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Thursday 19 December 2002
Brazilian locals welcome Moon investment   
UPI  Published 12/19/2002 3:35 PM, CAMPO GRANDE, Brazil, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A recent legislative investigative report by the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul called the business activities of the Association of Families for Unification and World Peace "an excellent opportunity."
Wednesday 18 December 2002
Ambassadors for Peace Meet in Argentina to Strengthen Social and National Peace   
FFWPU  by Miguel Werner, November 30, 2002, Posted December 18, 2002
Sunday 15 December 2002
Becoming a Divine Being   
FFWPU  by Damian J. Anderson, Washington Family Church, Sunday 15 December 2002
Monday 9 December 2002
God's Fatherland and the One World   
FFWPU  Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon, Founder's Remarks, Ambassadors for Peace Conference in Kona, Hawaii December 9, 2002.
Sunday 24 November 2002
True Parents' Hoon Dok Hae and Sunday Message   
FFWPU  November 24, 2002, Translation by Rev. Dong Woo Kim, Notes by Tyler Hendricks, East Garden, Tarrytown, New York
Thursday 21 November 2002
Shamed Archbishop Marks First Mass   
Yahoo! - Associated Press  Nov 21 11:25 AM ET, By TOM RACHMAN, Associated Press Writer, CASAMARI, Italy (AP) - A Roman Catholic archbishop who embarrassed the Vatican by getting married last year took a major step back into the fold Thursday by celebrating his first public Mass since the scandal.
Shamed Zambian archbishop celebrating first Mass since marriage scandal   
Yahoo! - Associated Press  Nov 21 10:30 AM ET, By TOM RACHMAN, Associated Press Writer, CASAMARI, Italy - A Zambian archbishop who embarrassed the Catholic Church by getting married last year, only to reject the union and then disappear from view, took a major step back into the fold Thursday by celebrating his first public Mass since the scandal.
Shamed Archbishop Rejoins Fold   
Yahoo! - Associated Press  Thu Nov 21, 5:32 AM ET, By TOM RACHMAN, Associated Press Writer, VATICAN CITY (AP) - A Roman Catholic archbishop who embarrassed church leaders by getting married was to take a major step back into the fold Thursday by celebrating his first public Mass since the scandal.
Wednesday 20 November 2002
World Education University to train and raise world leaders   
FFWPUI  by Che-hui Lee, National Messiah to Canada
Monday 18 November 2002
United Native American Council Newsletter - November 2002   
United Native American Council  by Linda Lucero Cornier, Monday 18 November 2002
Volunteers needed for Educational Programs for the Developing World   
World University Feredation  by Gregory Breland, Monday 18 November 2002
Friday 15 November 2002
Vatican gives Milingo the okay   
Reuters  November 15, 2002 11:00 PM, By Philip Pullella, VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican has given official approval to Emmanuel Milingo, the African archbishop who shocked Catholics last year by marrying in the Rev Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, saying he could return to his duties.
Disgraced Archbishop to Hold Mass   
Yahoo! - AP  By NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press Writer - VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Zambian archbishop who scandalized the Catholic Church by getting married last year will celebrate his first public Mass next week since returning to active duty, the Vatican said Friday
Vatican Announces Controversial Archbishop's Return to Public Life
Archbishop Milingo to Celebrate Mass on November 21
  
Zenit  VATICAN CITY, NOV. 15, 2002 (Zenit.org).- Next week, Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo will again take up his public engagements in a small town near Rome, a Vatican press statement reported.
Teachers for Sun Moon University   
Sun Moon University  by Lynne Kim, Sun Moon University.
Thursday 14 November 2002
Tour of the Fatherland for Representatives from Japan and the USA   
FFWPU 
Sunday 10 November 2002
True Parents' Hoon Dok Hae and Sunday Message   
FFWPU  November 10, 2002 5 am, Translation by Rev. Jeong Phyo Hong, Notes by Tyler Hendricks, East Garden, Tarrytown, New York
Friday 8 November 2002
True Parents' Arrival and Joyful Gathering   
FFWPU  November 8, 2002 10 am, Translation by Rev. Jeong Phyo Hong, Notes by Tyler Hendricks, East Garden, Tarrytown, New York
Wednesday 6 November 2002
My Journey in Life: Timely Guidance for Today's Teens   
International Educational Foundation, Russia  by Robert Beebe, International Educational Foundation, Russia.
Monday 4 November 2002
WFWP's African Extravaganza Raises Funds to Build High School in Mozambique   
Los Angeles Sentinel  by Kathy Williamson, Los Angeles Sentinel
Ambassadors for Peace in Los Angeles   
FFWPU  by Rev. Michael Jenkins, FFWPU, Monday 4 November 2002
Friday 1 November 2002
New site dedicated to the Messages from Spirit World   
FFWPU  by Derk van Dorsten, Friday 1 November 2002
Father Speaks at the Meeting for International Couples in Korea   
FFWPU  Speech from June 23, 2002, Cheong Pyeong Heaven and Earth Training Center, Posted Friday 1 November 2002
Thursday 31 October 2002
To All NHSI (New Hope Singers International) Alumni   
FFWPU  by Carol McCarthy, Thursday 31 October 2002
Tuesday 29 October 2002
Reflections of the opening of the Ministers' workshop   
FFWPU  by Rev. Mary Anglin, Tuesday 29 October 2002
Reflections of the first full day of the Ministers' workshop   
FFWPU  by Rev. Mary Anglin, Tuesday 29 October 2002
Ministers' Workshop - Reflections from The Final Day   
FFWPU  by Rev. Mary Anglin, Tuesday 29 October 2002
Monday 21 October 2002
To all people interested in teaching at Sun Moon   
FFWPU  Dear Brothers and Sisters, Thank you so much for showing interest in teaching at Sun Moon University. Forty-four people have responded so far from all around the world. I have additional information about visa requirements which I am afraid will disappoint some of you, but I hope you will keep the university in your hearts and prayers even if you can not teach here now.
Saturday 19 October 2002
Update on the "Rally" - Resolution for the Completed Settlement of Cheon Il Guk   
FFWPU Washington DC  by Dr. Chang Shik Yang
Thursday 17 October 2002
Rally for the Harmony and Unity of Heaven and Earth   
FFWPU Washington DC  by Dr. Chang Shik Yang
Tuesday 15 October 2002
Time for Prayer and Rededication   
FFWPU Washington DC  from Rev. Michael Jenkins.
New York Ambassadors For Peace and Rally to affirm Resolution form Jesus and the Saints   
FFWPU Washington DC  from Rev. Michael Jenkins.
Unification Church plan raises fears on Big Island   
The Honolulu Advertiser  By Hugh Clark, Advertiser Big Island Bureau, The Honolulu Advertiser, KEAHOLE, Hawai'i -- Plans by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church to establish a boarding high school in North Kona have raised alarms about zoning issues and the organization's potential influence on the community.
Monday 7 October 2002
True Parents' directions concerning Hoondokhae   
FFWPU HQ Korea  from Sun Jo Hwang, President of FFWPU International
Thursday 3 October 2002
Teachers for Sun Moon University   
Sun Moon University  From March 2003 Sun Moon University will need 10 new native-level English speaker English Conversation teachers. The minimum requirement for the teachers will be a Bachelor's degree in any field. The hoped for, ideal qualifications would be a master's degree in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages) or TFL (Teaching Foreign Languages). PhDs would of course be welcome, but the position is a teaching position, not a research position, and it is not on a tenure track.
Fall 2002 Educators' Conference at UTS   
World CARP  Brian Sabourin, Posted October 3, 2002, Dear Educator, Thank you for your interest in the upcoming Fall 2002 Educators Conference. As a result of Hyun Jin Nim's Kodiak educators' workshop, there has been a groundswell of requests for more information about the educational material that was shared in that workshop.
Wednesday 2 October 2002
Project of S. Korea-Japan undersea tunnel grabs new spotlight   
Yonhap  SEOUL, Oct 2, 2002 - The possibility of building a tunnel under the sea between South Korea and Japan has emerged again. A five-member Japanese delegation paid a visit last month to South Gyeongsang Gov. Kim Hyuk-kyu and briefed the southeastern provincial government on the neighboring country's plans for the undersea tunnel.
Brazilian government may expropriate "moonie" lands   (Spanish)
Agencia EFE  Story Filed: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 1:49 PM EST, Rio de Janeiro, Oct 01, 2002 (EFE via COMTEX) -- The Brazilian government is attempting to confiscate 16 rural estates owned by the church founded and headed by South Korean Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the press reported Tuesday.
Moon's Followers Defend The Washington Times   (English)
Toogood Reports News & Politics  By Cliff Kincaid, My essay about Washington Times founder Sun Myung Moon´s pro-U.N. activities generated a fanatical response from his followers. One said, "Who the heck do you think you are misrepresenting Rev. Moon? I am shocked that you would be out to get him with your outright lies and misrepresentation. Do you get some special deranged pleasure in that. Are you a journalistic terrorist? What kind of hell are you trying to bring to this world?"
Return of the prodigal son   (English)
The Guardian - UK  An unorthodox cleric who deserted the Vatican for the Moonies has been welcomed back into the fold, writes Philip Willan -- Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, the Zambian faith healer who ran off and married a Moonie, sealed his reconciliation with the Roman Catholic church and Italian society this week by appearing on an influential television talk show to say he was sorry.
Arzobispo Milingo regresa a Italia y dice que nunca fue prisionero del Vaticano   
ElTiempo.com - Colombia  Bogotá, miércoles 2 de octubre de 2002, Vea en eltiempo.com, Septiembre 30 de 2002, María Sung, la mujer con la que se casó el prelado de Zambia, que luego no reconoció la unión matrimonial, había acusado a la Santa Sede de hacer que él se alejara de ella y de mantenerlo recluido contra su voluntad.
Tuesday 1 October 2002
Brazil to confiscate land owned by Moon followers   
Deutsche Presse-Agentur  Rio de Janeiro - The Brazilian government has targeted for expropriation more than 10,000 hectares of land belonging to the Unification Church, headed by Reverend Sun Myung Moon, because the land is fallow and could be better used, a newspaper report said Tuesday.
Milingo admits 'mistakes,' is given church   
United Press International  By Eric J. Lyman, From the International Desk, Published 10/1/2002 11:16 AM, ROME, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Catholic Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, who created a scandal when he married a South Korean woman last year, will start his new Catholic ministry in a village outside of Rome late this month, Vatican officials said Tuesday.
Archbishop Will Not See Woman He Wed   
Yahoo! - Associated Press  Mon Sep 30,10:15 PM ET - ROME (AP) - A Zambian archbishop who scandalized the Catholic Church by getting married last year only to later renounce the union, said after a yearlong secret retreat he is not ready to see his one-time wife.
Monday 30 September 2002
Senate candidate Sanders accuses opponent Graham of misleading voters   
The Greenville News (Greenville, South Carolina)  Posted Monday, September 30, 2002 - 7:40 pm, By Dan Hoover, STAFF WRITER, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alex Sanders criticized Republican opponent Lindsey Graham Monday for using "inaccurate information" from a conservative newspaper in a new ad to "mislead voters" on what Graham's Social Security plan would accomplish.
Thursday 26 September 2002
Married Archbishop Returns to Italy   
Yahoo! - Associated Press  Thu Sep 26, 1:40 PM ET, By FRANCES D'EMILIO, Associated Press Writer, VATICAN CITY (AP) - A Zambian archbishop who was threatened with excommunication for marrying a South Korean woman in a group ceremony led by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon has returned to Italy after a year in seclusion and will take up his ministry soon, a top Vatican official said Thursday.
International Day of Peace Celebrated through Service   
Religious Youth Service / Service for Peace  On September 21st an IIFWP Ambassadors for Peace initiative took place in Harlem, New York with the support of twenty volunteers from the Religious Youth Service (RYS), Service for Peace and the Martin Luther King Community Center. Volunteers from New Jersey and New York and as far away as Washington DC joined hands with local community members in cleaning, planting and beautifying both vegetable and flower gardens in the Harlem Housing Project.
Wednesday 25 September 2002
Barrytown NY Workshop with Hyun Jin Moon   
FFWPU  As a result of Hyun Jin Nim´s recent workshops in Kodiak, Alaska, there has been a groundswell of requests for more information about the educational material that was shared in that workshop and how this integrates into our educational efforts in general.
UPI announces new chief executive   
United Press International  WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- United Press International announced Wednesday that Dr. Chung Hwan Kwak has been named chairman, chief executive officer and president of the 95-year-old news service.
Sem-Terra ameaçam fazenda do reverendo Moon em Campo Grande   (Portuguese)
GloboNews  (English translation) CAMPO GRANDE - Cerca de 30 famílias de trabalhadores sem-terra estăo acampadas, desde domingo, na entrada da Fazenda Aruană, de propriedade da Associaçăo das Famílias para a Unificaçăo e Paz Mundial, liderada pelo reverendo Sun Myung Moon. A propriedade está entre as 16 fazendas da Associaçăo que foram vistoriadas no męs passado pelo Incra (Instituto Nacional de Colonizaçăo e Reforma Agrária).
Saturday 21 September 2002
God's Fatherland and the One World   
FFWPU  Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon, 21 September 2002, Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace, Governance and the Role of Religion in Peace and Security: Toward an Interreligious Council at the United Nations.
Friday 20 September 2002
True Mother Tour Report - Washington, D.C.   
FFWPU  By Rev. Michael Jenkins, Friday 20 September 2002, The Washington, DC kickoff for True Mother's 12 city North American tour was a great success, with many outstanding individuals coming to receive their appointment as an Ambassador for Peace.
Wednesday 18 September 2002
Letter to NY Daily News   
ACLC  Archbishop G. Augustus Stallings, Chairman of the Executive Committee, American Clergy Leadership Conference -- The following letter was sent to the NY Daily News, in response to the September 15th article "500 Followers of Moon Rise and Shout, 'We Do.'" A similar letter was sent to the NY Post regarding its article "Moonies Tie 200 Knots in City."
Tuesday 17 September 2002
Grand Jury Adds Sex Charge In Byrne Murder Case   
GoCarolinas.com - Associated Press  CHARLOTTE, Sept. 17 -- A grand jury has added a sex charge against a Charlotte man charged with strangling a Unification Church member who was killed while soliciting donations in an apartment complex.
Archbishop Wanted to Shock Vatican   
Yahoo! - Associated Press  World - AP Europe, Tue Sep 17, 3:43 PM ET, By FRANCES D'EMILIO, Associated Press Writer VATICAN CITY (AP) - A Zambian archbishop who was threatened with excommunication for marrying a South Korean woman in a group ceremony led by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon says he went through with the wedding to shock the Vatican.
10 'ambassadors for peace' are recognized   
The Washington Times  By George Archibald, Hak Ja Han Moon called on several hundred "ambassadors for peace" yesterday to join the cause for unity in the world. Mrs. Moon, the wife of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon and the founder and president of the Women's Federation for World Peace, spoke to an audience of 750 persons at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, the first stop of a 12-city tour to recruit "ambassadors" for the effort.
Monday 16 September 2002
The Origin of Peace is God   
FFWPU  by Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon. Speech from her speaking tour in the USA, September 16, 2002, Washington DC.
Culture of Heart workshop   
World CARP  Joshua Cotter, President, W-CARP USA A condensed version of the recent 2-week workshop in Alaska with Hyun Jin Nim is available September 20-22 in the rolling heights of the Pocono Mountains, filled with wild deer and bears.
Sunday 15 September 2002
I Won't Stand in Milingo's Way - Sung   
The Post (Lusaka)  September 15, 2002, Sheikh Chifuwe, I won't stand in the way of Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, said his estranged wife Maria Sung yesterday. Commenting on Archbishop Milingo's statement declaring lack of interest in her, Sung blamed the Catholic Church for 'perpetuating lies' about Milingo's condition and their marriage.
500 followers of Moon rise and shout, 'We do'   
New York Daily News  New York Daily News, By FERNANDA SANTOS, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER, [Photo] Moonies Over Manhattan: The newly mass-married convene yesterday in New York. - There came the brides - all 250 of them. And if some didn't look ecstatic at the prospect of starting married life, it may be because many of the couples who tied the knot in New York's Manhattan Center yesterday had only just met. "I feel good," said Aissatou Fofana, 41, the corners of her lips quivering as she flashed a nervous smile.
Moonies tie 200 knots in city   
New York Post  New York Post, Regional News, By SARAH GILBERT, September 15, 2002 -- Love - which for some was at first sight - was in the air in Manhattan yesterday as some 200 couples wed at a mass marriage ceremony sponsored by Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church.
Friday 13 September 2002
Milingo Has No Interest in Sung   
The Post (Lusaka)  September 13, 2002, Sheikh Chifuwe, MARIA Sung is free to marry another man, said Catholic Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo yesterday. According to Archbishop Milingo's brother, Martin Chilumbu, Milingo told him during a more than 30 minutes long telephone conversation from Argentina where he is on retreat that he was no longer interested in Sung.
Muslim-Christian Couples to Wed in 9/11 Healing Ceremony   
U.S. Newswire  13 Sep 9:25, Muslim-Christian Couples to Wed in Interfaith Ceremony for Healing and Reconciliation; Marriages Commemorate 9/11,
WHAT: Stand for Family, Save the Nation, Heal the World! - Muslim-Christian Couples will wed as centerpiece of Interreligious Marriage Blessing and Rededication Ceremony. Event will link to ceremonies nationwide via internet broadcast. Commemorative Symposium: The Root causes of 9-11, the Role of Religion, and Proposals for Peace will precede the Blessing event in the morning.
Interreligious Couples Marry to 'Heal the World'   
U.S. Newswire  13 Sep 9:49, Interreligious Couples Marry to 'Heal the World,' Commemorate 9-11 and Affirm Marriage and Family as the Only Lasting Basis for Peace, Among the many moving and significant events to commemorate the anniversary of September 11, among the most striking will be an interreligious marriage ceremony, highlighting Muslim-Christian couples who will wed in a statement of reconciliation to commemorate the tragedy of September 11, 2001.
Thursday 12 September 2002
Milingo, non per amore ma per scisma   
quotidiano.net  Arriva in libreria «Il pesce ripescato dal fango» (Edizioni San Paolo), «autobiografia» di monsignor Emmanuel Milingo, frutto delle conversazioni del vescovo con Michele Zanzucchi. Ne anticipiamo alcuni stralci.
Clarification of Terminology Used in "Clouds of Witnesses: The Saints' Testimonies"   
FFWPU  Prepared by the FFWPU in conjunction with Christian scholars, pastors and theologians.
Wednesday 11 September 2002
Milingo: 'Am Rande des Abgrunds wurde ich gerettet'   
Katholischer Nachrichtendienst  Chronik 11. September 2002, 10:45, Die "Bekenntnisse" des umstrittenen Bischofs wurden jetzt als Buch veröffentlicht Rom (kath.net/Zenit.org) Erzbischof Emmanuel Milingo schreibt in seinem jüngst veröffentlichten Autobiographie, er sei das Opfer eines "Komplotts" der Moonsekte geworden, welche seine Hochzeit mit einer Unbekannten organisiert habe.
Tuesday 10 September 2002
Police: Suspect confessed to murder of Unification Church member   
Associated Press  TIM WHITMIRE, Associated Press Writer, CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A Unification Church member killed while soliciting donations in an apartment complex was sexually assaulted and strangled, according to police.
Evans confesses to slaying, police say
Bond refused for oft-jailed Charlottean in killing, robbery of church worker from Seattle
  
The Charlotte Observer  Posted on Tue, Sep. 10, 2002, GARY L. WRIGHT AND MELISSA MANWARE, Staff Writers, Eugene DeMorris Evans, who has been in and out of jail the past year, has confessed to robbing, sexually assaulting and killing an 18-year-old Seattle church worker who was soliciting donations in Charlotte, a homicide detective said Monday.
Monday 9 September 2002
Police: Suspect Confessed to Murder   
Yahoo! - Associated Press  Mon Sep 9, 5:25 PM ET - CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A man has confessed to robbing, sexually assaulting and killing an 18-year-old Unification Church member who disappeared while soliciting donations door-to-door, police said Monday.
An RYS update on a peace initiative in Indonesia   
Religious Youth Service  John Gehring, Monday 9 September 2002, During the summer of 2002 the IIFWP has been very active in the field of public service and the Religious Youth Service (RYS) has provided an important element to that public outreach. This worldwide summer of service included RYS projects in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, New Zealand, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Indonesia and joint projects with the IRFF in Albania and Zambia.
Archbishop confesses all on Moon marriage   
Reuters - UK  Mon Sep 9, 7:17 AM ET, By Philip Pullella, VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Emmanuel Milingo, the archbishop who shocked Catholics by marrying in Rev Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, says he may have been brainwashed.
Sunday 8 September 2002
Announcement of new website for matching "Jacob Children"   
FFWPU  Sunday 8 September 2002, Jim Stephens, In the Unification Church many couples have joined who already had children. These children have been raised in the traditions of True Parents and Divine Principle, usually along side Second Generation Blessed Children.
Friday 6 September 2002
Church-backed school before planners   
West Hawaii Today  By BOBBY COMMAND/ West Hawaii Today, A controversial plan to establish a boarding high school in North Kona financed by the Unification Church will be unveiled today before the county Planning Commission. The commission meets at 9 a.m. today at the Ohana Keauhou Beach Resort to discuss this and other matters before the public.
Saturday 31 August 2002
Man accused in slaying was on probation
Church officials trying to learn what went wrong in fund-raising
  
The Charlotte Observer  Friends of an 18-year-old Seattle church worker slain on a mission trip to Charlotte grieved Friday as church officials planned a meeting in Washington to examine their fund-raising practices and the man accused of killing her was held without bond.
Friday 30 August 2002
Young Church Solicitor Killed   
Yahoo! - Associated Press  Fri Aug 30,10:40 AM ET - CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A Seattle teenager who was knocking on doors to offer costume jewelry in exchange for donations to the Unification Church was found dead in an apartment, and a 21-year-old neighbor was charged with murder, police said.
Charlotte man charged with killing teen   
The Charlotte Observer  Friday, Aug 30, 2002, MELISSA MANWARE AND ERIC FRAZIER, Staff Writers, Late Thursday, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police charged a west Charlotte man with killing a Seattle teenager who disappeared while soliciting door-to-door for her church.
Seattle teen on trip with church is found dead   
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer  Friday, August 30, 2002, By MIKE LEWIS AND DAVID EGGERT, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTERS, A Seattle teenager on a church fund-raising mission was found dead yesterday near a Charlotte, N.C., apartment complex where she had been canvassing for money.
Woman on church mission found dead in vacant Charlotte apartment
Man charged with murder, kidnapping, and robbery
  
NBC6.com  08/30/2002
By AMY LEHTONEN / nbc6.com
A west Charlotte man is in police custody, charged with the murder of a teenager who was visiting Charlotte to raise money for her Seattle church.
Eugene DeMorris Evans, 21, is also charged with kidnapping and robbery in the death of Jin-Joo Byrne, 18, of Seattle, Washington.
Seattle teen killed on mission in North Carolina
Man charged with murder, kidnapping, and robbery
  
The Seattle Times  Friday, August 30, 2002, By Bob Young, Seattle Times staff reporter. A woman is disturbed after leaving a Charlotte, N.C., apartment where the body of a missing Seattle woman was found yesterday. Jin-Joo Byrne, 18, had traveled to Charlotte to raise donations for the Unification Church. A Seattle teenager who went to North Carolina to raise door-to-door donations for the Unification Church in exchange for costume jewelry was found dead yesterday afternoon in a vacant Charlotte apartment.
Thursday 29 August 2002
The Report on the Seminar in the Spirit World for 120 Communists   
FFWPU  April 18 to May 9, 2002, Sent from the spiritual world by Dr. Sang Hun Lee, Reporter: Young Soon Kim. Posted Thursday 29 August 2002
Monday 26 August 2002
Update on the Blessing Activity and the Clouds of Witnesses   
FFWPU  Monday 26 August 2002, Rev. Michael Jenkins
Friday 23 August 2002
Top Vatican official: Milingo's at peace in Argentina and will return to Italy soon   
Associated Press - Yahoo! News  Fri Aug 23,10:27 AM ET - VATICAN CITY - A Zambian archbishop threatened with excommunication for marrying a South Korean woman is in Argentina, where he has made peace with himself and his Church, a top Vatican official said in interviews Friday.
Thursday 22 August 2002
Moonies ordered to compensate for three forced marriages   
Japan Today  Thursday, August 22, 2002 at 09:30 JST - TOKYO -- The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday ordered the Unification Church to pay about 9.2 million yen in damages to three former followers for illegally enticing and forcing them into marriage against their will.
A personal testimony: Shedding daily tears of repentance and love, that we may build a world of peace ...   
FFWPU  Posted Thursday 22 August 2002 - by Chantal Masuda
Tuesday 20 August 2002
Protest at Vatican against disappearance of married archbishop   
Associated Press - Yahoo! News  Tue Aug 20,12:35 PM ET - VATICAN CITY - A small liberal party protested at the edge of St. Peter's Square on Tuesday against the Vatican's seclusion of a Zambian archbishop who shocked the Church by marrying a South Korean woman last year, then backed out of the marriage after being threatened by excommunication.
Saturday 17 August 2002
Letter From Hell   
Izvestiya (Moscow)  Translated from an original article in Russian.
Monday 1 July 2002
A Cloud of Witnesses: The Saints' Testimonies to the True Parents   
FFWPU  Unification News for July 2002
Saturday 1 June 2002
Registration deadline for Camp Sunrise 2002 extended to June 15th   (English)
FFWPU  Brian Sabourin, Saturday 1 June 2002
Friday 31 May 2002
Married Bishop to Resume Ministry   (English)
Yahoo! - Associated Press  Fri May 31, 3:24 PM ET, VATICAN CITY (AP) - An African archbishop who embarrassed the Roman Catholic Church by marrying a South Korean acupuncturist last year is preparing to resume his ministry, a Vatican official told an Italian magazine.
World Cup Fever Reaches the Buddhist Temples   (English)
Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg)  "Let's go and watch the soccer," says Han, a Korean trainee Buddhist priest as he jumps down the steps of the temple and makes towards the dormitory block. ... It is not just the Buddhist orders who take football seriously. Another religious group, the Unification Church (better known as the Moonies), under the leadership of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon and his wife, have an interest in a professional football team. Under "Projects initiated by the Rev Moon", the church's official website lists Ilhwa Chunma soccer team, champions of Korea's K League.
I lavori nella casa di Zagarolo   (Italian)
Il Tempo  LA Santa Sede avrebbe trovato la ditta cui affidare i lavori di ristrutturazione della piccola casa di Zagarolo, dove Milingo sarebbe dovuto tornare.
Amorth: denuncerň il Vaticano
L'esorcista teme che all'amico sia proibito di muoversi liberamente
  (Italian)
Il Tempo  DENUNCERO' il Vaticano all'Alta Corte di giustizia pur di rivedere il mio amico Milingo. Don Gabriele Amorth, l'esorcista ufficiale della diocesi di Roma, non se la sente di lasciare Milingo da solo e teme per la sua salute.
Monsignor Milingo non tornerŕ piů in Italia   (Italian)
Il Tempo  di DAVID MURGIA, Il suo rientro era previsto dopo la Pentecoste. Si teme che la sua conversione non sia completa. Il Vaticano ha stabilito che il vescovo esorcista rimarrŕ per sempre nel luogo dove ha trascorso «l'anno sabbatico» in preghiera
CENSURA - Le lettere dei seguaci sono state «filtrate»   (Italian)
Il Tempo  MOLTISSIME lettere sono state scritte in questi mesi dai fedeli di Milingo. Se ne contano a centinaia, spedite da benefattori e devoti. L'arcivescovo di Lusaka non puň perň scrivere e ricevere corrispondenza visto che tutto č «filtrato» dalla congregazione della dottrina della fede a cui č stato affidato il caso.
Tuesday 28 May 2002
Announcement of Second Generation Blessing   (English)
FFWPU  by Jim Stephens, Tuesday 28 May 2002
Wednesday 22 May 2002
Dr. Laura Takes On Media Establishment   (English)
Newsmax.com  Wednesday, May 22, 2002 12:01 p.m. EDT - "We write for each other." That candid comment to Dr. Laura Schessinger from a mainstream journalist says all you need to know about the herd mentality of the establishment media.
Glasses raised high for Times' 20th   (English)
The Washington Times  May 22, 2002 - By Ellen Sorokin, The Washington Times - The Washington Times threw a party last night celebrating its 20th anniversary at a gala to a packed house at the Washington Hilton.
Moon, guests celebrate 20th anniversary of The Washington Times   (English)
Yahoo! News - Associated Press  Wed May 22,11:29 AM ET - WASHINGTON - The Rev. Sun Myung Moon and a crowd of 3,000 celebrated the 20th anniversary of the newspaper he founded, The Washington Times, in the nation's capital.
Wash. Times Celebrates Anniversary   (English)
Yahoo! News - Associated Press  U.S. National - Wed May 22,11:20 AM ET - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Rev. Sun Myung Moon and a crowd of 3,000 celebrated the 20th anniversary of The Washington Times, which he founded.
Moon Eclipses Birthday Bash For Times   (English)
The Washington Post  By Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Staff Writer, Wednesday, May 22, 2002; Page C01 - What do you call a gathering of 3,000 people, a self-aggrandizing lecture by Dr. Laura Schlessinger and an hour-long sermon from the Rev. Sun Myung Moon? The Washington Times 20th-anniversary bash.
Moon Speech Raises Old Ghosts as the Times Turns 20  (English)
The Washington Post  At Tuesday night's celebration of the Washington Times' 20th anniversary, its founder, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, gripped a podium at the Washington Hilton and delivered an impassioned, hour-long evangelical sermon in Korean saying he established the newspaper "in response to heaven's direction."
Tuesday 21 May 2002
Freedom, Family and Faith - The Role of the Media in the 21st Century   (English)
FFWPU  Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon, May 21, 2002, 20th Anniversary of the Washington Times Banquet Hilton Washington Hotel, International Ballroom
The Life of Jesus as Seen from God's Will, and God's Warning to the Present Age, the Period of the Last Days   (English)
FFWPU  Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon, May 21, 2002, 20th Anniversary of the Washington Times Banquet Hilton Washington Hotel, International Ballroom
Sunday 19 May 2002
Save Cleeve House   (English)
FFWPU - UK  Sunday, May 19, 2002 - by Andrew Johnson
Happy Birthday, Washington Times!   (English)
NewsMax.com  Sunday, May 19, 2002 - It was as badly needed in Washington as a cure for cancer is needed in the world, but its arrival on the scene was, as its editor Wes Pruden wrote, scarcely "celebrated by a press establishment grown smug and complacent."
Tuesday 14 May 2002
Unification Church under siege in Brazil   (English)
World Net Daily  By John Waggoner - RIO DE JANEIRO -- Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church which owns real estate and other assets in Brazil thought to be worth nearly $250 million is facing a major investigation here for alleged money laundering, tax evasion and abetting illegal immigration.
Friday 17 May 2002
Commentary: The Washington Times at 20   (English)
United Press International  By Arnaud de Borchgrave, UPI Editor at Large, From the Washington Politics & Policy Desk, Published 5/17/2002 3:36 PM, WASHINGTON, May 17 (UPI) -- A long-forgotten disaster struck Washington 21 years ago. With the demise of The Washington Star, the world's most important capital was reduced to a single newspaper -- the liberal Washington Post.
Letter to CARP Alumni   (English)
World CARP  by Joshua Cotter, President, W-CARP USA, Tuesday 14 May 2002
Thursday 9 May 2002
Seita do reverendo Moon é suspeita de sonegar US$ 12 milhőes no Brasil   (Portuguese)
CNN - Brazil  CNN.com.br - Brasil - 9 de maio, 2002 - Ŕs 9:42 AM hora de Brasília (1242 GMT) - RIO DE JANEIRO (CNN) -- A seita do polęmico reverendo sul-coreano Sun Myung Moon, que vem sendo investigada nos últimos meses pela Polícia Federal (PF) e pelo Ministério da Fazenda do Brasil, é suspeita de sonegar cerca de US$ 12 milhőes em impostos. (English translation)
Wednesday 8 May 2002
Federal authorities raid offices linked to Sun Myung Moon   (English)
Yahoo! News - Associated Press  Wed May 8,12:31 AM ET, By MICHAEL ASTOR, Associated Press Writer, RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Federal police carried out a series of raids seizing documents and computers linked to Rev. Sun Myung Moon's organization in Brazil, officials said.
Brazilian police raid Moon organization   (English)
United Press International  From the International Desk, Published 5/8/2002 8:02 PM, SAO PAULO, Brazil, May 8 (UPI) -- Brazilian federal authorities have raided holdings belonging to the Association of Families for Unification and World Peace --- an organization founded by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon --- and have seized computers and documents on suspicion of tax evasion and immigration violations, authorities told United Press International on Wednesday.
Unification Church in trouble with tax authorities in Brazil   (English)
National Public Radio (NPR)  All Things Considered (9:00 PM ET) - NPR - May 8, 2002 Wednesday ANCHORS: JOHN YDSTIE; LIANE HANSEN - REPORTERS: MARTIN KASTE - JOHN YDSTIE, host: - National Public Radio (NPR) May 8, 2002 Wednesday
Monday 6 May 2002
Camp Sunrise 2002   (English)
FFWPU  by Brian Sabourin, Monday 6 May 2002
Washington DC Blessed Children Seeking BC Pen Pals Abroad   (English)
FFWPU  by David Pelton, Monday 6 May 2002
Letter to CARP Alumni   (English)
World CARP  by Joshua Cotter, President, W-CARP USA , Monday 6 May 2002
Letter to college students   (English)
World CARP  by Joshua Cotter, President, W-CARP USA , Monday 6 May 2002
Friday 3 May 2002
Le retour du révérend Moon   (French)
L'Express - France  Corée : la péninsule divisée - L'Express du 25/04/2002 - par notre correspondante Julia Dion
Wednesday 1 May 2002
Letter to the Washington DC Family Church   (English)
FFWPU  Rev. Mike Jenkins, Wednesday 1 May 2002
Letter To the American Family Church on Foundation Day 2002   (English)
FFWPU  Rev. Mike Jenkins, Wednesday 1 May 2002
Monday 29 April 2002
Seoul's gamble on North Korea   (English)
The New York Times - International Herald Tribune  James Brooke, Monday, April 29, 2002
Twee kranten, twee versies VS aanval op Irak - 'Deze zomer' of 'volgend jaar'?   (Dutch)
NRC Handelsblad  Door onze correspondent Marc Chavannes - WASHINGTON, 29 APRIL
Sunday 28 April 2002
Clergy renew wedding vows   (English)
The Washington Times  April 28, 2002, By Larry Witham
Saturday 27 April 2002
700 Couples in marriage ceremony   (English)
United Press International  By Julia Watson, From the Life & Mind Desk, Published 4/27/2002 8:05 PM
WEBCAST - Interreligious and International 144,000 Clergy Couples Blessing and Rededication Ceremony   (English)
FFWPU  Blessing ceremony of 144,000 clergy couples officiated by Rev. and Mrs. Sun Myung Moon, Sheraton National Hotel, Arlington, Virginia, USA.
Fri 26 Apr 2002
ANALYSIS / Ruling camp shuns Yamasaki  (English)
Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Shimbun | Taku Yamasaki, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, is confronting his most serious crisis si...
Thu 25 Apr 2002
Yamasaki sues magazine over affair allegation  (English)
Japan Times Ruling Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Taku Yamasaki on Wednesday filed a criminal complaint and a lawsuit against...
04/24 19:01 U.S. Cardinals Agree on Removal of Abusive Priests (Update3)  (English)
Bloomberg Vatican City, April 24 (Bloomberg) -- Any Roman Catholic priest found to be a serial sexual abuser of children would be expel...
Wednesday 24 April 2002
Nolan review ensures that British children are safer  (English)
The Times SOME senior Roman Catholics in Britain are concerned that neither Boston’s Cardinal Bernard Law nor any of the other American...
Válságtanácskozás a Vatikánban  (Hungarian)
Magyar Hírlap Tizenhárom bíboros és püspök érkezett az Egyesült Államokból a Vatikánba, ahol tegnap kétnapos rendkívüli csúcsértekezlet kez...
Monday 22 April 2002
Religious Youth Service - Upcoming Projects - 2002   (English)
RYS  by John Gehring
Friday 19 April 2002
Bischof Milingo kehrt nach Zwangsexil nach Italien zurück  (German) - English translation
Berliner Morgenpost SAD Rom - Bischof Emmanuel Milingo (72), der im vergangenen Jahr nach seiner nach dem Ritus der Moon-Sekte geschlossenen Ehe ...
Friday 19 April 2002
National Won Jeon Shrine   (English)
FFWPU  by William Selig, Friday 19 April 2002
Thursday 18 April 2002
Buying Brazil   (English)
The Scotsman  Scotsman.com - Scottish News direct from Scotland - Thursday, 18th April 2002
Friday 12 April 2002
Foundation Sets Date for Music Awards   (English)
The Herald (Harare)  April 12, 2002, Entertainment Reporter
Tuesday 9 April 2002
State authorities investigating Moon's Brazilian operations   (English)
Yahoo! News - Associated Press  Tue Apr 9, 4:45 PM ET, By MICHAEL ASTOR, Associated Press Writer
Monday 8 April 2002
Pyonghwa Builds NK Auto Plant   (English)
Hoover's UK  April 7, 2002 6:40am
Saturday 6 April 2002
N. Korea to Open Dialogue With U.S.   (English)
Yahoo! News - Associated Press  Sat Apr 6, 8:48 AM ET, By JAE-SUK YOO, Associated Press Writer
Friday 5 April 2002
The Holy Father speaks at Hoon Dok Hae   (English)
FFWPU  Rev. Sun Myung Moon speaks at East Garden
Thursday 4 April 2002
Ceremony for the Total Liberation of 6,000 Years of Providential History   (English)
FFWPU  Rev. Sun Myung Moon speaks at East Garden
Wednesday 3 April 2002
Dođruyu yazdýk, suçlu olduk   (Turkish)
Genç Hürriyetim  Wednesday 3 April 2002
Blessing update: Father matches ministers and 50-state tour   (English)
FFWPU  by Rev. Michael Jenkins, Wednesday 3 April 2002
Tuesday 2 April 2002
Korea's Peace Motors readies opening   (English)
United Press International  By Jong-Heon Lee, UPI Business Correspondent, From the Business & Economics Desk, Published 4/2/2002 10:48 AM
Sunday 31 March 2002
Father speaks in Belvedere - Easter Sunday 31 March 2002   (English)
FFWPU  by Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon Easter Sunday 31 March 2002
Thursday 28 March 2002
Setting Up Shop in N. Korea: Car Firm Plunges In   (English)
Los Angeles Times  by Barbara Demick, Times Staff Writer, Thursday 28 March 2002 - Asia: Company linked to Sun Myung Moon's church is to open an assembly plant in April.
Wednesday 20 March 2002
Help wanted at IIFWP Headquarters in Tarrytown, New York   (English)
FFWPU  by Frank LaGrotteria, Wednesday 20 March 2002
Friday 15 March 2002
Educational Opportunity   (English)
FFWPU  by Ray and Kathy Sabo, Friday 15 March 2002
Korean Studies Program   (English)
FFWPU  by Libby Henkin Friday 15 March 2002
Sunday 10 March 2002
Widow and Widower Support Group   (English)
FFWPU  Sunday 10 March 2002
Sat 2 March 2002
Faith News  (English)
The Times The new Roman Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow has criticised this week’s decision by the House of Lords to approve research on...
Thu 28 Feb 2002
Brazil probes Moonie land purchases  (English)
BBC News By Tom Gibb | BBC South America correspondent | The authorities in Brazil are investigating the purchase of vast estates clos...
War on America – seen from the Indian Ocean  (English)
The Philippine Star In my last column, I began a review on the book War on America – Seen from the Indian Ocean. It was given to me by the a...
Mon 18 Feb 2002
3.500 Pasangan Nikah Massal  (Malay)
Suara Merdeka SEOUL - Sekitar 3.500 pasangan dari seluruh dunia, banyak dari mereka belum lama kenal, memberanikan diri menantang cuaca din...
Sun 17 Feb 2002
Zakladateľ Moonovej sekty zosobášil v Soule 3.500 snúbeneckých párov  (Slovak)
Pravda Páry zo 186 krajín sveta za zosobášili na olympijskom štadióne v Soule. Slávnosť sledovali milióny divákov prostredníctvom sa...
Massenhochzeit der Moon-Sekte in Seoul  (German)
Swissinfo German SEOUL - Bei einer Massenhochzeit hat der umstrittene koreanische Sektenführer Sun Myung Moon in Seoul 3500 Paaren au...
World in brief  (English)
The Observer Suspected Muslim rebels bombed a market and threw a grenade into a cinema in the southern Philippines yesterday, killing four...
3,500 couples exchange wedding vows in Seoul  (English)
The Independent Bangladesh | SEOUL, Feb 16: Some 3,500 couples from around the world -- many of whom had only just met -- braved South Korea 's chilly w...
Sat 16 Feb 2002
Na soulském olympijském stadiónu oddáno 3500 párů  (Czech)
Quick CZ | SOUL 16. února (ČTK) - Reverend Církve sjednocení Sun Myung Moon dnes oddal na olympijském stadiónu v Soulu 3500 párů. Někt...
Unification Church weds 3,500 couples  (English)
Swissinfo English SEOUL (Reuters) - Some 3,500 couples from around the world -- many of whom had only just met -- have brav...
3,500 couples wed in South Korea  (English)
The Times Of India REUTERS [ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2002  4:34:02 PM ] SEOUL: Some 3,500 couples from around the world -- many of...
Thu 14 Feb 2002
US Group Releases Documents on China Religion Policy  (English)
Voa News A U.S. non-governmental organization has released alleged secret Chinese documents indicating Beijing's intent to crush unaut...
Reverend Moon to Marry 3,500 Couples  (English)
Voa News The Unification Church says about 3,500 couples will get married in a ceremony organized by the church in Seoul. | A spokesma...
Thu 31 Jan 2002
Mon 28 Jan 2002
The Spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. Is the Spirit of America   (English)
FFWPU Archbishop George Augustus Stallings Jr., Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation, 28 January 2002, Guest speaker at the Washington DC Family Church
WTC Businesses Check Into Hotel  (English)
Newsday SOME OF THE NEWEST occupants at the New Yorker Hotel are in for a relatively long stay. | They are 15 businesses formerly loc...
Fri 25 Jan 2002
Lindh: a Young Man Caught in Evil's Net  (English)
The Los Angeles Times In a famous story by Stephen Vincent Benet, a young man is lured into a pact with the devil, only to regret it later. It is l...
Sat 19 Jan 2002
Whether whispered or broadcast  (English)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Hijackers, both of aviation and of theology, have combined to displace biology as the most dangerous subject in American scho...
Sun 13 Jan 2002
Wife Vows to Take Back Archbishop  (English)
Yahoo Daily News ROME (AP) - The wife of an African archbishop who returned to embrace his vow of celibacy after meeting with Vatican (news - ...
Wife Vows to Take Back Archbishop  (English)
Las Vegas Sun ROME (AP) - The woman who married an African archbishop said she doesn't know where he is but intends to "take him back" soon...
Wife Vows to Take Back Archbishop  (English)
The Associated Press ROME (AP) — The wife of an African archbishop who returned to embrace his vow of celibacy after meeting with Vatican off...
Wed 2 Jan 2002
Harry Potter tainted by just a touch of devil, says exorcist  (English)
National Post Chris Warde-Jones, The New York Times | Father Gabriele Amorth says a possessed person "isn't a bad person, only a suffering ...
Priest takes on the devil, 'Harry Potter' and, sometimes, the church / Exorcist finds no end to his work  (English)
San Fransisco Chronicle | The Roman Catholic Church's best-known exorcist led the way down a long hallway that was dark but not particularly spooky, ...
Tue 1 Jan 2002
A Priest Not Intimidated by Satan or by Harry Potter  (English)
Yahoo Daily News The Roman Catholic Church's best-known exorcist sees 10 people a day, give or take, for demonic possessions, obsessions and l...

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The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion -- to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor. They will rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations.
Isaiah 61:1-4

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