The year is 1961. John Kennedy has just been inaugurated president of the United States. A Russian, Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space. American-trained Cubans invade the Bay of Pigs. East Germany begins construction of the Berlin Wall. Bill Gates is 6 years old. Three hundred people live in eighty houses in an [...]
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Padre Pio: Gift to the 20th Century
Throughout the centuries, God has granted numerous favors in the form of miracles to His church. It seems as though these come at times of greatest need, when to remain faithful to God is hardest. Certainly the twentieth century was one of those periods a time when science and affluence combined to push religion toward [...]
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