February 2016 – JAPAN – A Japanese volcano has erupted in spectacular fashion, causing authorities to create a 2km no-go zone in the area as molten rock, smoke, ash and lightning crackled and roared through the atmosphere. 9News

Los Angeles (AFP) – Some 605,000 undocumented immigrants who live in California were granted driver’s licenses in 2015, the first year they have been able to enjoy that benefit, officials said Monday.

The law known as AB60 took effect on January 2, 2015. The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) expects a total of about 1.4 million people will get their license under the law by late 2017.

Governor Jerry Brown, a Democrat, signed the law in October 2013 to give a legal document to the 2.5 million undocumented immigrants in California alone — most from Latin America and particularly neighboring Mexico. MORE

It’s obvious that a $10-a-barrel tax on oil would translate into higher prices for gasoline at the pump. But how much higher?

The White House on Thursday said President Barack Obama will propose a $10-a-barrel tax on each barrel of oil to pay for clean transportation projects. The tax, which will be part of the budget request Obama sends to Capitol Hill next week, would be paid by oil companies and gradually phased in over five years. The measure, however, isn’t expected to go far. MORE

This is the incredible moment a huge wave engulfed an entire Cornish cliff face as Storm Imogen lashed Britain with hurricane-force winds today. MORE

Unless the mind and will are ready to believe in God’s absolute right to teach and command, there is little likelihood that fasting and penance with extra prayer will be followed carefully.

The will must be free of self-interested desires and fears in order to bend the mind to assent to an unseen God and to His whole mysterious order of salvation. Prejudices and sinful habits easily find excuses for refusing assent to truth and to self-discipline.
Christian mysteries, accepted and lived, lead men to their supernatural destiny. A Christian’s joy in living his faith, without complaining of the cost, is a sign that he knows what he is about. Continue reading →

A major overhaul is planned for the Chicago Archdiocese. It could mean dozens of churches will close.

Fr. Thomas Belanger says the proposed overhaul slated for the archdiocese, which could see as many as 100 churches shuttered over the next 14 years, was inevitable. MORE

Vol 9 Issue 6 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
February 6, 2016~ St Titus, opn!

1. Baptism: Means of Salvation (54)
2. Quinquagesima Sunday
3. Saints Felicitas & Perpetua
4. Christ in the Home (29)
5. Articles and notices

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A defector from China has revealed some of the innermost secrets of the Chinese government and military, including details of its nuclear command and control system, according to American intelligence officials.

Businessman Ling Wancheng disappeared from public view in California last year shortly after his brother, Ling Jihua, a former high-ranking official in the Communist Party, was arrested in China on corruption charges. MORE

Chinese engineers have managed to create hydrogen gas that is three times hotter than the sun. The team were able to maintain 50 million°C for 102 seconds – a breakthrough that could someday make fusion power a reality. It follows news last week that Germany used 2 megawatts of microwave radiation to heat hydrogen gas to 80 million°C for a quarter of a second. MORE

At least 11 people have died including a ten-day-old baby after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan in the early hours of this morning, causing a 17-storey apartment building to collapse. MORE

The father of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, the Palestinian teen who was kidnapped and burnt alive by Jewish extremists in 2014, has demanded that the Israeli government demolish the family homes of his son’s murderers and remove their Israeli citizenship, following their sentencing on Thursday. MORE