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FRI-SAT-SUN      October 22-24, 1999      SECTION TWO       vol 10, no. 202

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Appreciation of the Infallibility of the Church

    This weekend we continue with our new series in the search to uncover the great treasuries of the Church contained in the great Deposit of Faith. We bring you this weekend the second part on the Infallibility of the Church. For the thirty-third installment, click on APPRECIATING THE PRECIOUS GIFT OF OUR FAITH

THE INFALLIBILITY OF THE CHURCH

part two


Rio de Janeiro's long-time Archbishop Cardinal Eugenio de Araujo Sales is considered by many the Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen of Brazil

    We continue with this special series introducing you to the Princes of the Church. Our one-hundred-fourteenth red-hat we feature, in alphabetical order, is 79 year-old Cardinal Eugenio de Araujo Sales of Brazil, the longtime Archbishop of Brazil's largest see Rio de Janeiro. His evangelization work and use of modern technology to reach the masses and the illiterate is legendary in this vast country of contrasts. He is one of the few left in the Sacred Conclave who was elevated to the cardinalate by Pope Paul VI. That occurred during the Consistory of April 28, 1969 when he became one of the youngest cardinals. For more on Cardinal Eugenio de Araujo Sales, click on COLLEGE OF CARDINALS COLLECTION

114.   Cardinal Eugenio de Araujo Sales


Events this weekend in Church History

    Friday represents the twenty-first anniversary of when Cardinal Karol Wojtyla officially was installed as the 264th successor of Peter in formal ceremonies at St. Peter's Basilica six days after he had been selected as the successor of Pope John Paul I whose pontificate only lasted 33 days. John Paul II thus became the first non-Italian Sovereign Pontiff since Pope Hadrian VI, the Dutch Pope who ruled one year from 1522 to 1523. For other events throughout the centuries that are memorable in Church history this weekend, click on MILLENNIUM MILESTONES AND MEMORIES

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Could "The Omega Code" signal a new code of quality in films?

Top Ten Films for the third week of October

    This week we are turning the top ten topsy turvy for the film that finished number one this week "Fight Club" is not worth the attention while a sleeper finished number ten and could really take the movie industry by storm since it finished tenth while only being showed in 304 theatres nationwide. When it goes into wider release many expect "The Omega Code", a fictional film about Scriptural prophesy and the end times to rise quickly in the rankings. For the Top Ten reviews for the second week of October prepared by the NCCB, click on MOVIES AND MORALS

TOP TEN MOVIES
FOR THE THIRD WEEK OF OCTOBER

  • 1.   FIGHT CLUB
      (Fox)$11 million in one week:
          Because of excessive violence, sexual encounters, nudity, rough language and profanity, the U.S. Catholic Conference classification is O -- morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R -- restricted. "Fight Club" begins as a dark satire of materialistic society, then turns into a slap-happy fantasy of underground male terrorists out to destroy that society. Overlong and emotionally primitive, the convoluted plot is an unsatisfying exercise in self-destruction.


  • 2.   DOUBLE JEOPARDY
      (Paramount)$10.2 million last week/   $80.3 million in four weeks:
         Because of some violence, a shadowy sexual encounter, and intermittent profanity and rough language, the U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R -- restricted. "Double Jeopardy" is a sleek thriller in which probation officer Tommy Lee Jones chases parolee Ashley Judd across country to prevent her from murdering the two-timing husband who framed her. The straightforward fugitive story maintains suspense without relying solely on the expected revenge motive.


  • 3.   THE STORY OF US
      (Universal)$9.7 million in one week:
          Because of much shrill marital discord with profanity and rough language, a few sexual references and fleeting rear nudity, the U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R -- restricted. In "The Story of Us" Bruce Willis and Michelle Pfeiffer portray an unhappy couple with two children who are vacillating about whether to divorce as they recall the highs and lows of their 15-year marriage. Despite an ultimately positive message, the movie's repetitiveness and heavy-handedness reduce the characters to unappealing spouses constantly lurching between fury and mushy hysteria.


  • 4.   THREE KINGS
      (Warner Brothers)$7.3 million last week/   $43.7 million in three weeks:
          Because of some fairly graphic violence, a brief sexual encounter and recurring profanity as well as rough language, the U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R -- restricted. "Three Kings" tells of American soldier George Clooney and three comrades going AWOL at the end of the Gulf War to look for hidden gold but they pause along the way to protect pro-Western Iraqi villagers from marauding nationalist soldiers. The result mixes intense action with sudden spurts of satire and frenzied visuals that ultimately underline the hypocrisy of politics and the insanity of war as well as its inhumanity.


  • 5.   AMERICAN BEAUTY
      (Dreamworks)$6.6 million last week/   $41.2 million in five weeks:
          Because of brief gory violence, sexual situations including adultery, masturbation and nudity, some profanity and recurring rough language, the U.S. Catholic Conference classification is O -- morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R -- restricted. "American Beauty" is a nihilistic black comedy in which a husband (Kevin Spacey) lusts after a blond teen-ager (Mena Suvari), his shrill wife (Annette Bening) has an affair with a business rival (Peter Gallagher) and their teen daughter (Thora Birch) finds solace with a drug-dealing classmate from an equally dysfunctional family. Director Sam Mendes paints a corrosively bleak portrait of family life in which the increasingly desperate behavior of self-absorbed characters culminates in murder.


  • 6.   RANDOM HEARTS
      (Sony)$5.7 million last week/   $22.6 million in two weeks
          Because of a discreet sexual encounter, brief violence, minimal profanity and an instance of rough language, the U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R -- restricted. "Random Hearts" is a plodding melodrama about Washington cop Harrison Ford jeopardizing the re-election of Congresswoman Kristin Scott-Thomas when they become romantically involved after their unfaithful spouses are killed in a plane crash. The picture explores the painful aftermath of adultery in a slowpaced narrative that is emotionally uninvolving.


  • 7.   SUPERSTAR
      (Paramount)$5.6 million last week/   $16.5 million in two weeks:
          Because of considerable sexual innuendo, comic religious stereotypes, occasional vulgar language and a sexual expletive, the U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-IV -- adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. In "Superstar" Molly Shannon brings her TV comic skit character of a klutzy Catholic adolescent to the big screen but the thin story of her high school hi-jinks has little humor and no wit as the dopey central character grows increasingly tiresome.


  • 8.   THE SIXTH SENSE
      (Disney)$5.2 million last week/   $249.9 million in eleven weeks:
          Because of gory violence, a menaced child and coarse language, the U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. "The Sixth Sense" is a clunky psychological thriller in which child psychologist Bruce Willis tries to help a shaky 8-year-old who keeps seeing dead people walking around, though matters ultimately are not what they seem. The story's vague assumptions and boring situations are suddenly thrown into an entirely new light by a twist ending, though few will find the "surprise" worth waiting for.


  • 9.   BLUE STREAK
      (Sony)$3.8 million last week/   $60.7 million in five weeks:
          Because of its justification of a major crime, some violence, coarse sexual references, occasional profanity and an instance of rough language, the U.S. Catholic Conference classification is O -- morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. "Blue Streak" is a routine action-comedy in which thief Martin Lawrence passes himself off as an LAPD detective in order to get access to headquarters where he's stashed a 17 million-dollar diamond. Numerous cliches and Lawrence's comic mugging don't improve a movie where the thief is seen as a hero who deserves his instant millionaire status after escaping with police complicity.


  • 10.   THE OMEGA CODE
      (Providence)$2.4 million in one week:
          No review yet available from the NCCB.



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