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Catholic schoolgirls visit mosques, wear hijabs as part of Fratelli Tutti-inspired field tripA Catholic school in Australia shared a picture of students all wearing Islamic head scarves at a mosque for an ‘Interfaith Reflection Day,’ which also included trips to Hindu temples. Catholic girls wearing hijabs in mosqueCatholic schoolgirls in Australia visited two mosques and two Hindu temples as part of a field trip inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical Fratelli Tutti.Tenth grade students at Star of the Sea College in the Melbourne suburb of Gardenvale “explored” the supposed “importance of dialogue, understanding, and human fraternity across religious traditions,” the school...

A well-stocked anti-ICE coalition tent outside New Jersey’s embattled Delaney Hall immigration detention center was raided by federal authorities Monday — exposing what activists were keeping inside as mayhem continues to plague the area. Eye-catching photos revealed cases of Spindrift seltzers, puzzles and games, plush toys, books, keffiyeh scarves and assorted signs stuffed into boxes or scattered around the Eyes of ICE mutual aid tent outside the Newark detention center. Planters with wilting flowers were abandoned on foldable tables. Other boxes were overflowing with handwarmers and blankets, while some unused posters reflected Catholic imagery and references to the Virgin Mary....

US President Donald Trump reportedly lashed out at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a phone call earlier today, calling him “fucking crazy” as he demanded that Israel agree to a ceasefire with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, and claimed the premier owes him for keeping him out of jail. Axios cites a US official summarizing Trump’s message to Netanyahu as follows: “You’re fucking crazy. You’d be in prison if it weren’t for me. I’m saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this.”

For three months, President Trump has been deeply engaged in the Iran conflict, planning the 38 days of attack, struggling to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and proclaiming “a whole civilization will die tonight,” then backing away to declare a cease-fire and a naval blockage of Iranian ports. But on Monday, after days of haggling with Iranian officials through intermediaries on a preliminary agreement, Mr. Trump declared it was starting “to get very boring.” “I don’t care if they’re over, honestly,’’ he told Eamon Javers of CNBC when asked about reports that the Iranians, angry at continued Israeli strikes in...

Joe Rogan rumoured to join CBS after Anderson Cooper loss These might be two names you’d never think would be in the same sentence. Conservative podcaster Joe Rogan is rumoured to be moving to CBS News. The broadcaster is struggling with ratings on its flagship show 60 Minutes, after veteran journalist Anderson Cooper left last year. Whilst Rogan and Cooper at ideologically opposite, it’s hoped that the immensely popular podcaster, who hosts the Joe Rogan Experience with a reported 11 million listeners a day, will attract some much-needed viewers. Technically, Rogan is already on screens, as he presents his daily...

An African immigrant accused of pretending to be gay to claim asylum in the US has allegedly been outed after he married a woman in Indiana. Salah Dine Habib, a native of Mauritania in west Africa, entered the US around 2023 and was arrested May 21, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Habib claimed to be homosexual on his asylum application, which in his home country is a criminal offense punishable by being stoned to death. He got a job as a taxpayer-funded corrections officer at a county jail in Portland, Indiana, after being hired by Jay County...

“The New Mexico Survivor’s Truth Commission,” led by a bipartisan group of four lawmakers from New Mexico’s House of Representatives, said it will begin collecting evidence from a range of federal and local agencies including the US Justice Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Epstein’s estate, several major banks, the state’s Department of Justice and the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Department. “Our aim is to repair the body politic that was violated in New Mexico, in this country, and around the world by one man’s predation, and by the silence and complicity and failures of many individuals and institutions by the...

This is the moment a student dying from a 7cm stab wound to his chest is handcuffed by police. In body-worn camera footage, Henry Nowak says ‘I can’t breathe’ as police officers handcuff him. Weapons-obsessed killer Vickrum Digwa, 23, can be heard telling officers he was the victim with a swollen eye and insists his victim wasn’t stabbed. Nowak, dying in a pool of blood on the drive of a Hampshire home, can be heard calling out ‘I’ve been stabbed’ three times before an officer replies ‘You’ve been stabbed? Whereabouts? I don’t think you have mate’. He is placed into...

The View cohosts have reacted to former panelist Rosie O'Donnell's headline-making facelift — and the actress' comments about feminism as it relates to cosmetic procedures. Days after the entertainer and ex-View moderator revealed that she underwent a facelift procedure, the talk show's current panel broke down the development, with some expressing shock over O'Donnell making a connection between feminism and plastic surgery. "My friend Rosie O'Donnell is sharing how she was racked with guilt over her decision to get a facelift," Joy Behar said at the top of Friday's show. "She says she just wanted to look more rested and...

June 18 will be a day that affects British history. And a surprising figure could play a key role. Rupert Lowe, leader of a political party with exactly one MP, Mr Lowe himself, could decide the outcome. The Makerfield by-election takes place on June 18, and this is when we will know whether Andy Burnham returns to Parliament as an MP or not. If he fails here, the shine will come off him. It’s a north west seat, and that’s where Mr Burnham is meant to be popular. The constituency has had a Labour MP since it was created in...

Donald Trump's ousted border chief Gregory Bovino has launched a blistering public attack on Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and senior Trump aide Susie Wiles at a far-right 'Remigration' summit in Porto, Portugal, on Sunday, accusing the administration of trying to 'water down' mass deportation plans.

A radical Democrat congresswoman has filed a new bill to force companies to fund 12 days of paid leave for their employees to kill their babies in abortions. Rep. Yassamin Ansari, an Arizona Democrat, has introduced legislation that would require employers to provide up to 12 days of paid leave per year for workers to have abortions. The Reproductive Healthcare Leave Act, H.R. 8158, is the centerpiece of Ansari’s three-bill “H.E.R. Agenda” (Healthy, Equity, Rights) package. It explicitly covers “pregnancy terminations,” which is a whitewashing of the term abortion, along with menstrual pain, miscarriages, menopause symptoms, endometriosis, IUD insertions, vasectomies,...

Someone complained that either a graduate student or a professor used biologically correct language when referring to women, according to a bias report obtained by The College Fix. Among the more than 100 Bias Response and Referral Network reports filed between July 2024 and March 2026, were three that addressed the same controversy. A graduate student reported someone for complaining about “having to change grant proposal language from ‘mothers’ to ‘lactating individuals,’” according to the October 2025 report. The spreadsheet only labels the alleged offender as a “respondent.” The Fix obtained a spreadsheet of bias reports via a public records...

A decades-old bomb exploded beneath a home, killing at least five people. The explosive detonated in Biak Numfor Regency in Indonesia's Papua Province on Sunday, May 31, leaving at least five people dead and five others hospitalized with injuries, The Jakarta Globe and Antara reported, citing local authorities. Three more people are missing, according to the Indonesian news outlets. The Jakarta Globe reported that the explosion occurred below a stilt house located near the shoreline on Biak town's Walter Mongonsidi Street. Authorities believe the bomb was left in the area during World War II. “The explosion is suspected to have...

Tony Seruga@TonySeruga·May 31 J6 Gallows Mystery Solved?VoiceAgainstCorruption.com has received a tip identifying the leader of the group that built the J6 gallows, commonly referred to as “Mr. Coffee.”BackgroundThe gallows constructed on the Capitol grounds on January 6, 2021, is one of the most potent pieces of propaganda imagery in recent American political history — and the gap between what was presented to the public versus what actually existed is instructive.The Physical Structure: What Was Actually ThereThe gallows were not a functional execution device. It was a scaled-down, structurally unserious prop — roughly 8 to 10 feet tall, built from what...

The Sunland-Tujunga Fourth of July Parade, the longest-running Independence Day parade in the San Fernando Valley, has been canceled after organizers say the city withdrew support and left them facing at least $20,000 in traffic control and street closure costs. “The mayor’s office jerked us around for so long,” said Lydia Grant, president of the Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council. “It’s devastating. We’ve been doing this parade for over 50 years.” Organizers announced Monday that it was ”with great sadness” that they’ve be unable to host the parade. The event, hosted annually by the Sunland-Tujunga-Shadow Hills Rotary Club and the Neighborhood Council,...

Texas state Rep. James Talarico, the Democrat running against Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton in the U.S. Senate race, has referred to women as “neighbors with a uterus” on more than one occasion.

Hundreds of UK-based Iranian Christians and others attended a special choral evensong at St Paul’s Cathedral on Saturday, held in solidarity with the people of Iran... The service included a prayer read by Shirin Ward, the daughter of the Rt Revd Hassan Dehqani-Tafti (1920-2008), the first Persian Anglican Bishop in Iran, alongside prayers from Iranian church leaders, reflections, and music by Sir James MacMillan... “We commend before God the suffering of a people, and the longing for peace, justice, and human dignity for all, remembering especially today Christians in Iran, and the yearning of hope, our sorrow and our gratitude,...

[Catholic Caucus] Francis wanted to change pro-life message of John Paul IISo says henchman Archbishop PagliaPope Francis intervened personally to publicly endorse pro-abortion Mariana Mazzucato: "I chose her."Archbishop Paglia openly acknowledges that Francis entrusted him with reforming the Pontifical Academy for Life and the John Paul II Institute to “adapt doctrine to the new times.” This is an unprecedented testimony regarding the key aspects of the pontificate, at least according to his perspective….A year after the death of Pope Francis, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia has offered the most detailed account to date of the reforms that, according to him, the pontiff...

European Union lawmakers and governments agreed on Monday on new rules allowing countries to send migrants ordered to leave the bloc to centres in third countries. The ‌deal is part of a broader tightening of EU migration policy amid pressure from right‑wing parties, ‌even as irregular arrivals fell 26% last year to their lowest level since 2021. The legislation, which still requires formal approval by EU governments ​and the European Parliament, was proposed by the European Commission last year. The commission says it would streamline procedures and give governments more tools to deport people while respecting fundamental rights. EU countries...