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A second stabbing has been captured on camera in Sydney, this time taking place in a church. Footage shows the moment a man walks up to the alter in the Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley. Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was saying Mass when he launched into the assault, allegedly wounding him in the face and body. In the video, which Metro.co.uk has chosen not to publish in full because of how graphic it is, the knifeman can be seen stabbing his victim multiple times until the bishop falls to the ground. Screams of horror can be heard in...

Former President Donald Trump waved to migrants — presumably waiting to cross the border — during his visit to Eagle Pass, Texas, this week. A clip from Trump’s trip to Eagle Pass shows the Republican frontrunner standing near a wire fence, waving and pumping his fist. Someone from afar begins to shout, “Trump! Trump!” One individual says to Trump, “They’re waving at you.” “They like Trump. Can you believe it?” the former president joked, patting Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on the back and adding, “They like your governor.”

Bradley Cooper admitted he struggled to feel connected to his and Irina Shayk’s daughter, Lea, when she was born. The “Maestro” star appeared on Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast Monday and discussed his growth as a father since welcoming the 6-year-old in March 2017. Cooper, 49, explained the first few months of Lea’s life he didn’t understand when fellow parents would say, “I would die in a second for my kid.” “That’s my experience,” the actor continued. “Fascinated by it. Loved taking care of it. But would I die if someone came in with a gun?” He admitted after only...

Over half of New York City residents either live in poverty or are low-income, according to a new report from anti-poverty nonprofit Robin Hood and Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy. The number of people across the five boroughs living in poverty jumped from 1.5 million to 2 million between 2021 and 2022, according to the Poverty Tracker Annual Report. That 500,000-person increase pushed the poverty rate in the city to 23 percent that year, or twice the national average of 11.5 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. A renting family of four in New York City...

I once had to choose between love and truth. I would have chosen love over anything else, but truth was the one thing over which love, unfortunately, did not win. I was in a lose/lose situation; if I stuck to my truth, I stood to lose the love, and if I stuck to the love, I stood to lose myself and by default, eventually, the love as well... ...Truth is what is, what was, and what will be. Truth is a knowing. Truth is a calling. Truth is it. There is only one truth and its unmovable, immutable, inalterable, inflexible...

Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that he would never vote for former President Donald Trump. Manchin said, “Let me let me make very clear, I love my country too much to vote for Donald Trump. I love my country too much and I think would be very detrimental to my country. UI want to make sure people have a choice.”

Today in God’s law we are looking at one that is somewhat most dearest to our interests. Of all the things in life we desire for ourselves it is that others might think well of us. To have a bad reputation is to ruin whatever first impression we may give when being introduced to someone for the first time. It also means that folks might give you a squinty eye when they see you out in public. This is especially the case when you don’t even know why people are treating you differently. There is no pain like finding out...

Angelyn Peralta Aguirre, a 33-year-old caregiver from the Philippines, was by the side of her 70-year-old patient, Nira last Saturday when Hamas terrorists attacked Kibbutz Kfar Gaza. Aguirre had been Nira’s caregiver for six years. In the face of such horror, Aguirre did not abandon her patient. She took her to a shelter where they both hid. “Wadiya la ra. Natatakot ak (They are already here. I am afraid),” the 33-year-old caregiver said in one voice message sent to the family chat group. More messages followed but three hours later, she went silent. “At that moment we were praying for...

"He love her true love, the wedding dress was in the closet": Neta jumped on a pomegranate to save Irann Neta Epstein and Irann Shavit, only 22 years old, were in the shelter while the terrorists broke into their home in Kfar Aza. Yael Shavit, Irann's mother tells the heartbreaking story of Neta's heroism and the story of her daughter's survival. "She hid behind his body while the terrorists barricaded themselves in the apartment." |N12| Published 13/10/23 11:45 | Updated 13/10/23 12:26

Two events of the last week witness to a significant shift in the times in which we live. The first is a sermon by megachurch Evangelical pastor Andy Stanley that seemed to concede ground to gay partnerships within the Church. The second is a worryingly ambiguous comment from Pope Francis on the possibility of blessing same-sex unions. In his Sunday sermon at North Point Community Church, Stanley responded to criticism that he had held a conference that featured gay-affirming speakers. He stated that North Point continues to teach that marriage is between a man and a woman, but that if...

There are people born with biological or chromosomal abnormalities who do not fit perfectly into the male-female categories. They are called intersex (more precisely, those affected by disorders of sexual development, representing .018% of the population). They deserve our sensitivity and compassion, but they are the exceptions who prove the rule of the gender binary. There are also people who, to the core of their being, feel that they are trapped in the wrong body, often experiencing internal conflict and pain for many years. They too deserve our sensitivity and compassion. But to call them “transgender” is to do them...

“Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world that we might live through him.” (1 John 4:8–9)Our present age is one in which “love,” as we refer to it, has become so distorted as to be hardly recognizable.

Former President Trump says he would “love to debate” Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex. The hypothetical head-to-head between the actress formerly known as Meghan Markle and the 45th president was floated by radio host Hugh Hewitt on his eponymous show during an interview Wednesday with Trump. Asked if he would sit down with Meghan and her husband Prince Harry “for the ratings” in what Hewitt speculated would be a widely viewed event, Trump replied, “If you want to set it up, let’s set it up.” “Let’s go do something,” Trump said. “I’d love to debate her. I would love it.”...

The Brothers Grimm wrote Snow White 200 years ago as a story of love and friendship overcoming vanity and self-regard. Hollywood today has apparently traded the “love” part for some girl-boss “leadership” content. Promising “a modern edge” to the classic, actress Rachel Zegler said, “It’s no longer 1937. ... She’s not going to be saved by the prince, and she’s not going to be dreaming about true love. She’s dreaming about becoming the leader she knows she can be.” The modern moviegoer, at this point, is forgiven a sigh or eye roll. This new Snow White will probably be pretty...

Peter Paul Rubens was born on the 28th June, 1577. “My passion comes from the heavens,” said Rubens, “not from earthly musings.” In Rubens world men could be men and women could be women. There’s desire. There’s the chase. There is fun. Now, in 2023, that human reality gets confused with crime. Our deep connection, in what we traditional adults are and can be, is too often lost. But life is beautiful. God made us to couple and to love.

“If you come into this house, love one another,” he added. “If you’re an a**hole, there are plenty of other places on lower Broadway.”“In my existence, one a**hole can turn the whole tide down there,” Brooks continued. “My thing is, let’s create a place that you feel safe in.”Brooks also said he wanted make his bar a place where a person can “feel good” and “safe.”

Love Island has been criticised just one episode into the new summer series, with a race row already brewing. The ITV2 dating show returned to screens on Monday night for its tenth series with 10 new Islanders setting up home in the Mallorca villa. Host Maya Jama presided over the first coupling up of the series, which this year saw the public vote on who should be paired. Some viewers criticised the pairings, with one tweeting: 'The general public cannot be trusted. EVERY year they couple people up together by race.' Another tweeted: 'Soooo the public decided lets put the...

We have heard of virtual girlfriends – real people behind screens with whom you can have a virtual or online relationship. We have also heard of rent-a-girlfriend services – where you pay a real woman to pretend to be your girlfriend for a short term. But have you heard of AI-powered chatbot girlfriends? With over 1.85 million users on Snapchat, 23-year-old Caryn Marjorie has become the first influencer to be cloned into an AI. Her team of developers sifted through 2,000 hours of her now-defunct content on YouTube. The team combed through the content to meticulously design and code Caryn’s...

Pope Francis raised some eyebrows while discussing sex abusers, whom he labeled “children of God” who deserve love and “pastoral care” — as well revolting “enemies” who must be punished. The pontiff made his remarks last month during a private meeting with a group of Jesuit priests in Hungary, but they were only published Tuesday by La Civilta Cattolica, an Italian Jesuit journal. “How do we approach, how do we talk to the abusers for whom we feel revulsion? Yes, they too are children of God. But how can you love them?” Francis was quoted as saying.

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center has issued a “cease and desist order” to Holy Name College, a community of Franciscan Catholic priests and brothers, who have provided pastoral care to service members and veterans at Walter Reed for nearly two decades.