ZENIT - Partners Against Sex Trafficking; A Cure for Poverty

http://www.zenit.org/article-32622?l=english

PovertyCure Promotional Video

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxASM44gPlU&feature=youtube_gdata_mt

Pope John Paul II venerated a statue from Medjugorje that weeped blood, the Virgin of Civitavecchia

Rome Reports that John Paul II venerated a statue from Medjugorje that weeped blood.  The statue is known as the Virgin of Civitavecchia.  See full article at Rome Reports.

Charity Pay-what-you-want Panera Restaurant called a success - USATODAY.com

Panera Bread location operates as a charity
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2011-05-16-panera-pay-what-you-can_n.htm?sms_ss=email&at_xt=4dd14a29b57ede1a%2C0

Solar Phenomenon seen in Ivory Coast--Virgin Mary?

Read more about this at SpiritDaily.com

Rick Warren on Patience

God sometimes delays so you can see how patient you are.
--Rock Warren

Mother Theresa Quote on Leadership

"Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person."  - Mother Teresa

Medjugorje Conference at Notre Dame

Medjugorje Conference at Notre Dame

“Once I asked Cardinal Ratzinger what he thought about Medjugorje. He answered me that the tree is recognized by the fruits and good fruits are a sign of God’s presence! ... I have come now to thank Our Lady for this beautiful gift.”

Bishop John Evangelist Martins Terra




See more of Bishop Martins Terra's comment below, sourced from:


http://www.medjugorje.ws/en/articles/bishops-medjugorje/7

Press Bulletin: As a bishop, pastor of the Church you know that our local bishopis not favorable to these events. Does that bother you?

Bishop Martin: No, because there are also other bishops who think otherwise. I would like to recall the archbishop of Pescara who is my great friend and every year we go to the spiritual exercises in San Marino together with Fr. Gobbi. Every year spiritual exercises are organized for priests and bishops and that way also the archbishop of Pescara often comes. One time he told me that he asked the Holy Father about these events. "Holy Father what should I do when the faithful from my diocese of Pescara want often to go on pilgrimage to Medjugorje?" "What are they doing?" asked the Holy Father. "They pray and go to holy confession." "Well, isn't that good?" answered the Holy Father. I worked for ten years with the Holy Father and with Cardinal Ratzinger. Cardinal Ratzinger is a wonderful man, full of spirituality and very pleasant. Sometimes I hear it said about him that he is very strict and serious, but I think he is a man with a big heart. Once I asked him what he thinks about this movement. He answered me that the tree is recognized by the fruits, because good fruits are a sign of God's presence.

Press Bulletin: Cardinal Ratzinger told you that?

Bishop Martin: Yes.

Press Bulletin: About Medjugorje?

Bishop Martin: Yes, about Medjugorje and about Fr. Gobbi. For both movements.

The Silent Extermination of Christians in Iraq

The Silent Extermination of Christians in Iraq

Medjugorje - Our Lady's May 2, 2011 Message to Mirjana

> May 02, 2011
>
> "Dear children; God the Father is sending me to show you the way of salvation, because He, my children, desires to save you and not to condemn you. That is why I, as a mother, am gathering you around me, because with my motherly love I desire to help you to be free of the dirtiness of the past and to begin to live anew and differently. I am calling you to resurrect in my Son. Along with confession of sins renounce everything that has distanced you from my Son and that has made your life empty and unsuccessful. Say 'yes' to the Father with the heart and set out on the way of salvation to which He is calling you through the Holy Spirit. Thank you. I am especially praying for the shepherds (priests), for God to help them to be alongside you with a fullness of heart."