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Today is the International Day of commemoration in Memory of the Victims of Holocaust. Let us remember the countless people who were victims of the said tragic event. Many of them are catholics. I would like to borrow the words of the United Nation's Secretary General: "Today, we remember the millions of victims of the Nazis -- nearly one third of the Jewish people and countless other minorities -- who suffered atrocious acts of discrimination, deprivation, cruelty and murder. New initiatives in Holocaust remembrance and education have given us an authentic basis for hope. That hope is the theme of this year’s observance. But we can and must do more if we are to make that hope a reality. We must continue to examine why the world failed to prevent the Holocaust and other atrocities since. That way, we will be better armed to defeat anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance. We must continue to teach our children the lessons of history’s darkest chapters. That will help them ...

Today, we celebrate the feats of All Saints Day. The Catholic Church commemorates all holy men and women of all ages known and unknown. We believe that those who have faith in God who made all things, to his Son, Jesus Christ who give himself for the salvation of mankind, and to the Paraclete who constantly guide each and everyone of us to the path of truth and holiness and persevere up to the last for that said belief by being a living witness will receive eternal life. For centuries, faithful catholics who have walk to that path surely been in the abode of God in heaven. We remember them today as a reminder that heaven is our proper place for the time to come. A clear reminder that there are saints in our midst. It could be our loved ones who have died or a distant relative. i believe that my sister, Mary Joy, who died just days after her birth is now in heaven along with the saints canonically recognized with the Church, of the angels and of God. She is surely one of them praying...