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| TUESDAY vol. 10, no. 139 July 27, 1999 |
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Today we bring you the 98th person selected out of the TOP 100 CATHOLICS OF THE CENTURY. The voters selected Father John A. Corapi, S.O.L.T., a man who had achieved all the world could offer at a relatively young age and lost it. But he found something more priceless - his Faith, being resurrected from the depths of despair by the grace of God and ordained a priest by Pope John Paul II on May 26, 1991. His story is an inspiration to people everywhere and his ministry is to tell that story in order to help others and touch souls wherever he preaches. For more on the 98th selection, click on
 
 
Finally the long-awaited book "I SOLEMNLY TELL YOU..." is available! 
 157 and counting, hoping and praying...  Tomorrow:
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but the words of Bishop Fulton J. Sheen have been known to launch a thousand images in one's mind, one of the ways this late luminary did so much to evangelize the faith. Because of the urgency of the times and because few there are today who possess the wisdom, simplicity and insight than the late Archbishop who touched millions, we are bringing you daily gems from his writings. The good bishop makes it so simple that we have dubbed this daily series: "SIMPLY SHEEN". 
Retroactive articles on Church history available from 1150 to 1515 A.D. for summer review 
This summer we present a review of the period from the time of Charlemagne and Pope Saint Stephen IV, the 97th successor of Peter in the early ninth century to the time of the Reformation and Pope Leo X, the 217th in the Petrus line early in the sixteenth century. These are installments 25 through 106. We will resume our original series in September with installment 107 on Pope Hadrian VI. To read any of the eighty-one installments presently available in this long on-going series, click on the Archives of 
Catholic PewPoint helps put things in perspective and clear up the tunnels of confusion!
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Speaking during the first Sunday Angelus audience at his summer residence at Castelgondolfo, the Holy Father spoke out strongly in defense of the elderly citing Saint Joachim and Saint Anne as excellent role models for senior citizens and called for more compassion for those who have "paid their dues" who can contribute so much wisdom to the generations. He also sent a telegram of condolence to Morrocco, lamenting the death of King Hassan II and sent a congratulatory note to Cardinal Isdris Cassidy, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity on the occasion of his 50th anniversary as a priest. For more, click on 
An open inquiry into the life of Mother Teresa was officially kicked off yesterday at the local level by Calcutta's Archbishop Henry D'Sousa in the next step in the process for beatification which is expected to take a year, with the prelate and Canadian Father Brian Kolodiejchuk interviewing hundreds in taking testimonies favorable to Mother's cause. For more, click on 
These are the kind of stories we don't like to report, but we cannot bury the news and therefore sadly bring you the fact that Bishop Patrick Ziemann abrubtly resigned last Wednesday when the scandal broke after accusations that he had coerced a young priest he had ordained into sex in a black mail scheme. Now the question arises if the priest in question, Father Jorge Hume Salas was properly prepared for the priesthood and validly ordained For more, click on 
While the brutal murder of a bishop still remains unsolved, Colombian authorities were quick to arrest two nuns who shot and killed a thief who had forcefully entered their convent this past Sunday night. In the darkness they felt threatened and fired to warn the burglar but hit him unintentionally killing the intruder, yet officials are accusing the nuns not of acting in self-defense or defending their turf which contains valuable paintings and Church treasures, but of willfully killing a man. Never mind that the man was tresspassing and had been warned! It seems like another example of strained relations between the clergy and the government in Colombia. For more, click on 
Dear children! Also today I rejoice with you and I call you all to prayer with the heart. I call all of you, little children, to give thanks to God here with me for the graces which He gives to you through me. I desire for you to comprehend that I want to realize here, not only a place of prayer but also a meeting of hearts. I desire for my, Jesus' and your heart to become one heart of love and peace. That is why, little children, pray and rejoice over everything that God does here, despite that satan provokes quarrels and unrest. I am with you and I lead you all on the way of love. Thank you for having responded to my call.
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"The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His Kingdom all scandals and those who work iniquity, and cast them into the furnace of fire, where there will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth." Matthew 13: 41-42 |
