The massive swarm is so huge it has spread for 70 thousand hectares across farmland in southern Russia. MORE
The massive swarm is so huge it has spread for 70 thousand hectares across farmland in southern Russia. MORE

Pope Francis says he has no intention of quitting the papacy — a possibility opened up by his predecessor Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI.
The pope, responding to a question from a young person at a Vatican event, said on Sunday “I never thought of quitting being pope, or of leaving because of the many responsibilities.”
The pope has previously said he envisioned a short papacy before going on “to the Father’s house,” but he has never specifically ruled out following in Benedict’s footsteps. Benedict retired in 2013, the first pope to step down in 600 years.
The pope spoke at a Vatican gathering for the Scholas Occurentes global educational initiative that he launched. George Clooney, accompanied by his wife Amal, and Richard Gere were honored for their contributions. SOURCE
“Gabriel’s Oboe” is the main theme for the 1986 film The Mission directed by Roland Joffé. The theme was written by Italian composer Ennio Morricone, and has since been arranged and performed several times by artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Holly Gornik, and Brynjar Hoff, among others.
What goes on in the “gay straight alliance” clubs in high schools – and now in middle schools – across the country? What happens to kids that are persuaded to join them? We had a chance to see it up close – at one of their statewide events. And it’s worse than anyone realizes. MORE
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? Continue reading
ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday awarded medals to American actors Richard Gere and George Clooney and actress Salma Hayek at an event held at the Vatican to promote the work of a foundation inspired by the pontiff, Scholas Occurrentes. MORE

The students all came from the southern Italian region of Calabria, which has been among the areas hardest hit by the waves of migrants that daily reach Italy’s shores, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa. MORE

May 28, 2016 ~ Saint Augustine of Canterbury
1. Baptism: Means of Salvation (70)
2.Second Sunday after Pentecost
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This week Holy Mother the Church will celebrate the Queenship of Mary. The discrepancy about the Church and her teachings in comparison with the Neo-Modernists is that the Neo-Modernists say they are going back to Scripture and the Fathers but don’t; Continue reading

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Two traditional Roman Catholic Nuns on Mission in New England desperately need your support for finding a suitable house for a convent in Salem, NH. These two Sisters are members of a Traditional Catholic Religious Community, The Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen out of Spokane, Washington. They arrived in Boston in 2005 in response to a few families who were requesting the Traditional Latin Mass and the corresponding Catholic Life that accompanies the Mass. MORE
Oh great, isn’t life wonderful.
An Israeli from a Catholic Arab family has been crowned the winner of the country’s first transgender pageant.. MORE
Agents posing online as young girls and women helped lead investigators in Tennessee to the arrests of nearly three dozen people, including two ministers, this month, part of an intensified yearlong effort to combat prostitution and human trafficking in minors. MORE

A Reader Writes: “You Speak of Fatima as a ‘Private Revelation'”
“It Is Not”
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For the first time on record, living with parents is now the most common arrangement for people ages 18 to 34, an analysis of census data by the Pew Research Center has found.
Nearly one-third of millennials live with their parents, slightly more than the proportion who live with a spouse or partner. It’s the first time that living at home has outpaced living with a spouse for this age group since such record-keeping began in 1880. MORE
