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St. John the Baptist Carravaggio On St. John the Baptist Here is a translation of the address The Holy Father delivered today before reciting the midday Angelus with several thousand people gathered in St. Peter's Square. Second Sunday of Advent Today's Mass Readings On This Day in Catholic History 1979 Fulton J. Sheen (b. 8 May 1895), American Roman Catholic archbishop and broadcaster, died in New York City. Fulton J. Sheen official website Cause for Canonization of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen—Author, Orator and Missionary , by John A. Hardon, S.J. Life Is Worth Living free available talks in MP3 audio. Audio archive of Life Is Worth Living Birthdays 1579 - St. Martin de Porres , Peruvian saint (d. 1639) 1871 - Joe Kelley , American baseball player (d. 1943) 1909 - Douglas Fairbanks , a highly decorated naval officer of World War II and an American actor (d. 2000) 1916 - Kirk Douglas , American actor 1922 - Redd Foxx , American comedian (d. 19...

One of my favorite fall trees - Photo taken yesterday by my dear husband. Monday of the Thirty-First Week of Ordinary Time Today's Mass Readings Saint of the Day: Blessed Joan de Maille On This Day in Catholic History: 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier (Brittany). 1999 - In New Delhi Pope John Paul II began a 3 day visit to India, his first visit there in 13 years. On This Day in Pro-life History: 2003 - President Bush signed a ban on partial birth abortion, but a federal judge in Nebraska immediately blocked its implementation in some states. Birthdays: 1905 - Joel McCrea , American actor; one of the great stars of American Westerns, and a very popular leading man in non-Westerns as well (d. 1990) 1911 - Roy Rogers , American actor and singer (d. 1998) 1913 - Vivien Leigh , English actress, Gone with the Wind , 1939 (d. 1967) 1940 - Elke Sommer , German actress 1947 - Peter Noone , English actor and musician, Herman's Hermits 1952 - Bill Walton , American b...

Friday of the Twenty-Sixth Week of Ordinary Time; St. Faustina Kowalska, virgin (RM) Short Biography of St. Faustina, Apostle of Divine Mercy Today's Mass Readings On This Day in Catholic History: 869 The Fourth Constantinople Council opened. Birthdays 1520 Alessandro Cardinal Farnese , Italian cardinal and diplomat, grandson of Pope Paul III (1468–1549) (d. 2 March 1589). 1879 - Francis Peyton Rous , American pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1970) 1922 - Bil Keane , American cartoonist, ( Family Circus ) 1937 - Barry Switzer , American football coach 1951 - Karen Allen , American actress (Raiders of the Lost Ark)

From my rose bush July, 2007 Optional Memorial of St. Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr Mass Readings First Friday Today in Catholic History: 1348 - Papal bull of Pope Clement VI protecting Jews during the Black Death . 1535 - St. Thomas More , author of Utopia and one time Lord Chancellor of England, is executed for treason by King Henry VIII after refusing to agree to Henry's decision to separate the English church from the Roman Catholic church. 1980 - Pope John Paul II prays in Salvador, Brazil. Birthdays: 1747 - John Paul Jones , American naval commander (d. 1792) 1918 - Sebastian Cabot , English actor (d. 1977) (Family Affair) 1921 - Nancy Reagan , First Lady of the United States 1925 - Merv Griffin , American television show host 1931 - Della Reese , American singer (Touched By An Angel) 1937 - Ned Beatty , American actor (Rudy, 1993) 1945 - Burt Ward , American actor (Batman) 1946 - George W. Bush , 43rd President of the United States 1946 - Sylvester Stallone , America...