The global basketball legend spent more than seven years as a child in Italy, including in Reggio Emilia, after his father moved to the country to play professional basketball. Italy was where Bryant learned to shoot layups on child-sized basketball hoops, where he learned to speak Italian in school, and where, Bryant has said, “my dream began.” MORE
The space ship Challenger was an inter-faith, ethnic, and sex flight.
The Challenger crew. Back row (L-R): Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, Judith Resnick. Front row (L-R): Michael J. Smith, Francis “Dick” Scobee, Ronald McNair.
I had just got mailing out my latest article on the “Two Horns of AntiChrist,” and what got my attention was the two type horn display by the explosion.
The crew was made up of two women, one Catholic, one JEW, Ellison Onizuka was Japanese and a Budhist. McNair was Black and as I recall, one of the other three was a Baptist or a Baptist Minister. I couldn’t remember what those other astronauts were.
The Horn of Africa has been hit by the worst invasion of desert locusts in 25 years, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Friday. VIDEO
Declined Trump WH Invite
Kobe was traveling with at least 3 other people in his private helicopter when it went down. A fire broke out. Emergency personnel responded, but nobody on board survived. 5 people are confirmed dead. We’re told Vanessa Bryant was not among those on board. MORE
Vol 13 Issue 4 ~
Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
January 25, 2020 ~Conversion of Saint Paul
1. What is the Holy Eucharist
2. Third Sunday after Epiphany
3. Saint Polycarp
4. Family and Marriage
5. Articles and notices
Dear Reader:
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’ll likely release his long-awaited Mideast peace plan before his meeting early next week at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main political rival Benny Gantz. MORE
Yea, I helped expose this con-game.
The Trump administration is imposing new visa rules aimed at restricting “birth tourism,” in which women travel to the United States to give birth so their children can have U.S. citizenship. The regulations, which take effect Friday, address one of President Donald Trump’s main political priorities. MORE
At least 22 people have been killed and more than 1,000 injured in a powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey. VIDEO
China has stepped up its response to a new coronavirus outbreak that has killed 26 people and infected at least 830, placing restrictions on 10 cities Hubei province – the centre of the outbreak. LATEST UPDATES
A second US case of deadly coronavirus has been confirmed, this time in Illinois
A Dallas law firm filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday against the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) for “unlawful, deceptive and fraudulent practices” in promoting and collecting funds for the papal charity Peter’s Pence. MORE
The TV star blamed himself for his children’s dating preferences because he feels that he failed them as a father and a black man.
The father of eight did not hold back when talking about his shortcomings. MORE
