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October 27 - Tridentine Mass draws international pilgrims to Rome
Article: Bridges To Rome
The road leading to
St. Peter's Square was packed on Saturday morning: but not with the
usual tourists or merchants. Instead, a long line of pilgrims
processed along the street carrying candles and singing hymns. They
were participants in an international pilgrimage to Rome celebrating
the Extraordinary Form of the Mass made widely available by Pope
Emeritus Benedict XVI in 2007.Bishop Fernando Areas Rifan of the
Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney in
Brazil spoke to EWTN News about his participation in the journey.
"I am here for this pilgrimage to give my
support and even the correct orientation of this pilgrimage. We are
Catholics, united to the Holy See, with the blessing of the Holy
Father, Francis," he said Oct. 26.Saturday's
procession ended at the Altar of the Chair of St. Peter in St.
Peter's Basilica, where a Solemn Pontifical Mass was celebrated by
Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos of Columbia.
An estimated
1,000 laity and religious from Italy, the US, France, Brazil,
Switzerland, Germany and elsewhere joined in prayer as the incense
rose to the ceiling of the ancient Basilica and
the gospel was chanted in Latin.
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October 25 - Woman healed by John Paul II visits Mexico's Guadalupe shrine
Article: Signs And Wonders
The Costa Rican
woman healed of a brain aneurism by
the intercession of John Paul II visited Mexico City to pray before
the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, giving
thanks for a second chance at life with her family.
According to the Archdiocese of Mexico City's news service,
Floribeth Mora Diaz was invited to attend a Mass at the Basilica of
Our Lady of Guadalupe on Oct. 22, feast day of Blessed John Paul
II, and to share the testimony of
her miraculous healing, which paved the way for his canonization,
scheduled for April 27 of next year.
Accompanied by her husband Edwin Arce and two
of her daughters for the more than 1,300 mile trip, the 50 year-old
Mora was visibly moved as she
prayed before the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe and toured the
shrine. "For me it is an honor to be in
Mexico," Floribeth said. "I am very
thankful to God for the privilege of being near Our Lady of
Guadalupe. I bring so many petitions with me from my country, which
is very devoted to her."
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We hope the Weekly News In Review has been a
blessing to you.
Sincerely,
Roger Oakland
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At a time of growing
materialism, when the deepest spiritual and religious values are despised,
Christians and Hindus can "work
individually and collectively, with all religious traditions and people of
good will, to foster and strengthen the human family through friendship and
solidarity."
While European leaders are
busy expressing public indignation over reports of American
espionage operations in the European Union,
the European
Parliament is quietly considering a proposal that calls for
the direct surveillance of any EU citizen suspected of being
"intolerant."
Consumers want to see biometric
authentication options for their smartphones and tablets as
a way of protecting themselves from mobile threats,
according to a Zogby poll featured in an article in Investor
Ideas. The poll also showed that
people are reliant on their
smartphones for making purchases and conducting other
financial transactions while at the same
time the vast majority of smartphone users do little to
secure their devices.
An image of the Virgin
Mary reportedly appeared on the floor of a school used
as an evacuation center
at earthquake-hit Barangay Sta. Cruz in
Calape, Bohol.
Revelations about NSA spying have left people
wondering about the privacy of their digital data. But what about the
privacy of their faces? Some agencies and states
are working to increase sharing of mug shots and
department of motor vehicles photos. But as of right now, we simply don't
have a universal database of faces. Or do we?
Would you like to surf the
Internet, make a phone call or send a text message using only your brain?
Would you like to "download" the content of a 500 page book into your memory
in less than a second? Would you like to have extremely advanced nanobots
constantly crawling around in your body monitoring it for disease? Would you
like to be able to instantly access the collective knowledge base of
humanity wherever you are? All of that may sound like science fiction,
but these are technologies that some of the
most powerful high tech firms in the world actually believe are achievable
by the year 2020. 