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JPII's Final Words

> Six hours before his death on April 2, Pope John Paul uttered, in Polish, his final words: “Let me go to the house of the Father.” They were “mumbled . . . in a faint voice” to Sister Tobiana, one of the Polish nuns who ran his household. > A meticulously detailed

Homosexual Homily

Catholic Insight ran a sermon about homosexual marriage. It's for Canada's situation, but it could easily be adapted to the U.S. Link [http://catholicinsight.com/online/features/samehom_doc.shtml]. Excerpt: > Let me review some of the milestones during that period that have set

More Exorcism

> It is a devil of a job but someone has to do it. Applications are invited for exorcism training at the Vatican's Rome university, the Athenaeum Pontificium Regina Apostolorum. The 10-week course includes sessions in exorcism rites, how to talk to the Devil, the tricks he uses

Something for Sunday Morning

> He who weeps and thinks of the horrors that both precede and follow death, before they actually come to pass, cannot help but have patience and humility--the two foundation stones of silence. Gregory of Sinai

Emily Rose and Exorcism Today

I didn't know it, but exorcism is making a (needed) comeback: > At the end of his weekly general audience on Wednesday, Pope Benedict XVI greeted Italian exorcists who, he disclosed, are currently holding their national convention. . . > The Roman Catholic Church has shown growing interest in exorcism

Spooky Stuff Around Set of Emilie Rose

> On the set, there were scares that weren't found in any script. "On three different nights in my hotel room, my TV came on by itself," [actress Laura] Linney says with a shiver. "Jennifer [Carpenter's] stereo did the same thing. Call it

Sounds Great

A new movie, The Exorcism of Emily Rose [http://www.theexorcismofemilyrose.com/movies/theexorcismofemilyrose/], is intended to make people think hard about demonic possession. Link [http://www.bdtonline.com/articles/2005/09/09/lifestyles/01rose.txt]. Excerpt: > The movie was inspired by the story of Anneliese Michel, a German

More Title Issues

National Catholic Reporter has run a piece [http://www.ncronline.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2005c/090905/090905a.php] on the Church ownership issue: Who owns the real estate? It's a real legal mess, but my earlier observations (link [https://thedailyeudemon.com/2168/]) appear to be borne out: The

"I Don't Hate Them Wicked Papists Any More, Either"

> Blonde bombshell Jessica Simpson has abandoned her strict Christian upbringing, admitting she rarely goes to church or reads the bible anymore. The Dukes Of Hazzard star launched her career on the Christian music circuit - backed by her Baptist minister father Joe - and famously refused to have sex

Important Symbolism

> Pope Benedict XVI is sending a personal donation to relief efforts for the victims of hurricane Katrina. > The Holy Father has dispatched Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes, the head of the pontifical charity Cor Unum, to deliver the aid and to express the Pope's sympathy to the