The pope also denounced as “unacceptable” the privatization of water resources at the expense of the “human right to have access to this good.” MORE

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Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill earlier this week making California the first state to eliminate bail for suspects awaiting trial, Potter – whose father founded Bert Potter Bail Bonds 54 years ago – doesn’t think these small businesses, and the state’s bail bond industry as a whole, will be able to survive. MORE

Have IQ’s dropped since 1969? Um… yeah.

The Neil Armstrong biopic First Man premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday, but it’s the film’s omission of Armstrong’s historic planting of the American flag on the moon has many outraged. MORE

In the face of serious attacks against the Church and the person of the Holy Father, COMECE reaffirms its support, faithfulness and trust to Pope Francis.

COMECE condemns attempts to divide the Church of Christ and calls on all people of good will to work, in faith, for the development of a world of justice, truth and peace.

Archbishop Jean-Claude Hollerich s.j.  President of COMECE
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Shocking footage shared by French broadcaster France 3 shows one fishing vessel attempting to ram another during the furious sea battle. MORE

Vol 11 Issue 35 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
September 1, 2018 ~ Saint Giles, opn!

1. What is the Sacrament of Confirmation
2. Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
3. Saint Stephen
4. Family and Marriage
5. Articles and notices

Dear Reader:

The Washington Post reports: The Trump administration has decided to cancel all U.S. funding of the United Nations aid program for Palestinian refugees, part of its determination to put its money where its policy is as it seeks a recalculation of U.S. foreign aid spending and prepares its own Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. MORE

The Energy Information Administration announced this month that the port district of Houston-Galveston began exporting more crude oil than it imported for the first time. Houston-Galveston exports in April surpassed imports by 15,000 barrels a day, and by May the difference had grown to 470,000 barrels a day. That port district handles more than half of all U.S. crude exports, which hit a record of two million barrels a day in May. MORE

Anyone who has experienced getting a puppy knows it can be hard work. Owners often refer to their pets as “fur babies,” which makes a lot of sense considering how much attention puppies require when you first get them. MORE

Cardinal Blase Cupich suggested that allegations that Pope Francis knowingly rehabilitated an abusive American cardinal proceed from racism in a television interview with NBC News Tuesday. MORE