The exercises, which are set to involve nearly 300,000 Russian troops, 1,000 aircraft and 900 tanks, will also include units from China for the first time. They will start on Sept. 11. MORE

A Texas firearms entrepreneur announced Tuesday that he’s selling 3D gunblueprints despite a court order that essentially bans the distribution of such data online. MORE

Downpours have triggered flash flooding across the country, with torrential rainfall shutting down highways in Colorado and prompting floodwater rescues in New Mexico. MORE

Thy birth, O Virgin Mother of God, heralded joy to all the world.
For from thou hast risen the Sun of justice, Christ our God.
Destroying the curse, He gave blessing;and damning death, He bestowed on us life everlasting.

Meghan McCain tore into an absent President Trump at a memorial service for her father, Arizona Sen. John McCain, in Washington on Saturday. MORE

The pope also denounced as “unacceptable” the privatization of water resources at the expense of the “human right to have access to this good.” MORE

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Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill earlier this week making California the first state to eliminate bail for suspects awaiting trial, Potter – whose father founded Bert Potter Bail Bonds 54 years ago – doesn’t think these small businesses, and the state’s bail bond industry as a whole, will be able to survive. MORE

Have IQ’s dropped since 1969? Um… yeah.

The Neil Armstrong biopic First Man premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday, but it’s the film’s omission of Armstrong’s historic planting of the American flag on the moon has many outraged. MORE

In the face of serious attacks against the Church and the person of the Holy Father, COMECE reaffirms its support, faithfulness and trust to Pope Francis.

COMECE condemns attempts to divide the Church of Christ and calls on all people of good will to work, in faith, for the development of a world of justice, truth and peace.

Archbishop Jean-Claude Hollerich s.j.  President of COMECE
Read it in: FR, DE, ES, IT.

Shocking footage shared by French broadcaster France 3 shows one fishing vessel attempting to ram another during the furious sea battle. MORE

Vol 11 Issue 35 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
September 1, 2018 ~ Saint Giles, opn!

1. What is the Sacrament of Confirmation
2. Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
3. Saint Stephen
4. Family and Marriage
5. Articles and notices

Dear Reader: