The Washington Post reports, Putin has issued an ominous warning: “Russia this week sent a formal diplomatic note to the United States warning that U.S. and NATO shipments of the ‘most sensitive’ weapons systems to Ukraine were ‘adding fuel’ to the conflict there and could bring ‘unpredictable consequences.’”

There is no question that this news will stir up the conservatives and traditionalists attached to the Vatican II Church like ants after stepping into an anthill. The excitement will be unwarranted, however, because this is simply the next act in the Francis Show. MORE

If the West fails to meet its security demands, Moscow could take measures like placing nuclear missiles close to the U.S. coastline, Russian officials have hinted. MORE

This happened to me today at the bank. Big line inside and only 2 tellers, so after I asked the manager why he doesn’t put more tellers at the windows and he said, “I don’t have any, they’re all out sick.” UNBELIEVABLE.

The latest surge in COVID cases has severely impacted retailers across the nation. Apple closed 20 of its stores across the U.S. in December because of staffing shortages, while Walmart temporarily shuttered nearly 60 of its locations to make time for extra sanitation following alleged outbreaks in January. MORE

This is revolutionary.
A nuclear fusion reactor in China has set a new record for sustained high temperatures after running five times hotter than the sun for more than 17 minutes, according to state media. MORE

It is always prudent to examine our past as we start off the New Year.

Were we judgmental before knowing all of the facts?
Were you aware that foolishness is sinful?
How much gossip where we involved in?
Were we honest with ourselves in 2021?
How much charity did we express among the brethren?
Did we show our love for the truth and the facts?
Are we putting private revelations above the deposit of Faith? (The Hierarchy, Bible & Tradition)
What did we do to help the Faithful foster Unity last year?
Did we check the reliability of a story before forwarding it to others?

Right now, I think both the Russian and Greek Orthodox are hold outs to the merger with Rome.

Plans are progressing for a possible meeting next year between Pope Francis and the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church following their historic encounter in Havana in 2016, a top Russian Orthodox official said Wednesday. MORE

Few Americans blame God when bad things happen in their lives, according to a new Pew Research Center survey that looks at how people respond to suffering in the wake of a pandemic that has killed more than 750,000 Americans. MORE

The vicar general for the Diocese of Rome has banned the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass during the Easter Triduum in his implementation of Pope Francis’ motu proprio Traditionis custodes. MORE

A One World Religion Headquarters is set to open in 2022. The headquarters will be called The Abrahamic Family House and is being built on an island in the middle eastern city of Abu Dhabi. MORE

First the small towns then the big city’s, then the states, then the Federal Government then the WORLD?

Small towns are going bankrupt … since Hurricane Matthew flooded the small town of Fair Bluff, on the coastal plain of North Carolina. MORE

Hear St. Peter on Pentecost Sunday:  Act: 14-21. Vapour of Smoke. But Peter standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke to them: Ye men of Judea, and all you that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known to you, and with your ears receive my words. [15] For these are not drunk, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day:[16] But this is that which was spoken of by the prophet Joel: [17] And it shall come to pass, in the last days, (saith the Lord,) I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. [18] 

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said the scale of natural disasters that have hit Russia this year has been “absolutely unprecedented.” MORE

“We now see, more clearly than ever, that the religion called Catholicism is the only one that Francis no longer accepts.” -Robert Morrison MORE