Category Archives: Global Killer Asteroid Questions

Omens and portents and signs! OH MY!

Posted on 3 March 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I’ve gotten a couple score emails today already about the fact that there was a minor earthquake centered near Castel Gandolfo, where Benedict is now resting.  It must mean something, right?!?
Hey! Earthquakes happen around Rome. Always have, and always will until … Continue reading →

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Of TEOTWAWKI, Your Black Unconfessed Sins, and You

Posted on 15 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

People sometimes think, “Oh, those poor people.  That could never happen here.”
And then it does.
The people in Russia who had the encounter with the bus-size exploding meteor, got up that day just like you did.   Remember that video of … Continue reading →

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2013 Comet to be a “once in a civilization” event?

Posted on 4 December 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A reader alerted me to this from Scientific American:
Next year’s “brightest comet in modern times” to be “once in a civilization” event
As it flares out of the distant Oort Cloud, the newly discovered comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) appears to be … Continue reading →

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The aftermath of Sandy: How are you doing?

Posted on 5 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I was pretty concerned about lots of you on the East coast of the USA when Sandy was coming.
I am not following American news much at the moment, but comments suggest that some people are just getting power back right … Continue reading →

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An unexpected place in an unexpected place!

Posted on 29 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I have been reading another dystopian novels by James Wesley Rawles, Founders. (The first in the series is Patriots, the next is Survivors.)
I was pretty surprised to read this paragraph, about a couple who wind up being part of a … Continue reading →

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NEW COMET! KABLAM! WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE! (Welllll? We are!)

Posted on 28 September 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

There is a new and very bright comet out there.  Which of course means that it is the end of the world as we know it… maybe.  Maybe not.  In any event, it should be bright! And we might need … Continue reading →

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INDIA: 600 million people without power for 2nd day

Posted on 31 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Are you ready?  Have you made any preparations for a power outage, short or long term?
People think disasters won’t happen to them… until they do.
From FNC:
Half of India without power after grids fail for second day
NEW DELHI – India’s energy … Continue reading →

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Our Lady of Quito and the collapse of the Catholic Church (and its revival)

Posted on 26 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald, comes this from William Oddie.
Our Lady of Quito prophesied that in the 60s there would be spiritual catastrophe in the Church; then, through the faith of the just, a ‘complete restoration’
But … Continue reading →

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Bug Out Bags

Posted on 19 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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I just saw a government sponsored commercial showing people being tossed around.  Then dad grabs the “bug out bag” and they head for the door.
The slogan at the end: Get a kit.  Make a plan. Be … Continue reading →

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BLOOD! BLOOD! MORE BLOOD!

Posted on 12 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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QUAERUNTUR:
What’s your blood type?  Have you, because of some problem, ever needed blood?  Have you ever given blood?
I understand that Thursday is World Blood Donor Day.
I have a pretty rare blood-type. As an A- (about … Continue reading →

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