Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is set to approve a bill allowing public schools to arm their faculty, following the legislation's approval by the state legislature, the Worthy News website eports today (June 7, 2022).
The bill would require public school employees to spend an initial 24 hours in training before being allowed to carry firearms on the premises.
They would then need an additional eight hours annually to keep their permits valid.
Pope Francis spoke yesterday during Mass for the solemnity of Pentecost, which commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit onto the apostles and officially brings the liturgical season of Easter to an end, the Crux website reports today (June 6, 2022).
He entered the Basilica in a wheelchair, which he has been using regularly for the past few weeks due to severe knee pain.
In his homily, the pope said the role of the Holy Spirit is to give a "new and full understanding" of Jesus' words and actions.
Pope Francis added fuel to rumors about the future of his pontificate by announcing he would visit the central Italian city of L'Aquila in August for a feast initiated by Pope Celestine V, one of the few pontiffs who resigned before Pope Benedict XVI stepped down in 2013, the AP website reports today (June 5. 2022).
Italian and Catholic media have been rife with unsourced speculation that the 85-year-old Francis might be planning to follow in Benedict's footsteps, given his increased mobility problems that have forced him to use a wheelchair for the last month.
These rumors gained steam last week when Francis announced a consistory to create 21 new cardinals scheduled for Aug 27. Sixteen of these cardinals are under age 80 and eligible to vote in a conclave to elect Francis' successor.
Since Joe Biden took office in January 2021, the price for a gallon of gas has doubled, the Fox Business website reports today (June 4, 2022).
On Jan. 20, 2021, the average price for a gallon of gas nationwide was approximately $2.39. Today, the price for a gallon of gas has skyrocketed to $4.81, up five cents from yesterday, according to AAA.
The White House this week cheered an OPEC decision to boost supply and has tapped the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, while criticizing U.S.energy companies for not increasing production.
A man shot and killed two women in the parking lot of a church in Iowa last night and then killed himself, the Reuters website reports today (June 3, 2022).
The shooting took place shortly after President Joe Biden delivered a major TV address on gun violence in the wake of mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, Uvalde, Texas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma in recent weeks.
The Iowa shooting took place outside Cornerstone Church, a fundamentalist Christian church east of the city of Ames, while the church program was on inside, said Nicholas Lennie, chief deputy of the Story County Sheriff's Office.
The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis will travel to Kazakhstan in September for an international interfaith summit that is also expected to draw the participation of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, the Crux website reports today (June 2, 2022).
The summit, hosted by the Kazak government and titled "Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions," is set for Sept. 14-15 in the capital city of Nur-Sultan.
Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, Kirill has been criticized first for his silence and then for his support of Russia's invasion.
President Joe Biden's administration will send millions of dollars worth of defense equipment, including high-tech missile systems, to Ukraine to help the country ward off aggression by Russian forces, the UPI website reports today (June 1, 2022).
This is part of a $700 million military aid plan that includes the medium-range missile systems, helicopters, Javelin anti-tank weapon systems, other vehicles, and spare parts.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been pleading for some of the equipment to help fend off Russian fighters across Ukraine.
