Pacific NW News Service
Detentions, the kidnapping of bishops, tearing down churches -- these
are the actions against Christians China has been guilty of.
Even the pope has not been welcome in Chinese airspace in the last few decades.
So
when Pope Francis was given permission to fly over China on Thursday on
his way to South Korea, many saw it as a sign of hope for religious
freedom -- especially Catholicism -- in China.
The state-run Global Times calls it a sign of "possible détente."
But
even as the central government and the pontiff seem to be getting along
better, reports have emerged that Chinese Catholics have been barred
from visiting South Korea to see the pontiff.
Ohio State trustees have decided against reinstating the university's
marching band director, who was fired after an investigation showed he
knew about, but failed to stop, a sexualized band culture.
Board Chairman Jeffrey Wadsworth wrote Friday to
Jonathan Waters' attorney, saying the board "stands firmly" behind the
findings of a university investigation and President Michael Drake's
decision to oust him.
Waters, who had led the band since 2012, had
written to the board asking for a chance to return to his job, citing
what he called flaws in the university probe and his positive
performance review weeks before he was terminated. His elaborate
halftime shows drawn on iPads revolutionized the field and prompted
millions of fan views on YouTube.
He wanted the board to take up the matter at its
next meeting this month. Wadsworth's letter to attorney David Axelrod
said the board won't review the case.
"We consider the matter closed and we are moving forward as a university," the letter said.
We took a ride to the Palouse. On the Palouse this where the farmers grow in their Rich, Red wheat. today. Then it was just a hop skip and jump to the west. This is not a gateway to the west. This is the real west where not so long ago, the Nez Perce road their painted ponies. The feeling of those times is still strong as I see ranchers carrying their weapons as they did so not long ago. Today the sun played hide and seek wit it's own shadow on the wheat, while the woods of the we are cool, deep and dark. Stark contrasts for such as this, a true story in picture.
Rick Price
We will not stand for this.Last year, Loyola Marymount University dropped its health insurance coverage of elective abortion for employees (after inquiries from a courageous professor and your Cardinal Newman Society).
Soon after, another Jesuit university in California, Santa Clara University, did the same.
loyolaNow in reaction, the state of California appears to be on the verge of forcing religious nonprofits—like Catholic colleges and universities—to provide this outrageous coverage. Read more on how you can oppose this religious freedom threat here.
And be sure to check out all of the latest news in Catholic education below, including a recent report affiliated with Georgetown University Medical Center that laments policies restricting abortion.
May the Blessed Virgin Mary, who was assumed into heaven, pray for us.
City workers wearing gloves - and a few in face masks - threw sofas, armchairs and quilts into garbage trucks Thursday, clearing out a homeless encampment of about 160 people. Officials said it attracted rats and called it a public health hazard.
By the end of rush hour, an area underneath an overpass less than a mile from the Superdome, where the NFL's New Orleans Saints play, was empty of tents, clothes, cardboard boxes and other items. Workers hosed down the concrete.
City officials gave the homeless about 2 1/2 days of notice and said there were enough beds in shelters. Most of them went to a shelter, but some didn't.
"I have no desire, no inclination, to live in there with a hundred men," Billy Holmes said, gesturing to the nearby New Orleans Mission. He said he had been living under the highway for more than a month after he damaged a disk in his neck in June, ending his construction work.
BobShannon-Editor
SPOKANE, Wash.- One man was hospitalized with life threatening injuries
Monday night after a reported stabbing in north Spokane, according to
Spokane Police.
Police responded to the stabbing just before 8:40 p.m.
at the intersection of N. Division and W. Gray Ct., just north of where
Division intersects with Ruby. They found a man who had been stabbed
several times. Witnesses told police the stabber left in a vehicle.
Officers are still interviewing witnesses for more information, but
believe the stabbing was not random.
Spokane Police closed Division from Liberty to Glass during the investigation, but it was reopened by about 10 p.m. Monday.
Bob Shannon
WSP receives credible tip on location of wanted man
-Victor Barnard, wanted on 59 counts of sexual misconduct with children, possibly in Raymond-
(Olympia)—Detectives with the Washington State Patrol have received what they believe is a credible tip as to the location of Victor Barnard, a former minister from Pine County, Minnesota, charged with 59 counts of sexual molestation of children.
<image003.jpg>Earlier today Barnard, 52, was reportedly seen leaving the McDonalds restaurant on SR 101 in Raymond heading towards Aberdeen. He was seen driving a dark blue Audi 2 door with tinted windows and a spoiler. The witness indicated the vehicle “looks like a Porsche.” There was a white female riding with him at the time.
Additional information was developed that places Barnard in the Raymond and Aberdeen areas for approximately the previous week.
On April 11, the Pine County, MN, Attorney’s Office issued a criminal complaint against Barnard. The charges result from a multi-year investigation by the Pine County Sheriff’s Office into Barnard’s behavior while he was ministering to a religious group in Northern Pine County.
Later that same day, the Pine County Sheriff issued a nationwide warrant for Barnard, who was last known to be in the Spokane, Wash. area. The Pine County Sheriff’s Office is coordinating with the State of Washington and Homeland Security for the apprehension of Barnard.
Anyone who may have information as to the whereabouts of Victor Barnard, please call 911. Local police agencies are assisting in the search and will be ready for your call.
-Victor Barnard, wanted on 59 counts of sexual misconduct with children, possibly in Raymond-
(Olympia)—Detectives with the Washington State Patrol have received what they believe is a credible tip as to the location of Victor Barnard, a former minister from Pine County, Minnesota, charged with 59 counts of sexual molestation of children.
<image003.jpg>Earlier today Barnard, 52, was reportedly seen leaving the McDonalds restaurant on SR 101 in Raymond heading towards Aberdeen. He was seen driving a dark blue Audi 2 door with tinted windows and a spoiler. The witness indicated the vehicle “looks like a Porsche.” There was a white female riding with him at the time.
Additional information was developed that places Barnard in the Raymond and Aberdeen areas for approximately the previous week.
On April 11, the Pine County, MN, Attorney’s Office issued a criminal complaint against Barnard. The charges result from a multi-year investigation by the Pine County Sheriff’s Office into Barnard’s behavior while he was ministering to a religious group in Northern Pine County.
Later that same day, the Pine County Sheriff issued a nationwide warrant for Barnard, who was last known to be in the Spokane, Wash. area. The Pine County Sheriff’s Office is coordinating with the State of Washington and Homeland Security for the apprehension of Barnard.
Anyone who may have information as to the whereabouts of Victor Barnard, please call 911. Local police agencies are assisting in the search and will be ready for your call.
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by Bob Shannon
by Bob Shannon
They're at it again on Mount Spokane.
Volunteers who built a bridge over Burping Brook last year on the Mount Spokane State Park trails up from the Lower Mount Kit Carson Loop Road are building more bridges that will be especially helpful to spring hikers and winter snowshoers.
A four-day bridge-building work party starts Friday at Mount Spokane. Holly Weiler of the Washington Trails Association is coordinating helpers for the construction.
You can still sign up on the WTA website to join the work party.
Volunteers who built a bridge over Burping Brook last year on the Mount Spokane State Park trails up from the Lower Mount Kit Carson Loop Road are building more bridges that will be especially helpful to spring hikers and winter snowshoers.
A four-day bridge-building work party starts Friday at Mount Spokane. Holly Weiler of the Washington Trails Association is coordinating helpers for the construction.
You can still sign up on the WTA website to join the work party.
In celebration of the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary this Friday, August 15, Heart of the Nation invites you to online Mass. If you or someone you love cannot get to church for this holy day of obligation, please join Heart of the Nation online.
Click here for the holy day Mass anytime on Friday, August 15, or on Thursday afternoon, August 14, for the Mass of anticipation.
May the example of Mary bring you renewed hope in the glorious resurrection of the body and everlasting life with her in heaven.
Click here for the holy day Mass anytime on Friday, August 15, or on Thursday afternoon, August 14, for the Mass of anticipation.
May the example of Mary bring you renewed hope in the glorious resurrection of the body and everlasting life with her in heaven.
In Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River, one of the longest in the northeast, male smallmouth bass are sprouting female egg cells in their testes. According to a United States Geological Survey report released in June,
these intersex fish appear in water — both in this river and two others
in the state — that has become saturated with estrogenic compounds,
natural and artificial hormones in animal manure and, to a smaller
degree, sewage.
Most troubling, biologists say, is that many of these bass, and scores of others, have visible signs of disease — black splotches on their skin and grotesque open sores.
“We do think some of the same feminization chemicals are causing immunosuppression,” said Vicki Blazer, a fish biologist for the USGS who helped write the report. “And that disease is having an effect on the population.”
Most troubling, biologists say, is that many of these bass, and scores of others, have visible signs of disease — black splotches on their skin and grotesque open sores.
“We do think some of the same feminization chemicals are causing immunosuppression,” said Vicki Blazer, a fish biologist for the USGS who helped write the report. “And that disease is having an effect on the population.”
Spokane – On Tuesday August 19, 2014, at 10:00 a.m., Gordon Trucking, in partnership with iMagic and the Washington State Patrol (WSP), will highlight the Homeward Bound Program and be adding two additional missing children to their fleet that include posters of missing children from Washington and Oregon.
The unveiling will occur at 10:00 am at Life Center Church, 1202 N. Government Way, Spokane. Those being added to the program are:
Angel Wilson, age 17. She was last seen in August 2007 in the Spokane area.
Christina White, age 12. Christina went missing in April 1979 from Clarkston in Asotin County.
The Homeward Bound program, created in 2005 in a partnership between the WSP, Gordon Trucking, and iMagic, has assisted in the recovery of six (6) missing children.
Anyone with information about the disappearance or location of any missing child should call the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children tip line at 1-800-THE-LOST.
Additional information on missing children from Washington State can be found at http://www.wsp.wa.gov/crime/mischild.php
Missing children already in the Homeward Bound Program:
Agueda Arias, missing since November 2001, 3 years old
Lindsey Baum, missing since June 2009, 10 years old
Misty Copsey, missing since September 1992, 13 years old
Danica Childs, missing since December 2007, 17 years old
Kayla Croft-Payne, missing since April 2010, 18 years old
Ronald Frye, missing since September 1993, 15 years old
Richard (Cody) Haynes, missing since September 2004, 11 years old
Bryce Herda, missing since April 1995, 6 years old
Kyron Horman, missing since June 2010, 8 years old
Sofia Juarez, missing since February 2003, 5 years old
Tyler Inman, missing since October 1982, 3 years old
Lenoria Jones, missing since July 1995, 3 years old
Teekah Lewis, missing since January 1999, 2 years old
Katya Lyne, missing since March 1997, 15 years old
Loukthayoth Phiangdae, missing since February 1996, 11 years old
Joseph Pichler, missing since January 2006, 18 years old
Jasmine Sajedi, missing since July 2004, 2 years old
Shelby Wright, missing since July 2004, 14 years old
There are also 2 posters on Gordon Trucking trailers that are “In Memory” of victims Zina Linnik and Adre’anna Jackson.
The unveiling will occur at 10:00 am at Life Center Church, 1202 N. Government Way, Spokane. Those being added to the program are:
Angel Wilson, age 17. She was last seen in August 2007 in the Spokane area.
Christina White, age 12. Christina went missing in April 1979 from Clarkston in Asotin County.
The Homeward Bound program, created in 2005 in a partnership between the WSP, Gordon Trucking, and iMagic, has assisted in the recovery of six (6) missing children.
Anyone with information about the disappearance or location of any missing child should call the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children tip line at 1-800-THE-LOST.
Additional information on missing children from Washington State can be found at http://www.wsp.wa.gov/crime/mischild.php
Missing children already in the Homeward Bound Program:
Agueda Arias, missing since November 2001, 3 years old
Lindsey Baum, missing since June 2009, 10 years old
Misty Copsey, missing since September 1992, 13 years old
Danica Childs, missing since December 2007, 17 years old
Kayla Croft-Payne, missing since April 2010, 18 years old
Ronald Frye, missing since September 1993, 15 years old
Richard (Cody) Haynes, missing since September 2004, 11 years old
Bryce Herda, missing since April 1995, 6 years old
Kyron Horman, missing since June 2010, 8 years old
Sofia Juarez, missing since February 2003, 5 years old
Tyler Inman, missing since October 1982, 3 years old
Lenoria Jones, missing since July 1995, 3 years old
Teekah Lewis, missing since January 1999, 2 years old
Katya Lyne, missing since March 1997, 15 years old
Loukthayoth Phiangdae, missing since February 1996, 11 years old
Joseph Pichler, missing since January 2006, 18 years old
Jasmine Sajedi, missing since July 2004, 2 years old
Shelby Wright, missing since July 2004, 14 years old
There are also 2 posters on Gordon Trucking trailers that are “In Memory” of victims Zina Linnik and Adre’anna Jackson.
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