The video, filmed by a passenger and aired on several television channels , shows the two young women hitting, punching and beating their harassers with a belt, as other passengers silently look on.

The two women, aged 22 and 19, were reportedly returning from their college in Rohtak, about 43 miles northwest of New Delhi, when the three men threatened and abused them, BBC reported. MORE

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control confirms that 78 percent of the abortions done in babies in New York City were done on babies who were black or Hispanic. But you’ll be surprised if you see riots in the streets or civil rights activists like the NAACP or Jesse Jackson complaining about that in the same way they have condemned the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. MORE

For Saudi Arabia , its decision last week not to cut oil production seems to have been an attempt to protect market share. But for Venezuela , that decision may mean “game over” for the economy. MORE

After days of nation-wide protesting and rioting over the grand jury decision to not indict former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani said on Sunday that prosecutors shouldn’t have tried to indict him in front of a grand jury in the first place. Doing so, according to Giuliani, was political theater. MORE

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These 15 tips cannot fully compensate for medical assistance, but they can certainly be used as an excellent method of treatment.

1. Against gastritis – Baking soda – Baking soda is very useful for prevention and mitigation of many diseases (including cancer) also has an important role in treating gastritis. Mix half a teaspoon of baking soda in a glass of water and drink. You will feel improvement shortly. MORE

Pope Francis said on Sunday that equating Islam with violence was wrong and called on Muslim leaders to issue a global condemnation of terrorism to help dispel the stereotype.

Francis, the leader of 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, told reporters aboard his plane returning from a visit to Turkey that he understood why Muslims were offended by many in the West who automatically equated their religion with terrorism. MORE

More than a thousand people trekked across Iran this past week to visit a shrine in this ancient Persian city, a pilgrimage like many others in the Islamic Republic ? until you notice men there wearing yarmulkes.

Iran, a home for Jews for more than 3,000 years, has the Middle East’s largest Jewish population outside of Israel, a perennial foe of the country. But while Iran’s Jews in recent years had their faith continually criticized by the country’s previous governments, they’ve found new acceptance under moderate President Hassan Rouhani. MORE

Traditional Catholic Home Altar

Vol 7 Issue 48  ~  Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier

November 29, 2014 ~ Saint Saturninus, opn!

1. First Sunday in Advent—Benedict Baur, O.S.B.
2.Saint Andrew
3.The Christian Family (29)
4.Articles and notices

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In courtrooms across California… “You will be released on this case today.”

Felony charges are being dropped. After three decades of getting tough on crime California voters did a u-turn, passing Proposition 47. For Markku Heikkila it means 5 felony convictions for drug possession can be wiped from his record.

“I got a second chance definitely-almost a ‘get out of jail free’ card.” MORE

More than two million Hindus massed in a remote corner of Nepal on Friday for the slaughter of tens of thousands of animals to honour a goddess, defying protests from rights activists.

Devotees turned the village of Bariyapur and its surrounding fields near the Indian border into the world’s largest abattoir for the two-day festival with animals ranging from buffaloes to rats sacrificed. MORE

São Paulo, Brazil’s drought-hit megacity of 20 million, has about two months of guaranteed water supply remaining as it taps into the second of three emergency reserves, officials say.

The city began using its second so-called “technical reserve” 10 days ago to prevent a water crisis after reservoirs reached critically low levels last month. MORE