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  For events throughout the centuries that are memorable in Church history today, click on MILLENNIUM MILESTONES AND MEMORIES
God our Father, in Saints Cornelius and Cyprian You have given Your people an inspiring example of dedication to the pastoral ministry and constant witness to Christ in their suffering. May their prayers and faith give us courage to work for the unity of Your Church.
hoping and praying... 
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Today we begin one of the most important apparitions in the Age of Marian Apparitions. It remains today the most famous and most visited Marian shrine in the world, one which bring millions to the healing waters where countless documentation has been recorded regarding miraculous cures just as the Blessed Mother told Saint Bernadette Soubirous, the young peasant girl who God chose as the messenger to convey all Mary wanted the world to understand and to confirm Pope Pius IX's proclamation of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception four years earlier in 1854. For the first part on The Healing Fruits of Lourdes, click on 
Because of the importance of the content of the messages from Our Lord and His Blessed Mother Mary to the 
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This past weekend the Vatican released a preliminary itinerary to celebrate in grand style the 20th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's pontificate on October 18th - choosing that date as the midpoint between his election on October 16th and his installation six days later. There will be a solemn Mass in St. Peter's Square where the crowd could reach a million to honor both two decades of dedication and his 40th anniversary as a bishop which he will officially celebrate on September 28th. For more, click on 
Anticipating another vote soon in the House and Senate on the partial birth abortion ban, the Vatican is not going to sit tight and wait. Going on the offensive, a Vatican theologian in the Holy See's publication L'Osservatore Romano" tries to show that withdrawing the veto might be beneficial for Bill Clinton in his own fight for survival. At least Clinton has a chance to survive. That's more than all those poor unborn babies had who never had a chance because of his veto. For more, click on 
Just days after a priest was shot in Colombia and an Italian priest was kidnapped by Muslim rebels in the mountains of the Philippines, another priest was gunned down by armed robbers. The motive has not been determined and, considering the political upheaval in Kenya and the rest of that region of Africa, it is no surprise the government is not expediting an investigation. For more, click on 
Rebuking a U.S. government report that the Castro regime interfered and tried to harass U.S. citizens and worshippers during Cuba's biggest Marian feast last week - the Virgin of Cobre , a Cuban priest assured all that there were no incidents and that the Cardinal and the Church in Cuba had received prior approval for the procession providing they kept it strictly religious with no politics involved. With a keen eye to doing just that, all participants complied fully and reports of any kind of disturbance are highly exaggerated. For more, click on 
Dear children! Today I invite you to come still closer to me through prayer. Little children, I am your mother, I love you and I desire that each of you be saved and thus be with me in Heaven. That is why, little children, pray, pray, pray until your life becomes prayer. Thank you for having responded to my call. 