When it comes to religious hate crimes, Jews and Jewish institutions were the biggest targets in America again last year, hands down.
But when it comes to hate crimes overall, the single biggest motivation by far was not religion at all; it was race—a situation that has prevailed for years.
Those are two of the takeaways the public can glean from the FBI’s recently released annual review of hate crimes for 2014. MORE
Vol 9 Issue 1 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
January 2, 2015 ~ Our Lady on Saturday
1. Baptism: Means of Salvation (49)
2. Sunday after Circumcision (Bauer)
3. Holy Name of Jesus (O’Sullivan)
4. Christ in the Home (24)
5. Articles and notices
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DENVER (Reuters) – Nearly 200 workers, mostly Somali immigrants, have been fired from a meat-packing plant in Colorado after staging a walkout to protest what they said were insufficient prayer accommodations, the company and Islamic advocacy groups said on Thursday.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said the workers were treated in a “discriminatory manner” by managers at the Cargill Meat Solutions [CARGIL.UL] facility in Fort Morgan, about 75 miles northeast of Denver. MORE
A storm system that’s recently brought extreme weather across the country also caused temperatures to rise about 50 degrees Fahrenheit above normal in the North Pole today.
The North Pole “unfroze” today, experiencing a temperature high of upwards 40 degrees Fahrenheit, a temperature that’s “unheard of” in the area during winter months, according to ABC News meteorologist Melissa Griffin. It’s usually minus 15 to minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit there at this time of year. MORE
Having both accumulated the trappings of power in a hierarchical system – entourages, chauffeurs, private aircraft – the two personalities tied for second place as 2015’s most esteemed man draw throngs of enthusiasts wherever they alight, faithful acolytes thirsting for their unique messages of redemption.
Yet that’s where the similarities between Pope Francis, the humble leader of the Catholic Church, and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump – co-runners-up in Gallup’s polling measurement of the Most Admired Man living anywhere in the world – end. MORE
The first military plane carrying Syrian refugees to be resettled in Canada has arrived in the country.
Welcoming the 163 refugees, new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country was “showing the world how to open our hearts”. MORE