MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte said he will defy the Roman Catholic Church and seek to impose a three-child policy, putting him on a new collision course with the bishops a day after he called them “sons of whores”.
The southern mayor has yet to be declared the May 9 poll winner, but an unofficial vote count by an election commission-accredited watchdog showed him ahead over his four rivals, three of whom conceded defeat. Duterte assumes office on June 30. MORE
Lava bombs and a giant luminous ash cloud were seen spewing from the peak of Mount Etna in dramatic video footage captured on Saturday. MORE
Vatican City (AFP) – Pope Francis embraced the grand imam of Cairo’s Al-Azhar Mosque at the Vatican on Monday in a historic encounter both sides hope will lead to greater understanding and dialogue between the two faiths.
The first Vatican meeting between the leader of the world’s Catholics and the highest authority in Sunni Islam marks the culmination of a significant improvement in relations between the two faiths since Francis took office in 2013. MORE
Hundreds of ecstatic pilgrims are flocking to a statue of the Virgin Mary believed to be crying a single tear of blood.
Images of the statue with a red liquid dripping down its cheek have been shared on social media, prompting a mass pilgrimage to Floridablanca in Columbia.
Locals believe they have witnessed a miracle and others are swarming to catch a glimpse. MORE
(NaturalNews) Recent tests by the Portuguese No GMO Coalition showed that volunteers in the country had extremely high levels of glyphosate in their urine, placing their contamination rate well above that of many places in Europe. Every single one of the 26 volunteers had cancer-causing glyphosate in their urine; MORE
The European Union Flag with Its Twelve Sun-colored Stars on a Sky-Blue background, the Flag’s Designer, Arsène Heitz, now admits that He Based His Design,on the Description of the Blessed Virgin Mary in St. John’s Apocalypse 12,and also based on a medal created by Saint Catherine Labouré following a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary which also has twelve stars on the back of the (Miraculous) metal.. ..The Flag, as Fate Would Have It, Was Adopted on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
Little did Mr. Heitz realize that the E.U. and their flag is a reflection of the “Beast of the Apocalypse.” Continue reading
Isfahan is best known for its architecture. It is so beautiful, Iranians say, that to visit the city is to see “half the world.” And, Isfahan is famous for its carpets in classical Persian court styles.
But, in Poland, the city is known for still something else. It is “Isfahan – the City of Polish Children” [“Isfahan – Miasto Dzieci Polskich”]
In June, 2008, the Polish postal service issued a stamp that explained why. The stamp shows a small boy dressed in a cadet’s uniform. Draped behind him is an Isfahan carpet emblazoned with the Polish eagle. And next to him is the city’s nickname in Polish: “Isfahan – Miasto Dzieci Polskich.” MORE
Around 300 hundred protesters were expected to descend on Valparaíso, located around 115 kilometers to the northwest of the capital, Santiago, to march to the National Congress where President Michelle Bachelet was giving her State of the Nation address on Saturday. MORE
Signs of Charity or Strategy?
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hundreds of faithful gather each week in the makeshift Savior of the World church. With its walls bedecked with Christian paraphernalia, it’s an unlikely scene in the heart of the Jewish state, hidden in a non-descript building in a hardscrabble area of coastal metropolis Tel Aviv. MORE
“Stop the invasion! This is my home,” the crowd chanted as it started its march from a reception place for migrants and refugees at Piazza Vittorio square on Saturday. MORE
In a shocking interview, Pope Francis likened Jesus Christ to ISIS and said Muslim migrants must breed with Europeans to counter “declining birth rates.”
Vol 9 Issue 21 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
May 21, 2016 ~ Ember Saturday
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The capture of Mexican drug lord Miguel Angel Treviño Morales earlier this week has brought Mexico’s crime scene into the limelight, but its criminal justice system is perhaps what most deserves scrutiny.
Some 27,500 people were murdered in Mexico last year. That’s more than Colombia and Venezuela—combined. It’s more than twice the number of murders in China, and nearly twice the number in the US. In fact, it’s more than every other country in the world save for Brazil and India. MORE
A vast amount of volcanic ash covered the Costa Rican capital of San Jose on Friday after a powerful eruption of Turrialba volcano at 7:40 a.m. blew a column of smoke to a height of some 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) above the crater. MORE
JAIPUR: The severe heatwave conditions intensified in dry Rajasthan on Thursday with a majority of stations witnessing maximum temperatures above 46 degrees Celsius. MORE