An out-of-control wildfire raging in Northern California is threatening more than 2,000 homes, having already engulfed huge swaths of timber land east of Sacramento.

Another town near the Oregon border is taking account of the damage done by an earlier fierce wildfire that burned 200 homes giving residents just minutes to escape, during an ‘explosive’ couple of days. MORE

The virus can cause mild to severe illness, with the worst cases needing life support for breathing difficulties. Kids with asthma have been especially vulnerable.

No deaths have been reported thus far.  MORE

Well if they kill him, this would work out better for the next AntiChrist.

Iraq’s Ambassador to the Holy See is warning that Pope Francis could be targeted by ISIS militants ahead of the pontiff’s first visit to Albania this weekend. MORE

A Catholic Church was a victim of the fire.

This tiny town near the base of Mount Shasta in the Cascade Mountains was under siege from a 350-acre blaze that surged toward and through it through timberland. The town sawmill caught fire, and a Catholic church was destroyed. MORE

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Charges have been filed against a Muslim man (21), originally from the neighborhood of Issawia in Jerusalem, for threatening to blow up his pregnant wife with a bomb. The woman is Jewish and converted to Islam, according to a report on Erev Eilat News. MORE

Every year in Seoul, South Korea, hundreds of unwanted newborn babies are murdered or abandoned by their parents and left for dead.

While the epidemic seems to get worse each year, one man is one a crusade to save these children that no one else wants. Pastor Lee Jong-Rak is a simple man who saw the devastating problem and knew there had to be a better way. The Pastor is the creator of the ‘Baby Box’ and when you hear his touching story, you will never be the same again. MORE

Forty-three veterans of one of Israel’s most secretive military intelligence units – many of them still active reservists – have signed a public letter refusing to serve in operations involving the occupied Palestinian territories because of the widespread surveillance of innocent residents. MORE

All these settlement’s are just pennies on the dollar but it’s better than nothing. MORE

How to argue with idiots who try to draw a moral equivalency between Islamic Jihad and the Crusades MORE

Is the Pope a Catholic? Of course. But Francis is a Jesuit, too: a member of the elite worldwide Society of Jesus (SJ) founded in 1540 by St Ignatius of Loyola, its organisation and discipline reflecting his military background. Soldiers for Christ or God’s awkward squad, self-regarding or selfless – depending on the point of view – for the first time in history this Catholic order has its own man as pontiff. MORE

The Satanist group that will stage a controversial “black mass” at an Oklahoma City civic center has said that all 88 tickets for its Sept. 21 event are sold out. The co-founder of the group revealed that the ritual will go ahead despite strong Christian protests and will feature a satanic exorcism, but will be “toned down” to comply with state health laws. MORE

Pope Francis said on Saturday the spate of conflicts around the globe today were effectively a “piecemeal” Third World War, condemning the arms trade and “plotters of terrorism” sowing death and destruction. MORE

An Illinois-based Catholic leader is making headlines after penning a column arguing that members of his church are now being forced to live under a pro-gay, pro-choice “state religion” akin to those living in nations “governed by Sharia law.”

Cardinal Francis George, Head of the Archdiocese of Chicago, writes in a column for Catholic New World: MORE