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| WEDNESDAY vol. 10, no. 200 October 20, 1999 |
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Today we bring you the 37th person selected out of the TOP 100 CATHOLICS OF THE CENTURY. The voters chose Chiara Lubich, the 79 year-old foundress of the international Focalare movement with presently 110,000 members in over 180 countries. They say invention is the mother of necessity, and Chiara, while an elementary school teacher saw the necessity to heal prejudices and hate while upholding human dignity in the aftermath of the terrible tragedy of World War II. Slowly but surely, clinging to the Gospel message and spreading it to others of all faiths and cultures, she was able to show others how to live and love as Jesus loved. For more on the 37th selection, click on |
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 WORLDWIDENEWS & VIEWS   
New twist in Guatamala trial of Bishop's murder with surprise witness who could implicate military  
Announcing that there is a new prosecutor who will bring forth a surprise witness, the topsy-turvy trial in Guatamala City to find the murder of human rights advocate Bishop Juan Girardi Conedera, mauled to death in his home a year and a half ago. Despite attempts by the government and Guatamala's corrupt military to sabotage the trial and intimidate witnesses, the jury and the former prosecutor who fled for his life, the trial will continue at the insistence of human rights promoters the world over and the Church who want to see justice done for the dastardly murder of one of its prelates. For more, click on Trail of the trial .
Dallas Bishop takes on U.S. Immigration Department, decries treatment of immigrants as inhumane  
Speaking out at the Second Congress for New Evangelization being held in Cuautitlan, Mexico, the shepherd of the sprawling Diocese of Dallas Bishop Charles V. Grahmann pulled no punches in denouncing the treatment of Mexicans and other immigrants by the U.S. Government. He called for easier access for migrant workers to obtain green cards and be treated as human beings free of intimidation and arrests that have mushroomed in recent years. He admitted that the Diocese has helped integrate hundreds of thousands of immigrants because there was no avenue open to them through normal means with the government, a government he has denounced for their tactics and hypocrisy toward immigrants in intimidating and deporting them. For more, click on Deportation blues
Missionary Bishop in Sierra Leone, who was captured by rebels, is freed along with fifteen others  
Bishop Giorgio Biguzzi, an Italian missionary prelate for the See of Makeni, was caught in the crossfire last Friday, along with fifteen others at an Xavier Brothers mission in Freetown, Sierra Leone in which rebels from the Revolutionary United Front clashed with renegade soldiers. The result was one of the groups snatched the bishop, two prists and workers from Caritas as hostages to escape and then held them over the weekend before releasing them without harm yesterday. The mood has been tense in this far-western province of Africa between the government and rebels from various fronts. For more, click on Bishop is safe.
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Today we continue our short series on the "Tools of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass" with the focus today on the altar linens and vestments which are not just "dressings" for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, but part of the sacred ritual begun in the Old Covenant and fulfilled in the New with the Mass. They are, in essence, the "armor of God." The linens required for celebrating Mass and which touch the Body and Blood of Christ represent the linens Our Lord were wrapped in when placed in the tomb. The reasons for each vestment have a special meaning as you'll see in Installment twenty-three The Tools of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass part four: The Altar Linens and Vestments in the 
The 100th Metropolitan of Turin Cardinal Giovanni Saldarini is one of the most respected scripture scholars in Italy
Appearances may be deceiving! 
Dear children! Today again I call you to become carriers of my peace. In a special way, now when it is being said that God is far away, He has truly never been nearer to you. I call you to renew prayer in your families by reading the Sacred Scripture and to experience joy in meeting with God Who infinitely loves His creatures. Thank you for having responded to my call.
