WASHINGTON –   In a private email exchange last year leaked this week by hackers, former Secretary of State Colin Powell discussed Israel’s nuclear weapons capability with a friend, saying the country has 200 warheads.

Though Israel is widely believed to have developed nukes decades ago, it has never declared itself to be a nuclear state. The existence of its weapons program is considered classified information by both the Israeli and U.S. governments. MORE

CHARLOTTE, NC – North Carolina-based evangelist Franklin Graham said Thursday he’s “outraged” at the ACC’s decision to pull games from North Carolina because of House Bill 2. And he called on pastors to join him in speaking out. MORE

The full moon known as this year’s Harvest Moon will rise tonight (Sept.16) and will be shaded by a subtle type of lunar eclipse for some skywatchers in Africa, Asia and Australia. MORE

The video evidence keeps coming in and at this point it is overwhelming! All of the videos are listed below in chronological order with dates: May 2005 – Trump imitates a flustered Trump: MORE

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick says he won’t be standing during the National Anthem until “change” happens, but you’ve probably already read that today.

Chances are you’ve heard Kaepernick’s reasons for deciding to sit in silence as the “Star Spangled Banner” plays, but that doesn’t mean you have to agree with him. MORE

A new fossil discovery makes it even tougher for Darwinists to explain the origin of life.

There’s an old story about a chemist, a physicist, and an economist stranded on a desert island with nothing to eat but a can of soup. Puzzling over how to open the can, the chemist says, “Let’s heat the can until it swells and bursts from the buildup of gases.” “No, no,” says the physicist, “let’s throw it off that cliff with just enough kinetic energy to split it open on the rocks below.” The economist, after thinking a moment says, “Assume a can opener.” MORE

Floods in North Korea that have left hundreds dead or missing are the “worst disaster” to hit the country since World War II, state media said on Wednesday.

The official KCNA news agency did not give exact numbers of those killed or unaccounted for, but a UN report said 138 people have died and 400 are missing after torrential rains caused devastation in the country’s far north. MORE

On my most recent trip to Saudi Arabia, I was greeted with a startling confession. In the past, when we raised the issue of funding Islamic extremists with the Saudis, all we got were denials. This time, in the course of meetings with King Salman, Crown Prince Nayef, Deputy Crown Mohammad Bin Salman and several ministers, one top Saudi official admitted to me, “We misled you.”  MORE

Hundreds of African asylum seekers have flooded Mexican border cities with the U.S. in an effort to get to California and Texas to obtain U.S. asylum — many of the unvetted migrants are from the terror hotbed of Somalia. Rather than having to hide along the way, the African migrants have been getting a special permit from Mexico that gives them a free pass to the U.S. border. MORE

The US Navy was surprised to find a sailor, who had been complaining of stomach pain, give birth to baby girl aboard an aircraft carrier while deployed in the Persian Gulf. The aircraft carrier is in the middle of flying combat missions over Iraq and Syria.

The Gold State Coach is an enclosed, eight horse-drawn carriage used by the British Royal Family. It was built in the London workshops of Samuel Butler in 1762 and has been used at the coronation of every British monarch since George IV. The coach’s great age, weight, and lack of manoeuvrability have limited its use to grand state occasions such as coronations, royal weddings, and the jubilees of a monarch.

Vol 9 Issue 41 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward KrierSeptember 10, 2016 ~ St. Nicholas Tolentino, opn!

1. Baptism: Means of Salvation (85)
2. Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
3. St. Paphnutius, Bishop
4. Christ in the Home (59)
5. Articles and notices

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In the Liturgy of the Sunday Mass there is the insistence on Love/Charity. As with Grace, which is distinguished by the two types of grace, actual and sanctifying; as with virtue, which is distinguished also by that which is natural and that which is supernatural, so with Continue reading →