Saint Anne and Saint Joachim

According to ancient writings Emerentia used to visit the essenes on Mount Carmel and she met and married an essene. It was believed that the essenes would produce a messiah from Mount Carmel, reportedly a stronghold of the essenes of Nazareth. Emerentia gave birth to Anne, grandmother of Jesus and Elizabeth, grandmother of John the baptist.

Anne married Joachim and Mary was born with thanksgiving after a period of infertility. At the age of three she was taken to the temple to be educated. From the age of about twelve the priests and elders wanted to find a husband for her. She may have been fourteen years or so when Joseph, who had one son was chosen. He took her home to his house to guard her. The priests gave her thread to spin. According to an ancient script she became pregnant at the age of sixteen and spent her pregnancy with her cousin Elizabeth because no one knew. Joseph visited her in her sixth month and was very upset at her pregnancy but he took her back. The high priest was angry about her condition, first blaming Mary, then Joseph. They survived the priests anger and returned home. They were married before Jesus was born.

Anne is the patron saint of poverty, unmarried women, child care providers, childless people, grandparents, homemakers and pregnancy. Joachim is the patron saint of fathers and grandparents. Their feast day is on Sunday 26th July.

No water

According to a report water shortages have resulted in six nights of protests in the Iranian province of Khuzestan and three civilians have died at the hands of the authorities. According to the report there is no water for many citizens in Khuzestan, also power outages; and internet interruptions which was the case during the nationwide protests about oil price rises. The water problem, thought to be only occurring in Khuzestan is being blamed on drought.

Palm oil in dispute

According to a report the supermarket Iceland released a video in 2018 featuring forest clearances on an industrial scale in Borneo, the result of which was that palm oil has reportedly been eliminated from Iceland’s instore products.

The production of rapeseed oil means that we are not dependant on palm oil, a product which has reportedly caused the widespread clearance of rain forests, the natural habitat of many endangered species including elephants, tigers and rhinoceros.

George Floyd’s murderer sentenced

Minneopolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 22 1/2 years for the murder of George Floyd. Reportedly Chauvin has been involved in multiple shootings where people have been killed and has multiple complaints of excessive force. On the night in question Chauvin knelt on the back of George Floyd’s neck for nine minutes while he was laying face down. Kneeling on the neck is a dangerous thing to do, said the judge, and unnecessary as George was wearing handcuffs.

Water for Africa

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Accusations of supporting terrorism

According to a report, eighteen people in Ireland have been charged with supporting terrorism, though in one case money was sent to Afghanistan and it is not known what was bought with the money. If an Afghan man sends money home can it be classed as supporting terrorism or is this an ontological argument? The same report described other groups such as dissident republicans as ethno-nationalists, dissident seemingly with respect to not sharing the same views as the state.

Why the u.s. target Iran

During an interview with Julian Assange regarding u.s. government material accumulated and published a statement was made to the effect that the u.s. were targeting Iran for Saudi Arabia.

Iran, though converted to Islam by Arabia, do not reportedly consider themselves Arab which in the middle east is mainly a political rather than cultural designation.

Who was John the evangelist?

In the vision at Knock (Gnoc) Mary the mother of Jesus appeared with Joseph and who people believed to be John the evangelist, but who was John the evangelist? Described as the beloved disciple, could be someone who Jesus hoped the apostles would take to themselves. Described as the one Jesus loved. The evangelist, teacher; Perhaps what Jesus wants from us and where is heart is. Believed to be the author of the gospel of John.

The black and tans

According to a report, on 19 March 1921 the black and tans entered the little village of Glenhest as a gang of armed and masked men. They were hunting for two ira volunteers, Patrick Marley and William Chambers who escaped capture and punishment that day. Reportedly the larger mission was to intimidate those who supported the armed struggle for an Irish republic. According to the report there was sexual violence against women and girls, a dark secret of the war of independence, not really talked about. The ira have been accused of the same. Not believed by everyone.

Sudanese conflict

Sudan joined the u.n. in 1956. Reportedly the first Sudanese war began in 1955. In 2011 Sudan split forming the autonomous region of south Sudan consisting of 10 states. South Sudan got the oil reserves. The ensuing wars concerned disputed oil regions. The 1972 Addis Ababa accords agreed to share oil revenue. War broke out when the agreement failed to materialise. Over forty six percent of the population of Sudan live in poverty.