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NEW YORK (AP) — Suicides and drug overdoses pushed up U.S. deaths last year, and drove a continuing decline in how long Americans are expected to live. Overall, there were more than 2.8 million U.S. deaths in 2017, or nearly 70,000 more than the previous year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. […]
November 29, 2018
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Hebei,-four-underground-priests-subjected-to-‘brainwashing’-for-over-a-month-45475.html A lay faithful denounces the betrayal of the agreement between China and the Holy See. Priests are obliged to be part of the Patriotic Association, a supporter of a Church that is “independent” of the Holy See. The four priests are known for their pastoral commitment and for the service of the poor and […]
November 29, 2018
By Jacqueline Tetrault Pilot Staff , In: Local BOSTON — The 10th annual Social Justice Convocation held Nov. 17 at Boston College High School included keynote speakers, a panel discussion, networking breaks, and an announcement from Cardinal Seán O’Malley about the creation of a new Archdiocesan Social Justice Ministry. The morning started with a Mass […]
November 29, 2018
https://aleteia.org/2018/11/29/how-the-300-year-old-nativity-scene-in-the-white-house-was-once-banned/ The 22-piece Neapolitan crèche was a gift to Lady Bird Johnson. According to tradition, every First Lady of the United has the honor of decorating the White House for Christmas, and this year Melania Trump made a bold statement with 29 red trees decorated with 14,000 ornaments lined up to greet visitors to the […]
November 29, 2018
The perversion of “social justice” makes a strong religious tradition into a revolutionary movement to attainment of contemporary utopian political goals. November 23, 2018 James V. Schall, S.J. https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2018/11/23/social-justice-judaism-and-the-primacy-of-the-sacred/ You don’t have to be Jewish to be a Social Justice Warrior. Jacob Wolf, a life-long left-winger, dismissed tikkun olam (social justice) as ‘a strange and […]
November 29, 2018
Anthony Esolen https://www.crisismagazine.com/2018/50-years-of-effete-and-infertile-liturgical-culture-is-enough Last Sunday I was away from home; this normally means trouble. It means I do not attend Mass at the chapel of Saint Thomas More College, which is where I teach, nor at Northeast Catholic College, which is in the town where we live. It means I must hear Mass, or have Mass […]
November 29, 2018
https://www.crisismagazine.com/2018/what-socialism-owes-christianity David Byrne Today, socialism and Christianity are considered antagonistic movements. Most socialists aren’t Christian and most Christians aren’t socialist. Yet analysis reveals a striking congruence. And the similarities between Christianity and socialism are not coincidences. They are influences. Christianity, after all, is the most powerful intellectual movement the Western world has seen. It furnished […]
November 28, 2018
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/cannabis-marijuana Types of cannabis There are several forms of cannabis, including: marijuana – the most common and least concentrated form. It is made from dried plant leaves and flowers. The flowers, or ‘heads’, are the most potent forms of the plant. Marijuana looks like chopped grass and ranges in colour from grey-green to greenish-brown. It […]
November 28, 2018
Acute health effects of cannabis use https://www.who.int/substance_abuse/facts/cannabis/en/ The acute effects of cannabis use has been recognized for many years, and recent studies have confirmed and extended earlier findings. These may be summarized as follows: Cannabis impairs cognitive development (capabilities of learning), including associative processes; free recall of previously learned items is often impaired when cannabi […]
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