WOODSTOCK, Ill. (RNS) — “You cannot understand our history as a country until you understand the history of the church.” MORE

His point is well taken. Make sure to keep children away from YouTube. Unfortunately his spiel goes the route of pro-gay.

Blogs |  Aug. 30, 2018 NCR   9-1-18   (Good article but 40 years to late, it started with Paul VI)

From a Moral-Historical Perspective, This Crisis is Worse Than You Realize. There is nothing, nothing, that undermines the authority of the Church more quickly and thoroughly than this devilish marriage of scandal and hypocrisy.Benjamin Wiker

Gordon is forecast to be a Category 1 hurricane near the time it makes landfall on the northern Gulf Coast tonight most likely along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Given a tropical cyclone’s strongest winds are usually are on its eastern side, that’s why the NHC issued a hurricane warning for parts of the Mississippi and Alabama coasts. MORE

Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports later reported that Kaepernick and Nike agreed to a new contract despite the fact Kaepernick has been with the company since 2011. Robinson added that “interest from other shoe companies” played a part in the new agreement. MORE

Yes Nike is going Pro Hijab

The Rainbow Ministry of St. Cecilia’s Church opened its doors to nearly 700 people yesterday for a long-awaited Mass in support of gay and lesbian Catholics, capping a month of controversy over the Boston Archdiocese’s postponement of the service. MORE

Davis was jailed for five days, in 2015, for defying a court order to grant marriage licenses, on the grounds that she had personal religious objections to same-sex “marriage.”

According to the New York Times report, the Pope allegedly told Cruz: “I didn’t know who that woman was, and [Archbishop Viganò] snuck her in to say hello to me — and of course they made a whole publicity out of it.”

“I was horrified and I fired that nuncio,” Cruz recalled the Pope saying.

Catholic and secular media soon picked up on the New York Times story, with headlines such as: “I fired that nuncio” over Kim Davis meeting, Pope Francis reportedly said of Archbishop Viganò; and Kentucky’s Kim Davis might have played a role in Vatican infighting. MORE

Drilling rights for Israel. Armaments for the Philippines. Regular news QUIET on this.

The Philippines’ controversial President Rodrigo Duterte is scheduled to arrive Sunday for a four-day visit, on the heels of yet another statement that triggered fury in which he said during a speech Thursday that rape will continue as long as there are beautiful women. MORE

As a Catholic Gov. Brown should know that using the Religious term “Apocalyptic,” he’s bringing God’s Hand into the picture.

The Church teaches; “Every disorder in the world is a reflection of ‘MORTAL SIN'”

Back in April this year, nearly 800 civil society groups formed a coalition to urge California Governor Jerry Brown, to take immediate action against fossil fuel extraction in the state before his term ends. MORE