As Michael Snyder points out in a timely article at The Economic Collapse Blog, California is rapidly reverting back to the desert it was once.

Awareness of this is only now beginning to spread, but almost no one truly grasps the implications of what losing California’s Central Valley agricultural output means to grocery shoppers. MORE – VIDEO

Today, right-wing fascist strains of Jew-hatred are merging with a new threat from radicalized Islamists, confronting Europe with a crisis, and its Jews with an agonizing choice. MORE

Warmer temperatures are raising the fear of flooding in parts of Ohio, with the Ohio River expected to crest nearly six feet over flood stage Sunday as melting snow and ice swell the waterway.

Flood warnings were in place all along the Ohio River on the state’s southern border, from Cincinnati to Portsmouth, and were expected to remain in place through Wednesday, the National Weather Service said. MORE

A winter heat wave continued across Southern California on Wednesday, setting or tying record temperatures for the day and creating extreme fire conditions across parched wildland areas.

Point Mugu Naval Air Station, Fullerton and Camp Pendleton each topped out at 90 degrees, which were the highest temperatures in the nation, according to the National Weather Service. MORE

Costa Rica’s Turrialba volcano belched a column of gas and ash up to 3,280 feet (1 km) into the air on Thursday in its most powerful eruption in two decades, and local authorities started to evacuate residents from the surrounding area.

Four explosions emanated from the volcano in central Costa Rica on Thursday, and ash reached parts of the capital San Jose some 30 miles (50 km) away, where the airport was closed. It was the volcano’s strongest eruption since 1996. MORE

Teams of rescue workers were on Saturday night racing to reach the remote Pacific island chain of Vanuatu, which has been devastated by one of the most powerful cyclones ever recorded. More than 40 people are reported to have been killed so far after winds reaching 200mph destroyed homes, roads, power supplies and harbours. The death toll is expected to rise well beyond that figure. MORE

While more than 70 percent of U.S. states now allow same-sex marriage, the waves of change have yet to reach America’s far-flung and socially conservative territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.

Of the five territories, only Puerto Rico has faced a lawsuit seeking the right for gay couples to wed, and a federal judge there — bucking the trend in federal courts on the mainland — rejected the suit. That case is under appeal before the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston. MORE

Prayers were said at churches across India Sunday for an elderly nun who was gang-raped at a convent in an attack that has intensified anger over sexual violence and fuelled fears among beleaguered Christians.

The assault on the 71-year-old is the latest in a string of high-profile rapes in India and comes amid a spate of attacks on churches that prompted Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi to promise a crackdown on religious violence. MORE

“I am the light of the world” 

Vol 8 Issue 11 ~Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
March 14, 2015 ~Lenten Feria

1. Baptism: Means of Salvation (10)

2. Fourth Sunday in Lent

3. St. Clement Mary Hofbauer

4. Marriage and Parenthood (11)

5. Articles and notices

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At first, they tried to make Barack Obama’s presidency an asterisk. As proof, many claimed he was born in Africa. Despite public records to the contrary, the “birthers” believed his election was a fraud.

Next came the unrelenting attacks on his overall economic policies. They seem to have forgotten he inherited the worst economy since the Great Depression. Everything he proposed, including helping the auto industry, was suspect in their opinion. MORE

You can’t get it off their web site for 3 days or more. MORE

All this week the Massachusetts Knights of Columbus (K of C), a prominent Catholic mens’ organization, repeatedly vowed that they would “absolutely, definitely” march in the newly “gay-inclusive” Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday. But the group finally bowed to the intense pressure from traditional Catholics. At 3:32 pm on Friday afternoon they sent out an email announcing they were dropping out of the parade. MORE

Rumors have been swirling around Vladimir Putin this week. From his being dead to him having had a stroke of some sort. Now a Russian media outlet is reporting that media has been asked to stay close, for there is to be some sort of major announcement over the weekend.

Several US lawmakers are warning US military leaders about the pace and scope of Russia’s Arctic militarization, including the addition of new brigades, ships and airfields to the fast-changing region.

Russian initiatives are making it increasingly difficult for the US to successfully compete in the area as new sea lanes emerge, they say. MORE – VIDEO