Resurrection of the dead is a religious tenet that may soon become scientific fact. The question is who will get there first: God or scientists?
Many great rabbis are saying that we are in the final days before the Messiah, and though God has his own sense of time, wearing a wristwatch that slowly ticks off the millenniums, he has been challenged to a deadline when it comes to the resurrection. MORE
If you thought Enhanced Human Operations (EHO) were an extravagant fantasy of Hollywood films and video games, then think again. Russia and China are involved in EHO, the act of modifying the brain and body in order to create “super soldiers” who will have the upper hand in battles.
Understandably, the United States is concerned about the prospect of having to join Russia and China by going down the Enhanced Human Operations route. Continue reading
The world’s oldest monuments may soon get an image makeover. A new project will promote and preserve Göbekli Tepe, home to the most ancient temple structures ever discovered.
Turkey hopes to eventually boost tourism at the site, which is in a region where tourism has declined because of the nearby Syrian conflict andrefugee crisis.
Since excavations began in 1995, the site in southeastern Turkey has changed the way archaeologists think about the origins of civilization. Its circular structures, with their elaborately carved stones and distinctive, T-shaped pillars, are more than 12,000 years old—older than the invention of agriculture or even pottery. MORE
Brazil has sent more than 200,000 troops to go ‘house to house’ in the battle against Zika-carrying mosquitoes, blamed for causing a birth defect epidemic that is spreading rapidly across the world. MORE
In the fall of 2008, with General Motors and Chrysler on the precipice of bankruptcy, executives at the car parts supplier Johnson Controls flew to Washington. The company’s president testified before a Senate panel and implored lawmakers to bail out the auto industry.
“Speaking for our company, and, I am sure for all auto parts suppliers, we respectfully urge the members of this committee, and the Congress as a whole, to provide the financial support the automakers need at this critical time,” Keith Wandell, then the president of Johnson Controls, said, warning that the failure of even one automobile company would “implode” the supply chain and lead to broad job losses. MORE
Think of the millions of devices with video feeds—maybe the baby monitor perched over your kid’s crib or a security camera looking out over your back porch. A new feature on the most popular search engine for the Internet of Things just made it a lot easier to find such feeds. And it’s even creepier than you can imagine. MORE
In 1950, physicist Enrico Fermi raised a very important question about the Universe and the existence of extra-terrestrial life. Given the size and age of the Universe, he stated, and the statistical probability of life emerging in other solar systems, why is it that humanity has not seen any indications of intelligence life in the cosmos? This query, known as the Fermi Paradox, continues to haunt us to this day. MORE
Vol 9 Issue 4 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
January 23, 2015 ~ St Emerantia
1. Baptism: Means of Salvation (52)
2. Septuagesima Sunday
3. Saint Timothy
4. Christ in the Home (27)
5. Articles and notices
Dear Reader:
As the public is entertained by the media by making sport of Donald Trump (who I would hope is not playing their tune—yet wonder why he allows it), the implementation on the various levels of government of depriving children protection from perverts and psychologically deranged sociopaths has been seen by demanding schools allow boys to use the little girls’ bathroom and, if there are any curious girls they can see what goes on in the boys’ bathroom. Continue reading
According to Vatican Radio, on Monday, January 18, 2016, the day after Pope Francis’ visit to the Great Synagogue of Rome, the pontiff delivered a homily at his daily Mass in which he condemned Christians who are of “closed heart” and resisters to “change,” calling them “obstinate rebels” and “idolaters.” MORE
RAMADI, Iraq (AP) — So complete was the destruction of Ramadi that a local reporter who had visited the city many times hardly recognized it.
“Honestly, this is the main street,” Amaj Hamid, a member of Iraq’s elite counterterrorism forces, told the TV crew as they entered from the southwest. MORE
Traditionalists Who Destroy the Papacy
Video by Fr. Anthony Cekada
THE YEAR 2016 will be a banner year for traditionalists to argue over the question of the Pope. Continue reading
The most powerful storm of this winter season started last night in the nation’s capital and was morphing into a painful blizzard with gale-force winds pushing heavy snow and coastal flooding, as at least 10 people have been killed. MORE
Every letter counts
British police are disputing the account of a Muslim family that says it was investigated over a spelling mistake made by a 10-year-old boy.
Last month, the boy had written in a school assignment that he lived in a “terrorist house” when he was trying to write “terraced house,” his family told the BBC.
Authorities questioned him at home the next day and examined a laptop, the family said. MORE
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is studying an invitation to visit the Grand Mosque of Rome — extended to him several days after his first visit to the city’s Great Synagogue.
If he accepts, Francis would be the first pope to visit the mosque. He received the invitation on Wednesday (Jan. 20) during a short audience he gave to Muslim community leaders at the Vatican. MORE
