATHOLIC as the "USA Today for CATHOLICS!"
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This week, while the Pope's pilgrimage in retracing the footsteps of Jesus will be relegated to the evening news, you can catch live action of the Pope on EWTN. If you don't have it on your cable, you can pick it up on the web at www.ewtn.com. Inside is a schedule of Mother Angelica's network coverage. continued inside
VATICAN (CWNews.com) -- The Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) is
providing live broadcast coverage of Pope John Paul's trip to the Holy Land.
The EWTN coverage, available in both English and Spanish, will be broadcast
across America's largest religious cable network, which now reaches into 58
million homes, and is available in Europe, Latin America, and the Pacific Rim.
Much of the same coverage will also be available through the EWTN's
worldwide short-wave radio service, and on the EWTN web site:
www.ewtn.com.
Beginning on Monday, March 10, with live coverage of the Pope's arrival in
Jordan beginning at 6:30 AM, the EWTN coverage will also include live
coverage and daily reprises according to the following schedule:
Monday, March 20: 6:30AM 9:00AM (live); 1PM and 8PM (repeat)
Tuesday, March 21: 2:00AM-11:30AM (live); 1PM 11PM (repeat)
Wednesday, March 22: 1:00AM 11:30AM (live); 1PM 11PM (repeat)
Thursday, March 23: 1:30AM 11:30AM (live); 1PM 11PM (repeat)
Friday, March 24: 2:30AM 11:00AM (live); 1PM-9:30PM (repeat)
Saturday, March 25: 2:30AM 11:30AM (live); 1:30PM-10PM (repeat)
Sunday, March 26: 2:30AM-5:30AM (live); 12:30PM-1:30PM (live);
1:30PM and 8:PM (repeat)
The Holy Father has officially confirmed he will travel to Fatima on May 13th to beatify the seers Jacinta and Francisco with the third seer Sister Lucia in attendance in a glorious event for this Portuguese village and international shrine. The Pope placed the bullet from the assasin's gun that almost felled the Pontiff back on May 13, 1981 in the crown of the Virgin statue during his last visit to Fatima and that same statue will be flown to Rome in October. continued inside.
VATICAN (CWNews.com) -- Pope John Paul II will travel to Fatima on May
13 for the beatification of two of the three children to whom the Virgin Mary
appeared there in 1917, the Vatican has confirmed.
The announcement-- made by Archbishop Crescienzo Sepe on March 20--
confirms the widespread belief that the Pope would preside at the
beatification of the two Fatima seers. The Pope was shown a special devotion
to the Lady of Fatima-- to whom he gives credit for his preservation from an
assassination attempt on May 13, 1981. In fact, the Pontiff donated the
bullet that was extracted from his body, to be placed in the golden crown of
the original statue of the Lady of Fatima.
Archbishop Sepe also announced that the same statute would be brought to
the Vatican on October 8, for a special ceremony in conjunction with the
Jubilee for bishops, in which the world and the third millennium will be
consecrated to the Virgin Mary.
With the Pope's health under the world's microscope, some media wags expressed concern over a cut on the Pope's forehead Monday, but it's nothing to be alarmed at according to Vatican officials. It only means the Sovereign Pontiff met headon with an immovable object and lost, but not that badly. It's merely a flesh wound and as of last night it was hardly noticeable. continued inside.
VATICAN (CWNews.com) -- Vatican officials told reporters on March 19 that
a small cut on the forehead of Pope John Paul II was "no reason for concern."
The Pope appeared at his regular Sunday audience with a small but distinct
cut on the side of his forehead. The Vatican did not disclose how the Pontiff
injured himself, but said that the damage was minor.
Pope John Paul cut his head in roughly the same place-- and more seriously-
- during his trip to Poland in June 1999. That injury was the result of a fall.
Speaking off the record, Vatican officials said that on this occasion the Pope
had not fallen; they did not provide any other details on what had happened.
The head of Rome's Synagogue Rabbi Elio Toaff has cut through political controversy in focusing on the true nature of the Papal Pilgrimage to his land. He lauds the Pope for being the first to visit a synagogue and this trip marks a new landmark in relations between the Church and Judaism, adding that there is much work ahead, but that John Paul II is planting the seed. The grace of God will nourish the fruits. continued inside.
VATICAN CITY, MAR 20 (ZENIT.org).- "Very satisfied and pleased," were
the feelings inspired in Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff of Rome's Synagogue, by
John Paul II's pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The Rabbi's comments appear
in an article in the Italian newspaper "Avvenire." The Rabbi said it is
a "further and significant step in relations between the Church and the
Jewish people."
"The condemnation of any form of anti-Semitism, the sincere repentance
for the faults of the past regarding the 'elder brothers,' coupled with
other steps of great moral and spiritual value, like the visit to the
principal temple in Rome, the first of a Pope to a synagogue, the
recognition of the State of Israel, and now the visit to the Holy Land
in the Jubilee Year, indelibly mark the new relation between the Church
and Judaism, which this great Pontiff has emphasized, far from any
expression of hatred or aversion, above all through reciprocal respect
and the awareness of our great common spiritual heritage."
The Rabbi said, however, that much remains to be done, both on the part
of Christians as well as Jews of good will, and the Jewish community
still hopes for much from the Church as, for example, "a condemnation,
free from any ambiguity, for the culpable silences in face of the
Holocaust, acknowledgement of the special religious and political value
that Jews give to Jerusalem, capital of its first national State, and
seat of the Shrine to which Jews all over the world have always remained
spiritually united, even after its destruction."
But Rabbi Toaff also recognized all that has been accomplished, thanks
to this Pope "the Pontiff of renewed dialogue between the Church and
Judaism." Because of this, he added, "I accompany him with emotion and
hope on his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, pronouncing over him the
biblical blessing: 'Blessed is the he who comes in the name of God.' "
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Along with craftsmen from around the world, the Chaldean Church celebrated their Jubilee in Rome this past weekend and a festive spirit filled the air. Few remembered the disappointment of the Pope not being able to go to Ur, birthplace of Abraham in Chaldea in Iraq and instead celebrated with the Chaldean Patriarch as the Pope praised them all for their faith and their perseverance in the face of the Nestorian heresy in 431. continued inside.
VATICAN CITY, MAR 20 (ZENIT.org).- The inhabitants of the land of
Abraham, patriarch of the three great monotheistic religions, today's
Iraq, celebrated their special Jubilee in Rome today near Peter.
The Hadu tribe or Chaldeans of the Aramean family arrived in Mesopotamia
at the beginning of the first millennium before Christ. They abandoned
their nomadic life and settled in the cities of the area where Babylon
was later established, which at the time was subject to Assyria. Among
these cities was Ur of the Chaldeans, Abraham's home town. The Chaldeans
lost power toward the middle of the millennium and were subsequently
conquered by the Persian and Macedonian Empires. However, the present
day inhabitants of the area ethnically have little to do with those
ancient Chaldeans, as the region was constantly invaded and today is
predominantly Arab (71%) and Muslim in religion (95.5%). The Chaldean
Church represents the great majority (80%) of the 580,000 Iraqi
Christians.
The Holy Father had to give up the idea of traveling to Abraham's
birthplace, cradle of our civilization, because there were no real
possibilities of guaranteeing his security in a country where air
traffic is still prohibited, and bombings by British-U.S. Air Forces are
sporadically endured. Moreover, the attempts by Saddam Hussein's regime
to manipulate the papal visit for political reasons complicated the
picture even more. So the Chaldeans themselves decided to come on
pilgrimage to Rome to recreate the atmosphere for the Holy Father.
A numerous delegation from this ancient Church came to Rome led by their
Patriarch, Raphael I Bidawid. During the audience with the Pope, a group
of religious and faithful waved an Iraqi flag and greeted the Pontiff's
words with thunderous applause, especially when he referred to the
wealth of the Chaldean Church's spiritual tradition, and his great joy
to have Patriarch Rafael of Babylon visit the Vatican.
The Chaldean Church is one of the principal Eastern Christian
communities that did not adhere to the Nestorian heresy, denounced at
the Council of Ephesus in 431. This was the third ecumenical Council,
which debated the question as to whether or not Christ was essentially
one with God the Father, whether the Holy Spirit was equal to the other
two persons of the Trinity, and Mary's role as Mother of God. The
followers of Nestorius, a Syrian Bishop of Constantinople from 428-431,
of the Byzantine Church, stated that there were two persons in Christ,
one human and one divine, and that the Virgin Mary was the Mother of the
human person, and not of the divine Christ. Nestorius was denounced by
the Council of Ephesus.
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The President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity Cardinal Francis J. Stafford flew to the East Coast this past weekend in order to officiate at the funeral Mass for the late Cardinal Ignatius Gong Pin-mei affectionately known as Cardinal Kung who headed up the Cardinal Kung Foundation and who passed away last week. The Requiem Mass and Burial was held in Stamford, Connecticutt where Cardinal Kung had taken up residence and established the Foundation after being exiled from his homeland in communist China. continued inside.
STAMFORD, 20 (NE) Around 800 people gathered this weekend in
Stamford, Connecticut, for the funeral service of Cardinal
Ignatius Kung Pin-mei, "outstanding witness of communion with
the universal Church and the Successor of Peter," as Pope John
Paul II recalled last week in a telegram sent after the Chinese
Cardinal's death.
The ceremony was presided by Cardinal J.
Francis Stafford, President of the Pontifical Council for the
Laity and Papal envoy for the occasion. Cardinal Stafford
praised Cardinal Kung's "witness to the truth." He also recalled
the former Bishop of Shanghai as a "noble son of China and of
the Church." The ceremony took place on March 18 in the Saint
John the Evangelist Church in Stamford, where the Cardinal lived
his last years.
Cardinal Nicolas Lopez Rodriquez, Archbishop of Santa Domingo and Military Ordinary in the Dominican Republic, has decried the U.S. Federally funded sterilization program promoted and carried out in his country. He was incensed at one of the wives of a U.S. ambassador who praised the sterilization program being conducted which the cardinal referred to as "USAID Death Squads" and bemoaned the fact that even Dominican Republic elected officials are succumbing to the US intimidation. Not only that but American's tax money is going to fund and promote this culture of death abroad, something the Clinton administration has been pushing for. continued inside.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (CWNews.com) - Cardinal
Nicolas Lopez Rodriguez of Santo Domingo, has decried
"USAID death squads" in the wake of comments by the wife of
the US ambassador praising the large numbers of
sterilizations carried out by clinics funded by the US
Agency for International Development (USAID).
According to the newspaper Listin Diairo, Kathleen Manatt,
wife of US Ambassador Charles Manatt, who is the former
head of the Democratic National Committee, said she was
pleased that 600 sterilizations had taken place at the Rosa
Cisneros clinic. The Rosa Cisneros abortion clinic is
described as a "reproductive health" center by the
operator, the Dominican Association for the Well-Being of
the Family (PROFAMILIA).
The US-based Population Research Institute (PRI) said it
had placed calls last month to the head office of USAID in
Santo Domingo, and an official there confirmed that USAID
funds PROFAMILIA. In turn, PROFAMILIA confirmed that its
main source of funding to operate the Rosa Cisneros clinic
comes from USAID.
Word of the cardinal's denunciation reached Congressman
Todd Tiahrt (R-Kansas), who promptly sent a letter to US
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. "Cardinal Lopez
Rodriguez is the Archbishop of Santo Domingo and a former
president of the Latin American Bishops Conference," Tiahrt
wrote. "Clearly a person in his position would not use such
intemperate language without provocation. According to
those same reports, the cardinal was reacting to certain
statements attributed to Kathleen Manatt, the wife of our
Ambassador to the Dominican Republic."
The US embassy has since denied that Manatt praised the
Santa Rosa clinic's sterilization program. In fact, PRI
said that repeated attempts were made by officials at the
US embassy to kill a story on the subject that appeared in
the magazine Our Sunday Visitor on March 5.
In that story, Cardinal Lopez is quoted as saying: "I feel
profoundly offended, primarily by the insult of [Kathleen
Manatt] coming to this country to do what she doesn't have
to do .... [S]he can do what she wants [in the US], and her
government, which doesn't know much about morality, either,
can do whatever it thinks .... We want to be poor but
honest, we want to accept the truth; we don't want anyone
to come to take advantage of our condition and
defenselessness."
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