Fr. David Trahan
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“Stand beside the earliest roads, ask the pathways of old which is the way to good and walk it; thus you will find rest for your souls.” – Jer 6:16
On this date in 1527, 147 Swiss Guards died on the steps of St. Peter's Basilica staving off Habsburg troops during the Sack of Rome, enabling the escape of Clement VII. In commemoration of the bravery of the Stand of the Swiss Guard, this is the date new recruits are sworn-in.
The sea and the desert have been places of mutual enrichment among peoples and cultures for millennia. Woe to us if we turn them into graveyards where even hope dies! Let us free these tremendous reservoirs of history and the future from evil! Let us denounce and remove causes for despair, and let us oppose those who profit from the misfortune of others!
It still makes me laugh thinking of when mankind first saw the far side of the moon, hoping to see cool new things, but nothing was there. Everything interesting was on the side we could already see.
If you could name the first city on Mars, what would it be called?
I keep seeing these on cars and I have no clue what it means. I’m assuming they like to fish or
La localisation du porte-avions français Charles de Gaulle rendue possible grâce à l'imprudence d'un marin utilisant l'application de running Strava, rapporte Le Monde. En faisant son footing sur le pont, il révélait la présence du navire.
Fragments of an Iranian medium-range ballistic missile fell 30 feet away from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem today, landing on a gift shop.
Winston Churchill will soon disappear from UK banknotes, as the cigar-toting, wartime leader makes way for creatures like hedgehogs and badgers. After a public consultation, the next generation of pound notes will feature native British wildlife, according to the Bank of England. Read more: bloom.bg/4lsPoZ2 📷: Joe Giddens/AFP
