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In the countless consumer boycotts that have emerged in the wake of political debate over the past few years, it seems that it’s actually a “buycott” approach — rewarding companies with purchases rather than withholding one’s business — that’s got retail executives listening. MORE

Vol 11 Issue 9 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier

All men are vain in whom there is not the knowledge of God; and who by these good things that are seen, could not understand Him that is, neither by attending to the works have acknowledged who was the workman. (Wisdom 13:1)

March 3, 2018 ~ Saint Cunegunda, opn!

1. Mary as Co-Redemptrix
2. Third Sunday in Lent
3. Saint Casimir
4. Family and Marriage
5. Articles and notices

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After the most recent high-school massacre in Parkland, Florida, left 17 students and teachers dead, the National Rifle Association (NRA), the nonprofit gun-rights advocacy group, was rebuked by a surprising group of liberal activists: American corporations. Pressured by Parkland high-school students and others to boycott the NRA, more than 20 companies have cut ties with the pro-gun group. MORE

A senior military adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called Feb. 27 for talks with Iraq and Afghanistan on water resources.

At a two-day conference in Tehran, “National Water Diplomacy and Opportunities for Hydropolitics in West Asia,” former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Yahya Rahim Safavi said, “The issue of the scarcity of water resources may lead to … challenges among countries. In Iran, we have common water [resources] with 12 neighboring countries, which can [lead to] both interaction and tensions.” MORE

NEW YORK — Walmart announced Wednesday that it will no longer sell firearms and ammunition to people younger than 21 and would also remove items resembling assault-style rifles from its website. MORE

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The world’s oil industry is turning upside down under President Donald Trump’s economic leadership, as the United States is now selling its exported oil in the Middle East to the most unlikely oil-rich buyers. MORE

Russia has started the process of expelling North Korean migrant workers from its Far East region in order to comply with a United Nations Security Council resolution passed in December, officials said Tuesday. MORE

A prominent Republican political donor demanded on Saturday that the party pass legislation to restrict access to guns, and vowed not to contribute to any candidates or electioneering groups that did not support a ban on the sale of military-style firearms to civilians. MORE

The Arctic storm dubbed the “Beast from the East” saw temperatures across much of Europe fall Monday to their lowest level this winter and even brought a rare snowstorm to Rome, paralyzing the city and giving its residents the chance to ski, sled and build snowmen in its famous parks and piazzas. MORE