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The text of a "Motu Proprio" (papal decision) regarding the revival of a controversial Latin mass will be made public this week, The Jerusalem Post has learned. Vatican officials stressed that the current text, which formerly called Jews "perfidious," contains no derogatory reference to Jews. The text is based on the Tridentine Mass promulgated by the Council of Trent in the 16th century. Originally this mass contained a Good Friday prayer for the conversion of "the perfidious Jews." But in the 1960s, after his historic meeting with the historian and Holocaust survivor Jules Isaac, Pope John XXIII ordered this terminology...

Al-Qaida operative delivers message in speech posted on Internet An al-Qaida sheik who escaped earlier this year from Bagram prison in Afghanistan vowed in a sermon posted online that "America's nose will be rubbed in the mud" and declared "Palestine is occupied by the offspring of apes and pigs." An excerpt of the video, featuring Sheikh Abu Yahya Al-Libbi, was translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute. It includes footage of young boys, one appearing to be as young as 8 years old, training with weapons. MEMRI points out that, according to alarabiya.net, Sheikh Yahya Al-Libbi is one of...

I remember when I was a young child, my brother and sister and I would gather on the bed with my parents and every night my dad would read us stories like "The Chronicles of Narnia" or "The Hobbit." When we were younger, he would read "Dr. Seuss" stories or "Winnie the Pooh." Unfortunately, being born in 1988 had its own share of disappointments. Paramount of these would be not being exposed the great literary accomplishment of Karen DeBrecht and her new children's book, "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!" Looking back on it, I can see I...

The continued focus by the nation's media on Cindy Sheehan, the so-called "Peace Mom" who's demanding a second meeting with President Bush in the wake of her son's death, is sparking a backlash from parents of other American servicemen and women in Iraq. One Texas family of a fallen Marine became so enraged with Sheehan's use of their son's name on a protest cross, they drove from the town of Spicewood to Crawford to remove it. "I went there and had Matthew's name taken off of there," said Matt Matula, whose son, a 20-year-old Marine, was killed by hostile fire...

Newly released documents received by a Salt Lake City attorney in his suit against the Oklahoma City FBI office provide the strongest evidence yet that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has been conducting a well-orchestrated cover-up of evidence linking Timothy McVeigh to subjects that frequented, and in some cases resided, at an eastern Oklahoma paramilitary compound called Elohim City. At the center of this cabal were numerous informants. At least two of those providing critical information about the Elohim City conspiracy reported to a tax-exempt civil rights group, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), headed by Morris Dees. Perhaps...

The scene: It is November, 1943. We’re in Camp Shelby, just outside of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where 5,300 German prisoners of war are interned. The Geneva Conventions are being strictly adhered to, with food (prepared by German cooks), clothing, and medical care equal to their captors. The German POWs have formed soccer and volleyball teams, with descriptions and results of the tournaments between them reported in the camp newspaper, The Mississippi Post. A Nazi church has been erected in the camp, where Nazi worshippers attend services held by Nazi chaplains. In their sermons, the chaplains instruct that “Nazism is the true...

To my fellow Arabs: What we may call the "critical mind" is almost non-existent today in the Arabic speaking societies. This is largely due to the meager margin of democracy allowed and to the fact that top positions, in many cases, are concentrated in the hands of a few incompetent individuals whose intellectual capacities and management skills are mediocre at best. When we add to this the current proliferation of a reactionary religious culture, it is understandable that there should be a marked decrease in rationality, a lack of participation marked by extreme negativity, and a prevalence of constant and...

Hands out business card, tells family 'our government is against this war' When the family of Staff Sgt. Joseph Goodrich gathered in Pittsburgh for the fallen Marine's funeral, they expected a large crowd – after all, they've lived in the area for generations and Joseph had been a police officer before becoming a leatherneck – but they didn't expect to see Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor show up, hand out her business card and tell them "our government" opposes the war. Goodrich, 32, and fellow western Pennsylvanian, Lance Cpl. Ryan J. Kovacicek, 22 – both second-generation Marines – were killed in Iraq...

McClellan doesn't address G8 gift but notes latest suicide bombing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WND AT THE WHITE HOUSE Billions for Abbas justified? McClellan doesn't address G8 gift but notes latest suicide bombing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: July 12, 2005 5:00 p.m. Eastern Editor's note: Each week, WorldNetDaily White House correspondent Les Kinsolving asks the tough questions almost no one else will ask. And each week, WorldNetDaily brings you the transcripts of those dialogues with the president and his spokesman. By Les Kinsolving © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com At today's White House news briefing, WND asked presidential press secretary Scott McClellan about the G8's plans to...

Activist says Ten Commandments judge best choice Bush could make A conservative activist is urging President Bush to nominate Ten Commandments Judge Roy Moore to fill the vacancy left by the retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Moore, former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, gained notoriety for defying an order to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the state's judicial building. He was removed from office due to his insistence on "acknowledging God" in the public square "President Bush should nominate former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore to replace Sandra Day O'Connor in the U.S. Supreme Court,"...

Protests 'coddling' of pro-choicers at mayoral inauguration A pro-life Catholic group is calling for the resignation of Los Angeles Archbishop Cardinal Roger Mahony after security guards at the city's main cathedral threatened to arrest students protesting at inauguaration ceremonies held there for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. The American Life League said that about a dozen students planned to attend the ceremonies for Villaraigosa -- a Catholic who supports abortion rights -- and peacefully protest with shirts and signs that read: "You can't be Catholic and pro-abortion." Cathedral security guards blocked the students' from entering and threatened them with arrest. "It is...

Activists rev up rhetoric ahead of historic confirmation battle Activists revving up for a fierce confirmation battle responded immediately yesterday to the announcement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement, warning Americans that her replacement will have a profound influence on America's most divisive cultural issues. "It is inevitable that this confirmation battle will revolve around values," said Gary Bauer, president of Virginia-based American Values and former Republican presidential candidate. "The administration should not be afraid of such a debate." The website of the National Organization for Women opens with an "Emergency Alert" pop-up that warns "Justice O'Connor Resigns ... Women's...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court and a moderate conservative who often cast the decisive vote on abortion and other contentious issues, announced her retirement on Friday, and a political battle immediately began over her successor.

Federal survey showed Bush 'amnesty' plan encouraged illegals to enter Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., the most outspoken member of Congress on the issue of illegal immigration, wants an investigation into why a study of aliens crossing the border was discontinued by the Bush administration after initial results indicated the president's proposed "temporary worker proposal" plan encourages illegals to enter the U.S. Tancredo and watchdog legal group Judicial Watch released previously undisclosed documents relating to the Border Patrol's 2004 survey. The survey asked illegal aliens whether they had heard of a U.S. government amnesty plan for illegal aliens (61 percent had)...

While other Christian ministers are treading lightly with regard to the confrontation posed by Muslims, an Ohio pastor says he believes America was founded to see Islam destroyed. In "Silent No More," Rod Parsley, who pastors World Harvest Church in Columbus, a city with a significant Muslim population, characterizes Islam as a "false religion" that "is responsible for more pain, more bloodshed and more devastation than nearly any other force on earth." "I look to the horrors of Sudan, and I find slavery, massacre and traumatic human upheaval of the sort that even beleaguered Africa has seldom seen," writes Parsley....

Family: Bush's America killed loved one Stress of 'stolen election of 2000 and living with right-winged Americans' A 53-year-old Arizona man died this month due to the stress of "the stolen election of 2000 and living with right-winged Americans," according to a death notice published by his family. Corwyn William Zimbleman, of Tucson, was an accomplished artist, the notice said, and an "avid atheist, he studied the bible [sic] and religion with more fervor than most Christians." The notice then reads: He had strong political opinions and followed Amy Goodman's radio broadcast "Democracy Now." Alas the stolen election of 2000...

Why is there resistance to securing America's borders? It can be done. We all know it can be done. But yet there is still resistance to this idea in Washington. When you hear excuses about militarizing the border, understand they are being uttered by people who, for whatever reason, do not want to secure the border. The crisis with Mexico has reached new heights. The Mexican military itself has been forced to put troops in the town of Nuevo Laredo in response to efforts by the drug cartels to take control. The new police chief of the town was murdered...

The United States is approaching the moment of decision in its relationship with the United Nations. Whether the bloated, corrupt world body fades, as did the League of Nations, or emerges as the supreme government of the world, is in the hands of the United States Congress. The U.N.'s oil-for-food scandal continues to boil, while U.N. peacekeepers' sexcapades exploit victims of civil strife in Africa. Most of the 190 member nations of the U.N. are aligned against U.S. policy – whatever that policy may be – and demand that the U.S. provide "new and additional" funding for a never-ending string...

Demanding AFL-CIO drop resolution backing same-sex marriage Pro-family groups are joining forces to demand labor unions rescind a recent resolution backing same-sex marriage. The groups sent a letter to AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, asserting the resolution threatens the rights of workers who support traditional marriage and families, reported Agape Press. The AFL-CIO Executive Committee's March 3 resolution, which labor officials unanimously adopted, opposes federal and state constitutional amendments to define marriage exclusively as a union between a man and a woman. The resolution reiterates the AFL-CIO's "longstanding support for the full inclusion and equal rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and...

California suing to overturn statute that protects pro-life physicians Christian doctors are in federal court to defend their right to refuse to provide abortions and abortion referrals. The Alliance Defense Fund and the Christian Legal Society filed a motion to intervene Thursday in San Francisco in a lawsuit brought by the state of California against the U.S. government. "Forcing pro-life healthcare workers to provide abortion services is hardly 'pro-choice,'" said Steven H. Aden, chief litigation counsel of the Christian Legal Society Center for Law & Religious Freedom. The case was initiated by California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, who filed suit...