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Cardinal of Los Angeles to undergo Cancer Surgery
Cardinal Roger Mahony, head of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, has announced he has prostate cancer and will undergo surgery on June 15 in LA. Recovery is expected to take up to six to eight weeks. He reflected in a news conference Thursday on the same fate that befell his close friend, the late liberal Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, commenting on his own mortality. Though we have agreed to disagree with his eminence, nevertheless, we pray sincerely for his recovery and respect his position as one of the princes of the Church. For more, click on Cardinal Mahony
Church leaders mull over regulations for Lay Movements
On the second day of the Lay Movement Conference in Rome, various influential Church leaders expressed concern that the lay organizations that are burgeoning throughout the world must be governed by hierarchy, else their spontaneity could cause a clash with the hierarchy if they are not answerable for their actions. While this does not greatly concern all lay organizations, it would encompass all of them and it is another reason for this first conference of its kind at the Vatican. For more, click on Lay Conference
The mouse may not be so gay after Operation Rescue invades his domain
If someone were to ask Flip Benham, the Dallas headquartered head of Operation Rescue, where he was going next, he might reply "I'm going to Disneyworld!" And indeed he is, but he won't be going there for the rides or attractions, but rather to lead a protest against Disney and their "Gay Day" next weekend when over 100,000 homosexuals and lesbians are expected to descend on the Magic Kingdom. Benham hopes to work his own magic on influencing the entertainment giant who, in the last several years, has betrayed the family concept the founder Walt Disney so faithfully fostered. For more, click on Disney.
Cardinal Ratzinger warns about turning Jubilee into a circus
Expressing strong concern as to all the hullabaloo over planned events for the Jubilee 2000 year, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger met with the press and asserted that the focus of the Jubilee cannot be one of perpetual celebration in a secular sense but to remember what we are celebrating - the 2000th anniversary of Christ's birth. He called on all Catholics, including those gathered for the Lay Conference, to use the Jubilee as a tool for evangelization. For more, click on Jubilee.
Chile's new archbishop asserts that restoring concept of Family is the key to protecting the children
The new archbishop of Santiago, Chile Archbishop Francisco Errazuriz called for a return to family values as key to protecting and supporting children everywhere. He made the remarks in the face of political pressure to pass a "Law of Parenthood." His first measure was to reopen his predecessor's answer to this, the Family Pastoral Department in Santiago. For more, click on Families.
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PRAYERS & DEVOTION
This weekend's Prayer is in honor of the Feast of Pentecost, honoring the Holy Spirit Click on PRAYERS & DEVOTION
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Celebrating the Birthday of the Church: Pentecost
Sunday is the glorious Solemnity of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles and the Blessed Virgin Mary in fulfillment of the promise of her Divine Son Jesus Who told His disciples that He would send His Spirit and that He would be with us always. This feast, which separates Easter Time from Ordinary Time, is generally regarded as the "birthday of the Church" though it has its origins in Matthew 16: 18, when Christ said to Peter His chosen Apostle, "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." For the liturgy, readings, explanation and meditation for Pentecost as well as the last two days of Easter Time and the Feast of the martyred Saint Justin on Monday, click on LITURGY FOR PENTECOST WEEKEND
On the next-to-the-last Pentecost of this Millennium, are we warming to the Holy Spirit? Or is the world icy in its reception? Here are the cold facts:
In this weekend's editorial, we bring you the second part of the editorial begun yesterday in which we detail how satan's "black fire" has created enough smoke that it has slowly been blotting out the shining Son. This has created a frost among souls and as the temperature plummets so does virtue and common sense, until the soul is frozen in a glacial mass. Only by heeding God's Will and His Commands can we hope for a thaw of so many hearts and souls, iced in indifference and rebellion. That is the subject of this weekend's commentary Cryogenics of the Soul. Click on this weekend's CATHOLIC PewPOINT
Pentecost honors the Sanctifier in the Year of the Holy Spirit
In her column this week, Sister Mary Lucy Astuto, emphasizes the significance of the Year of the Holy Spirit and this year's Pentecost, that day that transformed a cowardly band of men into bold, courageous saints who would go to the ends of the earth (as known in those times) to spread the Gospel they had been given by their Master and to die for Him. She calls us to call on the Sanctifier to pour out His Spirit on us as well in these times which are so critical.. For her column, Holy Spirit, Pour Yourself Out on us!, click on GETTING TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER
The Final Marian Dogma with Mark Miravalle's proposal to the Pope
This weekend we bring you the final installment of our two part treatment on the Final Marian Dogma as a special insert in our on-going megaseries on the Church today with the rationale for the Holy Father proclaiming the Fifth Marian Dogma of Mary as CoRedemptrix, Advocate, and Mediatrix of all graces. The author is Dr. Mark Miravalle, an esteemed professor of Theology and Mariology at the prestigious Franciscan University at Stuebenville. Coincidentally, Pope John Paul II, who has been in contact with Mark and is well aware of the call for this special Dogma, has personally invited him to Rome this week. Though many believe his presence there is strictly for the Lay Conference that will finish up on Saturday. Regardless, the Holy Spirit is with the Holy Father and the Church as we focus on the Spouse of the Sanctifier. For the second part of Dr. Miravalle's rationale, click on WHERE IS HOLY MOTHER CHURCH HEADING AS WE NEAR THE MILLENNIUM?
Events This Weekend in Church History
For events throughout the centuries that are memorable in Church history today, click on TIME CAPSULES: ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME
Coming MONDAY
THE VICAR OF CHRIST SPEAKS
Father Stephen Valenta's column HEARTS TO HEART
June 1st in Church History in our Time Capsule section: ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME
Liturgy of the Day featuring Saint Justin
...and much more in our 105th issue for 1998!
To review past articles in textonly format, click on Archives.
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