Trump Approves $2.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel, Including 40,000 One-Ton Bombs nytimes.com/2026/09/15/us/politics/trump-israel-b… The package would be among the largest deliveries of U.S. munitions to Israel. By Michael Crowley and Edward Wong Reporting from Washington Sept. 15, 2026 The Trump administration has approved a $2.8 billion sale of heavy bombs to Israel, according to a U.S. official, in what would be among the largest deliveries of U.S. munitions there even as American public support for the country declines. The proposed sale would include 40,000 one-ton bombs whose use by Israel in Gaza and Lebanon has drawn international anger because of the civilian harm caused by their wide blast radius. Human rights groups and some foreign governments have condemned Israel for dropping the giant munitions in densely populated areas, sometimes killing dozens of civilians in strikes targeting just one individual. The package would include 20,000 each of America’s 2,000-pound MK-84 and …More
Homily Thursday, September 17, 2026 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 "By the grace of God I am what I am." Paul is filled with God's grace, as we are. Luke 7:36-50 "She began to bathe his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment." Peace and joy flowed from her heart like the sweetest of perfumes. Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.
16.09.2026 POLICE TO CONSULT VATICAN TODAY : IS CITING THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, VATICAN COUNCIL II AND THE BIBLE LEGAL AT THE VATICAN ?. Over the last five nights I have been sleeping outside, in front of the basilica of St. Peter,under the arch in front of the Holy See Press Office. I used cardboard cartons. There were many people sleeping there in various places. Some were also tourists. Today morning I was checked by the police as at about seven in the morning I was waiting for the Priests with Sant Egidio. I had written something last night and I was to give it to them. Like the others sitting there, who were sleeping outside, I was ready to leave when the police asked us to do so. Then one of the police, noticed the message fixed on my knapsack. He photographed it and said the Vatican would be asked about it. They seemed to have known about me. I was asked if was a writer. I said yes, I write on the Internet. The message said: Catechism of the Catholic Church 846, …More
What employees will not recover The other half of the story is published by the Association of Lay Vatican Employees: Vaticano: è possibile recuperare il biennio perduto dai dipendenti?. The frozen biennium is not a suspended payment: it forms part of remuneration and enters the calculation base for pensions and severance, so reducing it reduces both. In the union’s own calculation, a level-IV employee with thirty years of service ahead loses about €14,430 in salary, €1,400 in severance and €6,734 in pension: €22,564 in total. Recovering it by working two more years is practically impossible, because in the Vatican people start working well past thirty and the seniority cap is forty years. Add to this that the pension fund remains under a single administrator and that the same union has been asking to see its accounts for two years. Curia cardinals recover 10 %. Employees do not recover the biennium.
Tuesday, 16th September 1913: Veterans Urge Funds For Phagan Monument, The Atlanta Journal Big Meeting of Interested Or- ganizations Has Been Pro- posed for December 10 A movement to gain the co-operation of the various organizations raising a fund for a Mary Phagan monument has been placed on foot by Camp No. 763, United Confederate Veterans of Marietta. A meeting of delegates from each of the bodies interested in the work is advocated. J. Gid Morris, commander of Camp No. 763, has offered his home for the purpose on December 10. It is proposed at the same time to make tentative plans for the erection of the shaft in time for its unveiling on Confederate Memorial day, April 26, 1914, the first anniversary of her death. At the regular monthly meeting of the camp in Marietta recently $5 was contributed toward the fund by the camp. It was then suggested that every veteran donate 25 cents. This suggestion was enthusiastically received and before the meeting closed $40 had been subscribed. …More
Tuesday, 16th September 1913 Jim Conley’s Lawyer Planning His Defense, The Atlanta Constitution The Atlanta Constitution, Tuesday, 16th September 1913. PAGE 9, COLUMN 2 Jim Conley may not plead guilty to being accessory after the fact in the murder of Mary Phagan. This is the startling statement of the negro's attorney, William Smith, late Monday. "I may have Jim take a plea to one of the counts of the indictment against him, but I do not believe he will plead guilty to all of the counts," was the way Attorney Smith declared himself. Conley remains at the Tower awaiting his trial, which will probably come up at the October term of the criminal branch of the superior court. PAGE 9, COLUMN 6 VETERANS RAISE FUNDS FOR PHAGAN MONUMENT Through the efforts of Camp 763, Unite Confederate Veterans of Marietta, a sum already totaling over $40 has been raised looking towards the erecting of a monument over the grave of little Mary Phagan for whose murder Leo M. Frank was found guilty and sentenced …More
Worse than Germany: On 13 September, Rev Olivier de Pétiville held a Novus Ordo spectacle at the Sainte-Blandine church in Lyon, France. He has been in this parish since 1 September. The Eucharist featured contemporary praise music, singers and musicians, large screens, a headset microphone, and congregants raising their hands. Only karaoke was missing.
Un fidèle sort enthousiaste d’une célébration de l’église Saint Blandine de Lyon : « Une messe incroyable », écrit-il sur Facebook.
Tuesday, September 16th, 1913: No Judge To Try Fulton Docket, The Atlanta Georgian Frank Case and New Bench Appointments Cause Congestion in Court 100 Await Trial. Solicitor General Dorsey is on a still hunt for a judge to conduct the large grist of cases which have piled up since the June term of court. The Frank trial caused all other court busine accumulate, and the recent bench appointments still further have delayed the disposal of several scores of cases. More than one hundred prisoners are in the county jail awaiting trial. Some of them have been there much longer than is usual to hold them before trial. The Solicitor wishes to have them placed on trial at the earliest possible moment and does not wish to wait until some time in October for Judge Ben H. Hill to take the new Atlanta circuit judgeship if he can avoid this delay. An effort is being made to have one of the Superior Court judges preside. If this fails, it is probable that a judge from an outside circuit will be brought in. …More
An anonymous seminarian writing from Lima, Peru, paints a picture of Catholic life that is worse than Germany: seminaries and convents “dramatically empty,” kneelers removed from churches, Communion distributed in the hands, children’s Masses with puppets and dolls, and national Catholic youth gatherings with secular music. He describes priests becoming “community entertainers” and homilies reduced to superficial, lukewarm messages. He criticizes liturgies centered on creativity, community and local culture rather than the sacrifice and adoration. In his account, doctrine is no longer treated as fixed, but as continually open to reinterpretation.
¿EN QUÉ MOMENTO SE JODIÓ LA IGLESIA? Un joven seminarista, que pide permanecer en el anonimato por temor a represalias, comparte un testimonio doloroso sobre la realidad que contempla dentro de la Iglesia: seminarios vacíos, liturgias desacralizadas, homilías superficiales, pérdida del sentido de lo sagrado y una identidad católica cada vez más diluida. No es simplemente el lamento de un joven. Es el grito de quien entregó su vida a Cristo y no quiere encontrar una Iglesia que haya olvidado quién es su Señor. Cuando la Eucaristía deja de ocupar el centro, cuando el altar pierde su carácter sagrado, cuando la liturgia se convierte en espectáculo y cuando todo parece susceptible de ser reinterpretado, la pregunta resulta inevitable: ¿Qué hemos hecho con la Iglesia que recibimos? El artículo de La Abeja plantea una reflexión que ningún católico que ame verdaderamente a la Iglesia debería ignorar. Y, a pesar de todo, queda la esperanza: necesitamos sacerdotes santos, fieles a Cristo, a la …More
A Land of Fire and Ice
¿EN QUÉ MOMENTO SE JODIÓ LA IGLESIA? Un joven seminarista, que pide permanecer en el anonimato por temor a represalias, comparte un testimonio doloroso sobre la realidad que contempla dentro de la Iglesia: seminarios vacíos, liturgias desacralizadas, homilías superficiales, pérdida del sentido de lo sagrado y una identidad católica cada vez más diluida. No es simplemente el lamento de un joven. Es el grito de quien entregó su vida a Cristo y no quiere encontrar una Iglesia que haya olvidado quién es su Señor. Cuando la Eucaristía deja de ocupar el centro, cuando el altar pierde su carácter sagrado, cuando la liturgia se convierte en espectáculo y cuando todo parece susceptible de ser reinterpretado, la pregunta resulta inevitable: ¿Qué hemos hecho con la Iglesia que recibimos? El artículo de La Abeja plantea una reflexión que ningún católico que ame verdaderamente a la Iglesia debería ignorar. Y, a pesar de todo, queda la esperanza: necesitamos sacerdotes santos, fieles a Cristo, a la …More