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The Weekly News In Review Newsletter is a
compilation of the news articles that have appeared
on the Understand The Times website during the
previous week.
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December 12, 2006 - Rosary at Rose Bowl set for May 19, 2007
Article: Roman Catholic Church And The Last Days
Los Angeles (PRWeb) December
12, 2006 -- The largest outdoor celebration
of the Rosary in Southern
California in nearly 50 years will take place
at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, on
May 19, 2007, it was announced on the
feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dec.
12, by Holy Cross Family Ministries, Easton,
Mass., and its local member
Family Theater Productions, Hollywood,
which are planning the event in
collaboration with the Archdiocese of Los
Angeles.
"A World at Prayer
Is
a World at Peace: A Rosary Celebration,
The Rosary Bowl" will take place
between 6-9 p.m. and is free and open to
the public. The special Eucharistic
celebration will combine adoration, music,
inspirational talks and prayer of
the Rosary with people of different cultures
and languages leading some of
the prayers. The Rosary combines
prayer, meditation and reflection on
important events in the life of Jesus
Christ, as seen through his mother,
Mary.
Bishop Oscar Solis,
Vicar for Ethnic (Multi-cultural) Ministries for
the Archdiocese of Los
Angeles, and the archdiocesan director of
"The Rosary Bowl," said, "The
Blessed Mother is the special patroness of
the City of Los Angeles and the
object of special veneration by the
Southland's many ethnic communities.
This Rosary celebration in Mary's honor will
enhance the prayer lives of our
families, strengthen family unity and
rely on Mary as an
intercessor for world peace."
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December 14 - Pope appears to support Syrian role in Middle East
Article: Israel And The Last Days
Pope Benedict appeared to back a greater role for
Syria in resolving Middle East conflicts on
Thursday, putting himself at
odds with Israel, the United States and
France.
The Pope made his comments in an address
to Syria's new ambassador to the
Vatican in which the Pontiff defended
Israel's right to exist within secure
borders and condemned terrorism.
"The world looks especially to
countries with significant influence in the
Middle East in the hopeful expectation of
signs of progress towards the
resolution of these long-standing
conflicts," the Pope told the new
ambassador, Makram Obeid.
A report released last week in Washington
by the Iraq Study Group
recommended the United States engage
Syria and Iran to bring about stability
in Iraq.
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December 14 - Severe space storm headed to Earth
Article: Signs Of The Last Times
Space weather forecasters revised their
predictions for storminess after a
major flare erupted on the Sun overnight threatening
damage to communication systems and
power grids while offering up the wonder
of Northern Lights.
"We're looking
for very strong, severe geomagnetic
storming" to begin probably around
mid-day Thursday, Joe Kunches, Lead
Forecaster at the NOAA Space Environment
Center, told SPACE.com this
afternoon.
The storm is
expected to generate aurora or Northern
Lights, as far south as the northern United
States Thursday night.
Astronauts aboard the International Space
Station are not expected to be put
at additional risk, Kunches said.
Radio
communications, satellites and power grids could
face potential interruptions or damage,
however.
Solar flares send
radiation to Earth within minutes.
Some are also accompanied by coronal
mass ejections (CME), clouds of charged
particles that arrive in a day or two. This
flare unleashed a strong CME
that's aimed squarely at Earth.
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December 15 - Comets hold life chemistry clues
Article: Creation/Evolution - Misc.
Scientists studying the tiny
grains of material recovered
from Comet Wild-2 by Nasa's Stardust
mission have found large, complex
carbon-rich molecules.
They are of the type that could have
been important precursor components
of the initial reactions that gave rise to the
planet's biochemistry.
The first full analysis of the Wild-2
grains is reported in Science
magazine.
"Whatever it took to
get life started,
the more variety of molecules you had in
the mix and the more they looked
like the kinds of molecules that life uses
now then the easier it
should have been,"
Dr Scott Sandford from Nasa's Ames
Research Center told BBC News.
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December 15 - EU backs peace plan worded by Spain, France, Italy
Article: Israel And The Last Days
European Union
foreign
ministers on Thursday discussed a five-
point plan to revive the Middle East
peace process first put forward by
Spain, France and Italy in
mid-November.The plan breaks no new
ground but underscores a European
wish to maintain the momentum for peace even as
a ceasefire between Israel and the
Palestinians hangs in the balance, and an
insurgency rages on in Iraq.
The plan has five components: an
immediate ceasefire; formation of a
Palestinian unity government acceptable to
the international community; an
exchange of prisoners - including the
Israeli soldiers whose kidnapping
sparked a 34-day war between Israel and
Hizbullah earlier this year; talks
between Israel's prime minister and the
Palestinian president, and an
international mission in Gaza to monitor a
ceasefire.
The 25 foreign ministers reaffirmed the
initiative Thursday and leaders
from the 25 EU
nations will formally endorse it
Friday.
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We hope the Weekly News In Review has been a
blessing to you.
In Jesus,
Roger Oakland
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