I just wanted to post this as a reminder for all of us. Louis CK is a genius. I love his show on FX, I love the man and the message. Go Louie!

Turmeric has widely been toted for its effect on cancer, but new research has shown that its cousin ginger is just as powerful. Not only that, it’s been found to be even more effective than some cancer medications at killing cancer. There is even evidence of some cancer medications being ineffective and actually accelerating the death of cancer patients.

The Power Of Ginger

One study, conducted by Georgia State University found that whole ginger extract was able to reduce the size of a prostate tumor by 56% in mice. In addition to its effect on cancer, ginger was also observed to reduce inflammation and supply the mice with life-enhancing antioxidants. MORE

Americans are becoming less religious, judging by such markers as church attendance, prayer and belief in God, and the trend is more pronounced among young adults, according to a poll released on Tuesday.

The share of U.S. adults who say they believe in God, while still high compared with other advanced industrial countries, slipped to 89 percent in 2014 from 92 percent in 2007, according to the Pew Research Center’s Religious Landscape Study.

The proportion of Americans who say they are “absolutely certain” God exists fell even more, to 63 percent in 2014 from 71 percent in 2007. MORE

OAKLAND — This year, for the first time in decades, the walls of St. Theresa Church are echoing with Latin as priests recite the liturgy to a small congregation dedicated to preserving the pre-Vatican II Roman Catholic Mass.

On Thursday morning about 40 parishioners, including guests from Massachusetts, Idaho and Nebraska, joined in a High Mass to bless the Church Street house of worship. MORE

One can’t wonder what’s the hurry for Francis to go to Mexico? It was reported that he even plans to come to our border. A political ploy for immigration perhaps.

MEXICO CITY — Pope Francis will arrive in Mexico on Feb. 12 to start his long-awaited visit to the heavily Roman Catholic country, a church official said Sunday. MORE

Did you know that by using political correctness, you can claim anything is racist and sexist and people will act like it’s true? Infowars journalist Kit Daniels explains.

With millions of Muslim migrants pouring into Europe, some experts are warning the continent faces a future of revolution, civil war or surrender to Islamic rule.

Author, WND columnist and anti-Shariah campaigner Pamela Geller thinks it is already too late. Asked if she thought it would come to civil war in Europe, Geller told WND, “Yes, I do.”

She’s not alone. MORE

Council of Elvira

Vol 8 Issue 44 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
October 31, 2015 ~ Our Lady on Saturday

1. Baptism: Means of Salvation (40)
2. Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost
3. All Saints
4. Christ in the Home (15)
5. Articles and notices

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It was one of the deadliest incidents involving Airbus aircraft over the past decade.

The Islamic State (IS) group affiliate in Egypt claimed it downed the plane, without saying how.

Egyptian Prime Minister Sharif Ismail expressed doubt about the claim, saying experts confirmed that a plane cannot be downed at such an altitude, and Russian Transport Minister Maksim Sokolov said the claim “cannot be considered accurate”. MORE

Keen-eyed ANP readers have noticed what many others are noticing across the country…. people are changing, becoming more violent, angered at the smallest things and acting in a manner that is not consistent with their normal personalities…

DRUGS – Carefully note where it states “Changes in behavior, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping CHANTIX. They go on to state “hostility, depression or changes in behavior, thinking or mood that are not typical for you.” MORE

October 2015 – SAN FRANCISCO – The earthquake swarms in one San Francisco Bay Area city keeps rising, and according to the US Geological Center’s past historical data, has shattered all previous old records. As of Wednesday, the USGS noted that San Ramon, about 45 miles from San Francisco had experienced 446 quakes, including 86 quakes that were a magnitude of 2.0 or higher, since Oct. 13. A total of 28 earthquakes have been documented alone since Tuesday. San Ramon had previously set a record in 2003 when a swarm of 120 earthquakes struck there over 31 days. MORE

Egyptian security forces confirmed there have been no survivors despite ‘hearing voices’ inside the wrecked fuselage of a Russian passenger jet which crashed into the Sinai desert in northern Egypt as the bodies of 100 victims have been recovered. MORE

I heard that in 40 years they would have a labor shortage without this change. I find that hard to believe.

China’s government had been suggesting for some time that it would lift a 35-year-old policy of restricting most urban families to one child. But the formal announcement on Thursday still seemed to mark a milestone. MORE