Religious Freedom: 16 ‘Countries of Particular Concern’

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) 2018 Annual Report

https://zenit.org/articles/religious-freedom-16-countries-of-particular-concern/

About Alfie Evans | The American Conservative

About Alfie Evans | The American Conservative

Beset By Homelessness, Rising Rents, Nightmarish Traffic, San Francisco Cracks Down on Dockless Scooters

Beset By Homelessness, Rising Rents, Nightmarish Traffic, San Francisco Cracks Down on Dockless Scooters

Bay City residents, politicians should be more chill about electric scooters.

https://reason.com/blog/2018/04/26/beset-by-homelessness-rising-rents-night?utm_medium=email

Alfie Evans and Our Moral Crossroads | Charles C. Camosy | First Things

Alfie Evans and Our Moral Crossroads | Charles C. Camosy | First Things: Our daily blog content exclusive to the web hits on hot topics in both religion and public life and will keep you informed and entertained all week.

The West's Rejection of God Will End in Misery and Terror - Solzhenitsyn's Prophetic 1983 Warning

The West's Rejection of God Will End in Misery and Terror - Solzhenitsyn's Prophetic 1983 Warning: This article originally appeared on a new site about the Christian renaissance in Russia, called Russian Faith. Their introductory video is at end of this article.

Art and the New Evangelization: How Beauty Will Save the World

https://blog.ascensionpress.com/art-and-the-new-evangelization-how-beauty-will-save-the-world/?utm_source=Ascension+Press&utm_campaign=4e89b0d99e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e09e12a778-4e89b0d99e-351387457&mc_cid=4e89b0d99e&mc_eid=2bb902f84a

Weeds Among the Wheat: Donatism and Why I’m Still Catholic

https://blog.ascensionpress.com/weeds-among-the-wheat-donatism-and-why-im-still-catholic/?utm_source=Ascension+Press&utm_campaign=4e89b0d99e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e09e12a778-4e89b0d99e-351387457&mc_cid=4e89b0d99e&mc_eid=2bb902f84a

A Challenging Conversation with My Atheist Friend

https://blog.ascensionpress.com/a-challenging-conversation-with-my-atheist-friend/?utm_source=Ascension+Press&utm_campaign=4e89b0d99e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e09e12a778-4e89b0d99e-351387457&mc_cid=4e89b0d99e&mc_eid=2bb902f84a

US regulators set public meetings for nuclear fuel proposal | News & Observer

US regulators set public meetings for nuclear fuel proposal | News & Observer

 

FirstEnergy Solutions definitely to close its nuclear power plants

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2018/04/firstenergy_solutions_definite.html#incart_2box_business

Bishop Barron's Daily Reflection Thursday, April 26, 2018

Gospel Jn 13:16-20

When Jesus had washed the disciples' feet, he said to them:
"Amen, amen, I say to you, no slave is greater than his master
nor any messenger greater than the one who sent him.
If you understand this, blessed are you if you do it.
I am not speaking of all of you.
I know those whom I have chosen.
But so that the Scripture might be fulfilled,
The one who ate my food has raised his heel against me.
From now on I am telling you before it happens,
so that when it happens you may believe that I AM.
Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send
receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me."

Your daily Gospel reflection...

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Fourth Week of Easter

John 13:16-20

Friends, in today’s Gospel passage, Jesus pointedly calls us to humble behavior. “Amen, amen, I say to you, no slave is greater than his master nor any messenger greater than the one who sent him. If you understand this, blessed are you if you do it.” St. Catherine of Siena once heard the Lord say to her, “Remember that I am and you are not.” And St. Paul said, “What do you have that you have not received? So why do you boast?” To believe in God is to know these truths. To live them out is to live in the attitude of humility. Thomas Aquinas said that humility is truth. It is living out the deepest truth of things: God is God, and we are not. Now all of this sounds very clear when it’s stated in this abstract manner, but we know how hard it is to live out! In our fallen world, we forget so readily that we are creatures, that we have been made from nothing. Then our egos begin to inflate: “I am. I want. I expect. I demand.” The ego becomes a massive monkey on our backs, and it has to be fed and pampered constantly. That’s why today’s Gospel is so important. We are only messengers, not greater than the Master.

Just When You Thought 'Russiagate' Couldn't Get Any Sillier... - Antiwar.com Original

Just When You Thought 'Russiagate' Couldn't Get Any Sillier... - Antiwar.com Original: April 20 is cannabis culture’s high holiday, and the Democratic National Committee celebrated it with fervor this year: Blaze up, get silly, file a bizarre lawsuit accusing the Russian government, Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, and transparency activist group WikiLeaks of conspiring to steal - Thomas Knapp for Antiwar.com Original

Trump’s Blank Check for War – Consortiumnews

Trump’s Blank Check for War – Consortiumnews: Tomorrow a Senate committee will consider a new bill that would solidify the unconstitutional shift in power to declare war from Congress to the White House, as Marjorie Cohn explains.

By Marjorie Cohn



On Monday the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is set to review a bill that would virt

America's Unsustainable Empire - Antiwar.com Original

America's Unsustainable Empire - Antiwar.com Original: Before President Trump trashes the Iran nuclear deal, he might consider: If he could negotiate an identical deal with Kim Jong Un, it would astonish the world and win him the Nobel Peace Prize. For Iran has no nuclear bomb or ICBM and has never tested either. It has never enriched uranium to bomb grade. It has - Patrick J. Buchanan for Antiwar.com Original

Russia and China Have Had Enough - The Road to 2025 (Part 2)

Russia and China Have Had Enough - The Road to 2025 (Part 2): Part 1 of this series focused on how the U.S. empire no longer provides any real benefit to the average American citizen. Rather, the spoils of overseas wars, the domestic surveillance state and an overall corrupt economy are being systematically funneled to a smaller and smaller group of generally unsavory characters.

The Lies Behind America’s Interventions | The American Conservative

The Lies Behind America’s Interventions | The American Conservative: No one wants to be manipulated into war. So why do we keep letting it happen?

Alfie Evans and the State - WSJ

Alfie Evans and the State - WSJ: A medical debate that’s gone global is not about the money. It’s about power.

PETITION: Save Alfie Evans. Tell hospital to listen to parents | LifePetitions

PETITION: Save Alfie Evans. Tell hospital to listen to parents | LifePetitions: Tell Alder Hey Children’s Hospital to listen to Alfie Evans' parents, as they advocate for their child, remove him from this hospital, and seek proper, beneficial health care.

PETITION: Save Alfie Evans. Tell hospital to listen to parents | LifePetitions

PETITION: Save Alfie Evans. Tell hospital to listen to parents | LifePetitions: Tell Alder Hey Children’s Hospital to listen to Alfie Evans' parents, as they advocate for their child, remove him from this hospital, and seek proper, beneficial health care.

Will the UK really let Alfie Evans die in a hospital unwilling to treat him? | Fox News

Will the UK really let Alfie Evans die in a hospital unwilling to treat him? | Fox News: More than a year after being admitted to a British hospital and afflicted with a still-undiagnosed neurological ailment, Baby Alfie Evans is being killed by court order.