The ferries that once shuttled tourists to and from the little islets in Iran’s Lake Urmia sit rusty, unable to move, on what is rapidly becoming a salt plain. VIDEO

The United States Department of Agriculture is INTENTIONALLY creating a FOOD SHORTAGE.  They are sending “Destruction Letters” to American farmers telling them they have “X” number of days to DESTROY THEIR CROPS IN THE GROUND, for which they will be paid 1.5 times the crop value, or face losing farm subsidies which will Bankrupt the farm!  MORE

Nathanael [Bartholomew] said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.” Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.”?John 1:48–49

Last night the cross was raised high above the Budapest sky, commemorating St. Stephen the first king of Hungary.

LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Homeboy Industries, believed to be the world’s largest reentry organization for formerly incarcerated and gang-involved men and women, is undergoing what board member the Rev. Allan Figueroa Deck, a Jesuit priest, sees as a ‘quantum leap’ in economic stability. MORE

The system was centered in the Atlantic Ocean late Friday about 230 miles (370 kilometers) south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and about 615 miles (990 kilometers) south of Montauk Point, New York. It had maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kph). MORE

Beck’s Nazarene Fund seeks to ensure that thousands of Christians will safely join the evacuation from the country before they are killed by the newly-empowered Taliban rulers. MORE

Father,

You prepared the heart of the Virgin Mary to be a fitting home for Your Holy Spirit. By her prayers, may we become more worthy of Your glory. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Nico Ali Walsh, the grandson of the late boxing champion Muhammad Ali, won his professional boxing debut on Saturday. Ali Walsh, 21, beat Jordan Weeks, 29, with a technical knockout during the first round of the fight in Oklahoma (Nico is on the right)

Johnnie Brookwood had never heard of a road named Dixie when a wildfire began a month ago in the forestlands of Northern California. MORE

Severe flooding and mudslides hit parts of Austria and southern Germany, causing a train to be swept away in Salzburg and leaving 70 people stranded in their cars. Heavy rain and hail showers hit large parts of the country on Tuesday night, with Upper and Lower Austria, Tyrol and Styria all reporting flooded streets in the regions. MORE

Many were given only minutes to leave as hundreds of firefighters were deployed in the Var region to the west of Saint-Tropez. Fire officials say the blaze broke out on Monday and has consumed some 6,000 hectares (14,820 acres). MORE