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Suppose you're the rector of one of the two Maronite Catholic cathedrals in the United States. Ordained in 1986, you belong to a missionary religious order. You're a member of the eparchy's college of consultors, the head of the commission for Lebanon, procurator and advocate of the tribunal, and protopresbyter for the southwest region. You have $1,250 in your pocket and are inspired to give it away. To whom, or what, do you direct your alms? (a) to the missions (b) to another spiritual or corporal work of mercy (c) to Xavier Becerra, a California congressman with a 100% pro-abortion...

Terror in the Skies, Again? By Annie Jacobsen A WWS Exclusive Article Note from the E-ditors: You are about to read an account of what happened during a domestic flight that one of our writers, Annie Jacobsen, took from Detroit to Los Angeles. The WWS Editorial Team debated long and hard about how to handle this information and ultimately we decided it was something that should be shared. What does it have to do with finances? Nothing, and everything. Here is Annie's story. On June 29, 2004, at 12:28 p.m., I flew on Northwest Airlines flight #327 from Detroit to...

Russia faces EU sanctions over 'bullying' in Eastern Europe By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in Brussels (Filed: 23/02/2004) The European Union is to threaten trade sanctions against Moscow today in a showdown over Russian bullying tactics in Eastern Europe, violations of human rights, and misuse of the criminal justice system for political ends. Gathering in Brussels to tackle the mounting dispute, EU foreign ministers are expected to call for punitive measures unless Moscow recognises its former Warsaw Pact satellites as full EU members when they join in May. The draft text demands that Russia extend the same treatment to all of the...

Isabel Pounds Eastern Seaboard; 14 Dead By BOB LEWIS, Associated Press Writer RICHMOND, Va. - Hurricane Isabel knocked out power to more than 3.5 million people as it weakened into a tropical storm and raced up the Eastern Seaboard on Friday, swamping tidal communities along Chesapeake Bay, uprooting trees, disrupting air traffic and shutting down the nation's capital. The massive storm was blamed for at least 14 deaths: nine in Virginia; two in Maryland and one each in New Jersey, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. The storm plowed into North Carolina's Outer Banks on Thursday night with winds of about 100...

May 14, 2003Feast of Saint Matthias, Apostle Psalm: Wednesday Week 22 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading IActs 1:15-17, 20-26 Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers and sisters(there was a group of about one hundred and twenty personsin the one place).He said, "My brothers and sisters,the Scripture had to be fulfilledwhich the Holy Spirit spoke beforehandthrough the mouth of David, concerning Judas,who was the guide for those who arrested Jesus.Judas was numbered among usand was allotted a share in this ministry.For it is written in the Book of Psalms: Let his encampment become desolate,and may no one...

Today I read an article that scared me stiff. And trust me, that does not happen easily. As you may know, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic along with 10 other Eastern European countries have sided with the United States on its hard lined position against Iraq and signed letters of endorsement sent to Washington and the Bush Administration. No big deal John, you may say. Heck, Britain, Spain, and Italy are on our side, why is this so astounding? Well, France does not like this one bit. No kidding John. France doesn’t like anyone, why are you wasting my...

The worst blizzard to hit the mid-Atlantic and central Appalachian states in seven years shut down much of the region on Presidents Day with windblown snow that piled up as much as 4 feet deep, halting air and some rail travel and killing at least 20 people. The snow was part of a huge system that had charged in from the Plains and up the Ohio valley during the weekend and charged up the East Coast. It also produced rain, mudslides and floods in the South and Appalachians, and ice that snapped trees and power lines, leaving more than 235,000...

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Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003 10:24 a.m. EST Hillary Tainted by Bin Laden Cash? New York Sen. Hillary Clinton's household income for 2002 included $750,000 in payments from three Arab nations with ties to the 9/11 hijackers, including a $267,000 speaking fee from a group funded by the family of Osama bin Laden, NewsMax.com has learned. In late January 2002, ex-president Bill Clinton traveled to bin Laden's hometown of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to address a group of Saudi businessmen. He was paid $267,000 for a 40-minute speech, according to a Jan. 25, 2002, report in The Middle East Newsfile, a British-...

Jim Likoudis (Dad) & president-emeritus of Catholics United for the Faith has written a book of Christian Unity specifically aimed at the full reconciliation of the separated Byzantine Greco-Slav chuches. Paul Likoudis (Son) & news editor of The Wanderer has written a book addressing "The U.S. Bishops, Pedophile Scandals and the Homosexual Agenda." The Divine Primacy of the Bishop of Rome and Modern Eastern Orthodoxy: Letters to a Greek Orthodox on the Unity of the ChurchBy JAMES LIKOUDIS TITLE The Divine Primacy of the Bishop of Rome and Modern Eastern Orthodoxy: Letters to a Greek Orthodox on the Unity of...