All the revival needed was the first spark of a Tibetan monk. When he converted to Christianity last year, the revival fire exploded. Now, more than 200,000 Tibetans have accepted Jesus into their lives, according to multiple reports.

Asian Access’ Joel Handley says he believes much of the faith sweeping the region stems from Christian response to the devastating Nepalese earthquake more than a year ago.

“They haven’t seen Buddhists, Hindus or other religious groups helping in the midst of the rubble. Rather, week after week, it is the followers of Jesus who have proved the test of time, sacrificed their own lives to serve and been the hands and feet of Jesus,” Handley says.   MORE

Vol 9 Issue 27 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
July 2, 2016 ~ Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

1. Baptism: Means of Salvation (75)
2. Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
3. St. Leo II
4. Christ in the Home (49)
5. Articles and notices

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The feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary celebrates the visit of the Mother of God, with the child Jesus in her womb, to her cousin Elizabeth, who was herself six months’ pregnant with the forerunner of Christ, Saint John the Baptist. At the Annunciation, the angel Gabriel, in response to Mary’s question “How shall this be done, because I know not man?” (Luke 1:34 ), Continue reading →

BOSTON –   Former Vice President Al Gore’s daughter was among 23 people arrested during a protest of a pipeline under construction. MORE

The three suicide bombers in the deadly gun and bomb attack on Istanbul’s international airport were from Russia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, a Turkish government official has said. MORE

Kagawa University researchers have developed a way to mass-produce a “rare sugar” that has 70 percent the sweetness of regular sugar but also prevents blood sugar and fat buildup.

Rare sugars, of which there are 50 or so varieties, is not readily found in the wild and have various functions and great potential for use in the food industry, pharmaceuticals and other applications. Its popularity as a healthy substitute for real sugar appears to be on the threshold of exploding nationally and possibly globally according to this article at asahi.com. MORE

World  What a joke. Out of the ten decrees of the Vatican II council only two were pastoral but all are formal public heresy because the whole church has to accept these decrees. As a result you have a break in Papal Infallibility, which in turn also caused a break in the line of popes and brought us into “The Great Apostasy”  In Christ Joseph

VATICAN CITY — A breakaway traditionalist Catholic group accused Pope Francis on Wednesday of spreading confusion and errors about the faith, joining a chorus of conservative criticism over his perceived lax doctrine and emphasis on mercy at the expense of morals. MORE

Lady Gaga has been barred from China following a meeting with the Dalai Lama, according to a report from the Apple Daily, a Hong Kong-based newspaper.

The meeting, which was streamed on Facebook, took place at the annual United States Conference of Mayors Sunday and has been viewed nearly 3.5 million times. The pair discussed mental health, yoga, meditation, and the world, in the approximately 20-minute long video available on Lady Gaga’s Facebook page. MORE

MOSCOW — Turkey’s president has apologized to Moscow for the downing of a Russian military jet at the Syrian border, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday.

Putin has received a message from Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressing his “sympathy and deep condolences” to the family of the killed pilot and apologized, Dmitry Peskov told reporters. MORE