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The US president should stop making threats and start negotiating with North Korea’s strongman, says Abbot Primate-emeritus Notker Wolf. Abbot Notker Wolf, the former representative head of all Benedictine monks and nuns throughout the world, has called on US President Donald Trump to stop making ominous threats against Communist North Korea and meet its leader Kim Jong Un “on an equal footing”. “I know from personal experience that one can negotiate with the North Koreans,” the abbot said in a November 4th interview with the German Catholic press agency KNA. Wolf, who headed the Archabbey of Sankt Ottilien in Bavaria...

This past June it was announced that the new Irish prime minister would be conducting a referendum on the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Ireland, to be held in 2018.  This amendment, as it currently stands, enshrines protections for unborn children in Ireland.  The general weakening of the Catholic faith in Ireland and the finger-wagging of the anti-life UN (Useless Nincompoops) are two factors. The Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child, along with other pro-life groups, are engaged in a battle to save not only countless Irish babies, but the vestiges of the Catholicism that at one...

Tens of thousands of patriots gathered in Poland’s capital Warsaw today for one of Europe’s biggest marches. The festivities were a tribute to 11 November; Poland’s Independence Day.The slogan for this year’s event was “We Want God”: Three words of a Polish religious song that president Trump quoted in July while visiting Warsaw. Trump praised Poland for what he described as the country’s defence of Western civilisation.

There is now an Iranian base very near Damascus, and a Russian-made drone has been intercepted by Israel. Also, there have been attempts to blame Israel for much of what is happening in the last few days, so that Israel's enemies can go forward knowing that Israel must be extra cautious in order not to get blamed in world opinion.Listen carefully and use Amir's knowledge to help you filter the news reports.As always, occupy until He comes, watchmen.

Texas religious leaders gathered Thursday to bless an abortion clinic and its staff as a judge considers whether to allow the state to ban brutal dismemberment abortions on live unborn babies. The pro-abortion clergy prayed at the Whole Woman’s Health abortion facility in Fort Worth, Texas, blessing its staff and patients, saying prayers and singing “Hallelujah,” according to the Daily Caller. The Texas abortion chain is one of the groups challenging the state dismemberment abortion ban. It also has a poor reputation for patient health and safety, racking up dozens of health and safety violations in the past decade. They...

This is a fascinating insight into how Christian values and the Russian church itself directly influences Russian society and how the country sees itself. The organization, called The World Russian People’s Council, (Wikipedia) was conceived of by the current Patriarch in the 1990s - with the goal of bringing together and uniting Russians from all over the world who were scattered over many different countries - to gather and discuss all issues of importance to Russian people everywhere. In Russian, the name has a different connotation than in English. The Russian word ‘sobor’, can be translated as ‘council’, but it...

By supporting the UNFCCC, the United States can direct attention and resources towards adaptation measures that help all people, especially the poor, adapt to the effects of climate change globally.

Saudi Arabia's asking its people to leave Lebanon will create a crisis, as they are taking their money and the banks will fail. Lebanon's government is now essentially nonfunctioning. Macron has arrived unexpectedly in Saudi to try to make peace. More on the Europeans and Soros's meddling, donating to people and parties in the European Union parliament. And meanwhile Russia is silent. Repercussions of all of this on Israel, of course. An excellent summary and update. Look up, as always.

Barronelle Stutzman is facing death threats and million-dollar lawsuits for adhering to her Christian beliefs.NEW YORK CITY — When Barronelle Stutzman took a stand for her Christian beliefs four and a half years ago, she never imagined that she would eventually be appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to defend her decision. But that’s exactly what happened. “This was never on my bucket list,” Barronelle told CNA. The 72-year-old grandmother is the owner of Arlene’s Flowers in Richland, Washington, and is currently involved in a lawsuit involving a customer of nearly 10 years, Rob Ingersoll. Barronelle knew Rob was homosexual...

C.J. Doyle: "This collaborationist, Vichy Catholicism is unacceptable" A prominent pro-lifer is outlining the capitulation between pro-abortion politicians and the Catholic Church that's keeping abortion unchecked and free in the state of Massachusetts.Church Militant spoke with C.J. Doyle, executive director of Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, about the petition calling out Cdl. Sean O'Malley and the increasing numbers of scandals. Below follows the full interview.CM: How long has the leadership of the Catholic Church been on the side of pro-abortion politicians in Boston? CJD: Catholic colleges, universities and elite secondary schools in the archdiocese of Boston have been inviting, honoring,...

A football coach in Coweta County, Georgia, took part in a student-led prayer with his players before a game, sparking a complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Coweta County Schools then made a far-reaching decision that impacts every faculty member. The superintendent “sought legal guidance and determined that school employees, including coaches, should not participate in any student-initiated prayer,” according to WSB-TV. A legal memorandum, obtained by The Christian Post, was recently provided to all employees. More from the report: “Representatives of the school cannot participate in any student initiated/student led prayer or worship while acting in their official...

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia recently expressed his view that that the causes of the October Revolution ultimately lie in events that took place 200 years beforehand. Speaking after the Divine Liturgy on Saturday, the Russian National Day of Unity, in the Kremlin Dormition Cathedral, the primate of the Russian Church spoke of events that led to a loss of faith and the spiritual darkness of the Russian people, Interfax-Religion reports. “If we sweep aside the entire political environment connected with the events of a century ago, if we detach ourselves from this ideological view, then...

“There was a great deal of fear because of all of the rhetoric,” he told Crux. “I was receiving calls from teachers asking what do I say to my schoolchildren that are coming to school crying and some of them are having panic attacks…There was a lot of fear and it began from the day of the election.” “At that time we began to think about what we should be doing as a Church and what we could do,” Seitz recalled.“To be honest with you, we were feeling kind of helpless…We couldn’t go to the people and say ‘don’t worry,...

When I was growing up, my parents almost daily rounded up my four siblings and I for family prayer, the seven of us—albeit with differing degrees of attention—reciting out loud the Catholic prayers of the rosary, while meditating on different events in Jesus Christ’s life. At the end of the rosary, after my dad had rattled off the oh, roughly 785 intentions he wanted the Lord to take some action on, it was the kids’ turn to announce to God what we’d like to see happen. And so when one of my brothers was 2, he began to pray for...

On Sunday, the day of the church massacre, cultural commentator David French tweeted, “The amount of anti-Christian hate on Twitter the same day Christians were massacred is stunning and chilling.” If ever there was a time when we might have expected sympathy for Christians, or at least restraint in attacking them, the opposite proved true far too many times. Why? On Fox News, Laura Ingraham noted that some of the reactions to the shooting pointed to “elite hostility to people of faith,” stating that “hostility to faith infects the popular culture.” She also spoke of a rising “militant secularism,” drawing...

More news that we don't usually hear much of elsewhere. A Burkan H2 rocket fired into Saudi toward Riyadh International Airport from Yemen (read Iran) was shot down by a Saudi Patriot missile. Others have been fired in the past, but this one was hard for the Saudis to ignore, since it was in such a public area. This is Shiite aggression toward the Sunnis, a conflict that may spill over into Israel. Amir: Iran is a more dangerous nuclear power than South Korea. From the crowded airport in London, as Amir makes his way back from the U.S. to...

Moscow, November 7, Interfax - The Growth Party supports the idea of burying the body of Vladimir Lenin, which is now in the Mausoleum on the Red Square, Boris Titov, the party's chairman and business ombudsman, told Interfax. "Burying Lenin will reduce division in society, it will stop the reproduction of the centuries-old war between the 'red' and 'white', it will make it possible to give more energy to creation, to building our country's future," Titov said. Titov spoke about the importance of symbols to Russia, adding that "some part of us continues to mentally live in the USSR as...

London, England, Nov 2, 2017 / 05:00 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Bishop of Portsmouth, England has called Catholics to pray for the conversion of 113 Members of the British Parliament who signed a letter urging the ban of prayer vigils outside of abortion clinics. “It’s folly that Jeremy Corbyn and MPs want to restrict freedom of speech/prayer outside abortion clinics,” said Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth on Twitter. “Let’s pray for their conversion,” he continued. The MPs’ letter requested that Home Secretary Amber Rudd ban prayer vigils outside of abortion clinics, making them illegal. Members of five political political parties...

Jeffrey Sachs at the Vatican in November 2017. World-renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs yells at Vatican reporter: ‘You’re disgusting’ ROME, November 6, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – “You’re disgusting, you’re disgusting, disgusting,” yelled world-renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs in the hallowed halls of the Casina Pio IV in the heart of the Vatican Gardens. Sachs, the Columbia University professor whose monthly newspaper columns appear in more than 100 countries, was in a full rage, threateningly pointing his finger in the face of this reporter during his outburst. I sat there rather stunned but also, I must admit, somewhat intimidated since this man marches in echelons...

There’s been so much ill will and even hostility expressed in public discourse lately. What’s the source of the problem and how can it be remedied? It’s certainly not according to the values of Jesus. I believe “unfiltered thoughts slice hearts.” The norm today is to say whatever you want, no matter how demeaning, ugly or insulting. That’s become acceptable. I think it’s based on two things: There’s a great deal of anger in our nation and frustration in the hearts of people, so that makes it easier to spout off without a filter. Secondly, most often when these razor-sharp...