VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has proclaimed two new saints: a Lutheran convert who hid Jews during World War II and the Polish founder of the first men’s religious order dedicated to the immaculate conception.

Francis called Swedish-born Elizabeth Hesselblad and Stanislaus Papczynski “exemplary witnesses to this mystery of resurrection” during the canonization Mass on Sunday in St. Peter’s Square. Continue reading →

In a recent essay in Salon Magazine, the Reverend Elizabeth M. Edman argues for the power of “queer virtue” to combat “heteronormativity” and revitalize a Christianity that is too wedded to traditional ideas of human sexuality and marriage.

An Episcopal priest and a political strategist, Edman attempts to redeem the concept of “Pride” as central to the LGBT movement and integral to an authentically Christian life. MORE

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Reporter freed from Iran recounts how Ali helped save him – CNN
Jason Rezaian: Ali’s Freedom Demand Led to Better Treatment in Iranian Prison – Newsmax
Muhammad Ali to Iran: Release Jason Rezaian – CNN

Also they call him the G.O.A.T. which is an acronym for Greatest Of All Times. The devil is the same as the goat. They know what they are saying when they refer to him as a G.O.A.T.

Watchers of contemporary Arab politics will quickly notice one thing: the Arabmonarchies—Morocco, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait—have proven to be the most politically resilient Arab states. Not a single monarchy fell during the Arab Spring.

Attempts elsewhere in the Arab world at democracy, military regimes and one-party states have all proven unstable and bloody in the long run. Moreover, in addition to stability, monarchies in the Arab world have been able to provide some semblance of the institutional stability and rule of law necessary for economic, and eventually social development while still being rooted in tradition. This is the golden mean between an excess of fundamentalism and an excess of Westernization. MORE

June is the month of the Sacred Heart
Vol 9 Issue 23 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
June 4, 2016 ~ Saint Francis Caracciolo, opn!

1. Baptism: Means of Salvation (71)
2. Third Sunday after Pentecost
3. St Boniface
4. Christ in the Home (45)
5. Articles and notices

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Father Gil and I. They also had a Vatican display that day May 6.. My Dad died on May 6, 1960.

In a new Bloomberg report, Chile Has So Much Solar Energy It’s Giving It Away for Free, solar capacity from the country’s central grid has increased four fold to 770 megawatts since 2013. Another 1.4 gigawatts will be added this year with many solar power projects under development.

Thanks to an economic boost from increased mining production, Chile now has 29 solar farms and another 15 in the pipeline. Enel Green Power Chile Ltda. recently commissioned Chile’s largest solar PV project connected to the grid. The 160-megawatt facility will be located in the northern part of the country in the municipality of María Elena, about 1,300 kilometers north of Santiago. MORE

As France prepare to host millions of visitors at the Euro 2016 Football Championships, a state of emergency has been extended in the country as it faces its largest protests in recent history.  MORE

Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum has confirmed that ring legend Muhammad Ali has passed away in a Phoenix hospital. He was 74.

“A true great has left us. Muhammad Ali transformed this country and impacted the world with his spirit. His legacy will be part of our history for all time,” said Arum via Twitter. FIGHTNEWS.COM MORE

A Church of England vicar shouted: ‘I’m from the Vatican, you’re f*****’ as he lashed out at police following a nightclub vodka binge.

Parish priest Gareth Jones, 36, screamed: ‘I have diplomatic immunity’ as he punched, kicked, bit and spat at a police officer and a paramedic who found him passed out in his clerical frock in Covent Garden, central London. MORE

Apocalyptic times is not slowing down, yet.

The world’s most visited museum, the Louvre in Paris, is to close on Friday amid worsening flooding caused by days of torrential rain. MORE

Maya Dillard Smith, interim director of the Georgia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, has resigned over the ACLU’s position on who can use which public restrooms. The resignation occurred after her two daughters were traumatized by encountering men in the women’s restroom. Dillard Smith explained:

I have shared my personal experience of having taken my elementary school age daughters into a women’s restroom when shortly after three transgender young adults, over six feet [tall] with deep voices, entered. My children were visibly frightened, concerned about their safety and left asking lots of questions for which I, like many parents, was ill-prepared to answer. MORE

NEW DELHI — Eight months after a mob beat to death a Muslim man rumored to have slaughtered a cow and eaten its meat, a new analysis has found that the meat of a “cow or its progeny” was retrieved from the victim’s home.

The forensic report, leaked to the Indian news media on Tuesday, directly contradicts a previous analysis released five months ago by a local veterinary hospital, which determined that meat seized at the home of the victim, Muhammad Ikhlaq, was that of a goat. MORE

Russian Ambassador to Libya Ivan Molotkov recently said that Moscow would be ready to supply the legitimate Libyan government with weapons as soon as the arms embargo against the country is lifted. The statement came after the US-chaired summit in Vienna had agreed to consider a request from the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) in Libya to be exempted from a UN arms embargo. The country’s unity government has been calling for international backers to speed up the re-arming of its forces ever since it came to power in January 2016. However, with 31 of its fighters recently killed by the Islamic State (IS), which is gaining stronger on Libyan soil by the day, the request seems especially urgent. MORE

JUNE 4, 2016 – QUEENSHIP OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
[TRANSFERRED FROM MAY 31]
DOUBLE FEAST OF THE SECOND CLASS
A Reader Asks: “What Basic Resources Do You Recommend
To Convert New-churchers to the Catholic Faith?”
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