On Wednesday, the Army is scheduled to begin two months of training exercises across the American Southwest. If the past is a reasonable guide, some on the outer reaches of the far right are bound to recycle warnings that martial law is at hand. Conspiracy theorists were singularly imaginative after these war games, code-named Jade Helm 15, were announced. MORE

As severe drought grips parts of the Western United States, a below average flow of water is expected to enter Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the two biggest reservoirs of the Colorado River Basin. MORE

Sounds serious.

The federal agency overseeing water and power is in the market for 52,000 rounds of ammunition for its officers at Hoover Dam and the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, raising questions about weapons for nonmilitary purposes. MORE

BUFFALO, N.Y. — When Army Sgt. Patrick Hart decided a decade ago that he would not serve in the war in Iraq, he expected to follow the same path as thousands of American war resisters during the Vietnam era and take refuge across the border. MORE

Mexican community evacuated after volcanic explosion

Dozens of Russian troops ‘flee unit, fearing Ukraine deployment’

Mount Raung erupts in East Java, Indonesia (12 photos)

It’s not completely over yet. But a group of treacherous and cowardly Republican politicians are standing in the way. A new fight is on, and everyone’s help is needed.

Prominent pro-family figures, some GOP presidential candidates, and hundreds across the country are pressing Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine to formally file for an appeal hearing on the US Supreme Court’s 5-4 “gay marriage” ruling handed down on June 26. MORE

They don’t have much time but it’s something

Hundreds of conservative evangelical pastors across the country are being trained to run for political office. The project is part of an effort to mobilize an “army” to do battle in the culture wars. MORE

Picture the scene if you will: you’re Nicky Hilton, it’s your big day and you’ve decided to go and getting hitched to a gazillionaire at Princess Diana’s old gaff. You’ve splashed out £50,000 on a designer wedding dress, the paps are outside waiting and you basically couldn’t be happier. MORE

The Satanic Temple plans to unveil a large statue dedicated to the devil in the city of Detroit later this month, despite intensified protests by church leaders and residents that have caused the original venue to back out of the event. MORE

Adding to mysterious deaths and disappearances of three American holistic anti-vaccine doctors in one state over the past two weeks plus three Mexican doctors and their two employees recently disappeared, supposedly found dead in the back of a pickup on June 19, are two more doctors missing, possibly disappeared in the US. Earlier this year, another holistic doctor met an untimely death after months of pleading for help as a self-identified Targeted Individual, as reported by Deborah Dupré. It has emerged that most of these had at least one common link. MORE

The Will of God

Vol 8 Issue 28 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
July 11, 2015 ~ Our Lady on Saturday

1. Baptism: Means of Salvation (24)
2. Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
3. St. John Gualbert
4. Marriage and Parenthood (28)
5. Articles and notices Continue reading →

Therefore, in response to the LGBT movement’s rainbow flag, the United Russia Party unveiled a banner celebrating the traditional, nuclear Russian family. The flag depicts two parents – a woman and a man – holding hands with three children. MORE

The National Weather Service has confirmed than an EF-1 tornado touched down in Berks County, Penn., where an elementary school was destroyed Thursday evening. MORE