Could 23 May be “the gayest day in Irish history”? So hopes Irish drag queen Panti Bliss, aka performer Rory O’Neill. That’s when the result of the country’s same-sex marriage referendum will be announced – the same day as the Eurovision Song Contest final. MORE

With his legal fees mounting and a trial turning increasingly personal, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is turning to the public for money and the legal system for a new judge. Arpaio said in a letter to supporters that he doesn’t have the money to continue paying for attorneys out of his own pocket, adding that he feels “targeted” by the immigration rights groups that have sued him to stop what they say are racist policies targeting Latinos. MORE

MEXICO CITY – A tornado has hit the northern Mexico border city of Ciudad Acuna and officials say at least 10 people are dead.

A spokeswoman for the interior department of the northern state of Coahuila says Monday’s twister destroyed houses.

Rosario says 10 people had been confirmed killed so far. SLIDE SHOW

La Repubblica reported Mr Renzi confided privately that in the wake of the Ireland vote the question of civil unions in Italy can no longer be put off. Many of his key cabinet members and key party allies spoke out in favor of swift passage of the proposed legislation. MORE

Aerial photographs have put into perspective the devastating scale of floods that swept Texas and Oklahoma on Saturday night, killing three people. MORE

Women are losing their power to give birth naturally by relying on caesareans and other interventions, according to a renowned medical expert. MORE

There will be prayer vigils and pilgrimages, policy briefings and seminars, and sermons in parishes from the U.S. to the Philippines.

When Pope Francis releases his much-anticipated teaching document on the environment and climate change in the coming weeks, a network of Roman Catholics will be ready. These environmental advocates – who work with bishops, religious orders, Catholic universities and lay movements – have been preparing for months to help maximize the effect of the statement, hoping for a transformative impact in the fight against global warming. MORE

Francis may be popular with the general public, but key Republican primary constituencies are wary.
Catholic Republicans are developing a pope problem. Earlier this month, Francis recognized Palestinian statehood. This summer, he’s going to issue an encyclical condemning environmental degradation. And in September, just as the GOP primary race heats up, Francis will travel to Washington to address Congress on climate change. MORE

About 230 people have died since mid-April in a heat wave sweeping two southeastern Indian states, officials said Saturday. More than 100 people have died in Andhra Pradesh in the past week, said Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, the state’s top elected official. In Telangana State, about 130 deaths have been reported since April 15, said Bhambal Ram Meena, a top state official. Daytime temperatures in Telangana soared to more than 118 degrees Fahrenheit on Saturday.

Born into Generation X, I grew up with the threat of nuclear war — and all its corollaries, from visions of mushroom clouds to “duck and cover” drills in high school to Terminator movies, and of course, the ever-present worry that one day a sneaky Soviet satellite would detonate way up in the sky and fry all of our electronics with an “electromagnetic pulse.”

So imagine my surprise when the U.S. Air Force confirmed last week that it’s developed an electromagnetic pulse weapon of its own, and that Boeing (NYSE: BA  ) is helping to build it. MORE

It’s happened before especially with sister & brother, even Star Wars – Princess Leia & brother Luke then there is father & daughter or vice versa or/and cousins, however it’s normally female/male interaction, but this is outrageous in a very bad sense.

Some 50 million gallons of water were lost after an act of vandalism damaged an inflatable dam near San Francisco, the local Oakland Tribune newspaper reported on Friday. MORE

The work of the Holy Spirit

Vol 8 Issue 21 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
May 23, 2015  ~ Vigil of Pentecost

1. Baptism: Means of Salvation (17)
2. Pentecost Sunday
3. SS. Donatian and Rogatian
4, Marriage and Parenthood (21)
5,Articles and notices Continue reading →

Tell me why anyone would want to stop God’s wrath upon this sick world and sensor the “Second Coming of Christ,”

To the very end, opponents of same-sex marriage in Ireland held out hope. Yesterday they were reporting high numbers of immigrant Africans and Muslims standing in line at polling stations and hoped they would balance out the hordes of young people who were expected to make Ireland the first country in the world to vote for same-sex marriage. MORE

Everyone have a Blessed Testimonial day, week of the general judgment, that takes place starting on Pentecost Sunday. Don’t forget to wear some RED. Red and white would be a good combination. In Christ, Joseph.