Michele Kearney's Snuffysmith's Blog: March 2019

Sunday, March 31, 2019

Wind, Solar Are a Distraction. Let's Go Full Steam Ahead on Nuclear Power | American Council on Science and Health

Wind, Solar Are a Distraction. Let's Go Full Steam Ahead on Nuclear Power | American Council on Science and Health: Instead of treating our energy policy like salad toppings at a buffet, let's just go full steam ahead on the one thing that could meet all of the world's energy needs right now: Nuclear power.

America must get serious about nuclear energy and national security | TheHill

America must get serious about nuclear energy and national security | TheHill: America’s nuclear plants are hardened against natural and man-made threats.

Michael Flynn, Russia and a Grand Scheme to Build Nuclear Power Plants in Saudi Arabia and the Arab World

Michael Flynn, Russia and a Grand Scheme to Build Nuclear Power Plants in Saudi Arabia and the Arab World: How Trump’s former national security adviser got involved with a madcap plan to build scores of nuclear power plants in Saudi Arabia and the Arab world.

China Building Technology That Can Convert Coal Plants To Nuclear Plants

China Building Technology That Can Convert Coal Plants To Nuclear Plants: QINGYUAN, CHINA - MARCH 19: (CHINA OUT) Visitors collect clean air in north area of Guangdong Province where mountains surround with clean air on March 19, 2016 in Qingyuan, Guangdong Province of China. Urban citizens in north China's Guangdong Province get away from smog-stricken cities to mountain-surrounded north areas and [...]

New York Times Admits That “Withdrawing From Iran Nuclear Deal Has Paid Dividends” - The Washington Standard

New York Times Admits That “Withdrawing From Iran Nuclear Deal Has Paid Dividends” - The Washington Standard: When even the New York Times and its house Never-Trumper Bret Stephens are applauding Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, you know that the results have been decisively in Trump’s favor.

Senate Republicans Headed To ‘Nuclear Option’ To Confirm Trump Nominees – True Pundit

Senate Republicans Headed To ‘Nuclear Option’ To Confirm Trump Nominees – True Pundit: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell set up a test vote for the Senate on Thursday, hoping to cut Democrats time on the floor obstructing President Donald Trump’s nominees who are trying to be confirmed. The vote, which is likely to fail so that Republicans will be able to use the nuclear option, will make it easier…

How Israel is working to remove Palestinians from Jerusalem

How Israel is working to remove Palestinians from Jerusalem: Armed with Donald Trump’s blessing after he moved the US embassy to Jerusalem nearly a year ago, experts say Israel is now working more quickly, more confidently and more intensively to expel Palestinians from the city of their birth.

Allan C. Brownfeld's Letter to the NYT Magazine Editor in re: Nathan Thrall's Article

To the editor,
New York Times Magazine

Congratulations to Nathan Thrall for his thoughtful and even-handed article, “The Battle Over B.D.S.” (March 31)

Whether or not one agrees with the movement of “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions” to protest Israel’s 50-year occupation and denial of basic rights to millions of Palestinians, such an enterprise is fully within the American tradition. It is free speech, protected by the First Amendment. Examples of such boycotts include the Montgomery bus boycott to protest segregation and the boycott of South Africa to end apartheid. It is also clearly within the Jewish tradition.

Those groups which seek to criminalize free speech, allegedly in defense of Israel, are, in fact, violating both free speech and Jewish values.

What Mr. Thrall omits is the long history of Jewish opposition to Zionism. Using the term “anti-Semitism” to characterize Israel’s critics would have to include untold numbers of Jews. It trializes real anti-Semitism which, sadly, is on the rise in many places.

Zionism, or Jewish nationalism, has been a contentious issue from the beginning. In 1897, the Central Conference of American Rabbis adopted a resolution disapproving of any attempt to create a Jewish state. It declared: “Zion was a previous possession of the past...as such it is a holy memory, but it is not our hope of the future. America is our Zion.”

In 1938, alluding to Nazism, Albert Einstein warned an audience of Zionist activists against the temptation to create a state”imbued with a narrow nationalism within our own ranks against which we have already had to fight strongly even without a Jewish state.”

The Jewish philosopher Martin Buber spoke out in 1942 against “the aim of the minority to conquer trrritory by means of international maneuvers.” In Buber’s view, “This sort of ‘Zionism’ blasphemes the name of Zion; it is nothing more than one of the crude forms of nationalism.”

Judaism is a religion of universal values, not a nationality. It believes that men and women of every race and nation are created in the image of God and entitled to the same basic human rights. Israel claims to be a “Jewish” state, yet it treats its non-Jewish citizens, more than 20 per cent of the population, as something less. Prime Minister Netanyahu says Israel is not their “nation-state.” It is hardly “anti-Semitic” to point this out, and lament its exclusionist sentiment.

Sincerely,
       Allan C. Brownfeld,
           Publications Editor,
           American Council for Judaism

Our So-Called Foreign Policy: Why the Venezuela Crisis is Getting Really Scary | RealityChek

Our So-Called Foreign Policy: Why the Venezuela Crisis is Getting Really Scary | RealityChek: No one who lived through it or knows about it (me in both cases) would ever say lightly, “The X situation reminds me of the Cuban Missile Crisis.” So that’s at least one reason to be very wor…

Cardinal Sarah: God never abandons His Church – Catholic World Report

The Church is plunged into the darkness of Good Friday (Part 2)

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Opinion | The Secret Death Toll of America’s Drones - The New York Times

Opinion | The Secret Death Toll of America’s Drones - The New York Times: President Trump is making it harder to know how many civilians the government kills by remote control.

We can turn away from faith, but humans will always hunger for meaning | America Magazine

We can turn away from faith, but humans will always hunger for meaning | America Magazine: We are all about individual rights, personal narratives and the freedom to choose. So was the Prodigal Son, until the food ran out.

What the parable of the prodigal son can teach us about freedom, duty and love | America Magazine

What the parable of the prodigal son can teach us about freedom, duty and love | America Magazine: In this parable, Luke presents a complex study of the interplay of freedom, duty and love.

In Morocco Pope Francis explains what it means to be Christian in a majority Muslim land

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Pope Francis celebrates largest Mass in the history of Morocco | America Magazine

Pope Francis celebrates largest Mass in the history of Morocco | America Magazine: Among those attending the Mass was Brother Jean-Pierre Schumacher, O.C.S.O, the last monk survivor from the monastery of Tibhirine in Algeria.

What’s Behind the Report of Wilton Gregory Going to Washington? | Deacon Greg Kandra

What’s Behind the Report of Wilton Gregory Going to Washington? | Deacon Greg Kandra: Some very good analysis from Michelle Boorstein in The Washington Post: When the pope names a new bishop for a diocese, it’s always buzzy Catholic news. But a leaked report this past week about the next archbishop of Washington was big news for unexpected reasons. The Catholic News Agency, citing anonymous sources,

Aid to the Church in Need launches campaign to help women religious in war-torn and destitute areas

Studies acknowledge how traumatic miscarriage is — so why doesn’t society?

Studies acknowledge how traumatic miscarriage is — so why doesn’t society?: Science supports that miscarriage is a traumatic experience, and you can’t make trauma disappear by telling somebody that their trauma is not real, not legitimate.

The bittersweet joy of seeing your children grow up — Aleteia

The bittersweet joy of seeing your children grow up — Aleteia: As parents, we want our children to grow up to be independent adults — but that doesn't mean we won't miss their childhood!

Why do Catholics kneel at Mass? --Aleteia

Why do Catholics kneel at Mass? --Aleteia: The physical gesture is an ancient one, used by Christians since the very beginning.

Bishop Barron's Gospel Reflection March 31, 2019

Sunday, March 31, 2019

Fourth Sunday of Lent

Luke 15:1-3, 11-32

Friends, our Gospel today is Jesus’ best-known parable, and perhaps the greatest story ever told. It tells us practically everything we need to know about our relationship to God, if we but attend to the details carefully.

The younger son asks for his share of the estate and quickly squanders it in a faraway land—and so it always goes. We are the children of God; we have been given life, being, everything by him; we exist through him at every moment. What is represented here so vividly is the moment of sin, which means rupture or division.

So he was forced to hire himself out so as to become a feeder of pigs. And no one gave him anything. Coming to his senses at last, he decides to break away and return to his father.

The father sees him from a long way off, and then, throwing respectability to the wind, he comes running out to meet him. The Bible is not the story of our quest for God, but of God’s passionate, relentless quest for us. He put a ring on his son’s finger—the ring of marriage, symbolizing the reestablishment of a right relationship between us and God.
Reflect: When has the forgiveness you received from someone else made you joyful?

Reading 1 Jos 5:9a, 10-12
The LORD said to Joshua,
“Today I have removed the reproach of Egypt from you.”

While the Israelites were encamped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho,
they celebrated the Passover
on the evening of the fourteenth of the month.
On the day after the Passover,
they ate of the produce of the land
in the form of unleavened cakes and parched grain.
On that same day after the Passover,
on which they ate of the produce of the land, the manna ceased.
No longer was there manna for the Israelites,
who that year ate of the yield of the land of Canaan.

Reading 2 2 Cor 5:17-21
Brothers and sisters:
Whoever is in Christ is a new creation:
the old things have passed away;
behold, new things have come.
And all this is from God,
who has reconciled us to himself through Christ
and given us the ministry of reconciliation,
namely, God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ,
not counting their trespasses against them
and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
So we are ambassadors for Christ,
as if God were appealing through us.
We implore you on behalf of Christ,
be reconciled to God.
For our sake he made him to be sin who did not know sin,
so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

Gospel Lk 15:1-3, 11-32
Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus,
but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying,
“This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
So to them Jesus addressed this parable:
“A man had two sons, and the younger son said to his father,
‘Father give me the share of your estate that should come to me.’

So the father divided the property between them.
After a few days, the younger son collected all his belongings
and set off to a distant country
where he squandered his inheritance on a life of dissipation.
When he had freely spent everything,
a severe famine struck that country,
and he found himself in dire need.
So he hired himself out to one of the local citizens
who sent him to his farm to tend the swine.
And he longed to eat his fill of the pods on which the swine fed,
but nobody gave him any.
Coming to his senses he thought,
‘How many of my father’s hired workers
have more than enough food to eat,
but here am I, dying from hunger.
I shall get up and go to my father and I shall say to him,
“Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
I no longer deserve to be called your son;
treat me as you would treat one of your hired workers.”’
So he got up and went back to his father.
While he was still a long way off,
his father caught sight of him, and was filled with compassion.
He ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him.
His son said to him,
‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you;
I no longer deserve to be called your son.’
But his father ordered his servants,
‘Quickly bring the finest robe and put it on him;
put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
Take the fattened calf and slaughter it.
Then let us celebrate with a feast,
because this son of mine was dead, and has come to life again;
he was lost, and has been found.’
Then the celebration began.
Now the older son had been out in the field
and, on his way back, as he neared the house,
he heard the sound of music and dancing.
He called one of the servants and asked what this might mean.
The servant said to him,
‘Your brother has returned
and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf
because he has him back safe and sound.’
He became angry,
and when he refused to enter the house,
his father came out and pleaded with him.
He said to his father in reply,
‘Look, all these years I served you
and not once did I disobey your orders;
yet you never gave me even a young goat to feast on with my friends.
But when your son returns
who swallowed up your property with prostitutes,
for him you slaughter the fattened calf.’
He said to him,
‘My son, you are here with me always;
everything I have is yours.
But now we must celebrate and rejoice,
because your brother was dead and has come to life again;
he was lost and has been found.’”

Westinghouse Launches New SMR Effort | Neutron Bytes

Westinghouse Launches New SMR Effort | Neutron Bytes: After several earlier false starts, including a complete withdrawal in 2014 from efforts to enter the market, Westinghouse buoyed with a $12.9 million grant from the Department of Energy, is making…

Saturday, March 30, 2019

Even for the wild West Bank, this is a shocking story - Israel News - Haaretz.com

Even for the wild West Bank, this is a shocking story - Israel News - Haaretz.com: A young Palestinian's attempt to help a stranger shot by Israeli troops costs him his life

20 Years of Criminal Wars Neocons Started - Time for An Honest Accounting

20 Years of Criminal Wars Neocons Started - Time for An Honest Accounting: The ‘witch-hunt’ against President Trump over Russian collusion has officially ended, following the submission of the Mueller Report, enabling us to now concentrate on the real problems of America that affect the whole world. In the hope of a waning of the Russophobia in America, let’s therefore focus on the US’s recent war history by starting with the 20th anniversary this

‘Get out of Syria First’: Moscow Reacts to Trump’s Demand to Leave Venezuela

‘Get out of Syria First’: Moscow Reacts to Trump’s Demand to Leave Venezuela: RT:
The Trump administration should make good on its own promise to pull troops out of Syria before telling others where they should or shouldn't be, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in reply to Washington's threat over Venezuela.

"Before they have their say in the lawful interests of other nat

War, Peace and Presidential Candidates

https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/war-peace-and-presidential-candidates/

Bipartisan Bill In Senate Would Boost US Nuclear Industry | Neutron Bytes

Bipartisan Bill In Senate Would Boost US Nuclear Industry | Neutron Bytes: A major step forward in congressional support for the next generation of nuclear reactor technology took place this past week with the introduction in the Senate of the bipartisan Nuclear Energy Le…

The Rapture and the Real World: Mike Pompeo Blends Beliefs and Policy - The New York Times

Ireland Leads on Pressuring Israel on Settlements

Ireland Leads on Pressuring Israel on Settlements
https://lobelog.com/ireland-leads-on-pressuring-israel-on-settlements/#more-48177

Exclusive: PG&E's future rests on board picks, CPUC president says | Utility Dive

Exclusive: PG&E's future rests on board picks, CPUC president says | Utility Dive: Utility industry news, voices and jobs for energy industry professionals. Optimized for your mobile phone.

PG&E delays board nominations after Newsom’s criticism - SFChronicle.com

Judge OKs $5.5B Financing Package for PG&E - CFO

Judge OKs $5.5B Financing Package for PG&E - CFO: The Chapter 11 financing is secured by PG&E assets, raising concerns over what could happen if the utilty defaults.

Newsom Blasts PG&E For Possible Board Picks | myMotherLode.com

Newsom Blasts PG&E For Possible Board Picks | myMotherLode.com: The governor got a sneak peek at the list of those being considered for director seats and was not happy.

PG&E primed to name board members with too little experience: Newsom

PG&E primed to name board members with too little experience: Newsom: Should troubled PG&E get to name new members to its own board? California Gov. Newsom urges the utility company to 'reconsider.'

Exclusive: With a piece of paper, Trump called on Kim to hand over nuclear weapons | Reuters

Exclusive: With a piece of paper, Trump called on Kim to hand over nuclear weapons | Reuters: On the day that their talks in Hanoi collapsed last month, U.S. President Donald Trump handed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a piece of paper that included a blunt call for the transfer of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons and bomb fuel to the United States, according to the document seen by Reuters.

Africa and the Blood of Christians - The Catholic Thing

Africa and the Blood of Christians - The Catholic Thing: Africa has become an epicenter of religious persecution. Much of the continent is inhospitable to those who worship a different...

Fatima vs. the New Sexual Regime - The Catholic Thing

Jewish donors shape regressive Democratic Party position on Israel -- groundbreaking 'NYT' report

Jewish donors shape regressive Democratic Party position on Israel -- groundbreaking 'NYT' report: This weekend the New York Times breaks one of the biggest taboos, describing the responsibility of Jewish donors for the Democratic Party's slavish support for Israel. Nathan Thrall's groundbreaking piece says in essence that it really is about the Benjamins, as Rep. Ilhan Omar said. The donor class of the party is overwhelmingly Jewish, and Jews are still largely wed to Zionism.

Pelosi and McConnell Are Inching Us Closer to Nuclear War - Antiwar.com Original

Pelosi and McConnell Are Inching Us Closer to Nuclear War - Antiwar.com Original: When Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell teamed up to invite NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to address a joint session of Congress, they had every - Norman Solomon for Antiwar.com Original

Leave Putin alone! What's fueling the West's fear of Russia? - Haaretz.com

Leave Putin alone! What's fueling the West's fear of Russia? - Haaretz.com: After the collapse of the Trump-Russia conspiracy, it turns out that Moscow’s supposedly satanic power is a myth inflated for political purposes and reaches Israel's shores too

Defying Trump Promises, American Companies Still Playing Offshore Tax Games | naked capitalism

Defying Trump Promises, American Companies Still Playing Offshore Tax Games | naked capitalism: Quelle surprise! A one-time tax break for US companies to repatriate offshore profits didn't stop the gaming, nor did it generate more investment.

Stop Iran From Going Nuclear

Stop Iran From Going Nuclear: "Thank God, the tests on the IR4 and IR2M (centrifuges) have been completed. They were tested for over 12 years. Today we have all the data, and we can easily manufacture them on an industrial scale." — Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy

NATO Turns 70 | The Nation

NATO Turns 70 | The Nation: Next week, Washington will throw the military alliance a birthday party. How much is there to celebrate?

Fourth Sunday of Lent: Reconciliation model | National Catholic Reporter

Fourth Sunday of Lent: Reconciliation model | National Catholic Reporter: A story that has gone viral on the internet and that has been quoted by poets and other writers is the story of the Bemba people who come mainly from Zambia. The story, quoted by Alice Walker in her b...

New Stricter Vatican Child Protection Norms | Matthew Schneider

New Stricter Vatican Child Protection Norms | Matthew Schneider: This morning, the Vatican issued new norms which tighten rules on child protection. Three separate documents came out. These documents put stricter norms on clergy and lay people who work for the Vatican in Rome, or in papal nunciatures around the world.

Supreme Court stays execution of man who was not permitted presence of Buddhist priest at time of death--Aleteia

Supreme Court stays execution of man who was not permitted presence of Buddhist priest at time of death--Aleteia: Legal scholars debate why Patrick Murphy's case had a different outcome from that of Muslim who was executed

Have you been rejected? Tackle it with this one verse from Scripture -- Aleteia

Have you been rejected? Tackle it with this one verse from Scripture -- Aleteia: Sometimes a timely reminder is just what we need.

Scripture provides some great sources of comfort to get us through
such tough times. In fact, there’s one Bible verse in particular that
really hits home when it comes to experiencing rejection:

“If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first” (John 15:18)

Have you been rejected? Tackle it with this one verse from Scripture -- Aleteia

Meet the Death Row prisoner who discovered a “saint sleeping within his soul”

Meet the Death Row prisoner who discovered a “saint sleeping within his soul”: While the young son was still a long way off, his father caught sight of him, and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him. His son said to him, “Father, I have si…

The lesson that Jacques Fesch learned during his years of imprisonment is the same as that learned by the younger son in the parable: We come to know ourselves through loss and it is then that we can become free to see who we really are and what we’re really made of.

Why is Pontius Pilate included in the Creed said at Mass? --Aleteia

Why is Pontius Pilate included in the Creed said at Mass? --Aleteia: Isn't he a "bad guy"? Why is his name signaled out and not others?

Bishop Barron's Gospel Reflection March 30, 2019

Saturday, March 30, 2019

Third Week of Lent

Luke 18:9-14

Friends, today Jesus tells us of the Pharisee and the tax collector—so, a stereotypically righteous person and unrighteous person—who both enter the Temple to pray. But what a world of difference in their manner of praying!

The entire point of religion is to make us humble before God and to open us to the path of love. Everything else is more or less a footnote. Liturgy, prayer, the precepts of the Church, the Commandments, sacraments, sacramentals—all of it—are finally meant to conform us to the way of love. When they instead turn us away from that path, they have been undermined.

Both St. Paul and the Gospel writers—as well as Jesus himself, of course—are intensely aware of this danger. This is precisely why Paul speaks of the dangers of the law. He knew that people often use the law as a weapon of aggression: since I know what is right and wrong in some detail, then I am uniquely positioned to point out your flaws. And when I point out your flaws, I elevate myself. In short, the law, which is a gift from God, has been co-opted for the purposes of the ego.
Reflect: How can pride stand in the way of love? Why does true humility encourage love?

Reading 1 Hos 6:1-6

"Come, let us return to the LORD,
it is he who has rent, but he will heal us;
he has struck us, but he will bind our wounds.
He will revive us after two days;
on the third day he will raise us up,
to live in his presence.
Let us know, let us strive to know the LORD;
as certain as the dawn is his coming,
and his judgment shines forth like the light of day!
He will come to us like the rain,
like spring rain that waters the earth."

What can I do with you, Ephraim?
What can I do with you, Judah?
Your piety is like a morning cloud,
like the dew that early passes away.
For this reason I smote them through the prophets,
I slew them by the words of my mouth;
For it is love that I desire, not sacrifice,
and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Responsorial Psalm Ps 51:3-4, 18-19, 20-21ab
R. (see Hosea 6:6) It is mercy I desire, and not sacrifice.
Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness;
in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense.
Thoroughly wash me from my guilt
and of my sin cleanse me.
R. It is mercy I desire, and not sacrifice.
For you are not pleased with sacrifices;
should I offer a burnt offering, you would not accept it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit;
a heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn.
R. It is mercy I desire, and not sacrifice.
Be bountiful, O LORD, to Zion in your kindness
by rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem;
Then shall you be pleased with due sacrifices,
burnt offerings and holocausts.
R. It is mercy I desire, and not sacrifice.

Gospel Lk 18:9-14
Jesus addressed this parable
to those who were convinced of their own righteousness
and despised everyone else.
"Two people went up to the temple area to pray;
one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector.
The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself,
'O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity —
greedy, dishonest, adulterous — or even like this tax collector.
I fast twice a week,
and I pay tithes on my whole income.'
But the tax collector stood off at a distance
and would not even raise his eyes to heaven
but beat his breast and prayed,
'O God, be merciful to me a sinner.'
I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former;
for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled,
and the one who humbles himself will be exalted."

Friday, March 29, 2019

Pentagon Says Google’s Drone Work Is Exempt From Freedom of Information Act

Pentagon Says Google’s Drone Work Is Exempt From Freedom of Information Act: The Pentagon cited a law permitting government agencies to block the disclosure of records that pertain to “critical infrastructure security information.”

China Hacked Hillary's Server And The FBI Knew About It - David Harris Jr

China Hacked Hillary's Server And The FBI Knew About It - David Harris Jr: Judicial Watch is suing the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to produce records on their briefing of Peter Strzok on the matter of China hacking Hillary’s emails. If this had gone out before the 2016 election, it would have killed all chances that Hillary had of winning. Strzok was asked about the ...

Perry’s approval of secret authorizations for Saudi nuclear deal makes experts nervous – ThinkProgress

Despair | Henry Karlson

Despair | Henry Karlson: Despair lies to us, telling us we cannot be saved.

New Stricter Vatican Child Protection Norms | Matthew Schneider

Conservatives Call for Civility, Claim Democrats Want to Murder Babies | The Nation

Conservatives Call for Civility, Claim Democrats Want to Murder Babies | The Nation: None of the people decrying the lack of manners in American politics has batted an eye over the truly outrageous charges of “infanticide.”

'The New York Times' runs Israeli propaganda on '67 War: It was 'defensive'

Audioboom / The continuing threat of the Russiagate fraud. @VDHanson @HooverInst

Audioboom / The continuing threat of the Russiagate fraud. @VDHanson @HooverInst: Photo:Screenshot of Alan Ladd from the trailer for the film Shane

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From Trade War To Tech War To Cold War | Hoover Institution

From Trade War To Tech War To Cold War | Hoover Institution: If you had told me 30 years ago America would be in another Cold War with another communist superpower by 2019, I would not have believed you. If you had told me that, simultaneously, socialism would be the height of fashion with young Americans, I would have directed you to a psychiatrist. But here we are. Three decades ago Francis Fukuyama published his seminal essay “The

U.S.-China Relations & Donald Trump's Strategy | National Review

U.S.-China Relations & Donald Trump's Strategy | National Review: Trump's new policy of political, economic, and military pressure on China is going full-steam. Beijing has to choose if it will start moderating its behavior or push back just as hard.

MISSIO:When Leprosy Leads to Loss, Young Girls Are Left

Since 1964, Damien Social Welfare Center in Dhanbad, India, has served patients with Hansen’s Disease (leprosy). In addition to providing medical care, treatment, and housing for those who suffer from this devastating disease, this center works to help the families of those who are affected.

Over the years, they have found that it is young girls who are left most vulnerable as their parents suffer from Hansen’s Disease. These girls are often targeted and easily exploited. They have few opportunities to receive a formal education due to their circumstances.

Father Pani and those serving with him at the center have created a program that trains young women to become nursing assistants and teaches them practical life skills. They are asking for your support to help keep this innovative program available for the girls in their community.

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Why Catholics Call Mary Their Mother

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U.S. GAO - Financial Audit: Fiscal Years 2018 and 2017 Consolidated Financial Statements of the U.S. Government

U.S. GAO - Financial Audit: Fiscal Years 2018 and 2017 Consolidated Financial Statements of the U.S. Government: How much revenue does the U.S. government collect? What does it cost to run the government for a year? How and where is the money spent? The Financial Report of the U.S. Government may have a lot of these answers, including information about taxes and major program costs.

Federal Agencies Admit To $1.2 Trillion In Improper Payments Since 2004

Federal Agencies Admit To $1.2 Trillion In Improper Payments Since 2004: Last year, these improper payments totaled $140 billion – that’s about $12 billion per month.

Trump threatens to close US Mexico border over illegal immigration

Trump threatens to close US Mexico border over illegal immigration: Trump has said he could shut down border crossings before without following through on the threat.

US: Catholic Bishops’ Pro-Life Chairman Praises Trump Administration for New Restrictions on Abortion Funding - ZENIT - English

US: Catholic Bishops’ Pro-Life Chairman Praises Trump Administration for New Restrictions on Abortion Funding - ZENIT - English: Expansion of Mexico City Policy

U.S. energy secretary unsure if Saudi nuclear approvals came after Khashoggi killing | Reuters: U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry told lawmakers on Thursday he did not know whether any of the approvals he authorized for U.S. companies to sell nuclear power technology to Saudi Arabia were made after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October last year.

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Sunday, March 31, 2019

The Church is plunged into the darkness of Good Friday (Part 2)

In Morocco Pope Francis explains what it means to be Christian in a majority Muslim land

Reading 1 Jos 5:9a, 10-12

Reading 2 2 Cor 5:17-21

Gospel Lk 15:1-3, 11-32

Saturday, March 30, 2019

Reading 1 Hos 6:1-6

Responsorial Psalm Ps 51:3-4, 18-19, 20-21ab

Gospel Lk 18:9-14

Friday, March 29, 2019

Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is.

Why Catholics Call Mary Their Mother