New cracks emerged Thursday in a Russia-led economic alliance, with the president of Belarus warning that his nation may opt out of it.

Alexander Lukashenko also sternly warned Moscow Thursday that his nation of 10 million will never be part of the “Russian world,” a term coined by the Kremlin that reflects its hopes to pull ex-Soviet nations closer into its orbit. MORE

On Monday the Bishop Of Rome addressed Catholic followers regarding the dire importance of exhibiting religious tolerance. During his hour-long speech, a smiling Pope Francis was quoted telling the Vatican’s guests that the Koran, and the spiritual teachings contained therein, are just as valid as the Holy Bible. MORE

There’s plenty of fresh, free food all around us in this garden of Eden. Nature provides all that we need. And to be quite honest, I would rather eat this stuff than what is passing as food and produce in the markets today. The chemicals used to grow it are cancer causing. It’s DNA has been altered so it is not what it once was.

So here’s a list of common weeds and their healthy benefits. Continue reading →

Homemade Water Distiller. This Stove Top “pure water” Still is great for purifying dirty or salt water. produces lots of pure drinking water fast. can be powered by stove, rocket stove campfire, parabolic dish etc. easy to make. cost $20.00. (i’ve seen these being sold for $180.00 – just make it yourself). great for everyday use or SHTF/emergency situation. notes: do not use a plastic collection vessel – it will melt/warp (not to mention BPA). Remember not to touch the copper pipe. it gets super hot. finally, the bigger the glass jar that you use – the larger amount of water vapor you can collect (at a given time). Also, don’t try to seal it. some water vapor needs to escape or high pressure would build up very fast. MORE

For months now families are complaining about black and smelly water pouring from their faucets, toilets, and showers in a Southern California community just south of Los Angeles.

“We don’t want to drink our water, because our water is black,” said Emy Sebastian, a citizen of Gardena California. “My daughter says, ‘Mommy the water is black and it stinks. Why does the water stink?’ She doesn’t want to wash her clothes.” MORE

There might be something mystical that’s happening behind the convent nowadays as another nun reportedly gave birth to a baby. And just like the previous article, The nun is also unaware of her pregnancy. What she felt as a stomach pain led her to know that she is pregnant and it is her due date as the stomach pain was apparently called as “Labor Pain” MORE

Pope Francis has met a Spanish transsexual and his fiancée at the Vatican, opening his doors to a man dubbed “the devil’s daughter” by a local priest, media reports said Tuesday.

Diego Neria Lejarraga met the pontiff on Saturday after writing to him in December to complain he was being treated as an outcast in his parish in Plasencia in western Spain, according to the Spanish daily Hoy. MORE

I and traditional Catholics owe a lot to Father McBrien. He also was the General Editor of the “Encyclopedia of Catholicism.” 1995. Where I got much of my information, especially on the Vatican II Council. It was one of my sources exposing that the council teaches that one can be saved in any religion.  We were both the same age and his mother was an Italian.

The Rev. Richard McBrien, a renowned Catholic theologian at the University of Notre Dame who wrote comprehensive works on church history and delivered punchy sound bites from a liberal perspective, died Sunday (Jan. 25). He was 78 and had been in poor health for several years. MORE

In fencing, a lamé is an electrically conductive jacket worn by foil and sabre fencers in order to define the scoring area (which is different for each weapon). Foil lamés, although traditionally a metallic grey, are becoming more and more popular in an array of colors. In foil, the lamé extends on the torso from the shoulders to the groin area, including the back. MORE

Two of Dr Hughes sons are CMRI priests
Dear Friends,
Praised be Jesus and Mary!

He gave a good reason. They can’t be priest so let the boys learn and they might become one..The Church even looks Traditional

It’s been a long standing tradition in the Catholic Church to have boys act as altar servers, but since the 1970s, Star of the Sea Church at Geary and 8th Avenue has been allowing both boys AND girls to serve. MORE

Did they think this through? How about balloons shaped like doves?

Balloons, not doves, were released as a gesture of peace Sunday in St. Peter’s Square, a year after an attack by a seagull and a crow on the symbolic birds sparked protests by animal protection groups. MORE

An NYU student set his friend on fire as she was sleeping in bed while he recorded the stunt on video. Jaime Castano, 20, posted the video of himself singing after he set his allegedly intoxicated friend on fire to snapchat, and has now been charged first degree assault among other crimes for the incident. MORE

“There is no such thing, at this date of the world’s history, in America, as an independent press. You know it and I know it.

There is not one of you who dares to write your honest opinions, and if you did, you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid weekly for keeping my honest opinion out of the paper I am connected with. MORE

Northeast residents were girding for a ‘crippling and potentially historic’ storm that could bury communities from northern New Jersey to southern Maine in up to 3 feet of snow. MORE