A world wide dilemma

It took him more than two months to prepare, coming up with the concept, assembling his outfit and rehearsing. Then on the big night, a five-hour session putting on makeup. The very last step, he slid on the red lace gloves with 4-inch (10-centimeter) red fingernails that he had specially ordered from the United States. MORE

COMMENTARY: It would be better if comments reportedly made by the Pope in private remained in private, not splashed around the world by news media. (Meaning, PROTECTIVE Commentary-Bergoglio could say whatever comes out of his mouth and Catholic’s should look the other way? – To the world this man represents Christ. And to this day, Jesus Christ is still scrutinized. But don’t scrutinize Francis. He’s above reproach). 

“Juan Carlos, that you are gay doesn’t matter,” he said Francis told him. “God made you like this and loves you like this, and it doesn’t matter to me. The Pope loves you like this; you have to be happy with who you are.” MORE

I happened to be in Santa Barbara, Calif.,  this week to give a speech, and at the lunch afterward, I found myself talking to a local real estate agent. She told me that trailer park homes in the town can go for $600,000. “They’re really lovely,” she said, of these mobile homes. “There’s a private lake.” MORE

Ireland voted decisively to repeal one of the world’s more restrictive abortion bans, the prime minister said Saturday, sweeping aside generations of conservative patriarchy and dealing the latest in a series of stinging rebukes to the Roman Catholic Church. MORE

Vol 11 Issue 21 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
May 26, 2018 ~ Ember Saturday in Octave of Pentecost

1. What is the Sacrament of Confirmation
2. Trinity Sunday
3. Saint Bede the Venerable
4. Family and Marriage
5. Articles and notices

Dear Reader:

The Mystery of the Blessed Trinity is completely a mystery that is incomprehensible to the finite human mind. Continue reading →

A family in Portland, Oregon, received a shock recently when their phone rang. The caller was an employee of the father of the family who said “Unplug your Alexa devices right now. You’re being hacked.” The family’s Amazon Echo home assistant device had reportedly recorded a conversation they had and sent it to a random number in the device’s contact list, KIRO 7 reports. MORE

As more and more American communities grapple with opioid addiction, the human toll of the epidemic has grown in both scope and severity. And now, scientists at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife have found evidence that drug’s impact has literally flowed downstream to affect marine life, as well. MORE

America is once again reeling from yet another deadly mass shooting. The victims at Santa Fe High School were taken from us too soon, and the prayers of Texas and the nation are with their families. There is something especially haunting about a killer targeting a school, where parents send their children on the assumption that they will be safe as they learn. Experience is a hard teacher, and with 2018’s second major school shooting behind us, its lesson is clear: We must secure our schools. MORE