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Sunday, April 5, 2026
How Western-made materials for cigarettes wind up in Russian missiles that strike Ukraine -- US hearing exposes links between Russia’s energy sector and abduction of Ukrainian children -- Ukraine strikes Russian fuel train, confirms damage to multimillion-dollar Orion drones in occupied regions -- Ukraine restores nearly half of power generation wiped out by Russia ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/sunday-april-5-2026/
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I finished Stephen Harrigan -- The Sorrowful Mysteries earlier today.
I'd been wanting to read about Fatima for some time and just happened to stumble upon this .
As well being an informative history of the the origins of the Fatima cult and its reverberations down to the end of the twentieth century, it's also an engrossing memoir of growing up Catholic in Texas before Vatican II and the author's growing away from this faith.
https://www.stephenharrigan.com/sorrowful-mysteries
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Image: The three shepherd children who had visions of the Virgin Mary in Fatima (L-R: Lucia, Francisco, Jacinta) -- AFP