Category Archives: Current Events
VIDEO: Healthcare Spending Now Accounts For Almost One-Fifth Of The Entire U.S. Economy
Iranians report at least 61 dead, 300 injured from quake
TEHRAN, Iran — A powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit the region along the border between Iran and Iraq on Sunday, killing at least 61 people and injuring 300 in Iran, an Iranian official said.
Iranian state TV said Iraqi officials had reported six deaths and 200 injuries inside Iraq, though there was no official comment from Iraq’s government. MORE
Francis Approves Amazon Debate on Ordaining Married Men to the Priesthood
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has reportedly said he will allow Latin-Rite bishops at a 2019 regional synod focusing on the Church in the Amazon basin to debate whether they should ordain married men of proven virtue to the priesthood. MORE
VIDEO: Alibaba invented China’s biggest shopping day
Business TechCrunch… China might become the biggest economic power in the world
Alibaba invented China’s biggest shopping day — 11/11 aka Single’s Day — and it dominates the headlines with record sales year-on-year, but another company just stepped out to remind us that others are busy trying to close the gap. MORE
World’s first zero-emission hydrogen train to begin operations in Germany
The world’s first hydrogen powered, emission-free train is set to go into service in Germany in 2017 — a ground-breaking innovation that could signal the phasing out of heavily polluting, diesel-powered trains.
The first “hydrail”, or hydrogen-powered train, will begin transporting passengers on the Buxtehude-Bremervörde-Bremerhaven-Cuxhaven line in Lower Saxony, in northern Germany, in December 2017, MORE
COMMENTARY: Here’s plenty of proof that liberals are just plain nuts
Bowe Bergdahl, one of the worst traitors in America’s history, was just given a slap on the wrist by a liberal judge. No jail time. Multiple heroes and patriots who loved our country gave their lives searching for this traitor. The liberal judge didn’t care.
One hero soldier is badly brain damaged for life. He can’t speak or walk. He can’t kiss or hug his wife or child. The liberal judge didn’t care. MORE
Mysterious Radioactive Cloud Over Europe Hints At Accident Farther East
European authorities are providing new details about a cloud of mysterious radioactive material that appeared over the continent last month. Monitors in Italy were among first to detect the radioactive isotope ruthenium-106 on Oct. 3, according to a fresh report by France’s Radioprotection and Nuclear MORE
Insight into the Catholic Faith presents the Catholic Tradition Newsletter
Vol 10 Issue 45 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
November 11, 2017 ~ Saint Martin of Tours, opn!
1. Is the Chair of Peter Vacant? An Argument for Sedevacantism
2. Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost
3. Saint Martin, Pope
4. Family and Marriage
5. Articles and notices
Dear Reader:
It may be asked, if in rejecting the Vatican II modernists’ call to “read the signs of the times” because of it being a reference to looking at the spirit of world and conform to that spirit, then what did Christ mean by these words? The meaning is the opposite of the modernists’ interpretation. The passage, taken from Matthew, Chapter 16, which reads: Continue reading
The Fastest Growing Religion In America Is Witchcraft
What is the fastest growing religion in the United States? If you said Christianity, you would be way off. In fact, the most recent numbers show that Christianity is in a serious state of decline in America. MORE
Natural disasters are always a wake-up call for mankind
Vol 10 Issue 37 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
September 16, 2017 ~ Saints Cyprian and Cornelius, opn!
Dear Reader: Natural disasters are always a wake-up call for mankind .
A television station asked to interview me this week about my thoughts about the end of the world—in as much as there were the two hurricanes back to back with also the other natural disasters and a supposed prediction of an asteroid headed toward earth that is supposed to destroy the earth this month. Continue reading
VIDEO: Vatican to stop selling cigarettes in its shops
I was the first Catholic to call smoking sinful in the 70’s, especially young ladies who plan to have children. Even AntiChrist, John Paul II came out against smoking. I’m surprised it took them this long to stop selling them at the Vatican.
The Vatican announced Thursday that it would no longer sell cigarettes to employees in its duty free shop and supermarket — giving up an estimated 10 million euros ($11 million) a year in profit. MORE
VIDEO: California to tax pot as much as 45%
This will open the door to the black market and fuel more gang networks
Note: I submitted the findings on what these high taxes will do to the black market and gangs. I sent it to all the news media on my list and my local paper, “The Daily Breeze,” printed this Editorial on it four days later. They see the light. This does show that many of our legislators are on the take from the gangs.
In Christ, Joseph
This will open the door to the black market and fuel more gang networks 11-8-17
Buying legal marijuana in California could be pricey enough to keep the black market healthy.
Between customers, retailers and growers, taxes on cannabis may reach as high as 45% in parts of the state, according to a Fitch Ratings report. Those high taxes may keep consumers away from legal marijuana stores once the recreational retail market goes live on January 1. MORE
Notre Dame employees keeping free birth control coverage
The University of Notre Dame told its employees Tuesday that they will continue to receive no-cost birth control coverage in a reversal from what the university told its faculty and staff last week. MORE
Insight into the Catholic Faith presents the Catholic Tradition Newsletter
Vol 10 Issue 44 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
November 4, 2017 ~ Saint Charles Borromeo, opn!
1. Is the Chair of Peter Vacant? An Argument for Sedevacantism
2. Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost
3. Saints Zachary and Elizabeth
4. Family and Marriage
5. Articles and notices
Dear Reader:
A modernist bishop in Los Angeles wrote:
Friends, the famous call to “read the signs of the times” made by the fathers of the Second Vatican Council is based on the exhortation of Jesus in the Gospel of today. Continue reading