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Palm Sunday,..The Robe and The Passion of the Christ. Two movies which bring a special visual meaning to this day,the start of Holy Week. They are both stories of the Bible,both about the coming of Jesus Christ to redeem us, both show Christ's sufferings and His love for us. Lest we forget. The very reading of the Gospels today reflect, the true story and although THE Robe was made somewhat father back in the years,The Passion of the Christ,outstanding and magnificent in detail cannot be denied its proper respect. Mel Gibson,put it on film,brought every mystery of the rosary closer...

Despite all of this literature continuously being cranked out and the significance of the issue, in the public at large there is a serious lack of formal and broad education regarding religion and mythology, and most individuals are highly uninformed in this area. Concerning the issue of Christianity, for example, the majority of people are taught in most schools and churches that Jesus Christ was an actual historical figure and that the only controversy regarding him is that some people accept him as the Son of God and the Messiah, while others do not. However, whereas this is the raging...

"[Satan] will set up a counterchurch which will be the ape of the [Catholic] Church. . . . It will have all the notes and characteristics of the Church, but in reverse and emptied of its divine content." --Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen, 1948 The Antichrist will not be so called; otherwise he would have no followers. He will not wear red tights, nor vomit sulphur, nor carry a trident nor wave an arrowed tail as Mephistopheles in Faust. This masquerade has helped the Devil convince men that he does not exist. When no man recognizes, the more power he exercises....