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__________________________________________________ The Church Bring Back The Bells: Real Need For Mass To Return to Sense of Sacredness Is There A Message In Strike Of Lightning At August Church After Praise Dancing? Forgotten In The Rush Of Modern Life: That The Sabbath Is To Be Kept Holy Potency Of Mass: It Sheds The Blood Of Protection And Holds Back Chastisement Time To Realize That Adoration Imbues Church With Special Grace In Crisis Times Ex-seminarian: number of homosexuals 'staggering' There's no shortage of priests; the crisis is in 'modern' dioceses Pio centers say canonization may occur this year but nothing definite yet Belgian cardinal sees Pope abdication possible in 2001 Are bishops against the supernatural? Adoration And Confession Can Combine To Bring A Potent Radiance, Purification Medjugorje Visionaries Call Out For Far More Respect For The Priests Visit To Shroud Brought To Light Power Of Holy Pictures And Also Sacramentals When You Go To Mass, Remember That It's Not Just A Ritual But The Heavenly Court Occult Egyptian symbol drawn on front of cathedral where horrid attack occurred It Is In Prayer And Communion That We Fly Farther In Space Than Any Astronaut In The Strangeness Of Our Times Is Mass Reading On Final Untold Mission Of Jesus In Times Of Confusion And 'Fog,' Head For Sacraments And The Holy Spirit Of Truth Terrorist plot against Pope was foiled by miraculous explosion Seer says he was told to pray for Pope 'Temple' built by Mother Angelica shows every sign of developing into major shrine Book brings home tragedy of seminaries Former Aide To Padre Pio Says The Saint Had Incorporated Part Of The New Mass Elevation Of Blessed Emmerich Throws Accent On Mystical Aspects Of Church 'Mercy Sunday' Arrives At Time Of Crisis And Reminds Us Of Power Of The Liturgy Mother Angelica suffers stroke Mother Angelica in stable but serious condition Mother Angelica still in serious condition Vatican Discovery In Parking Lot Said To Confirm Burial Of Peter Under Basilica Cardinal Rejects "Holy" War, Questions "Just" War Link Between Statue Phenomena And Church Closings Raises Deep Questions Will a simple phrase define Pope's trip? Seminar With Witch Accents Dangers Of New Age And Occult In Catholic Settings New Age Makes Huge Inroad Into Retreat Centers Operated By Catholic Nuns Disrespect For Clergy Is Result Of Both A Secular Society And Lack Of Devotion Disrespect For Clergy Is Result Of Both A Secular Society And Lack Of Devotion Gorgeous New Orleans Church Accents Importance Of Statues, Relics Of Saints Holy Night: One Of The Greatest Lessons Of Christ's Mass Is The Power Of Silence Will single phrase define Pope's visit? Book explains baffling hold on Church by liberals Outrage As Witches Ritual Scheduled For Knights Of Columbus Hall In Salem Time to clean up the priesthood Pope gunman says he reluctant tool of destiny Controversy Over Gibson Movie But One Front In A Huge Attack On Catholicism Mystic Said To Have Inspired New Gibson Movie Prophesied Great Church Crises Mass On The Set Of The Passion: It Was Mass The Old Way Mysteries Of The Vatican: Basilica Built On Grounds Said To Have Been 'Haunted' After John Paul II Are We Facing the Possibility of An Antipope? Rumors Fly As Big Day Approaches For A Pontiff Who Fulfilled Mission Of Fatima John Paul Tied To Scapular Promise And To St. Gregory -- Another 'Great' Pope Who Shortened A Great Chastisement A Pope Described As 'From The Sun' Was Born During Eclipse And Leaves With One Expect Surprises From New Pope As He Sways Gentle and Tough Sides A Pope Of Surprise Makes Victorious Trip But Question Is Of Enemies Inside Vatican As Turbulence Swirls Around Rome, So Do Reflections On Old Papal Prophecies In New Book Major Cardinal Comments On Mysticism, Fallen Priests, And Mass Ratzinger Appears to Fulfill Malachy Prophecy Election of Pope Benedict Will Usher In Dramatic Clash Between Good and Evil Pope Said To Have Visited Medjugorje And In Book Called Apparitions Of Mary Around The World 'Signs Of The Times' Benedict's Previous Writing May Portend Change In Mass And Bishops Conferences In Comment On Secret, Pope Showed Deep Appreciation For "Private Revelations" From the mailbag: Did Death of Pope signal Final Coming of Christ? St. Malachy's Alleged Prophecy: Did He Predict The Last Sequence Of Popes? If The Church Gets Tough --Very Tough-- With Deviance, Pope Will Make His Mark 'Pope Who Never Was' Shows How Close Major Change Can Come To The Papacy Message From Venezuela And John Paul II Eerily Parallel Prophecy On U.S. Future Mystery Of A Pontificate: Saintly Pope Reigned During 'Release' Of Dark Spirits Pilgrims Claim They Saw 'Sun Miracle After John Paul's Death 'Pope Of My Secret': The Link Between John Paul II, Mercy, And Coming Events Benedict Hit Key Reason Why Church Has Lost Its Vocations And Emptied Its Pews Pope Hit The Mark: At Root Of Catholic Problems Is Lack of Biblical Spirituality In Initial 'Little' Reports May Be First Indications Of John Paul's Intercession As 'Gay' Paper Nears Release, Pope Nears Crossroads That May Define His Papacy Uproar Over Pope's Talk On Islam Comes At Time Of Worry Over Ramadan Terror Lost In Both Secular And Catholic Media Has Been Vatican's View Of Current Dark With Drama Of New Pope Will Also Come Drama Of Largest Active Apparition Site As Pope Makes Visit To Canada, Accounts Of His Mysticism Remain A Major Mystery E.U. Mysteriously Stumbles But Efforts At Globalization, World Religion Remain An Intellect, A Mystic, Among Greatest Of Popes, John Paul's Message Was A Simple One: Be Not Afraid, Reject Despair Pope's Astonishing Power Has Changed The World And Shown Value Of Celibacy Benedict XVI calmed rank and file during visit, but debate remains Is purification of Church underway? For First Time Since Vatican II, Momentum With Liturgy Swings To Conservatives Attacks on churches show need for revival Vatican notes: Rome and U.S. politics Does Pope aim for Church that is purer and smaller? He not the 'green Pope' but a true 'conservative' A memo to bishops: please keep on the attack Palin is lesson for Church Light radiates when we rekindle Eucharistic 'amazement' Revelation confirms 'Fatima Pope' Scandals In Church Joining Other 'Signs Of The Times' As Purification Intensifies Attacks against Church hit deep level Resistance to piety in many parishes Why priests should wear collars Time for Church to address slander Does Vatican need to react faster? Controversy points to deeper crisis Mailbag: the huge problems at Catholic colleges Pope's encyclical raises eyebrows on world order Urgent Church issues To the bishops: time for sackcloth? Order focusing on Adoration sees explosive growth Assault on 'pastors of flock' intensifies Have bishops turned 'tide'? Remedy for frightening times is found in Eucharist In Eucharist are most powerful words God speaks during the Eucharist Covered in Eucharistic protection During Mass we're part of Heavenly court Most important: asking for gift of the Holy Spirit Christmas miracle: power of the Infant Was John Paul just talking, or was he signaling a purification? N.Y. archbishop promotes 'Undoer' The 'season of judgment' In times of disarray, look to sacrament of love Of evil and media and what Church did wrong Seer had messages pertaining to Church crisis A pontiff's prophecy Vatican crisis may fuel those who doubt 'secret' Is Benedict the Pope Fatima seer saw cursed, with rocks thrown? When blind girl saw invisible Vatican forces One priest's view: the case for Communion on the tongue Church crisis: will Mary intervene again? Church must head back to spirituality The mailbag: Communion in the mouth and Communion on the hand Is England the new 'focus of evil'? Imagine pews filled as bishops heal, cast out evil Warning: the rise of the 'non-religion religion' Vatican urged to focus on miracles 'Shock' at 'drastic' Omaha suppression Mission of Church: to purge the spirits around us Pope nailed root of Church crisis Our Church and the 'spirit of Judas' Vatican files: Padre Pio suffered 'fevers' of up to 118 degrees 'Secret Vatican files' reveal that Vatican inquisitor most impressed with Padre Pio's odor of sanctity Time has come for dioceses to regain sanctity New book details Pope's mysticism Grab bag: prophecy, Church matters Follow-up: more on the incredible way Mary's House was discovered The view from here: new words at Mass must lead to further changes The view from here: after new Missal, time has come to reverse sterility of many modern churches Prophecy and persecution Time for our Church elders to 'ascend mountain' Surprising number of saints practiced 'self-mortification' Benedict XVI and a miraculous image Speculating on the Church and Antichrist As Vatican hits rough water, a vision is recalled Persist as far as necessary, when something's wrong in your parish Woman who was Satanist rails against burying St. Joseph statues To our dear hierarchy: time to head back to forget the pace of the 'world' and head back to pace of the apostles Time for our Church to defend itself from attacks Why was his resignation made on Feast Day of Lourdes? The Eucharist, suffering, and a mystic in America Peter the Roman: could it be a call back to simpler past? Saints, mystics, and even Popes prophesied about future of the Church In fascinating annals of history is proof of Church that survives all High drama as Church approaches critical crossroads A striking Pope, and perhaps a prophetic one From Malachy to Vatican experts, real prophet is Francis Will Pope Francis lead to a rekindling of the Spirit at the diocesan level? Commentary: Pope is taking aim at legalism, not traditionalists Balancing what the Pope says On eagle's wings: two mystics in spotlight Deep inside a rarefied sanctum Time for Rome to disseminate 'approved' messages? Now is the time for the Church to shed worldliness Reincarnation and a 'legion' of demons The most beautiful of Masses: our report Amazing facts about two very different pontiffs Buddhists take over three Catholic properties in Upstate New York Pope Francis: between the Rock of Peter and a hard place Look at these crosses! State of the Church Church notes: some straight talk on homilies, faith, St. Pat's Day Our Lady of La Leche Day Roiling times in world, Church Beware the trap of legalism Mystery of the first American liturgy Church turmoil Memo to the Church fathers: it is time to take a close look at homilies, music, flow of Mass Mailbag: views pro and con about a mystic's revelation about 'God the Father' 'Lord of the World': novel on the end times endorsed by Pope The titles for Mary About the Pope: can we really put a label on him? Mystery: was invocation to Mary from ancient Vikings? Mass: unfathomable Grace What the Church must do to bring back the young 'Superior' attitude that dismisses the supernatural: a Church that has strayed The view from here: Pope's remarks on visionaries The Pope and 'liberation theology' Church and Medjugorje itself said to be in 'secrets' Holy Father, quips, and keeping all sides in suspense The view from here: Francis in America Faithful seek to get a final notion of Pope's stand on hot-button issues At famous sites, old-style basilicas stand in contrast to massive modern ones When John Paul II described an apocalypse The 'holy cloak': woman recounts a rescue from death Pope's 'commemoration' of Reformation carries potential but also danger Abuse crisis was the real invasion of Satan into the Catholic Church 'Hidden' morsels in the Bible Faiths that diverge from Christianity are often based on questionable angels Papal mystery: what did he mean by 'the others'? The most popular shrine in world is... Is it 'bishop versus bishop, cardinal versus cardinal'? Sheen on wise men, knaves, and fools How to answer Protestant questions Most beautiful (and unusual) churches Even when persecuted by a wayward bishop, Pio was obedient Finding peace amid Church agitations The view from here: top issue for bishop should be empty pews Does the 'sign of peace' disrupt Mass? Lent and Easter fall on odd days this year In Upstate N.Y., psychic takes over church Prophecy: a Church in turmoil From the mail: in church, silencio Church notes: calm amid the whiplash The 'Indiana Jones' search for Peter's tomb How inscription expert tracked down bones of Peter Church watch: the gates of hell will not prevail Church crisis no surprise to those who follow prophecy Signs: devout remain firm despite 'wind' whipping through Church Real root of Church crisis: 'prince of pride' Was/is there a network of U.S. bishops involved in abuse and even ritual? Mass readings during Church crisis Pope Benedict's amazing prophecy Will crisis lead to married priests? Church's 'Armageddon': mysterious year 1955 If God first punishes Church He loves, what will happen to rest of the world? Apparitions of Mary warned U.S. bishops All Church had to have done was follow rules Church notes: the roots of the crisis The battle between two Churches Church's distance from the mystical has emptied pews Is there split between Popes? Church crisis: fall of the Pharisees? A slew of Church news bears lessons Debate on suicide homily: was it really wrong? Vision of Pope Leo XIII foresaw Church crisis Spike in abuse occurred after St. Michael prayer was suppressed Famed exorcist blamed bishops Viewpoint: abuse crisis will be solved only by purging homosexuality Pope's calling out of devil goes to heart of crisis The root of Church crisis Preaching what Christ actually did Coincidence and the Pope's visit to Fatima Dear Church: let us follow Saint Francis The critical decision to allow late priesthoods E-mail this article directly