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THURSDAY January 29, 1998 |
Today, in our on-going feature megaseries on the Church today, we tackle the education issue in the first of a two-parter on the "state-of-the-system" as part of covering "Catholic Schools Week." We review what we once had in Catholic education and how it eroded over the past thirty years, pinpointing the problems and offering solutions. For the fifty-sixth installment and thirtieth clarion wake-up call to all Catholics, 
Today's commentary continues in the same vein as the feature above and yesterday's editorial on "Catholic Schools Week." Today's commentary poses the question raised from Republican Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott in his rebuttal to Clinton's state-of-the-union speech Tuesday night about offering parents a voucher so they could send their kids to the school of their choice. We take it a step further, gearing his remarks toward Catholic schools and a chance to escape the doldrums. 
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Dear children! Today again I call all of you to prayer. Only with prayer, dear children, will your heart change, become better, and be more sensitive to the Word of God. Little children, do not permit satan to pull you apart and to do with you what he wants. I call you to be responsible and determined and to consecrate each day to God in prayer. May Holy Mass, little children, not be a habit for you, but life. By living Holy Mass each day, you will feel the need for holiness and you will grow in holiness. I am close to you and intercede before God for each of you, so that He may give you strength to change your heart. Thank you for having responded to my call!
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Recalling the political situation back in 1979 when Pope John Paul II returned to his homeland for the first time as supreme pontiff, he likened the Cuban scene in 1998 much the same as Polish circumstances nineteen years ago. He made this announcement during his weekly Wednesday audience at Pope Paul VI Hall adjacent to St. Peter's in Rome. The Holy Father feels it is only a matter of time before the hammer and sickle will be dulled in Cuba for the people demand it. Poland and Cuba to read more.
Maybe it's the reminder that it was Pope John Paul II who almost single-handedly brought down the iron curtain, allowing other faiths to be practiced where once only the Russian Orthodox was allowed, that has many Orthodox officials badmouthing him and throwing obstacles in the way to dissuade him from visiting Russia and the Ukraine. However, Russian President Boris Yeltzin has let it be known that he will invite the Holy Father to visit Russia. Stay tuned for the fireworks. Orthodox resistance to read more.
With the Holy Father's visit to Cuba still a very vivid memory, the fruits of his pilgrimage may already be blossoming. That is the consensus after hearing Cuban officials announce they might well comply with the Pope's request and free hundreds of political prisoners, many incarcerated for years. The question remains whether the ex-prisoners will be exiled from the island or allowed to recirculate back into Cuban life as the Vicar of Christ strongly suggested. Cuban cooperation to read more. Acknowledgment:  To subscribe to Catholic World News Service, available daily by e-mail, click on the CWN icon .
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