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| THURSDAY vol. 10, no. 166 September 2, 1999 |
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Today we bring you the 71st person selected out of the TOP 100 CATHOLICS OF THE CENTURY. The voters chose Father George W. Kosicki, C.S.B., the Basilian priest who has dedicated his life to spreading God's Word and Mercy to all he meets. A prolific writer, inspiring speaker and meticulous in research, Fr. George has written many, many articles and books on all aspects of devotion to Divine Mercy and living in the Holy Spirit as well as various works on Church teaching and prayer. He is best known from his series on EWTN and as a popular speaker at conferences. For more on the 71st selection, click on |
For additional news from other Catholic wire services, see HEADLINES immediately below on the left |
 WORLDWIDENEWS & VIEWS
Noted theologian Father Rene Laurentin equates trial of Rwandan Bishop Misago to a witch hunt
 
St. Peter's face-lift almost complete as scaffolding will completely disappear by the end of the month 
Peeling away the centuries of corrosion, the facade of St. Peter's Basilica is taking on a new look as renovations wrap up and the scaffolding begins to come down in preparation for Jubilee 2000 revealing once again the majestic facade of this great Basilica as it is restored to its original lustre. This painstaking project, which has taken years as a labor of meticulous love by Vatican artisans, is nearly finished and all scaffolding should be removed by the end of this month. For more, click on Basilica Face-lift.
Students and players intent on keeping God on the gridiron this fall   In football terms a "Hail Mary" is a desperation long pass, but while high school gridiron players in Texas may be able to attempt it late in the game, they can't say it. ACLU and atheist interests have infiltrated the school system, outlawing prayer in school which also includes high school events which includes the only events in the fall - Texas high school football - in itself a religion in the lone star state. But students and players aren't sitting still, they are defying the law by standing up for God and expressing their own communication with God and school officials are befuddled. Texas Governor George W. Bush, who is for prayer in schools, has pledged to fight for legislation that will allow prayer before games. For more, click on God on the gridiron .
Quest for Reconciliation should be theme of Jubilee 2000 Pope tells Wednesday audience 
With the millennium just four months away, the Holy Father highlighted the theme of the quest for reconciliation as paramount for all Christians during the first year of the new millenium in his regular weekly Wednesday papal audience at Paul VI hall where 8,000 pilgrims packed the airconditioned auditorium to hear and see the Sovereign Pontiff who will return to the Vatican after staying at his summer residence in Castel Gondolfo during the hot summer months. For more, click on Reconciliation theme.
120 and counting, this weekend:
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Recently renowned theologian and the world's foremost Mariologist Father Rene Laurentin was interviewed by the Catholic FIDES news service. He expressed shock and dismay at the way the president of Rwanda is presuming Bishop Augustin Misago of Ginkongoro, Rwanda is guilty of genocide with no proof, only a deep-seated prejudice and hate for the Catholic Church. A concentrated effort is under way, according to Fr. Rene to totally discredit and destroy the Church in Rwanda through this trial by portraying the Church as evil. Our Lady foretold of this persecution when she appeared at Kibeho in the Bishop's diocese in the eighties. For more, click on 
In his column today, 
Appreciation of Holy as one of the Marks of the Church
The clarion sounds as a wake-up call to Catholics as we provide a review of all past articles on the Church today 
We reap what we sow! 
Today is the Twenty-second Thursday in Ordinary Time while tomorrow is the Feast of Pope Saint Gregory the Great, the 64th successor of Peter For the readings, liturgies, meditations and vignette for Pope St. Gregory I, click on 
On this date 807 years ago in 1192, England's noble King Richard the Lionhearted signed a peace treaty with the Saladin representing the Saracens, effectively ending the Third Crusade in a peaceful mode. Alas, it wouldn't last and several more crusades would follow, resulting in the deaths of countless people on both sides, including the slaughter of many innocent children sent into battle. For other pertinent events throughout the centuries that are memorable in Church history today, click on 
Dear children! Also today I call you to give glory to God the Creator in the colors of nature. He speaks to you also through the smallest flower about His beauty and the depth of love with which He has created you. Little children, may prayer flow from your hearts like fresh water from a spring. May the wheat fields speak to you about the mercy of God towards every creature. That is why, renew prayer of
thanksgiving for everything He gives you. Thank you for having responded to my call.
