Separatist rockets streaked across hills in eastern Ukraine on Monday as rebels pounded the positions of Ukrainian government troops holding a strategic rail town while both sides pressed ahead with mobilizing more forces for combat.

Kiev’s military said five more Ukrainian soldiers were killed in clashes while municipal authorities in the big rebel-controlled city of Donetsk said 15 civilians were killed at the weekend by shelling in a surge of violence following the collapse of a new peace effort on Saturday. MORE

Question ‘strikes a chord?’ children sexual abuse cases?

Interesting that Francis doesn’t even defend God or the solution is God through prayer!

“She is the only one who has put a question for which there is no answer and she wasn’t even able to express it in words but in tears,” he told the crowd. “The nucleus of your question … almost doesn’t have a reply.”MORE

Arguably the most powerful laywoman in the Catholic Church in the late 20th century is now a candidate for sainthood, after the launch of a beatification process on Tuesday in Italy followed by 18,000 people around the world via live streaming.

Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare movement, died in 2008 at the age of 88. The bid to declare her a saint comes shortly after a mandatory five-year waiting period in Church law to open a beatification process expired. MORE

The Rev. Libby Lane became the eighth Bishop of Stockport in a service at York Minster. Her consecration comes after the church ended a long and divisive dispute by voting last year to allow women to serve as bishops. MORE

Before Original Sin

Vol 8 Issue 5 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
January 31, 2015 ~ St. John Bosco, opn!

1. Baptism: Means of Salvation (4)
2. Septuagesima Sunday
3. St Ignatius of Antioch
4 .Marriage and Parenthood (5)
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It’s no secret Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to turn back the clock to a time when the Soviet Union strutted on the world’s stage, the only superpower offering a true counterweight to the U.S. On Thursday, though, Russia took steps – some alarming, some weird – that seemed aimed at reigniting the Cold War MORE

Sociologists at the University of North Texas are issuing a cautionary warning to Christians noting that, though there isn’t widespread “Christianophonia” in the U.S., the small group of those who have a strong aversion to conservative believers are among the influential and elite. MORE

These people have had implants, extreme dental work and even dye injected into their eyeballs to make them look as menacing as possible.

The four-day event has seen people travel from across the globe to show their extreme modifications, with implants even to alter the shape of their skulls. MORE

JMA reported that three explosions from Showa Crater at Aira Caldera’s Sakurajima volcano ejected tephra as far as 800 m during January 19 – 23.

Incandescence from the crater was visible at night on January 22. Inflation continued to be detected.

Tokyo VAAC reported that on January 23 plumes rose to altitudes of 3 – 4.9 km a.s.l. and drifted SE. During January 24 – 27 plumes rose to altitudes of 1.8 – 3 km a.s.l. and drifted SE, E, NE, and N. MORE

‘FORGOTTEN BAYOU: LIFE ON THE SINKHOLE’ offers a view into the Bayou Corne Sinkhole, over forty acres in diameter and still growing. This sinkhole formed on August 3, 2012 and the mandatory evacuation order issued that day remains in effect. Few of the original three hundred and fifty residents, remain, and some streets of the community look like a ghost town. MORE

With a ‘Super Bowl’ halftime performance by the illuminati’s Katy Perry telling everyone the halftime show will be ‘flaming hot’ as shared in the 2nd video below and a ‘false flag nuclear attack upon the Super Bowl’ conspiracy theories getting a lot of attention across the internet as shared in the 3rd video below, was this ‘weather forecast’ just a joke or a warning to others about something sinister that is about to occur? The weatherman and news crew certainly seem to have a sense of humor about this… MORE

This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.

I … as violence continues to reach in eastern Ukraine … NATO is taking new measures to contain the threat of an aggressive Russia … the alliance will established command centers in six of its eastern member countries … of the organization’s five thousand troops rapid response force … MORE

Like most traditional Catholic groups the real truth is being suppressed. The truth of the matter is that John XXIII was the puppet and precursor of the first AntiChrist Paul VI. The “Man of Sin.”  The line of popes ended officially on November 19 1969 when Paul VI rejected the “Ottaviani Intervention.” and all the Traditional groups in the world. This action started the Reign of the “Great Apostasy.”  The Great Apostasy lasts about 40 to 50 years and brings Christ back on Pentecost Sunday.. There will never be another true Pope. Most groups want to reverse the Vatican II Council and bring back a True Pope. That’s Impossible.  They do have valid sacraments and as long as they are not taking away your free will, it’s O.K. to go too their Churches. Just take the truth there with you,

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The roughly one in five children who received food stamps in 2014 surpassed pre-recession levels, when one in eight or 9 million children were on food stamps, according to the U.S. Census survey of American families released on Wednesday. MORE

All right: It’s about time Pat spoke up. He’s also taking a second look at these V-2 popes, thanks to Francis. Better late than never.

In July of 1870, King Wilhelm sent Foreign Minister Bismarck an account of his meeting with a French envoy who had demanded that the king renounce any Hohenzollern claim to the Spanish throne. Bismarck edited the report to make it appear the Frenchman had insulted the king, and that Wilhelm rudely dismissed him. MORE