The discovery was made in the ancient town of Magdala — thought to be the hometown of Mary Magdalene — on the western shore of the sea of Galilee. Jesus is believed to have spent most of his life in the area.
The Legionaries of Christ, a Catholic organization, bought land in the area, planning to build a hotel. An ancient temple was uncovered among the ruins in 2009. MORE
An organization called Take Back The Campus, made up of students from three California colleges, has released a list of demands it says will help curb the incidence of campus sexual assaults.
“We recommend consent education in K-12,” one of the group’s three demands reads. “College is too late for people to learn about bodily autonomy and respect.” MORE
Colonel Greiggs was also an alcoholic and during some of his drunken stupors he told his wife many shocking secrets about the military and the spy operations of the United States! He told her many things such as the Russians were never our enemy and that the cold war was a total farce! Look at what’s going on today as the fake news and President tell you about the bad Russians almost daily. He told her things such as the bombing in Beirut was known about before it happened. He told her the military was run by sexual deviants at the top levels. MORE
White, with reddish “sparks”. No sound. Significantly brighter than Venus… Yes Low to the horizon. No sound… disappeared behind trees almost due south.
Excellent strategic effort on part of the owner and happy to see the carjacker didn’t have a lethal weapon, but the thought of this happening to a female driver could have been a brutal battle. Here are some tips: Steps you can take to lessen your chances of getting carjacked: MORE Here is the VIDEO: MORE
On August 29, 1999, Florida Today’s editorial page editor Pam Platt interviewed an abortion provider in Florida named Patricia Baird-Windle, 64, on the occasion of her retirement after 23 years and 65,000 legal abortions as the owner of the Aware Woman Center for Choice abortion clinics in Melbourne, Port St. Lucie and West Palm Beach, FL.
In its article, Florida Today extolled the baby-killer as “one of the stalwarts on the front lines of the abortion wars.” MORE
He has been called the “superman pope”, and it would be hard to deny that Pope Francis has had a good December. Cited by President Barack Obama as a key player in the thawing relations between the US and Cuba, the Argentinian pontiff followed that by lecturing his cardinals on the need to clean up Vatican politics. But can Francis achieve a feat that has so far eluded secular powers and inspire decisive action on climate change? MORE
Dear Reader:
As this year secular year closes there is little to rejoice except for the graces Our Lord has bestowed upon those who remained united with Him in grace. The struggle for one’s salvation and the salvation of one’s family demands a tireless effort and the assistance of God’s intervention. Continue reading
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The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland said a newly ordained bishop, Heather Elizabeth Cook, was the driver allegedly responsible for a hit-and-run that killed a bicyclist Sunday afternoon in Baltimore. MORE
A Bronx teacher says being a white man at his mostly black and Latino middle school has made him a target for unfair treatment — including being denied a key to the restroom for three years.
Paugh William Shadow of upstate Port Jervis charges he was discriminated against as a white man at MS 391, according to a Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit he filed against the city and the Department of Education. MORE
In recent months, Communist officials have removed crosses from 400 over churches in the east-central Chinese province of Zhejiang, the Associated Press reported.
“They keep a very close watch on us, and there is nothing we can do,” said an official at one church. “The situation is not good, as any attempt to re-erect the cross will be stopped.” MORE
Vol 7 Issue 52 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
December 27, 2014 ~ Saint John Evangelist
Feast of the Holy Innocents
1. Benedict Baur, O.S.B.
b. Alban Butler
2. The Christian Family (33)
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Today a former White House official stunned King World News by saying the United States is already at war with China and Russia. Former presidential adviser and member of the U.S. President’s Working Group on Financial Markets, Dr. Philippa Malmgren, also discussed how and where this dangerous war is taking place and why the public is totally unaware of it up to now. MORE
The President of China, Xi Jinping, has issued a strong warning to his People’s Liberation Army, “Prepare For War!” In this new story excerpted below from The Week we learn that China’s neighbors nearby and as far away as Washington DC have no idea what all this preparation by China is for. Is China preparing to ‘take’ what they feel is “theirs” here in America? MORE
A priest was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head, his diocese said Friday, marking the latest in series of abductions, attacks and highway robberies against Roman Catholic clerics in an area of southern Guerrero state dominated by drug cartels.
Rev. Gregorio Lopez Gorostieta is the third Catholic priest to have been killed in the region this year, and the first to die since the federal government launched a special, stepped-up security operation in the area following the disappearance of 43 teachers’ college students three months ago. MORE