Saturday, May 5, 2018

Bishop Barron's Reflection for Saturday May 5,2018

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Saturday, May 5, 2018

Fifth Week of Easter

John 15:18-21

Friends, today’s Gospel balances our Easter joy with the warning of danger from a society opposed to God: “If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you.”

It is altogether appropriate that, during this Easter season, we rejoice. The Lord is risen; he is truly risen. Jesus Christ is Lord, God is King, and sin and death have been defeated. All of that is true and remains centrally important during this season.

At the same time, we must not succumb to a “cheap grace” interpretation of Christianity, whereby Christ is risen and all is well. As Julian of Norwich said, “All will be well, all manner of things will be well.” Notice the future tense. The definitive battle has been won, but the war continues. The struggle is ongoing.

Gospel Jn 15:18-21

Jesus said to his disciples:
"If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first.
If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own;
but because you do not belong to the world,
and I have chosen you out of the world,
the world hates you.
Remember the word I spoke to you,
'No slave is greater than his master.'
If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you.
If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
And they will do all these things to you on account of my name,
because they do not know the one who sent me."

Reinventing Rice for a World Transformed by Climate Change

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How to prepare cities and citizens for more killer heat waves

As climate change takes hold, researchers are exploring what it will take for communities to adapt.

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The Growing Case for Geoengineering

As climate change accelerates, a handful of scientists are eager to move ahead with experiments testing ways to counteract warming artificially. Their reasoning: we just might get desperate enough to use this technology one day.

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Friday, May 4, 2018

If We Measure Society By How It Treats Its Weakest, Society Gets an F for Killing Alfie Evans

http://www.lifenews.com/2018/05/04/if-we-measure-society-by-how-it-treats-its-weakest-society-gets-an-f-for-killing-alfie-evans/

For Alfie Evans On Eagle's Wings - YouTube

On Eagle's Wings - YouTube

U.S. mom with child similar to Alfie Evans: ‘Courts and hospital killed Alfie’ | News | Lifesitenews

U.S. mom with child similar to Alfie Evans: ‘Courts and hospital killed Alfie’ | News | Lifesitenews: 'They had an agenda to kill Alfie and they were going to see it to completion.'

Alfie Evans shows we don't do death well | Charlotte Observer

Alfie Evans shows we don't do death well | Charlotte Observer: Alfie Evans, a toddler in England, suffered from a rare disease. The reaction said a lot about our fear of death.

Alfie Evans and the imperfect ‘experts’ - The Washington Post

Alfie Evans and the imperfect ‘experts’ - The Washington Post: We want to believe that experts know all. But often, they don't know enough.

The Alfie Evans case proves that evil exists

The Alfie Evans case proves that evil exists: The concept of evil is hard to define with precision. Ethical arguments swing back and forth. Consensus is elusive. What seems right in one context appears wrong in another.

Searching for a Future Beyond Facebook

Searching for a Future Beyond Facebook: If we want to liberate ourselves from the tech monopolies, we have to figure out what to do with our data.

Rural Kansas is dying. I drove 1,800 miles to find out why

Rural Kansas is dying. I drove 1,800 miles to find out why: A native Kansan returns home to find that the broken promises of commodity agriculture have destroyed a way of life.

ZENIT Exclusive: More of the Story of Alfie Evans and His Parents - ZENIT - English

ZENIT Exclusive: More of the Story of Alfie Evans and His Parents - ZENIT - English: ZENIT Exclusive: More of the Story of Alfie Evans and His Parents

ZENIT Exclusive: More of the Story of Alfie Evans and His Parents

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Military Applications of Artificial Intelligence | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Military Applications of Artificial Intelligence | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists informs the public about threats to the survival and development of humanity from nuclear weapons, climate change, and emerging technologies in the life sciences. Through an award-winning magazine, our online presence, and the Doomsday Clock, we reach policy leaders and audiences around the world with information and analysis about efforts

Mom writes scathing letter to top UK cardinal for not supporting Alfie Evans and his parents | News | LifeSite

Mom writes scathing letter to top UK cardinal for not supporting Alfie Evans and his parents | News | LifeSite: 'Cardinal Nichols, this is the culture of death, and you are supporting it,' wrote the mom in an open letter.

Bishops must protect their people from danger, pope says

Bishops must protect their people from danger, pope says: A true bishop always stays close to his people, protecting them from "wolves" and from losing their way, Pope Francis said.

For 40 Years, Hollywood Has Tried To Kill Nuclear Power. Will It Finally Try To Save It?

Are LA hospitals really dumping homeless patients on the streets? | US news | The Guardian

Are LA hospitals really dumping homeless patients on the streets? | US news | The Guardian: With homelessness rising and shelter beds scarce, healthcare facilities are accused of abandoning people in Skid Row following treatment

1,000,000 People Would Become Casualties if North Korea Nuked Washington D.C. | The National Interest Blog

1,000,000 People Would Become Casualties if North Korea Nuked Washington D.C. | The National Interest Blog: That would be World War III.

Preparing for The Inspector General Report on The FBI Investigation of Hillary Clinton… | The Last Refuge

Preparing for The Inspector General Report on The FBI Investigation of Hillary Clinton… | The Last Refuge: The 16-month Inspector General review of the DOJ/FBI investigation of the Hillary Clinton email is soon to be made public. The IG inquiry is specifically looking into whether the FBI investigation …

Dear Roman Catholics: Let The Megachurches Keep Their Rock Concerts

Dear Roman Catholics: Let The Megachurches Keep Their Rock Concerts: Aye carumba! Someone in the ‘70s slipped something illicit in the chalice, and the flashbacks today for Roman Catholics like me are fierce.

The Studies Are Wrong! America Is Religious, But Not Spiritual | Word On Fire

“The Dating Project,” Hookup Culture, and the Need for Change | Word On Fire

Bishop praises ‘life-giving intent’ of Iowa’s fetal heartbeat bill

Bishop praises ‘life-giving intent’ of Iowa’s fetal heartbeat bill: An Iowa bishop said that a bill banning abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat “affirms the life-giving intent” of the state’s pro-life efforts.

Memo to Trump: Defy Mueller | Patrick J. Buchanan - Official Website

Memo to Trump: Defy Mueller | Patrick J. Buchanan - Official Website: By Patrick J. Buchanan

If Donald Trump does not wish to collaborate in the destruction of his presidency, he will refuse to be questioned by the FBI, or by a grand jury, or by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his malevolent minions.

Should Mueller subpoena him, as he has threatened to do, Trump should ignore the subpoena, and frame it for viewing in Trump Tower.

If Mueller goes to the Supreme Court and wins an order for Trump to comply and testify to a grand jury, Trump should defy the court.

The only institution that is empowered to prosecute a president is Congress.Read more on Buchanan.Org...

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Friday, May 4, 2018

Fifth Week of Easter

John 15:12-17

Friends, today’s Gospel instructs us in the way of loving others with God’s love. The whole of the Christian life is on display here: God is love. In other words, God is a self-emptying gift on behalf of the other. But this means, paradoxically, that to have God is to be what God is—and that means giving one’s life away.

Now we see the link that Jesus suggests between joy and commandment: “This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.” Now we begin to understand the laws, commands, and demands of the Church. All are designed to make us more adept at giving ourselves away—more adept at love.

Don’t steal; don’t kill; don’t covet your neighbor’s goods or wife; honor your mother and father; worship God. All of these commands—positive and negative—are meant to awaken love in our lives.

Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Lectionary: 289

Reading 1 Acts 15:22-31

The Apostles and presbyters, in agreement with the whole Church,
decided to choose representatives
and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas.
The ones chosen were Judas, who was called Barsabbas,
and Silas, leaders among the brothers.
This is the letter delivered by them:
"The Apostles and the presbyters, your brothers,
to the brothers in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia
of Gentile origin: greetings.
Since we have heard that some of our number
who went out without any mandate from us
have upset you with their teachings
and disturbed your peace of mind,
we have with one accord decided to choose representatives
and to send them to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
who have dedicated their lives to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
So we are sending Judas and Silas
who will also convey this same message by word of mouth:
'It is the decision of the Holy Spirit and of us
not to place on you any burden beyond these necessities,
namely, to abstain from meat sacrificed to idols,
from blood, from meats of strangled animals,
and from unlawful marriage.
If you keep free of these,
you will be doing what is right. Farewell.'"

And so they were sent on their journey.
Upon their arrival in Antioch
they called the assembly together and delivered the letter.
When the people read it, they were delighted with the exhortation.

Gospel Jn 15:12-17

Jesus said to his disciples:
"This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.
No one has greater love than this,
to lay down one's life for one's friends.
You are my friends if you do what I command you.
I no longer call you slaves,
because a slave does not know what his master is doing.
I have called you friends,
because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father.
It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you
and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain,
so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.
This I command you: love one another."

Abuse of Power | The Vortex

Abuse of Power | The Vortex: And it needs to be called out.

For 40 Years, Hollywood Has Tried To Kill Nuclear Power. Will It Finally Try To Save It?

For 40 Years, Hollywood Has Tried To Kill Nuclear Power. Will It Finally Try To Save It?: While “Madam Secretary” rightly holds anti-nuclear groups to account, no institution has done more to undermine our largest source of clean energy than Hollywood.

Iran Deal: Israeli Intelligence Bombshell Is Final Straw | National Review

In a reversal, Speaker Ryan says the House chaplain will remain in his post - The Washington Post

In a reversal, Speaker Ryan says the House chaplain will remain in his post - The Washington Post: The Rev. Patrick J. Conroy, a Catholic priest, said in a letter that he gave in to pressure from the speaker’s staff. He will now remain in his position until year’s end.

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When Catholics think of May we think of our Blessed Mother, or Mother’s Day, and that is what I usually write about. But this year I would like to talk about a very important feast that is celebrated on Sunday, May 20th - Pentecost.

This Feast of Pentecost is often called the birthday of the Church. That is a good description. However, for most of us, when we think of the Church we unconsciously think of the Church as we know it now.

There was no papacy as we understand it today. There was a leader of fishermen; he was named Peter. He made mistakes, often messed up. There were no papal encyclicals: the first one was written in 1730. There were no Cardinals, that rank was created in the eleventh century. It was not until medieval times that we saw the title “Monsignor.” There were no church buildings, basilicas or cathedrals, until the fourth century. There was no canon law until the twelfth century. There were no monks or nuns at the beginning of the Church, but still there was Church.

Much of the organizational growth of the Church over the centuries was necessary, but it had the unfortunate effect of making people identify the Church with its real estate, bureaucracy, titles and laws instead of with themselves. Remember – The Holy Spirit fell on people that first Pentecost and the Church was born. The spirit did not fall on the structure or the externals, for as we have seen there were none. The spirit fell on tax collectors and seedy marginal folk. The spirit glued them together by three things: baptism into Jesus, the breaking of the bread, and witness by ordinary people.

These were the basics of the being “Church.” The presumption was that each one upon whom the spirit fell had gifts to use to spread the Gospel. This was the early Church – fishermen, tax collectors, and simple people with a variety of gifts. The miracle of Pentecost was not that people could understand what the disciples said: the miracle was that ordinary people, who recently had been in hiding and full of fear, suddenly were Church and making bold proclamations without fear.

A convert once told me that he became Catholic when a Christian friend took care of his family when he was out of work. Often that is why people join our Church, not because of lofty doctrine or great buildings, but because they see the Church in action in the lives of people who are Church.

If we were set down in the desert we would still be Church. If we had to gather in a prison cell to celebrate Mass, or if we had to hide in a barn to baptize our children, we would still be Church. Baptism, Eucharist, and Witness make us Church. They are our defining identities, as they were on that first Pentecost when the Church was born.

Yours in Christ,

Father Bob Warren, SA

Thursday, May 3, 2018

Should Passing the Citizenship Test Be a High School Graduation Requirement? - Education Next : Education Next

Should Passing the Citizenship Test Be a High School Graduation Requirement? - Education Next : Education Next: Seventeen states say yes but the National Council of the Social Studies says no.

From Cold War to Hot Peace – Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies – Medium

From Cold War to Hot Peace – Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies – Medium: By Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia and Obama administration advisor, current director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. The following is an excerpt from his…

From Cold War to Hot Peace – Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies – Medium

The Wasted Potential Of Federal Lands | Hoover Institution

The Wasted Potential Of Federal Lands | Hoover Institution: The environmentalists of the nineteenth century opposed property rights—and their legacy is with us still.

Korea: The Kim Jong Un Phenomenon | Graham E. Fuller

Korea: The Kim Jong Un Phenomenon | Graham E. Fuller: Korea: The Kim Jong Un Phenomenon Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 3 May 2018 I may be naive but I get the feeling that something possibly profound is underway with the recent dramatic flurry of diplomatic activity surrounding the once reclusive leader Kim Jong Un; it could represent a turning point in the

Tomgram: Danny Sjursen, Hail, (Donald) Caesar! | TomDispatch

War and the Imperial Presidency
Congress Offers a Bipartisan Blank Check to Donald Trump
By Danny Sjursen

It may be too late. The president of the United States is now a
veritable autocrat in the realm of foreign policy. He has been since at
least 1945, when the last congressionally declared war finally ended.
Wars in Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, Somalia, Kosovo, Afghanistan,
Iraq, Syria, and Yemen (among other places) were all waged via executive
fiat or feeble, open-ended congressional authorizations for the use of
military force, aka AUMFs. So it has been with increasing intensity for
73 years and so, most likely, it will remain.

Along with many others, this military officer has repeatedly decried
the no-longer-new normal of congressional acquiescence to presidential
power to no avail. When, in September 2017, Republican Senator Rand Paul
sought to repeal (and replace within six months)
the existing 2001 AUMF, which had authorized the president to use force
against the perpetrators and enablers of the 9/11 attacks, he could
barely muster
35 votes. Given that any president, Republican or Democrat, would veto
such a curtailment of the essentially unlimited executive prerogative to
make war, that’s still some 32 votes short of a Senate override. In
hopelessly divided Washington, that’s the definition of impossibility.

Click here to read more of this dispatch.
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The Republican legacy: Deficit spending and skyrocketing national debt

Israel’s prime minister can now declare war

Israel’s prime minister can now declare war: The coalition of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has quietly pushed through a bill expanding his authority to order military operations.

NASA technology reveals existence of missing Dead Sea Scroll - Archaeology - Haaretz.com

NASA technology reveals existence of missing Dead Sea Scroll - Archaeology - Haaretz.com: High-resolution photography finds writing not visible with the naked eye on fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and paleo-Hebrew writing that hints at a scroll never seen before

How the Catholic Faith Fulfills Old Testament Promises

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Korea: The Kim Jong Un Phenomenon | Graham E. Fuller

The Corker-Kaine resolution won’t keep Trump from starting wars - The Washington Post

The Corker-Kaine resolution won’t keep Trump from starting wars - The Washington Post: With all due respect, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) either has not read or does not understand his own joint resolution with Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) [“Limit Trump’s ability to wage war,”...

How to Talk About Cutting the Pentagon Budget | The American Conservative

How to Talk About Cutting the Pentagon Budget | The American Conservative: Those who (rightly) argue for less Pentagon funding sometimes sound ignorant of the facts. That needs to change.

(17) Tucker Carlson: May 1, 2018 - YouTube

Trump administration sides with Morocco in Western Sahara dispute

Trump administration sides with Morocco in Western Sahara dispute: The Donald Trump administration pushed a UN resolution that is tough on the Algeria-backed Polisario Front.

Opinion | The U.S. and China Are Finally Having It Out - The New York Times

Opinion | The U.S. and China Are Finally Having It Out - The New York Times: A lot more is at play than unfair trade tariffs.

Bishop Barron's Reflection May 3, 2018

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Thursday, May 3, 2018

Feast of Saints Philip and James

John 14:6-14

Friends, today we read the wonderful and mysterious passage from the fourteenth chapter of John’s Gospel. The disciples are gathered around Jesus at the Last Supper, abiding in intimacy with him, asking questions and seeking wisdom.

Then listen to Jesus’ words: "If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now on, you do know him and have seen him." Paul refers to Jesus as the "icon of the invisible God." What both Jesus and Paul are saying is that Jesus’ words are the Father’s words and his deeds are the Father’s deeds.

Philip, one of the first disciples chosen, still doesn’t get this. He says, "Master, show us the Father." What he missed was the humility of the Logos: "The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own. The Father who dwells in me is doing his works." Neither the words nor the deeds of Jesus are "his own." They are received from the Father.

Reading 1 1 Cor 15:1-8

I am reminding you, brothers and sisters,
of the Gospel I preached to you,
which you indeed received and in which you also stand.
Through it you are also being saved,
if you hold fast to the word I preached to you,
unless you believed in vain.
For I handed on to you as of first importance what I also received:
that Christ died for our sins
in accordance with the Scriptures;
that he was buried;
that he was raised on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures;
that he appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve.
After that, he appeared to more
than five hundred brothers and sisters at once,
most of whom are still living,
though some have fallen asleep.
After that he appeared to James,
then to all the Apostles.
Last of all, as to one born abnormally,
he appeared to me.

Gospel Jn 14:6-14

Jesus said to Thomas, "I am the way and the truth and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me.
If you know me, then you will also know my Father.
From now on you do know him and have seen him."
Philip said to him,
"Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us."
Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you for so long a time
and you still do not know me, Philip?
Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.
How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?
The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own.
The Father who dwells in me is doing his works.
Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me,
or else, believe because of the works themselves.
Amen, amen, I say to you,
whoever believes in me will do the works that I do,
and will do greater ones than these,
because I am going to the Father.
And whatever you ask in my name, I will do,
so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
If you ask anything of me in my name, I will do it."

Guest Post: Saudi Arabia and the churches

Saudi Arabia and the churches

Summary: MBS and King Salman had several high-level contacts with Christian leaders in recent months. A dialogue with the Catholics. The Saudi ban on church building.
In recent months there have been an unusually large number of meetings between Saudi Arabia – MBS and his father King Salman – and Christian leaders (and on one occasion Jewish leaders), Catholic and Anglican but not so far as we have seen Orthodox or other churches (such as the Christian Zionists who are an important element in US support of Israel, particularly among Republicans). All these meetings have been presented by the participants as taking place in a good atmosphere and contributing to understanding between Muslims and Christians.
In November 2017 Patriarch Beshara al-Rai, head of the Maronite (catholic) church in Lebanon and Syria, visited Saudi Arabia at the invitation of the King and MBS, the first visit of a Maronite patriarch; his visit coincided with the affair of the resignation possibly under Saudi duress of the Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, and he may have played a role in defusing it.
In March MBS met the Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual head of the worldwide Anglican communion, in London.
Later in March he met religious leaders in New York. They reportedly included two rabbis and another Jewish leader as well as Catholic leaders.
Perhaps the most important encounter was the visit of French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, head of the Vatican’s Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, to Riyadh last month to meet the King, MBS, and Shaikh Muhammad Abd al-Karim al-Isa, Secretary General of the Muslim World League (a former Saudi minister). The late King Abdullah met Pope Benedict in 2007,and an official

Saudi delegation met Pope Francis in the Vatican in November 2017, but this was the first open visit to Saudi Arabia by a senior Catholic figure. Both the Cardinal and the Secretary-General went public with warm words, and agreement was reached on the establishment of a standing committee under their headship to promote dialogue.
The elephant in the room is the ban on all non-Muslim religious practice in Saudi Arabia, including above all building churches. Christians in the kingdom, 2 million of them according to some estimates which seem on the high side (about one quarter of the non-Saudis), are obliged to keep any religious practice more or less clandestine. Like other difficult obstacles to reform in Saudi Arabia, this is not so much a matter of Islamic doctrine as of tradition and practice. In 2012 there were unconfirmed media reports that the Saudi grand mufti had said that churches should be destroyed in accordance with the saying of the Prophet “no two religions in the Arabian Peninsula” (although there are of course churches in non-Saudi parts of the peninsula, and always have been both in ancient and in modern times). Other views are possible. For example a member of the Saudi religious establishment from a distinguished family (although not from the Al al-Shaikh, the family of Muhammad bin Abd al-Wahhab whose alliance with the Al Saud is the foundation of Saudi religious legitimacy) Abd al-Aziz al-Tuwaijiri gave a public lecture in Oxford in 2013 on “tajdid”, renewal of Muslim thinking. Asked whether Christians should be prevented from practising their religion simply because there were until recently scarcely any Christians in Saudi Arabia, he said that it was not consistent with tajdid and churches should be provided.
According to one prolific Saudi tweeter @HassanMohmdd the agreement between the Cardinal and Shaikh Muhammad al-Isa, which has not been published, includes agreement on building churches in Saudi Arabia as well as on continuing dialogue. He records this without comment and we have not seen any comment, favourable or unfavourable, on the issue even from critics of the regime such as the anonymous blogger Mujtahidd, who never miss an opportunity to attack MBS in particular, for example for his alleged contacts with Israel.
Most observers believe that the “no two religions” doctrine is deep rooted, and that it is unthinkable that building churches should be permitted. But to change it would accord with the radical new approach MBS claims to adopt.

Texas Is England | The Vortex

Texas Is England | The Vortex: Killer clerics coming your way.

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Iran ordered to pay $6billion in damages to families of 9/11 victims | Daily Mail Online

Iran ordered to pay $6billion in damages to families of 9/11 victims | Daily Mail Online: Family members to victims of the September 11th attacks will be compensated after they won their 2004 lawsuit against Iran, a federal judge said Tuesday.

This Is the Pro-Life Generation | RealClearPolitics

This Is the Pro-Life Generation | RealClearPolitics: After months of planning and preparation, my favorite moment at the March for Life every year is right before the official rally begins. I step on stage and look out at an endless expanse of people...

The Return of Catholic Cinema

The Return of Catholic Cinema: Polish filmmaker brings new light to the life and work of St. Maximilian Kolbe

Charlie Gard's parents say another baby could have same condition | Daily Mail Online

Charlie Gard's parents say another baby could have same condition | Daily Mail Online: Chris Gard and Connie Yates' little boy died after his life support was switched off against their will on July 28 last year following a bitter legal battle with Great Ormond Street Hospital.

alfies army official group - The Story of Alfie Evans

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Cambridge Analytica is closing its doors - MIT Technology Review

Cambridge Analytica is closing its doors - MIT Technology Review: The data broker is shutting down, saying its connection to the Facebook data scandal killed its business.

Alfie Evans brought Italians together in a way few others could | CatholicHerald.co.uk

Alfie Evans brought Italians together in a way few others could | CatholicHerald.co.uk: The Alfie Evans case was big news in Italy, a country that values family above all

The life and death of Alfie Evans highlights the gap between the US and Europe on right to life

https://qz.com/1264345/alfie-evans-life-and-death-highlights-the-vast-gap-between-the-us-and-europe-on-right-to-life/

Indian Point gets new inspector as shutdown date approaches

America’s Post-9/11 War Casualties Part 3: Libya, Syria, Somalia and Yemen

America’s Post-9/11 War Casualties Part 3: Libya, Syria, Somalia and Yemen: Editor's Note: This is the final part of this extraordinary series, and we highly recommend that you give it a once over. The millions of people who have died because of the neocon hijacking of America's foreign policy stands out as a massive, disgraceful crime against humanity which demands justice. Davies does a very important job tallying up the gruesome toll. Every

If You Think The World Is A Terrible Place These 20+ Wholesome Pics Will Change Your Mind | Bored Panda: We all need to recharge sometimes. Everyone has those days when life just seems dull and wrong, like the world is going against us. The world isn’t going against anyone. The world is going round and it’s beautiful. We’re just really bad at noticing it sometimes

A New Algorithm Identifies Candidates for Palliative Care by Predicting When Patients Will Die - MIT Technology Review

A New Algorithm Identifies Candidates for Palliative Care by Predicting When Patients Will Die - MIT Technology Review: End-of-life care can be stressful for patients and their loved ones, but a new algorithm could help provide better care to people during their final months.

The US Teachers Strike in Historical Perspective | naked capitalism

The US Teachers Strike in Historical Perspective | naked capitalism: Past strike waves offer clues to the possible regeneration of the American labor movement.

California Supreme Court Ruling Delivers Big Blow to Gig Economy Companies | naked capitalism

California Supreme Court Ruling Delivers Big Blow to Gig Economy Companies | naked capitalism: Many gig economy firms will have to classify a big swathe of their workers as employees or radically change their business models.

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Saturday, May 5, 2018

Gospel Jn 15:18-21

Reinventing Rice for a World Transformed by Climate Change

How to prepare cities and citizens for more killer heat waves

As climate change takes hold, researchers are exploring what it will take for communities to adapt.

The Growing Case for Geoengineering

As climate change accelerates, a handful of scientists are eager to move ahead with experiments testing ways to counteract warming artificially. Their reasoning: we just might get desperate enough to use this technology one day.

Friday, May 4, 2018

If We Measure Society By How It Treats Its Weakest, Society Gets an F for Killing Alfie Evans

ZENIT Exclusive: More of the Story of Alfie Evans and His Parents

Friday of the Fifth Week of EasterLectionary: 289

Reading 1 Acts 15:22-31

Gospel Jn 15:12-17

Thursday, May 3, 2018

How the Catholic Faith Fulfills Old Testament Promises

Reading 1 1 Cor 15:1-8

Gospel Jn 14:6-14

Saudi Arabia and the churches

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

The life and death of Alfie Evans highlights the gap between the US and Europe on right to life

Alfie Evans legal team could face investigation

Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Lectionary: 289