January 16, 2003    Thought of the Day   "A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks th' Lord wud do if He knew th' facts iv th' case."    -- Finley Peter Dunne Click on the titles to read the articles   PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR TODAY'S PRAYER REQUESTS > News From Rome   *** Vatican Calls Catholic Politicians Into Line   Vatican says 'sex-change' operation does not change person's gender   Published papal letters chronicle friendship with Polish historian   John Paul II Encourages Prayer at the Start of the Day   Papal Thought-a-Day Through Mobile Phone   *** Doctrinal Note on some questions regarding the participation of Catholics in political life   General Audience Catechesis Focusses On Psalm 119 > The Religious World   Connecticut woman plans exorcism protest   Orthodox Clergy Want Harry Potter Banned > The Battle For Life   Partial-Birth Abortions Tripled In Four Years Says Survey   New Uses Found For Unwanted Contraceptives in Philippines   European Union Dumps $81 Million On Abortion Organization   Idaho Pro-Choice Vandalism Not Treated As Hate Crime   Democrats Show They Are The 'Party Of Abortion'   Pro-Lifers Force Hospital To Withdraw Abortion Opening > Our Persecuted Brethren   Catholics in Holy Land Need Schools and Pilgrims - I have a Catholic friend in Jerusalem who has "not earned one penny" for over two years. These people desperately need our help. > News From The World Over   Marines and Chemical Experts Join U.K. Build-Up   North Korea Rejects U.S. Offers as 'Pie in the Sky'   Seoul Braced for 'Worst-Case' Korea Scenario   Bloodshed unabated in West Bank   IAEA Wants More Time on Iraq Inspections   Inspectors issue Iraq ultimatum   UN Experts in Surprise Visit to Iraq Scientists Home   Iraqi Leaves Home With U.N. Inspectors   UN condemns DR Congo cannibalism   'Systematic rape' in Sierra Leone war > US Too ...   Force of 12,000 Ready to Sail for Persian Gulf From N.C.   Bush criticizes university 'quota system'   Bush to Meet Docs on Malpractice Reform   Maximum security for shuttle launch   Video Shows Pilots After Mistaken Bombing   No Anthrax Detected at Government Mail Facility   Missing Bubonic Plague Samples Found   Americans Get 'Scrips Over the Border   Man Sets Fire to Philadelphia Apartment Building, Plunges From Balcony   3-Year-Old Boy Killed in Bus Accident > Science & Stuff   Scientists claim threatened banana is set to split > Nature's Nasties   Thousands Displaced by Floods in Malawi, Mozambique   Eight die in Tunisia floods   Fifteen Killed in Fiji by Cyclone Ami   South Asian Cold Spell Kills More Than 1,000   South Pacific Can Expect More Cyclones This Year   Mississippi River near record low > 1984 And Similar Scaries   U.S. heading toward Big Brother society   Pentagon database plan hits snag on Hill   'Smart card' for crossing border urged by CEOs > Conscienceless Companies   Family finds baby's Christmas gift uttering 'subliminal' message > Listing To The Left   Who Funds the Left? - The answer to this one may surprise you ...   The jewish case against Joe Lieberman   Students file suit over free speech   Crestview council says no to Ten Commandments, but may reconsider > Messages From Heaven?   New Word to the Prayer Warrior - ARCHIVED   Message to Fr. Melvin Doucette - ARCHIVED   Message of Holy Love - ARCHIVED   Message to Laura Zink #2210 - ARCHIVED   Message to Laura Zink #2211 - ARCHIVED   Thousands flock to church after Virgin Mary painting starts to cry > Things To Ponder   Don't Misunderestimate Bushisms; They Resignate ;-) > OOPS!   Surgery Tools Left in 1,500 People a Year > Odds And Ends   Gas Passers Sitting Happy   Unknown Caller Adds to Mystery of Ghost Ship   Penguins Puzzle San Francisco Zookeepers Back to the top