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White Double THE HELPFUL INFLUENCE of the Holy Ghost is more and more multiplied along the Church’s path. It seems as though he would show us today how the divine power of his action is not crippled by the lapse of years: for here we have, twelve centuries after his first coming among us, miracles of grace and conversion quite as brilliant as those that marked his glorious descent upon earth. Norbert, in whose veins flowed the best blood of emperors and kings, was from the very breast of his mother, Hedwige, supernaturally invited to a nobility loftier still:...

The storm is forecast to be a TROPICAL DEPRESSION when it reaches the El Paso, Texas area on Sunday Morning/Afternoon. It is expected to dissipate into a low pressure center in that area... Just some wind for the El Paso area. Fox News reports the storm is a Category 3 Hurricane as it is set to strike the Baja Peninsula, and Mexican mainland. Also of interest is (Fox News story): Fox News: Hurricane Norbert Strengthens to Category 3 Storm LA PAZ, Mexico — As Norbert bore down on Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula, it gathered strength overnight and was classified...

Not content with exporting "democracy" to Iraq, elements in the U.S. government, in their infinite hypocrisy, self-righteousness and busy-bodyness, have decided to push for "democracy" in Russia. The General Prosecutor's Office's attack on Yukos' now-defrocked CEO is being read on the other side of the Atlantic, apparently, as a heinous attack on "democracy" that must be punished by Russia's being thrown out of the G8. Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Richard "Prince of Darkness" Perle, his democratic credentials well attested-for by his having helped toss hundreds of people into prison sans charge, Sen. John McCain and Sen. Joseph Lieberman...