For most people, seeing snow falling in the middle of summer might come as a bit of a surprise. MORE

One of these corporations is Starbucks, which has repeatedly pledged support of marriage rights for everyone while remaining pitifully silent on Planned Parenthood’s alleged felony crimes in providing illicit abortion services for profit. Starbucks is listed as a corporate donor on Planned Parenthood’s website (or at least it was until Planned Parenthood scrubbed this information), but since the controversy has unfolded, the coffee giant has provided no clarification as to its relationship with the group. MORE

The People’s Liberation Army has sent troops to China’s border with North Korea as escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula have pushed North and South to the brink of possible war.

The Hong Kong-based Oriental Daily reported Saturday that internet users have been uploading photos of what appear to be PLA armored vehicles and tanks passing through the streets of Yanji, the seat of the Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture in eastern Jilin province. The city, considered a key transport and trade hub between China and the DPRK, is less than 30 kilometers from the 1,400-kilometer border. MORE

What is being called a ‘terrifying development’ has taken place in North Korea as nearly 70% of North Korean submarines have ‘disappeared’ and South Korea and the US have no idea where they have moved to.

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Ten lepers

Vol 8 Issue 34 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
August 22, 2015 ~Immaculate Heart of Mary

1. Baptism: Means of Salvation (30)
2. Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
3. St Philip Benizi
4 .Christ in the Home (5)
5. Articles and notices

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With a new pro-family government elected this year, the “gay marriage” battle is gearing up across Finland again with more energy and momentum than ever, using Finnish language versions of MassResistance materials to educate voters.

Late last year, as we reported, the Finnish Parliament narrowly passed a “gay marriage” law. As we’ve seen in so many other places, proponents used an aggressive, undemocratic strategy that allowed no parliamentary debate, discussion, or amendments to push the bill through its final stages. Within a week, over 12,000 people had resigned from the Finnish Lutheran Church over its Bishop’s pro-gay marriage remarks. MORE

An entire town has been blanketed by a gooey layer of spider webs known locally as ‘slime of the devil’ that has even covered areas of water. MORE

South Korean officials have said they will hold talks with officials from North Korea in a bid to defuse tensions. MORE

The Slovakian government will now be accepting Christians who are persecuted by Muslims. The UN is telling Slovakia that they must, as well, take in Muslims, but Slovakia is firmly responding: ‘We will only take Christians!’

Interior ministry spokesman Ivan Metik said that Muslims would not feel at home in Slovakia because there are no mosques in the nation. He said: SOURCE

North Korea’s military are under orders to be “fully ready” for war, according to a South Korean news agency.

Kim Jong-Un declared a “quasi-state of war” after convening an emergency meeting of the communist country’s military leaders, Yonhap reported North Korean TV as saying. MORE

HP’s CFO Cathie Lesjak says the company will cut up to an additional 5% more people from its workforce than the 55,000 people it had planned to eliminate.

This is a long-running layoff that began in 2012 with an initial target of 25,000 jobs, but grew until the target became 55,000 people. MORE

(ANTIMEDIA) Los Angeles, CA — Nestle has found itself more and more frequently in the glare of the California drought-shame spotlight than it would arguably care to be — though not frequently enough, apparently, for the megacorporation to have spontaneously sprouted a conscience. MORE

The Colima Volcano erupted twice on Thursday (August 20) morning, spewing ash and smoke more than 3 kilometres (1.86 miles) into the air.
Located in the southwestern Mexican state of Colima, the Fire Volcano’s first eruption occurred at 8:00 am local time (1300 GMT) and the second at 9:20 am (1420 GMT). SOURCE